Selling land in Washington County starts with knowing what you own, choosing how to find a buyer and comparing offers. You can sell through a land agent, on your own or to a direct buyer. This guide helps you get ready and ask the right questions before you decide.
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.
You don’t need every paper before you begin. Gather what you have, then ask which missing items your sale needs.
List with a land agent. An agent can help you price the land, market it and handle buyer questions. Ask about the fee and how they would find buyers for land like yours. Look at the money you would keep after costs.
Sell it yourself. You choose the price, take photos, write the listing and answer buyers. Gather a map and land details, and decide how buyers can visit safely. Ask a title company or attorney about help with the sale papers.
Compare a direct offer. A land buyer can give you an offer to consider. Ask about costs, buyer checks and timing. If you’d like Reelvest included in your comparison, tell us about your land. There’s no obligation to accept.
Before paying for a new survey or other work, ask whether it is needed for this sale. Our seller document checklist can help you gather what you already have.
If the land number, acres or property description is unclear, start with the Washington County Assessor. The county lists a Real Estate phone number of 573-438-2237. Have your tax bill, owner’s name and location ready. Explain what you are trying to find or what differs from your papers.
For a missing deed or recorded land paper, use the Recorder of Deeds page. It links to the Recorder’s own website. The office keeps deeds and other recorded land documents. Call 573-438-6111 and follow option 3–2 for the Recorder. Ask how to find the copy needed and what it costs.
For the current property-tax balance, contact the County Collector at 573-436-7701. The Collector handles current and unpaid property taxes. An old bill may not show today’s balance. Ask the person handling closing how any amount due would be paid.
Write down how you reach the land. Is there a road or driveway? Do you cross someone else’s land? Keep any written road agreement. Explain what you know and what still needs checking.
Take clear photos of the entrance, open ground, woods and any buildings. Note whether anyone rents or uses the land. If there has been trouble with flooding, boundaries or dumped trash, bring it up early.
Keep existing water, building or septic papers if you have them. Septic is a system that treats wastewater on the land. Share those records when useful, but don’t promise that a buyer’s project will be approved. You don’t need to plan their home or driveway just to talk about selling.
Ask a local land agent or appraiser for similar completed sales. Compare size, access, setting and buildings. A wooded hillside, small empty lot and open field may draw different buyers. An asking price is what a seller hopes to get; a completed sale shows what a buyer paid. A value used for taxes is not an offer.
Before signing, get answers to these questions in writing:
For example, a made-up $50,000 offer minus $3,000 in selling costs leaves $47,000 before loans or unpaid taxes. Ask for the real amounts for your sale. Our offer worksheet helps compare the answers. For more pricing help, read how to estimate land value.
No. Start with the location, a recent tax bill or deed and what you know. Ask the title company or attorney handling closing which missing papers this sale needs.
Start with the County Assessor’s Real Estate office at 573-438-2237. Have a tax bill, owner’s name and location ready so the office can help find the right record.
Yes. Compare the price after costs, the work involved, buyer checks and timing. You can ask Reelvest for an offer while weighing your options; there is no obligation to accept.
Keep the deed and any estate papers together. Ask the person handling closing who needs to sign and which papers are needed. You can take an initial conversation one step at a time.
Finding a buyer can take time. After you agree on terms, ownership checks and signing still need to be finished. Ask for a target date and what could delay it.
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