Get insight on current land trends and issues from experts across the land real estate industry.
Becoming a land broker sounds fun. You see all the cool pictures, videos, and listings that agents post online and on social media, so you think “Hey, I like the outdoors, I like to hunt and fish, I know my way around the woods, so I’m going to become a land agent and just watch the money roll in.” As many a land broker will tell you, you are dead wrong. Selling land is a lot like farming. It takes time, money, strategic planning, and at the end of the day, a lot of your success still depends on the weather. Here are some tips for getting over the learning curve as a new agent:
At the end of the day, you are not successful in this business because you like land, have a real estate license, and want to be successful. It comes down to what you put into it and being too stubborn to quit when it gets tough. There’s a reason a lot of people in this business wear weather hewn boots and hats - They’ve earned them!
This post is part of the 2019 Future Leaders Committee content generation initiative. The initiative is directed at further establishing RLI as “The Voice of Land” in the land real estate industry for land professionals and landowners. About The Author: Clint Flowers, ALC is a top producer with National Land Realty, a member of the REALTORS Land Institute of Alabama, and a member of the 2018 Future Leaders Committee. He was a NLR Top Producer Nationwide in 2016 and 2017. He also won the 2017 APEX National Broker of the Year award for Timberland.
A number of characteristics make timberland brokerage a unique specialty.
Until very recently, pore space was hardly considered a property right at all. However, the surge of...
Tips to help you sell more real estate and keep more of your clients’ hard earned sales proceeds in...
Foreign investment in U.S. farmland continues to be a sensitive topic for many Americans, with conce...
Happy 2019! We wanted to give you a sneak peak into what classes, events, and more the REALTORS® Lan...
The new generation of landowners and farmers are facing an entirely new world.