PROCESS FOR SELLING NORTH CAROLINA LAND BY OWNER

Interested in the process of selling your North Carolina land by owner? We can help.

First, we strongly recommend you sell your land without utilizing a broker or at least giving it a try. At worst, if you use a little common sense, you will waste some time and at best, you will save thousands of dollars and learn a few things along the way. Brokers statistically sell less than 40% of all tracts that are listed so there is alot of wasted time and energy when dealing with brokers. There are plenty of good resources online to help you with selling your North Carolina land by owner. (https://pocketsense.com/sell-land-owner-14492.html) We will get into what to watch out for with brokers in a future post but for today, here is the basic breakdown of what to do and not do to sell your land by owner.

The Basics

Know your land. Knowledge is power. Know the soils types, timber status, features, survey details, area market, etc. If you try to sell a tract you just inherited and do not do your homework, you will lose money, period.
Know where to advertise. The internet is full of venues to advertise land. Newspaper and magazine advertising is dead. A few minutes on Google and you will quickly see where to advertise.
Go ahead and hire an attorney to draft necessary contracts. Five hundred bucks here can save you tens of thousands that you may normally spend with a broker.
Get familiar with pricing. The most accurate way to to have the property appraised. Unfortunately, the cost of doing a comprehensive appraisal (soils types, timber inventory, road frontage, etc) can reach into the thousands of dollars.

Pros And Cons

PROS to selling your land yourself:

a) Save thousands

b) No lengthy listing agreement or obligation to a broker and unfortunately, you may not know how worthless they are until after you list your land and are committed

CONS to selling yourself:

a) Self educating on the process, marketing and learning the land itself can take alot of time, not to mention having to show the land. Advertising and photography, etc are a big time drain as well.

b) You will definitely have to deal with plenty of deadbeats, scammers, tire kickers and jerks who respond all hours of the day to your ads

c) There are many pitfalls that will pop up when you least expect them. Real estate deals are notorious for blowing up at the last minute

d) Stress- And alot of it

The Take Away

What is our recommendation for selling your North Carolina land for the most money while avoiding stress, eliminating the ordeal and getting your money the quickest? Let us make you a FAST CASH OFFER for your land today. We are fair, honest, will handle all the details, and will make the experience a pleasure. We use local attorneys to handle all the legal details and they will handle all the paperwork for you. Coming to closing is not even necessary if you live out of town. The attorney can do everything my mail, email and bank wire. Of course, we would love to meet you at closing if you want to get paid in person!

NCLANDBUYERS greatly appreciates the opportunity to discuss your land with you. If you are interested in selling your land and would like a serious, fast offer, please fill out the form below. If you have any other land needs we are more than happy to help. Even if we do not buy your land, we are always happy to help in any way we can. Just reach out to let us know how we can help or if you just want to chat about North Carolina land!