Days on Market The Great Equalizer (Local, not National)
Wednesday, August 07
Days on Market The Great Equalizer (Local, not National) AUGUST 7, 2019 / LAND ACADEMY / BLOG By S. Jack Butala Days on Market (DOM) continue to trend down or hold steady, in general, for most or all types of real estate. JUNE 2019: National = 35, Boston = 9, Chicago = 57, Los Angeles = 46, Ph...
3 STEPS to buy 2.55 Acre Commercial Lot for $500 (Total Price)
Tuesday, July 30
3 STEPS to buy 2.55 Acre Commercial Lot for $500 (Total Price) JULY 30, 2019 / LAND ACADEMY / BLOG I’ll cut to the chase so you don’t have to read this whole post (unless you really want to know how we do this every week): The owner did not want this property any longer. Here’s the steps:...
3 Reasons Why People Fail in Land
Tuesday, July 23
3 Reasons Why People Fail in Land For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the senior manager here at Land Academy. I’ve been around these companies longer than Land Academy has been Land Academy, so I feel I’m qualified to speak on Land Academy members, and the successes and failures that I’v...
Why We No Longer Renovate Houses and Make More Money Doing Deals
Wednesday, July 17
Why We No Longer Renovate Houses and Make More Money Doing Deals JULY 17, 2019 / JILL DEWIT / BLOG By Jill DeWit, Co-founder of House Academy First let me start by saying, we have renovated houses. We bought several homes and renovated them to sell. One house we changed the design h...
When to get Title Insurance for a Land Deal
Tuesday, July 02
When to get Title Insurance for a Land Deal By Jill DeWit, co-founder Land Academy & House Academy July 2, 2019 As investors for our own private company, we decide whether we wish to complete a deal through an escrow comp...
Live Land Tax Deed Auction Short Stories
Tuesday, June 25
Live Land Tax Deed Auction Short Stories By S. Jack ButalaThere was a time that our real estate companiesrelied solely on in-person tax deed auctions to supply our land saleschain. I was on the road in Arizona, New Mexico and California much ofthe year. Most of the time each auction was...