Articles
What we find out, written down.
Each article answers one question a landowner actually asks, and names every source it drew on.
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Washington's 7-Year Adverse Possession Rule
Under RCW 7.28.080, someone with a defective deed to vacant Washington land can become its legal owner after seven straight years of paying the property taxes, without ever setting foot on it.
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How to Find Land Comps With No MLS Data
Vacant land, especially rural and agricultural parcels, often has too few MLS-listed sales to build a defensible comparable-sales analysis. Here's where else to find real, verifiable transactions.
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Does Your State Have the Heirs Property Act?
As of October 2024, 23 states and Washington, D.C. have adopted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. Here is the full list with enactment years, and what changes for heirs in states that haven't adopted it.
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Texas's Dual Water-Rights System, Explained
Texas runs two water-rights doctrines side by side — narrow riparian rights for landowners on a stream, and a permit-based prior-appropriation system for almost everything else. Waterfront buyers who assume the water comes with the land are often wrong.
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Does a Land Buyer Need a Real Estate License?
A person or company buying land for its own account generally doesn't need a real estate license, which is how most states draw the line. Illinois is the clearest exception. But the wording varies by state, and the exemption doesn't erase every other rule that still applies.
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Texas's Water Level Notice Law for Land Buyers
Texas doesn't have one general water rights disclosure law. It has a narrow, specific notice that applies only when land adjoins a large reservoir — plus a patchwork of other rules a buyer has to chase down separately.
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Anne Arundel County Perc Test & Septic Steps
Wet-season perc testing in Anne Arundel County runs roughly February through April, and a failed test has real alternatives short of walking away from the parcel.
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Why a Cash Offer Can Beat an Appraisal
Under USPAP, an appraisal is a defensible opinion of value as of a specific date, not a guarantee of what land will actually sell for. A specific buyer's cash offer can legitimately land above or below that number.
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How to Claim Surplus Funds After a Tax Sale
When land sells at tax auction for more than what was owed, the leftover money belongs to the former owner, but claiming it means beating a state-specific deadline before it escheats.
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7 Factors That Set Hunting Land's Value
Hunting land isn't priced like a house or a hayfield. Wildlife-management and land-value research point to seven specific, measurable factors that explain why two similar-sized tracts can lease or sell for very different numbers.
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7 Red Flags in a Vacant Land Purchase Agreement
Before you sign a standard vacant land purchase agreement, check these seven clauses for acreage mismatches, missing contingencies, and default terms that protect only the seller.
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How Maine Taxes Unorganized Territory Land
Roughly half of Maine has no town government, so the state itself values the land, sets the rate, and bills the property tax in the Unorganized Territory.
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