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Why I Wrote The Smart Land Investor book — And Who It’s Really For
I’ll be honest with you. I almost didn’t write this book. Not because I didn’t have things to say. After 15 years in real estate and 55+ land deals, I had plenty. But I kept asking myself the same question: does the world really need another investing book? The answer, I eventually decided, was […]
Seller Financing for Land: A Beginner’s Complete Guide to Buying and Selling on Terms
Key Takeaways — Three Things to Know Before You Read On: What Is Seller Financing, and Why Does It Matter for Land? Seller financing (also called owner financing) is when the seller acts as the bank. Instead of you going to a lender to get a loan, the seller agrees to let you pay over […]
5 Counties Where Population Growth Beats the National Average: What Long-Term Population Trends Can and Cannot Tell You About Land Demand
Key Takeaways
● Growth is the biggest driver of property values, and knowing which are growing faster than others is essential in being a smart land investor.
● But it is critical to find county-level data which offers more localised insight than state land
● Population is helpful in determining the ‘pathway of growth’ but are just one of many important variables
Podcasts
Insights, stories, and strategies that move you forward
Locked Out of Real Estate? Why Land Is a Smart First Step to Owning Real Assets
Key Takeaways:
● Reframe land as a viable first step into real asset ownership
● Understand how regulation limits access to private investments
● Recognize why stranded land assets create opportunity on both sides of the market
● Apply first-principle thinking when evaluating land deals
● Embrace action over perfection when building in capital-intensive spaces
Stuck at Small Deals? Here’s How to Scale Your Land Business.
Key Takeaways:
● Prioritize long-term, value-aligned funding and partnerships
● Use data-driven market selection and absorption rates to find demand
● Conduct thorough due diligence to avoid costly land risks
● Improve acquisition results through A/B testing and targeted outreach
● Track core KPIs to measure real growth and profitability
● Leverage minor subdivisions for simple, scalable arbitrage
How to Avoid Making Catastrophic Mistakes Buying Land
CEO of leading real estate CRM platform Pebble Jessey Kwong sits down with Jessey sits down with Joshua Kagan, a real estate veteran with 15 years of experience across fix and flips, commercial real estate and single family rentals who discovered land investing just two years ago and has not looked back since. Joshua recently published The Smart Land Investor, an Amazon number one new release in real estate, and every lesson in it came from a mistake he made himself.
In this episode Joshua gets candid about what is actually changing in land right now, from increased competition and seller bake-offs to markets that were hot a year ago and are now cooling down. He also walks through how he picks markets, how he A-B tests his mailers and a recent Arizona subdivision deal that came together cleanly from start to finish.
If you are newer to land or just want to tighten up your due diligence, this episode is a practical and honest look at what it takes to do this right.
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