Mar 22 โ€ข Discussion
21 questions to ask before buying vacant land
A wholesaler in a community I'm in posted this question to the group:
"๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต - ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ $200 ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ??"
To which I responded...
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ?
Here are a few of the questions I ask when talking directly to sellers:
  • Why are you considering a sale at this time?ย 
  • Whatโ€™s your timeline โ€” any urgent dates coming up?
  • Whatโ€™s kept you from selling before now?
  • What have you tried so far to sell the property?
  • Is the property listed?
  • Why not list with a realtor?
  • Has it been surveyed?
  • Who maintains the road? (city, county, private, etc.)
  • Is there water available to the property? If so, is it city, county or private?
  • Is there a sewer line available to the property? If so, is it city, county or private?
  • If not, has the soil been perc tested?
  • Is there electricity available to the property? If so, how close?
  • How sloped is the property? What percentage is buildable (less than 15 degree slope)
  • How much, if any, of the property is in a flood zone?
  • How much, if any, of the property is covered by wetlands?
  • Are there any known easements or encroachments through the property? If so, describe.
  • Is it part of an HOA? If so, annual or monthly dues?
  • Current on taxes?
  • Any title issues?
  • Any buildings, vehicles or materials on the property?
The great thing about land is, you get this limited set of questions answered, and you can pretty much tell if there's a deal there or not.
If you get all green flags, you might have a deal, if the seller is willing and able to sell at the price you need to flip for a profit.
Just watch for the red flags โ€” sometimes the best deal you can do is no deal at all.
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