How does one go about buying real estate on Mars?
39 Replies
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
posted about 1 year ago
It's going to happen. One day, maybe in our life time maybe in our kid's life time. Elon Musk wants to terraform the red planet back to green and blue. Let's say it works and we can now travel to our neighboring planet. You're the first investor to be blasted off to Mars. How would you go about purchasing land? What kind of land would you purchase? (natural resources, flat land, waterfront, etc.) How would you protect your land? This is the wild, wild, west...I mean Mars.
Now this is for fun, so please don't take it seriously. You can be as creative as you want.
Scott Passman
Rental Property Investor from Batavia, IL
replied about 1 year ago
All I can say is the due diligence process would be out of this world...
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
replied about 1 year ago
Haha buyer beware!
Nathan G.
(Moderator) -
Real Estate Broker from Cody, WY
replied about 1 year ago
PM me and I'll provide you instructions on where to send your payments. It's currently going for $100 an acre so get it while the market's hot!
Scott Passman
Rental Property Investor from Batavia, IL
replied about 1 year ago
@nathan g at $100/acre the returns would be unreal! Although, financing for this kind of investment would be quite alien to me. Perhaps I can probe for some extraterrestrial sources of income to get a lender or some foreign investors to believe me.
Mike Cumbie
(Moderator) -
REALTORĀ® from Brockport, New York
replied about 1 year ago
Luckily you can buy Mikes1AcreMarsBucks (good for 1 acre) for the low low price of $80.00 U.S. Only good for purchasing Real Estate on the Red Planet.
Caleb Heimsoth
Rental Property Investor from Durham, NC
replied about 1 year ago
@Nick Rutkowski . Well currently itās like buying property on the moon, which you can actually do but itās unenforceable which means your ādeedā is worthless.
In all seriousness, (looking at this from an engineers perspective), colonizing mars to a permanent level is going to take most of this century if not longer. Fun discussion though!
Mike Cumbie
(Moderator) -
REALTORĀ® from Brockport, New York
replied about 1 year ago
"moon, which you can actually do but itās unenforceable which means your ādeedā is worthless."
False: As exulted ruler of mars I declare all deeds purchased with "mikes1acremarsbucks" true and correct and good for all debts on Mars public and private!
Daniel Smyth
Rental Property Investor from Rockford, IL
replied about 1 year ago
Considering the fact that you can buy stars and areas of the Moon, this is not so silly.
Sell sell sell!
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
replied about 1 year ago
Lol good one.
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
replied about 1 year ago
Donāt do too much probing! Russia might catch on!
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
replied about 1 year ago
There goes my dreams and aspirations for being the first RE investor! Darn....haha
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
replied about 1 year ago
Maybe I can pull a Walt Disney and buy up all the land and then turn it into a theme park.
Joe Splitrock
(Moderator) -
Rental Property Investor from Sioux Falls, SD
replied about 1 year ago
@Nick Rutkowski sorry to burst your bubble but the United Nations 1967 Outer Space Treaty says you can't own Mars. You are far from the first person to ponder this question. There is an entire Wikipedia page devoted to Extraterrestrial Real Estate. It is out of this world...
Nick Rutkowski
Rental Property Investor from Ithaca, NY
replied about 1 year ago
Originally posted by @Joe Splitrock :@Nick Rutkowski sorry to burst your bubble but the United Nations 1967 Outer Space Treaty says you can't own Mars. You are far from the first person to ponder this question. There is an entire Wikipedia page devoted to Extraterrestrial Real Estate. It is out of this world...
Darn, yeah my owning Mars idea isn't working too well. Maybe in the future changes could be made to own Mars. Hopefully the new idea will take off like a rocket. Ha ha ha.
Mike Cumbie
(Moderator) -
REALTORĀ® from Brockport, New York
replied about 1 year ago
I would make the argument that the UN has no sway or control over another planet. Because I would be denouncing my earthly citizenship as my spaceship pulled out of orbit enroute to my new home. My new country Mikenation would not join their silly little club so they can argue with each other over my ownership.
Joe Splitrock
(Moderator) -
Rental Property Investor from Sioux Falls, SD
replied about 1 year ago
@Mike Cumbie you are a realtor, so tell me how do you spin those -100 degree temperatures and the fact that no plant life can exist? Correct me if I am wrong but sub-zero dessert landscape on a water less planet seems like a tough location. Even for someone of your excellent marketing skills. @Russell Brazil can probably help you sell some lots. Just get Jeff Bezos to run a shuttle between DC and Mars. It can be HQ3. I heard Bezos is shopping for a planet after his bid to buy earth fell through.
Alex G.
from Eastern Mass & Central Maine
replied about 1 year ago
I own Mars acreage that I may be willing to part with for pennies on the dollar.
Russell Brazil
(Moderator) -
Real Estate Agent from Washington, D.C.
replied about 1 year ago
Dr Manhattan has already claimed Mars

Mike Cumbie
(Moderator) -
REALTORĀ® from Brockport, New York
replied about 1 year ago
Sick of raking leaves? Now is the time to grab these large already cleared 1 acre lots on Mars. No annoying code requirements to prevent you from building your dream home today! All of our lots are certified Pest and Mold free! You also won't find any lead based paint. Stunning views like the Kodiak without the worry of being mauled by a bear! Call for your personalized showing today! They won't last!!!
John Nachtigall
from Santa Rosa, California
replied about 1 year ago
How is it we have not discussed the true problem here. All these oxygen breathing earth privileged people thinking they can just "buy" something that is not theirs. The native chemoliphotrophic microorganisms have all rights to the planet. Just because it will take millennia for them to develop into to multi-celled organisms does not make them "inferior". Stop Gentrification of Mars!!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotroph#Chemolithotrophs
Note: For those with an underdeveloped sense of humor this is what we refer to as sarcasm.
Ola Dantis
Multifamily Syndicator from Houston, TX
replied about 1 year ago
I will buy low knowing a recession will be coming...
Everybody knows that there is always a bust after a BOOM, especially to Mars...
Mark Cruse
Investor from Fort Washington, MD
replied about 1 year ago
trump can easily sell many of his followers deeds on Mars.
Jingwen Dunford
Investor from Johns Creek, GA
replied about 1 year ago
@Nick Rutkowski if there are aliens who sell the land, I would study extraterrestrial creature psychology and see how we can motivate them, and turn them into "motivated sellers".
Gail F Thompson
Rental Property Investor from Aurora, CO
replied about 1 year ago
I'm in! How much for my share of the theme park?
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