By Forbes J. Douglas

Purchasing Raw Land is a Lucrative Investment

With the rise in land prices, and the increase in the American and world populations, the demand for available vacant land on which to build has dramatically increased. Because of this, the real estate industry has seen a dramatic rise in people looking to buy vacant or undeveloped land, whether locally or across the country.

With supplies limited or very expensive in many areas of the East, Midwest, and West coast, attention has turned to the mountain west and southwest.  

A new area of interest for recent land acquisition and development has been Arizona, Colorado, and new Mexico. The benefits of the high country of the southwest as opposed the low desert, have gained increasing recognition. While the Las Vegas area and the Phoenix–Pinal County-Tucson corridor remain immensely popular, many more people have become interested in northern and eastern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado.

The most important questions raised by anyone interested in purchasing vacant southwest land is, “What happens once the other vacant land for sale in the area begins to be developed?” That depends on the use for which the vacant land will be developed.

For example, if land is bought in the Prescott-Chino Valley area of Yavapai County, Arizona, it may be developed as residential real estate for retirees, second homes for the affluent from Phoenix, or California or young families seeking a more wholesome environment for their children. This requires the expertise of an experienced construction company specializing in residential land development, because the land, once it has entered this stage, will need large investments for the basic infrastructure of utilities and roads. 

If you have bought a smaller parcel in this area under development, you can take advantage of such improvements. The value of your parcel will have increased so that you may either sale it at a nice profit or begin your own small-scale development. Determine how many and where houses or apartments should placed. Working with a residential construction company, you can plan a development that best takes advantage of the infrastructure improvements of the larger development.  

This is one of the major benefits, of investing in vacant land ij such growing areas as Arizona. The value of the nearby land will increase in value as the area development continues.

Another aspect of purchasing vacant land would be the fact that it is undeveloped land, and you can determine its future. This would mean you could give it almost and ranching, commercial, or residential use as allowed, and in the southwest, you will find minimal restrictions compared to much of the country. A third benefit of purchasing vacant land is its appreciation value. There is a much difference in the value of the property when it is vacant land versus developed and again when a house is built upon it.

Buying undeveloped, vacant land in the southwestern United States offers many worthwhile benefits and opportunities that are no longer available in much of the country and can lead to lucrative investments.

Forbes J. Douglas, mid-western Realtor® and vacant and farm land development specialist with 30+ years successful experience now retired to the Arizona High Country from where he operates a major national real estate books review website. He invites you to investigate the affordable, secluded Arizona cabin land opportunities available in the White Mountains’ Lakes Country of Northern Arizona centered on such picturesque and pleasant towns as Heber-Overgaard, Show Low, Pinetop and Holbrook. Check out his review website at http://realestatebooksreviewer.com/

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