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Looking for Land

By September 1, 2023September 19th, 2023Video

How do you find land for your log home? First question: Where you want to live?  Second question: How much are you willing to spend on your land?  Third question: How much land do you need/want?  Third question: How much time do you have to look to find land?  The answers to these questions change how you find land.  You may be able to spend years driving around looking.  You may need to find a realtor who may know of property that you would have trouble finding on your own.

Looking For Land – Video Transcription

Hi Lynn Gastineau here, and I wanted to discuss the question: How do I find land? Well, that answer is kind of dependent on where you’re at and if you’re wanting to build locally. If you’re looking for land at a distance, if you’re from Chicago and you’re wanting to build in Colorado, you’re obviously going to first check out the internet and see what kind of property is available. But one of the easiest ways I found to find land is to just drive around and look, and see what’s out there. Plat books from counties are available online, and you drive around and you see a piece of property, and maybe there’s not even a ‘For Sale’ sign on it, but you can find out who owns the property and call them up and maybe they’re interested in selling. So, I always think of the times whenever I was young and my dad was looking for timber, and we would just drive up to people’s houses and ask if they wanted to sell their timber. So, there’s no reason you can’t do the same thing with land. If you are looking locally, you know, ask your local friends. And of course then you can always use a realtor, but sometimes the realtors don’t know all the property that may be available. If you’re trying to figure out where in the United States that you want to build, then go online and start doing some research about some of the best places to live, but actually locate the land, go drive around and see what you can find.