Most land deals fail on facts nobody checked early. Here you build a due-diligence checklist covering title and easements, access, boundary and survey issues, floodplain, wetlands, soils and environmental history. In this lesson Ordering and reading a title commitment and survey Spotting access, easement and encroachment problems When to order a Phase I environmental site […]

Zoning decides what can be built. This lesson covers reading zoning codes and maps, permitted versus conditional uses, setbacks and density limits, and how plats and subdivisions work. In this lesson Permitted, conditional and prohibited uses Density, height, setback and lot-coverage limits Platting, subdivision and lot-split basics Put it into practice Pull the zoning for […]

A parcel without water, sewer, power and road access is worth far less than one that has them. You learn how to confirm utility availability and capacity and estimate the cost of bringing infrastructure to a site. In this lesson Confirming water, sewer, power and gas availability Road access, curb cuts and frontage Rough order-of-magnitude […]

Land value follows what the land can legally and economically become. This lesson walks through the four highest-and-best-use tests and residual land value math at a screening level. In this lesson Legally permissible, physically possible, financially feasible, maximally productive Comparable land sales and price-per-unit metrics Residual land value at a screening level Put it into […]

Your work is only as useful as the recommendation it supports. You learn how to structure a land advisory memo, present risks honestly and set scope and fees for land engagements. In this lesson Structure of a land advisory memo Presenting risks and unknowns without overstating certainty Scoping and pricing land advisory work Put it […]