I recommend the articles in The Economist issue “Nowhere to hide”.. Actually, you don’t have to read it, the title says everything..In today economic environment, is very difficult to hide/protect..

This is not quite a vacant land investor advice..
You cannot eat gold and silver at the end of the day. Your opinion, that I respect, is that gold is undervalued, others has different opinions, for instance Roubini said: “Gold is in a hyperbolic bubble”

Your point is right, when you measure investment performance, you should relate to more references as yesterday, but, to take inflation into account is just the basic finance lesson “the time value of money”..

I didn t want to offence you, I just make a selection with materials that best fit my needs, since there are a lot of lectures to be red, while some of them might be filled with technics specific for American market and do not apply on other markets, or zoning American legislation that is not useful for me .. so on.

I especially appreciate the experience of REAL INVESTORS -as you are- not only journalists, professors, so on.

Beside your book, could you recommend me some other books on vacant land that you might consider will be helpfull for may education?

Thank you,
Adrian.

A summary of my book is available on my website, as well as through several outlets for the book.

I also have a comment on your comment. You seem to be seeking assurance that my book will be valuable to you. In my experience, successful investors don’t seek such assurance. If you are a serious investor, the cost and inconvenience of acquiring a book should be trivial in relation to the information you are seeking.

Whether its buying my book, acquiring other information, or making a vacant land investment – go for it!

John

Timberland can be a good investment. I have also found that just because a timber company is selling land does not mean that there isn’t marketable timber on the property. It may be that the seller just doesn’t need that type of timber at this time.

I have also found institutional sellers to offer better deals than individual sellers.

Thanks for the information.

I am a vacant land investor from Romania. I am continuously lookind for resources of education in the area and, since in Romanian there are not to many books on the real estate, I am looking on Amazon.

I found your book on Amazon and I intent to order it, but, I am wondering why your book cannot be browsed as other books? If you can send me by email some content to have an idea, I will be very greatful.

I have to be sure that the materials I order are appropriate for me, since the ordering from Romania is a little bit complicated, and carries higher costs (delivery) much high than a normal local order.

Thank you very much and I wish you success in the new economy. I will follow your blog from now on, anyway..

Regards,
Adrian.

I’m reading that Wausau Paper Corp., based in Mosinee, Wisconsin may be looking to liquidate some of their timberland holdings. I thought this may be of some interest to you.

Best, PCM

I discovered your blog two weeks ago, picked up your book last week, and have been reading both since. I am impressed and pleased with the thoroughly informative and educational nature of both. Your writing is refreshingly short on the needless abstractions that too many in this field employ while your work is generous with valuable to-the-point facts and concepts. I hope that you continue to keep up the good work with continued blog updates in the future.

Chuck

I’ve been thinking of combining my hard money lending business with land investing. Basically, buying land at deep discounted prices and reselling it a a higher price by adding cash to it and exchanging it for income property. I feel someone who desparately needs the cash will pay a meaningfully higher price for the land than I did. I haven’t tried this out yet but I’m getting close.
Shoot me an email if you have a moment.
I have created a few “microseminars” on land on Youtube. It’s remarkably easy. Check mine out on Youtube. Search for Malibulandbroker and the seminars will pop up. I’d like to tell people about your book. Do you have a problem? Where should I tell them to contact you to buy it?

Ed

1) Write or call Mike (see above).

2) Use your lot as a down payment on an income property or another property you would rather own than the lot.

3) Gift the lot to a charity and take a charitable deduction on your income tax.

4) Put a “for sale” sign on the lot and on Craig’s List. Lower the price every week until it sells.

5) If the city has an assessed value on the lot that is too high, try to get it reduced to reduce your taxes.

6) If you believe the lot is worth holding long term, seek a partner who will pay the property taxes in exchange for a portion of the sales price.

If you are not happy with your circumstances, change them!

Good luck.

John Pehrson