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. You can use an agent, sell yourself or ask for a direct offer. You don’t need every paper before you start asking questions.
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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.
Write down the parcel number from your tax bill. It is the county’s number for a piece of land. Check the acres and location so you don’t mix up several pieces owned by the same person.
The Bullock County Revenue Commissioner page lists the department at 334-738-2888, 217 North Prairie Street, Room 102, in Union Springs. Use that department number for tax-record help rather than the general county number shown in the site’s header.
Have the tax bill handy. Ask for help with the particular piece you plan to sell and any details that seem wrong. A mailing address may be where the owner lives, not where the land is.
A tax record helps you get organized. It is different from a recorded deed. The tax value does not tell you what a buyer will pay. A county map can help you find the area, but it does not settle an unclear boundary or prove a right to cross someone else’s land.
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.
If the deed is missing, call the Bullock County Probate office at 334-738-2250. The county lists the office at 217 North Prairie Street in Union Springs.
Give the owner names, an approximate purchase year and any book and page or document number from an old paper. Ask how to find the recorded deed and get a copy. Check the cost and where to go before making a trip. The Revenue office’s tax record is not a replacement for that deed.
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 you get organized. Keep private family and loan papers out of a public ad.
Give buyers a short description from facts you know. Add dated photos, directions and a safe way to arrange a visit. Mark questions you still need to answer.
If the piece has open ground and woods, describe both. Note gates, fences, slopes or wet stretches you know about. Say how a vehicle reaches the land and who can open a gate.
If someone grazes animals, farms or hunts there, keep the agreement handy. Explain the current use and ask how the sale affects when a buyer can take over. Don’t promise that a buyer can use it right away if someone else has an agreement.
If you own several pieces, label your photos and notes for each one. A field beside the land may belong to someone else. Make clear what is included in your sale.
Say which connections work on the land now. A nearby power line or water main is different from a working connection. Keep any written road agreement with your papers. You don’t need to design a future house before starting a sale.
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 county Revenue Commissioner page lists the department at 334-738-2888. Have a tax bill or parcel number ready so you can explain which piece you mean.
Start with the county Probate office at 334-738-2250. Have names, an approximate year and any document reference ready. Ask about the copy and cost before visiting.
List which pieces are included. Label your photos and notes for each one. Ask for help checking the sale papers before signing.
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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