Start with your deed or tax bill and write down the land you want to sell. Check the property record, compare prices and choose an agent, sell yourself or ask for a direct offer. You don’t need every answer before starting.
Tell us about your land. There’s no obligation to accept an offer.
Start with what you know. These steps will help you get ready and choose the way to sell that fits you.
Find a deed, tax bill or old survey. Write down the acres if known and the land description. That description tells one piece from another. It may use a lot and block, a subdivision name or a longer written description.
Keep the Borough property number with your notes. The search site calls it a PAN. Empty land may not have a street address, so the number or subdivision name can help you find it.
List every piece you want to sell and any cabin, shed or other items included. Say if you want to keep part or remove something shown in the photos. Think about your goal: price, less work or a sale around a certain date.
The Borough’s Property Search offers choices including address, PAN and subdivision. Choose the one that fits the papers you have. If empty land has no address, try its property number or subdivision rather than guessing a street address.
Match the result with your deed or tax bill. Check the land description and piece, not just a map pin. The Borough warns the data may not be fully up to date and is not legal documentation of the land.
The Borough’s tax and assessment page lists 907-459-1428 for property records and assessed-value questions. It lists 907-459-1441 for tax bills and payment questions. Have the property number ready and ask how to check a current balance.
A tax value is different from a buyer’s offer. Keep loan statements, leases and shared road or other fees with your papers. Ask how these charges would be paid before agreeing on the money you keep.
The Alaska Recorder’s Office lists searches by name, document number, book and page, plat and survey. A plat is a drawing that shows lots. Use owner names or record numbers from older papers to begin.
The Fairbanks office’s community list puts Fairbanks, North Pole, Ester, Fox and Two Rivers in the Fairbanks recording district. A recording district is the area used to organize recorded documents. Use the state’s Find Your District link if you’re unsure about your piece.
The current Fairbanks office page lists 907-452-3521. Ask how to find a deed, get a copy and check its cost. Keep the owner names and approximate purchase year handy. Ask what can be handled from home.
Gather any survey—a measured drawing of boundaries—along with loan details, leases and written road agreements. A deed copy alone is not a full check of ownership or 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.
Give buyers dated photos and directions from the nearest road. Show the entrance, open areas and any buildings included. Say who can give permission to visit and where a visitor can park.
Describe the route you use and when you last visited. If a road is cleared in winter, say what you know about who handles it and any fee. If you don’t know, leave it as a question. A road on a map does not prove a buyer has a right to use it.
Note slopes, wet spots or rough ground you know about. Say which power, water or other services work on the piece now. A nearby line is different from a working connection. If a cabin is included, list what stays and what you plan to remove.
You don’t have to plan a buyer’s house before asking about selling. Share the facts you know and mark what still needs checking. If your photos are old, say when they were taken.
Ask an agent or appraiser familiar with your part of the Borough for recent completed sales buyers would compare with your land. Ask how they checked the prices and what that help costs.
Compare the location, acres, road access, working services and included buildings. A lot close to town with working connections is a different choice from land reached by trail. A sale with a cabin is not a clean price match for empty land.
Keep the sale date, price, acres and included items together. If several pieces sold as one deal, check the whole deal before assigning a price to one piece. Count the deal once even if several websites show it.
An ad is an asking price, not proof of what was paid. A Borough assessed value is not an offer. 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 Alaska 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 Borough Property Search offers PAN and subdivision choices as well as address. Use the property number or subdivision from your papers. Don’t guess a street address.
The Borough lists Assessing at 907-459-1428 for these questions. Have your property number and papers ready so staff can help find the right piece.
The Borough lists Treasury-Budget at 907-459-1441 for tax bills and payment questions. Ask how to check a current balance before agreeing on the money you keep.
The state Fairbanks Recorder page lists 907-452-3521. It places Fairbanks, North Pole, Ester, Fox and Two Rivers in the Fairbanks recording district. Use Find Your District if unsure.
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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