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Who is buying land now? – Baby Boomers (Part 3)
In Part 3 of our posts about Baby Boomers and their desire to buy land, we’ll look close at how land help build a solid investment portfolio. Baby Boomers will continue to drive a portion of their investment portfolio into real estate, specifically raw land, fueling the demand for land like never before. For example, [...]
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Who is buying land now? – Baby Boomers (Part 2)
This post continues the discussion about Baby Boomers and their propensity to purchase land. We’ll continue to look at the factors that influence their decisions and the outlook for land buying habits in the future. Part of the process of finding the right kind of land for sale is finding the right location. Current trends indicate [...]
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Who is buying land now? – Baby Boomers (Part 1)
As we continue to discuss who is buying land these days, the next group we’ll focus on is the Baby Boomers, or as they should perhaps be called, the “Land Boomers”. The reverberations from the Baby Boom are continuing to be felt. Nearly 80 million Baby Boomers are edging ever closer to retirement. In fact, about [...]
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Who is buying land now? – Younger Couples
Today’s post will look at the land buying motivations of young couples. This group (of younger couples) is crunching the numbers and making hard decisions about their personal finances. In some cases, they’re receiving an inheritance or a stock grant and are choosing to invest in their future real-estate needs rather than the stock market. In [...]
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Who is buying land now? – Investors
Over the next several posts we’ll take a look at who is buying land. In the current economic client it’s important to understand that buying land remains an excellent investment that should pay off for years to come. Let’s look at the first group of land buyers: Investors. The sense is that the market is in [...]
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Who is buying land now? – Retirees
Today’s post will consider the motivations retirees have for investing in land, and there are quite a few really good reasons.  People nearing retirement age have been prowling for 100-acre properties and smaller, said Charles Gilliland, research economist with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. That’s helped lower the average acreage involved in a [...]
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Who is buying land now?
Now that we know why we should buy land now, let’s look at who is buying land now. Quite frankly, everyone is getting in on this latest land rush in the U.S. From retirees looking for a place where they can spend time with their grandchildren to the young couples that wants to [...]
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San Antonio Texas Named Best Overall Metro Area in United States
San Antonio, Texas was just named best overall in a list of the strongest United States metro economies. Using data as well as detailed analysis from the Brookings Institution’s new MetroMonitor study, BusinessWeek.com came up with a list of the United States’ top forty economies: they based the rankings on job growth, employment, economic growth, [...]
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The Big Three Homeowner Tax Breaks
Yesterday, I discussed a few of the tax benefits land ownership provides people as it relates to IRA Roth accounts. If you’re a homeowner, you understand the taxes you pay aren’t cheap. BUT there are other tax benefits to being a homeowner that help offset the taxes. Here are the BIG 3 homeowner tax breaks: [...]
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The Tax Benefits of Land
Another reason to invest in land now is to take advantage of the current 15% capital gains rate. Or consider a 1031 tax-free exchange of property. Many investors are now using money outside an IRA if it’s available, since the tax benefits such as depreciation and the ability to deduct losses are lost in an IRA [...]
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