Buyers of rural land are deterred by a lack of legal access to the property. A recent Pulse Survey from Landthink.com  posed the question to prospective land buyers, “Which do you see as the biggest drawback or deterrent when considering the purchase of rural land?” The choices of problems given in the poll were: lack of legal access, zoning restrictions, lack of a year-round water feature, lack of electricity, and an existing conservation easement on the property.

Respondents seemed to be most deterred by the lack of legal access, or a property being “Landlocked”. A close second was a property having zoning restrictions. Someone once told me that “Land never has a problem. Only the person that owns the land has a problem.” I chuckled at that, but then the wisdom of the statement sank in. Every property will have some warts; you must decide if you can live with them if you own the property.

Landthink poses Pulse questions to their audience every month with a land-related issue. It was our pleasure for The Land Show to sponsor the Pulse question this past month. Be sure to follow Landthink on all the various forms of social media: Facebook, on Twitter , Linkedin, and Instagram. Landthink is part of the Landflip family of websites for searching for land: Lotflip, Ranchflip, Farmflip, and Landflip. Southeastern Land Group is proud to advertise with Landflip, and we are pleased for Landflip and Landthink to be a gold sponsor of The Land Show.

Written by: Jonathan Goode is an Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) and licensed land broker in Alabama and Mississippi. He co-hosts the weekly radio program, The Land Show, that covers many of these topics for people interested in buying or selling land in Alabama.