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Selling options
Borrowing against your Texas land: loans, limits and when selling is smarter
If you own land free and clear, a lender may let you borrow against it. Whether you should is a different question. Here are the options and the catches.
What to do if a buyer defaults on owner-financed land in Texas
A missed payment is a business problem. A string of missed payments is a legal one. Here is the usual order of steps, and how to protect yourself before it happens.
Contract for deed vs deed of trust: how Texas sellers should choose
Both structures let you sell land over time. They treat title, default and the law very differently. Choosing the wrong one can cost you the sale or expose you to penalties.
How to structure an owner-financed land sale in Texas
A good owner-finance deal is mostly paperwork done right. These are the documents, terms and protections that keep you paid and keep the land safe.
What down payment and interest rate should you ask for on owner-financed land?
The numbers in your note decide whether owner financing pays you well or leaves you exposed. Here is how to think about each one, with a worked example.
Owner financing vs a cash offer: which is better for your Texas land?
One path pays you over years. The other pays you at closing. The right choice depends on what you need the money for, how much risk you can carry and how clean your title is.
Can you sell part of your Texas land and keep the rest?
Selling a few acres sounds like cutting a pie. In practice it is cutting a pie without losing the crust, and the crust is the piece you keep. Here is a simple test for whether the split is worth it.
Can you sell Texas land that still has a mortgage or lien?
Yes. Most sales with a loan on the land are paid off at closing by the title company. Here is how it works and what to check first.
How do you sell Texas land that comes with HOA or POA dues?
A property owners association is the club you never applied to join, and membership came with the deed. Selling is easier once you know what you owe, what the rules forbid and what is attached to the lot.
Cash buyer, listing or auction: how to sell your Texas land
There is no single best way to sell land. The right route depends on your parcel, your timeline and what matters to you. Here is an honest side-by-side so you can choose.
Motivated sellers
Can't afford the property taxes on your Texas land? Your options
The tax bill keeps climbing and the land earns nothing. Before it turns into penalties, interest and a lawsuit, here is what you can do, in order, and when selling is the smart move.
How to sell Texas land before it goes to foreclosure
You fell behind on the loan against your land and a notice arrived. In Texas you can still sell right up until the auction. Here is the timeline, your options and how a sale protects what you have built.
How to sell Texas land you don't want
It came with a death, a move or a bad decision, and now it is a bill, a chore and a worry. Unwanted land can be sold as it is. Here is what it really costs to keep, and the fastest ways out.
How to sell your Texas land when you live out of state
You inherited it, bought it years ago or moved away, and now you own Texas land you cannot easily visit. You can sell it without ever driving back. Here is how it works and what to watch for.
How to sell Texas land during a divorce
A divorce puts everything on the table, including the acreage nobody wants to keep fighting over. Land can be sold during or after a divorce in Texas, but who signs and who gets paid depends on how it is owned.
How to sell Texas land with title problems
The deed is old, the owner died years ago, nobody knows who the heirs are or a neighbor claims part of it. Land with a messy title is hard to list, but it can be sold. Here is how, and what it costs.
Land problems
Selling Texas land in a floodplain: what buyers will ask
Your land is waterfront a few days a year. The rest of the time it is just land with opinions about rain. Here is how to sell it honestly, price it sensibly and find the buyers who like it wet.
Selling Texas land with a pipeline, power line or easement
Your land may already have visitors with a legal right to be there. They do not knock, they do not stay for dinner and they are written into the county records. Here is how to find them, read them and sell anyway.
Squatters and adverse possession on Texas land: what to do first
A houseguest who never leaves is a family story. A land occupant who never leaves is a legal question. This guide sorts out who is on your land, why timing matters and how a sale can still happen.
Taxes
Taxes on an owner-financed land sale in Texas
Owner financing can spread your tax bill across years, but it can also create surprises. This is the plain-English version, and a list of questions to bring to your CPA.
Inherited Texas land: capital gains and the stepped-up basis
Selling inherited land can cost far less in tax than selling land you bought. The reason is a rule called the stepped-up basis. Here is how it works and where it stops.
Texas ag exemption and rollback taxes, explained for sellers
Many Texas landowners pay a fraction of the property tax their neighbors do because of an agricultural valuation. When the land is sold and the use changes, a bill can arrive. Here is how it works.
Owner financing
How to write a promissory note for land in Texas, and why every blank is a future argument
The promissory note is the shortest document in an owner-financed land sale and the one you will wish you had read slower. Here is what each part does, in plain English, and how to spot the blanks that start fights.
Selling an owner-financed land note for cash: what the discount really costs
You sold your land on terms, and now the monthly checks feel like a very slow way to be paid. Here is how note buyers think, what documents they ask for and how to tell whether the discount is worth it.
Minerals
How do you sell Texas land that has an oil and gas lease on it?
An oil and gas lease is a tenant who lives underground, rarely visits and pays in royalties. Selling land with one attached is very doable if you know who the tenant is, what the lease says and how much of your yard it can use.
Selling Texas land: should you keep or sell the mineral rights?
In Texas, the surface of land and the minerals under it can have different owners. A single sentence in a deed decides which way yours goes. Here is how to think about it.
Valuation
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Seller safety
Cash is simple. Some land needs more than that.
We buy for cash when that works. When a deal needs it, we get creative: owner-financed purchases, notes, partnerships and development.
Cash offer
A written offer within 24 hours. Closing typically takes 7 to 30 days, or on the date you choose. No commissions or fees.
Owner financing and notes
Want a down payment and payments over time? We can buy your land on owner-financed terms, and we can talk about buying an owner-financed note you hold.
Partnerships and entitlement
Land with development potential? We partner with landowners, buy entitled land and take properties through entitlement.
There is no one-size-fits-all land deal. Each one can have its own lenders, financials and offers, so contact us for details.
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