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Land Information Resources

Marketing Resources
Four Facets of Strategic Storytelling link

Land Terms
The Online Real Estate Dictionary includes 6251 terms. http://landterms.com/categories.html

ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR THE LAND PROFESSIONAL
Farmland Forecast by Colvin & Co. LLC link

Dewberry, Sidney O. and Lisa N. Rauenzahn. Land Development Handbook: Planning, Engineering, and Surveying. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. (View on Amazon, ISBN-10: 0071494375)

Geltner, David M., et. al. Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments, 2nd Ed. South-Western Education Pub., 2007. (View on Cengage Learning, ISBN-10: 0324305486

Johnson, David E. Fundamentals of Land Development: A Real-World Guide to Profitable Large-Scale Development. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Link

Kone, Daisy Linda. Land Development, 10th Ed. National Assn. Home Builders, 2006. Link

McKenzie, Dennis J., Richard M. Betts and Carol A. Jensen. Essentials of Real Estate Economics, 6th Ed. South-Western Educational Pub., 2010. (View on Cengage Learning)

Miles, Mike. E., et. al. Real Estate Development: Principles and Process, 4th Ed. Chicago: Urban Land Institute, 2007. (View on Amazon)

Schmitz, Adrienne. Resort development. Washington, D. C.: Urban Land Institute, 2008. Link

Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm Report, 2010 Ed. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2010. Link

Urban Land Institute. Retail development. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2008. Link

Wiedemer, John  P., Joseph E. Goeters and J. Edward Graham. Real Estate Investment, 7th Ed. South-Western Educational Pub., 2010. (View on Cengage Learning) 

eBooks in the National Association of REALTORS® Library:
Schiller, Russell. The Dynamics of Property Location: Value and the Factors which Drive the Location of Shops, Offices and Other Land Uses. Taylor & Francis Inc., 2004.

Woodson, R. Dodge. Be a Successful Green Land Developer. McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Chalifour, Nathalie J. Land Use Law for Sustainable Development. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Historical Library Resources:
Benke, William. Land Investor's Profit Guide and Negotiating Manual. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, Inc.,1973. Link

Brandes, Donald H. and Michael J. Luzier. Developing Difficult Sites: Solutions for Developers and Builders. Washington, D.C.: 1991. Link

Brewer, Richard. Conservancy: The Land Trust Movement in America. Hanover: Dartmouth College/University Press of New England, 2003. Link

Burchell, Robert W., et. al. Development Impact Assessment Handbook. Washington, D.C., 1994. Link

Diamond, Henry L. and Patrick F. Noonan. Land Use in America. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1996. Link

Hoag, John S. Fundamentals of Land Measurement. Chicago: Chicago Title Insurance Company, 1971. Link

Land Use in Transition: Emerging Forces & Issues Shaping the Real Estate Environment. Washington, D.C., 1993. Link

Lewis, Ralph. Land Buying Checklist. Washington, D.C.: Home Builder, 1990. Link

Listokin, David and Carole Walker. Subdivision and Site Plan Handbook—The. New Brunswick: 1989. Link

Muller, Thomas. Economic Impacts of Land Development: Employment, Housing, and Property Values. Washington, D.C.,1976. Link

Oppenheimer, Harold. Land Speculation: An Evaluation and Analysis. Danville: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc.,1972. Link

Peiser, Richard B. and Anne B. Frej. Professional Real Estate Development: The ULI Guide to the Business. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2003. Link

Trends in Land Use Law From A to Z: Adult Uses to Zoning. Chicago: American Bar Association, 2001. Link

And much more… contact the NAR Library if you would like to see more historical materials.

Government Resources:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publications Search

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Economic Research Service Publications Search

Key Search Terms:
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Land development
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Land speculation
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Land use
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Land use regulation

Land Research Resource Guide (October 2009)
Through the support of the Commercial Real Estate Research Committee of NAR, this newly updated guide provides a directory of business and economic resources for land and real estate analysis.  ALCs, CCIMs, SIORs, and CPMs all contributed to the effort executed by Dr. Grant Ian Thrall.  
Download pdf here or go to http://www.realtor.org/research/research/commercial_resource_guide

Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation represents the voice of sportsmen  in Congress, the administration, federal land management agencies, as well as state legislatures across the country.   
http://www.sportsmenslink.org/


Land Information Field Guides
The National Association of REALTORS® publishes field guides on a wide range of real estate topics.  Access the NAR Resource Field Guides on land topics here:

http://www.realtor.org/library/virtual_library/refshelf#topici

1031 Exchanges Field Guide
Section 1031 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code allows investors to defer capital gains taxes on the exchange of like-kind properties.  Access NAR's Field Guide on the process here:  http://www.realtor.org/library/library/fg408

Atlas of Rural and Small Town America
View the diversity of challenges and opportunities across America's counties and within different types of rural regions and communities.  http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/ruralatlas/

NAR's Virtual Library
NAR's Virtual Library has books and other resources relevant to land professionals and other areas of real estate. To visit the library, go to www.REALTOR.org/library.

LAND MAPPING:  
State GIS Sites-
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/outside_data/stategis.html
Terra Server aerial images around the world- http://terraserver-usa.com/
Illinois Aerial Imagery- http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/doqs/
Iowa GIS mapping data- http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Minnesota Aerial imagery- http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/Minnesota/aerial.html
Nebraska Aerial Imagery- http://dnrmap2.dnr.state.ne.us/website/doqviewer/viewer.htm
NRCS Web Soil Survey- http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

LAND VALUE SURVEYS:
USDA Land Value Survey http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/plr-bb/

Iowa Realtors Land Institute Land Value Survey http://www.centralstatesland.com/pdf/LTV_values_9-17-08.pdf

Federal Reserve KC Land Value Survey- http://www.kc.frb.org/
http://www.kc.frb.org/Agcrsurv/LandValues_KC.xls

Federal Reserve Dallas Land Value Survey- http://www.dallasfed.org/research/agsurvey/index.html

Federal Reserve Chicago Land Value Survey- http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/agletter/august_2008.pdf

Iowa State University- http://www.extension.iastate.edu/landvalue/

University of Nebraska- http://ianrnews.unl.edu/newsgraphics/080320_map.jpg

University of Minnesota- http://www.cffm.umn.edu/landeconomics/landdata/default.htm

University of Missouri- http://agebb.missouri.edu/mgt/index.htm

Purdue University- http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extension/pubs/paer/2008/august/dobbins.asp

Michigan State University- http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/aecreports/index.htm

 

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