Start with a tax bill or deed and a few notes about your land. Decide what you want to sell, compare prices and choose how to find buyers. An agent, selling yourself and a direct offer are all options. Missing papers can be sorted out as you go.
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Start with what you know. These steps will help you get ready and choose the way to sell that fits you.
Find a recent tax bill, deed or old survey. Write down the land number, acres if known and nearest road. A land number helps tell one piece from another. Empty land may not have a street address.
List all the pieces you want to sell and any building, fence or other item included. Say if you want to keep part. If you live far away, start with papers and dated photos at home. You don’t need to visit before asking questions.
Think about what matters most: price, less work or a sale around a certain date. Keep that goal in mind as you compare your choices.
Start with a recent tax bill. Write down the parcel number, the county’s number for a piece of land. Check the acres and location so you don’t mix up two pieces owned by the same person.
The Alabama Revenue county directory links Barbour’s map and property-record services. For assessment help, it lists 334-687-7639 in Eufaula and 334-775-3474 in Clayton. Have your paper handy and explain which piece you mean.
A tax record helps you get organized. It is different from your recorded deed. A mailing address may be where the owner lives, rather than where the land is. The tax value is not a promise of what a buyer will pay.
A county map can help you find the area. It does not settle an unclear boundary or prove a right to cross another person’s land. Keep any survey or written road agreement you have.
Gather your deed, tax bills, survey, loan details and any lease. A survey is a measured drawing of the boundaries. Add written road agreements and any rules or fees that came with a lot.
The Barbour County Recording & Land Records page lists two Probate office contacts: 334-775-8371 at 1 Court Square, Room 201, in Clayton; and 334-687-1530 at 405 East Barbour Street in Eufaula.
Call first. Give the owner names, an approximate purchase year and any book and page or document number from an old paper. Ask which office can help with that deed, how to get a copy and what it costs. Don’t make two trips when a call may point you to the right place.
A deed copy is not a full check of ownership, loans and other claims. If you’re handling inherited land or helping settle a loved one’s estate, gather what you have. Ask a title company or real estate attorney who needs to sign and which papers are missing.
Our land seller document checklist can help. Keep private family and loan papers out of a public ad.
Use facts you know. Add dated photos, directions and a safe way to arrange a visit. List questions you still need to answer.
If your piece has pasture, woods or a pond, describe what is on your land. Say how a vehicle reaches it and who can open a gate. A photo of nearby scenery should not take the place of photos of the piece you’re selling.
If animals graze there or someone rents the land, keep that agreement handy. Ask how the sale affects when a buyer can take over. If timber work is planned, explain the work and share the agreement before promising which trees will remain.
Describe fences, slopes and wet stretches you know about. Don’t call a fence a proven boundary if you aren’t sure. Keep a survey or written road agreement with your notes.
Say which connections work on the land now. A nearby power line or water main is different from a working connection. You don’t need to design a future house to start selling. Explain who can give permission to enter before a visit.
Ask a local land agent or appraiser for recent completed sales that buyers would compare with yours. Ask how the prices were checked and what that help costs.
Compare similar size, ground, road access and included items. A roadside lot can be a poor match for wooded acreage reached by a shared route. A sale with a home or buildings is different from empty land.
Keep each sale’s price, date, acres and included items together. If several pieces sold in one deal, check the whole deal before assigning a price to one piece. Count it once even if several websites show it.
An ad shows an asking price, not proof of what was paid. A tax value is different too. If good matches are scarce, ask for a range and the reasons behind it. Our land value guide explains more price factors.
Use an agent: A land agent can help with pricing, ads, showings and offers. Ask about the fee, listing length and recent work with land like yours.
Sell yourself: You handle the ad, questions, visits and offers. You may still need help with the agreement and closing.
Compare a direct offer: A direct buyer may give you another choice without listing the land. Check the price and terms against your goals. You can say no.
Before arranging a visit, explain how to reach the land and who can give permission to enter. Keep private records out of the listing. Share needed papers with the people helping with the sale.
Get the offer and terms in writing. Check the right pieces of land are included. Ask who pays closing costs, any agent fee and other charges. Ask how a loan or unpaid taxes will be paid.
A higher price may leave you with less money if you pay more costs. For example, $30,000 less $2,000 in costs leaves $28,000 before a loan or tax balance. That is made-up math, not a price for your land.
Read the target date and what lets the buyer cancel or ask for a lower price. Ask who holds the deposit and what happens to it. Use our land offer worksheet to compare offers side by side.
If you’d like a direct offer to compare, tell Reelvest about your land. You decide whether an offer fits.
Ask who will handle closing—the final papers and payment. Have that person explain the land description, owners who must sign, costs and money you would receive.
Ask how any lease, road agreement or rules that came with the lot affect the sale papers. If a name or boundary is unclear, get help before signing. A target date does not mean all the checks are finished.
Confirm payment instructions with the closing office using a phone number you already trust. Keep copies of the signed agreement and final papers. Our Alabama land seller guide gives more general steps.
No. Start with the location and papers you have. Ask for help with missing information while comparing selling choices.
The state Revenue directory lists assessment help at 334-687-7639 in Eufaula and 334-775-3474 in Clayton. Have your tax bill or parcel number ready.
The county lists Clayton at 334-775-8371 and Eufaula at 334-687-1530. Give the names and any deed reference. Ask which office can help before making a trip.
No. Compare similar completed land sales. A tax value and a seller’s asking price are different from the price a buyer actually paid.
Keep the agreement and explain the current use. Ask how the sale affects when a buyer can take over before making a promise.
Gather what you have. Ask a title company or real estate attorney who needs to sign and which papers are missing.
No. Use these steps with an agent, your own buyer or a direct offer. You can ask Reelvest for an offer to compare if you want.
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