LandThink

Compared to other investments, how do you best describe land as an investment? The results are in!

When one begins to think about investing in an asset they usually have a couple of goals in mind. First, they are usually hoping that their investment will increase in value. Second they are trying to protect their future ability to utilize the asset.

Land is everything beneath us. Land is a basis of wealth and is handed down through generations as a possession of great value.

Land seems to be the new buzz word floating around currently. I was emailing Gloria Bowen our Executive Director of the Realtors® Land Institute in Chicago. RLI was organization was established in 1944 and is charged with educating Realtors® about Land and Land issues.

I was lying in bed at 3:30 a.m. a couple of weeks ago recounting dumb things I’ve done and making a to-do list when a new thought slipped into line. It was this: I was warm and dry, fed and watered. I did not fear a knock at my door and a one-way trip to jail.