Start by finding the right land on your tax bill or deed. Then choose a price, decide how to find a buyer and compare offers in writing. Whether you own one empty lot or several pieces of land, you can start without having every answer.
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 recent tax bill and any deed you have. Copy the land ID number exactly. A land ID is the number used to identify a piece of land. Write down its city or township, acres if known and closest road.
An empty lot may have no street address. A nearby house number can point someone to the wrong land. Use a map pin with the land ID rather than making up an address.
If you own several lots, list each one. Say whether you want to sell them together or separately. Keep an old map or survey if you have one, but don’t guess at the boundary. A survey is a measured drawing of the land.
The Macomb County Register of Deeds keeps recorded land papers, including deeds and mortgages. Its page links to land-record searches and copy requests.
You can call 586-469-7953 for questions about finding a recorded paper. The office is at 120 North Main Street in Mount Clemens. Ask what details it needs, which copy to request and how much it costs before making a trip.
Save the recorded reference with your copy. If a deed covers more than one lot, ask your closing team which land the sale will include. Your seller document checklist can stay simple: papers you have, papers you need and questions to ask.
Buyers want to know how they reach the land and what comes with it. Share what you know about the entrance, trees, slopes and any water or power connection. Say “nearby” if a service is only nearby, rather than calling it connected.
For a wooded lot, take a clear photo of the entrance and show the open space you know. For several lots, label the photos so a buyer knows which one they are seeing. You don’t have to clear trees or put in a driveway just to begin.
Don’t call a lot ready for a home based only on its address or a nearby house. If you already have an approval or service paper, share it. If a buyer has a new plan, say that it still needs to be checked with the right local office.
Ask a local land agent about recent completed sales with a similar location, size and use. A small lot near houses may attract a different buyer than a larger wooded tract. Ask why each sale is a good match.
Check what the price included. Was there a house, a building or more than one piece of land? An average price per acre can be misleading if you don’t know what came with the sale.
Keep tax values and asking prices separate from completed sale prices. If you want to sell several lots together, ask how that changes the likely buyers and starting price. Don’t just multiply one small-lot asking price by the number of lots you own.
If you live far from the lot, ask who will arrange visits and what you need to do from home. If you’re helping settle a loved one’s estate or share the land with family, ask the closing team who needs to sign before choosing a date.
If you’d like a direct offer from Reelvest, tell us what you know about the land. You can compare it and decide.
Read the land description and list of lots first. Make sure it matches what you want to sell. Then check the price, costs you pay, deadline and buyer’s right to cancel.
Here’s a made-up example: a $60,000 offer with $4,000 in seller costs leaves $56,000 before a loan or tax balance. A different offer may divide those costs another way. These figures are teaching numbers, not Macomb County sale prices.
Ask for the same cost details from each buyer. Our offer comparison worksheet helps you put them side by side. If a buyer needs time to check the land, ask what must happen before it is ready to close.
Ask the closing team what it needs and when. Share known loans, unpaid taxes and any estate or shared-owner papers early. Ask how those items may affect your payment or the sale date.
Read the final money breakdown before signing. Check the land IDs, owners and payment plan. Keep the signed agreement and closing papers. If new payment instructions arrive, check them by calling a number you already know.
Our Michigan land seller guide and sale agreement guide explain the next questions to ask.
Yes, you can start with its land ID, closest road and a map pin. Keep those details together so a buyer can find the right lot. Don’t borrow a nearby house address.
List every lot you want to sell and keep the deed copy with that list. Ask the closing team to check the land description. The offer should clearly say which lots are included.
You can begin without that answer. Share approvals or service papers you already have. Explain what is unknown, and don’t promise that a new building plan is approved.
Start with the Macomb County Register of Deeds. Have an owner’s name, land details or an old recorded reference ready. Ask which copy you need and how to request it.
Local source links reviewed October 6, 2026.