Fieldstone wall along the edge of a rural field

Owners

Land deserves its own presentation.

Most land is marketed like a house with no house on it. That is why it sits.

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Five short answers. No cost, no obligation, and no listing agreement is involved.

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Scott Alvarez

Scott Alvarez

Coldwell Banker Prime Properties (NY) · Coldwell Banker Realty (FL)

(518) 522-7265 · scott@scottalvarez.com

About Scott

What the review covers

  • How the parcel reads to a buyer: access, frontage, shape and what the land can plausibly do.
  • The questions a serious buyer will ask, and which ones need the town, a survey or your attorney.
  • Comparable land that sold, and how it differed from yours.
  • Presentation: mapping, aerial photography and the parcel description.
  • Where the listing should reach — land buyers, neighbours and relevant agents.
  • A pricing conversation with the assumptions stated, not a single confident number.

Listed once and nothing happened? An expired or withdrawn parcel can come down to price, presentation, reach or an open question about the parcel itself. The review looks at each of those rather than assuming which one it was.

The approach

How land is presented here.

Depending on the property, the marketing plan may include some or all of these elements. Approach is determined property by property.

Aerial view of road frontage along open land

Aerial presentation

Show the shape of the property.

How the parcel is presented

  • Explain what the land can be

    The listing says what the parcel is suited to, not just its acreage.

  • Put the parcel in its place

    Boundaries, road frontage and what sits around it, shown on a map.

  • Photograph the ground honestly

    Real conditions, real season. Nothing staged that a buyer will not find on arrival.

  • Reach buyers by intended use

    Land buyers arrive with a use in mind; the marketing speaks to that use.

  • Standard exposure, done properly

    MLS and syndication with the parcel detail filled in correctly.

Before you buy land,
understand the land.

01Access
02Road frontage
03Survey
04Zoning
05Utilities
06Septic / soils
07Wetlands
08Topography
09Flood zone
10Easements
11Timber
12Taxes
13Intended use
14Financing

Zoning, buildability and environmental questions are confirmed with the municipality and qualified professionals. What is offered here is the order to ask them in.

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Educational information only. Access, zoning, utilities, boundaries, soils, septic feasibility, wetlands, flood status and buildability must be independently verified with the municipality and qualified legal, survey, engineering and environmental professionals.