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Land Information Resources

Land Research Resource Guide (October 2009)
Through the support of the Commercial Real Estate Research Committee of NAR, this newly updated guide provides a directory of business and economic resources for land and real estate analysis.  ALCs, CCIMs, SIORs, and CPMs all contributed to the effort executed by Dr. Grant Ian Thrall.  
Download pdf here or go to http://www.realtor.org/research/research/commercial_resource_guide The Guide is dedicated to the memory of Alan Berger, CCIM, who was to succeed ALC Randy Hertz as chair of the Commercial Real Estate Research Committee.

Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation represents the voice of sportsmen  in Congress, the administration, federal land management agencies, as well as state legislatures across the country.   
http://www.sportsmenslink.org/


Land Information Field Guides
The National Association of REALTORS® publishes field guides on a wide range of real estate topics.  Access the NAR Resource Field Guides on land topics here:

http://www.realtor.org/library/virtual_library/refshelf#topici

1031 Exchanges Field Guide
Section 1031 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code allows investors to defer capital gains taxes on the exchange of like-kind properties.  Access NAR's Field Guide on the process here:  http://www.realtor.org/library/library/fg408

Alien Land Ownership Guide (2006)
This summary chart is a starting point for brokers to assist their cients, but not as a substitute for the entire process of legal review of alien land ownership.
http://www.realtor.org/NCommSrc.nsf/files/Alien%20Land%20Ownership%20Guide%20(November%202006).pdf/$FILE/Alien%20Land%20Ownership%20Guide%20(November%202006).pdf

NAR's Virtual Library
NAR's Virtual Library has books and other resources relevant to land professionals and other areas of real estate. To visit the library, go to www.REALTOR.org/library.

LAND MAPPING:  
State GIS Sites-
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/outside_data/stategis.html
Terra Server aerial images around the world- http://terraserver-usa.com/
Illinois Aerial Imagery- http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/doqs/
Iowa GIS mapping data- http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Minnesota Aerial imagery- http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/Minnesota/aerial.html
Nebraska Aerial Imagery- http://dnrmap2.dnr.state.ne.us/website/doqviewer/viewer.htm
NRCS Web Soil Survey- http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/

LAND VALUE SURVEYS:
USDA Land Value Survey http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/plr-bb/

Iowa Realtors Land Institute Land Value Survey http://www.centralstatesland.com/pdf/LTV_values_9-17-08.pdf

Federal Reserve KC Land Value Survey- http://www.kc.frb.org/
http://www.kc.frb.org/Agcrsurv/LandValues_KC.xls

Federal Reserve Dallas Land Value Survey- http://www.dallasfed.org/research/agsurvey/index.html

Federal Reserve Chicago Land Value Survey- http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/agletter/august_2008.pdf

Iowa State University- http://www.extension.iastate.edu/landvalue/

University of Nebraska- http://ianrnews.unl.edu/newsgraphics/080320_map.jpg

University of Minnesota- http://www.cffm.umn.edu/landeconomics/landdata/default.htm

University of Missouri- http://agebb.missouri.edu/mgt/index.htm

Purdue University- http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extension/pubs/paer/2008/august/dobbins.asp

Michigan State University- http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/aecreports/index.htm



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