Answers for landowners
The questions owners ask me most, each with a straight answer up top and the detail underneath. No sales pitch, and no number off the cuff.
Should I take a cash offer on my land?
Maybe, but not before you know what your land is worth to the people who would actually build on it. Most offers that arrive in the mail are priced to leave the buyer room to resell, so the first number is rarely the best one. Get the facts on your land, compare at least one other way to sell, and take your time.
Last updated September 19, 2026
Can I sell part of my land and keep my house?
Usually, yes. A surveyor draws a new line around your house and the acreage you want to keep, the county signs off on the new lot, and you sell the rest. What decides it is the county’s rules on lot size, road access and septic, so those get checked first.
Last updated September 19, 2026
My land has no sewer. Can it still be sold or developed?
Yes. No sewer is not a no. Most rural land in the Carolinas is built on septic systems, one on each lot, and whether that works depends on the soil. Sewer can also come later, by extending a nearby line, and when it can, it often changes what the land is worth.
Last updated September 19, 2026
How do I sell land I inherited with brothers, sisters or cousins?
Everyone who owns a share needs to agree and sign. If someone won’t or can’t, a local real estate attorney can explain the options. The first step is finding out exactly who owns the land now, which a local real estate attorney works out from the deed and the estate records. Once the title is clear, the land can be sold like any other.
Last updated September 19, 2026
Coming soon
I’m writing these next. Have a question that isn’t here? Ask me, and it may be the next one.
- How much is my land worth to a developer or builder?
- What are my options to sell land besides a quick sale or listing it?
- What is a per-lot or option deal, and why would a buyer pay me more that way?
- What happens to my farm or timber tax break when I sell?
- Should I cut the timber before I sell?
- How long does it take to sell land, and why does some land sit for years?
- Owner financing my land: how does it work, and why can it help at tax time?
- Wetlands, flood zones, power lines on my land: does it kill the sale?
Want to see where your land fits?
See how I sell land as a broker: what builders and developers pay for, how I market it, and what it costs you.
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Ask for a free Land Snapshot: one page on your land’s facts and your options, from me. Not an appraisal.
Tell me about your land
A few lines is plenty. I’ll call you within one business day with what I see, what buyers pay for land like yours, and how I’d sell it. It’s me who calls, not an office.
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