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Land buying tips, local lore, and tools from Bruce’s desk – migrated from years of articles, blog posts, and tips.
Grow Your Business With Mobile Text Message Marketing
It’s a Tuesday night and your restaurant is slow. So you pick up your cell phone and send out a mobile text coupon to your entire mobile customer list offering 20% for the next 3 hours. The next thing you know you’re business is jumping. The problem is, you don’t have a mobile customer list. Whether you’re […]
Land for Sale? In Deed
What is a deed? What type of deed — grant, quitclaim, warranty — should You use? A deed is the document that transfers ownership of real estate. It contains the names of the old and new owners and a legal description of the property, and is signed by the person transferring the property. You can’t transfer […]
Land Rush Conference 2011
If you missed the 19th annual Land Rush Conference that was held in Vancouver Canada in February, you missed alot. The conference typically covers up and coming real estate opportunities in both Canada and the United States. Some of the topics covered were: What will 2011 look like for real estate investors in Canada? What are the […]
Kid from SoHo builds the country’s first zero-energy development in upstate NY
Anthony Aebi just wanted to build structurally sound houses that would last. In the process, he ended up creating the first zero-energy, single-family housing development in North America. Less than 80 miles from New York City, these already-historic houses use solar panels, geothermal heat pumps, triple-pane windows and an airtight structure of concrete blocks coated […]
Tools of the Trade When Researching Land For Sale
Every worker has his or her tools that they depend on in their profession. An accountant has his calculator and a butcher is knife. As a real estate investor one of the most valuable tools that I depend on is Google Street View. If you are not familiar with Google Street View it can be […]
Buy land, they ain’t making any more of it
Will Rogers, world famous humorist in the twenties and thirties, said, “Buy land, they ain’t making any more of it.” During the Great Depression land was dirt cheap. They say that history repeats itself and now you have the opportunity to find cheap land for sale and make history work for you.
Consider a Land Investment if You’re After High Returns
The value of land has been soaring over the years thus making it a highly profitable investment alternative. Because land is a finite commodity, it becomes more valuable as the years go by. So if you want a stable medium to long-term investment that offers the potential to earn astounding returns, then why not consider […]
UK land investments – High return prospects
Over the last 20 years, land prices across the UK have increased by almost 10 times. This means that UK land investments have proven a wise choice over the last few years. As a result, the value of UK land is increasing almost by the day and the availability of prime UK land is becoming […]
How to Buy Foreclosures
How to Buy Foreclosures – 2011 Foreclosure Buyer’s Guide Best Selling Foreclosure Guide of 2011. Authored by a Real Estate Broker who runs a foreclosure brokerage, packed with real, current information. Easy, step-by-step instructions on how to find and buy foreclosed homes. Includes 5 bonus reports! Right now there are more foreclosed homes hitting the […]
FREE! 2011 NYS Complete Hunting Seasons Summary
If you’re interested in hunting in New York State, you’ll want to get your FREE report summarizing the NYS 2011 Complete Hunting Season Schedule. It includes big game such as deer and black bear as well as turkey, furbearers and small game. To receive a free copy, just enter your first name and email address […]
Going Mobile with QR Codes in your Land For Sale Business
The world is going mobile and whether you’re selling real estate or pizza, you need to consider mobile marketing when promoting your business. As the price of smart phones continues to drop, more and more users are accessing the Internet via their phones and they are doing more and more on these devices. Currently, more than […]
Maximize Your Profits When Selling Land
I always here from people that there is no market in selling vacant land especially in this economy. Now that I’ve been in the land business for almost 2 years, I can tell you that there is and always will be BIG profits in selling land if you know what you are doing. Below I’ve […]
Property is the fruit of labor
“Property is the fruit of labor. Property is desirable, is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently to build […]
Don’t Risk Your Assets! Get A Land Trust.
It’s always what we don’t know that ends up costing us the most. By now, you’re used to getting solid tips from me about creative real estate investing and I’ve got an important new topic you need to understand that will help you protect all those wise investments you’ve made. Knowing how to make money […]
BASIC Internet Marketing for Real Estate Investors
BASIC Internet Marketing for Real Estate Investors In today’s marketplace, everyone selling anything needs to have a website. It’s not optional. When it comes to creative real estate investing and marketing, having a presence online is the best way to establish your credibility and create a professional impression. The great news is, it’s never been […]
Buying Gov’t Land at Auction
If you always wanted to own land as an investment but didn’t know where to start, maybe buying land at auction through GovernmentAuction.com is for you. It only requires a small investment and there are different types of auctions such as live auctions or Buy It Now auctions to suite your personality. Buying land, including for sale by […]
How To Increase the Value of Your Vacant Land
Recently I was having a discussion with a potential buyer about property values. He was complaining that property values were going down and taxes going up. Just like the housing market, there is an abundance of inventory of vacant land for sale. Supply and demand dictates that when the inventory is greater than the demand, prices decline. That being said, […]
No Dumping Allowed
Effective this Thursday 9/8/2011, NYS has passed an ordinance making it illegal to dump raw sewage in the Long Island Sound. Really? They just decided that human waste being dumped in fishing and swimming areas is not a good idea. The new law would require boaters to go to special pump stations to […]
Bob Dylan Land Quote
This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway. Bob Dylan