Distrust, and Verify Jason Cochard for Land Academy On my first mailer, I got a willing seller for a very large acreage property that was an island inside a larger ranch. It was too expensive for me to buy, it was too rural for me […]
Using a Foreign Notary
Using a Foreign Notary Jason Cochard for Land Academy Hopefully, you’re doing bigger deals and escrow will take care of the nuts and bolts of this, but for those of you who are buying US property from people who need to sign outside the US, […]
Why Quiet Title is Better Than Title Insurance
Why Quiet Title is Better Than Title Insurance Jason Cochard for Land Academy A tale of two buyers. I was selling a property I had acquired via a tax deed at an auction in California. One buyer wanted to hold out for title insurance, even […]
Fund Property Taxes, Find Photographers, While Courting Buyers
Fund Property Taxes, Find Photographers, While Courting Buyers Jason Cochard for Land Academy When doing deals that have extended time on the market, you may find yourself getting property tax bills. Annoying. With rural vacant land, it’s not usually much money, but it would still […]
Finding Conservation Easements
Finding Conservation Easements Jason Cochard for Land Academy If you’re like me, doing due diligence is an ever growing list. It usually evolves in a pattern. I become aware of a certain issue that might encumber the land I may buy, then I get worried […]
Smashing Facebook, or, Menlo Park and the Infinite Discrimination Sadness
Smashing Facebook, or, Menlo Park and the Infinite Discrimination Sadness Jason Cochard for Land Academy I boosted a Facebook post last week. Huge mistake. Google changed the game by enabling “attractive” advertising, through their AdWords platform. Instead of broadcasting your message to all viewers such […]
