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In the same way that people focus on certain neighborhoods and amenities when they look for a house, we had a list of must-haves when looking for land.
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One thing to note is if you’re looking to purchase acreage, a land broker is worth consulting. That type of real estate agent specializes in large tracts of undeveloped land (like farms and ranches) and would have more leads for those kinds of listings.
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It’s how we find secret campsites, paths less traveled on our road trips, and hidden gems in our own neighborhood. It’s also how we initially found the neighborhood that we would eventually buy in.
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For the lots that didn’t have signs, we wrote down their addresses and looked them up on our local assessor’s website.
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We told all of our friends and our friends’ friends that we wanted to build a house. I told my hairstylist, my dental hygienist, and my mom friends that we were looking to buy land.