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Checklist for Hiring a Home Builder

Aside from finding and buying a lot for your new home, few decisions are as important as choosing your home builder. Whether you already have a dream home in mind and need builders to make it a reality or want to get ideas from the experts first, get some guidance from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Their checklist is an excellent starting point for future homeowners who are looking for the right builders. Get meaningful recommendations. Start with your local or regional homebuilders’ association. These organizations can provide a list of member builders in good standing….

Help Your Clients Build a Home With a Smartphone — 10 Top Apps for Real Estate Pros

Do you have clients looking for lots and land to build a new home or that are considering buying new construction? We’ve combed through hundreds of Apps that can provide tools for real estate agents and brokers to help your clients 1) find the perfect homesite and 2) build their houses using a Smartphone. Our recent article – Build a Home with the Help of a Smartphone and these 8 Apps – identified some of the best Apps for homeowners or home buyers to use in their new home planning and construction process. And even though we know that real…

So You’ve Inherited Land…What’s Next?

Inheriting real estate can come with benefits and an abundance of decisions to be made, and inheriting land is no different. For some beneficiaries, they know exactly what they want to do with their new inherited land – sell it, hold onto it, build on it or even lease it. For others, it can be difficult to make a decision, especially if there is an emotional connection with the land or when other family members are involved. Since we’re in the business of land, we’re here to help you sort through the process of deciding how to handle your inherited…

Subdividing Land: Tips for Landowners from a Developer (Part 2 – Lessons from the Field)

Are you a landowner who is thinking about subdividing your land into residential lots? In this second of three articles on the topic, you can learn about subdividing land from the real world experiences of a real estate lawyer and developer. Be sure to check out the first article in this series that describes the common benefits and risks of subdividing your land. As noted in that article, some of the benefits may include: Increasing the total value of your land, Providing you the flexibility to keep your home, but still get income from selling your extra land, or Boosting…

Seven Land Buying Nightmares to Avoid

Whether you’re buying a lot or land either as an investment or if you want a site to build your new home, you know that land buying comes with its own set of pros and cons. In most cases, you’ll simply need to weigh your property needs against any drawbacks in order to reach a buying decision. However, keep your eyes open for these seven big land buying nightmares. Avoiding these nightmares when evaluating land for sale will both help your purchasing experience and can help ensure that your new residential lot is worth every penny that you spend. …

Subdividing Land: Tips for Landowners from a Developer (Part 1 – Evaluate)

Learn to evaluate the risks and rewards of subdividing land into residential lots. In this first of three articles on the subject, a developer and real estate lawyer provides landowners specific items to evaluate when considering whether or not to subdivide land. Come back for the next articles in this series that provide insights for landowners based on the author’s real world experiences with the subdivision process, as well as a hands-on description of the steps landowners should take when subdividing land. Why Subdivide My Land? Sub·di·vide (v.): to divide into several parts; especially: to divide (a tract of land) into building…

Top Online Resources for The Real Estate and Land Industry

We like to share our favorite things, so today we’re sharing our favorite blogs and websites for some of the best real estate resources around. They range from land and housing market news, to homebuilding industry insights, to mortgage trends, to technology tips and news. There certainly are more academically-oriented sites out there, and those that are backed by industry associations, but we feel like this list of accessible real estate resources can be helpful for keeping you up-to-speed on some of the latest real estate, homebuilding, lot and land industry news and trends. Without further ado, here are LotNetwork.com’s top…

Build a Home with the Help of a Smartphone and these 8 Apps

Build a home with your Smartphone? Well, not exactly, but you can find some useful resources in Smartphone Apps that can help you in the home planning and construction process. This article describes a few Apps that we have found that are great for homeowners or home buyers. But here’s a tip…these Apps can be useful for the pros out there too, like all of you real estate agents and homebuilders who work with these potential homeowners and buyers. Your clients and customers will be impressed when you use technology to find an answer for them, or if you just…