Consumers now have access to hard-to-find information about wildfire risk and can explore interactive maps when viewing individual properties.

As owners of ranches, farms, and other types of rural lands get older, they often prepare to give inherited land to the next generation. Estate land can enrich your family in multiple ways. If heirs plan to sell estate land, you can help by setting a price point that attracts buyers while getting the full value of the land.

Have you ever wondered how the best land brokers got to the top of their game? “Confessions of a Land Pro,” a series from the REALTORS Land Institute's Future Leaders Committee, aims to answer that question. Featuring interviews with top producers from various regions and markets, “Confessions of a Land Pro” uncovers the journey to the apex of an ever-changing industry.

Have you ever wondered how the best land brokers got to the top of their game? “Confessions of a Land Pro,” a series from the REALTORS® Land Institute's Future Leaders Committee, aims to answer that question. Featuring interviews with top producers from various regions and markets, “Confessions of a Land Pro” uncovers the journey to the apex of an ever-changing industry.

Have you ever wondered how the best land brokers got to the top of their game? “Confessions of a Land Pro,” a series from RLI’s Future Leaders Committee, aims to answer that question. Featuring interviews with top producers from various regions and markets, “Confessions” uncovers the journey to the apex of an ever-changing industry.

Have you ever wondered how the best land brokers got to the top of their game? “Confessions of a Land Pro,” a series from the REALTORS Land Institute’s Future Leaders Committee, aims to answer that question. Featuring interviews with top producers from various regions and markets, “Confessions of a Land Pro” uncovers the journey to the apex of an ever-changing industry.

Owning a large plot of land can give you more privacy from the outside world. In return, the larger your property is, the harder it is for you to monitor it. Features like wooded areas, hills, and valleys can make monitoring even more difficult. Hanging 'No Trespassing' signs and conducting regular inspections will help protect your land privacy, but those options have obvious limitations. Trail cameras give you an option to monitor your property remotely in real time.

A century-old legal rule called the “open fields” doctrine is a constitutional error that weakens every American’s property rights, but disproportionately hurts rural landowners. Reform—whether through the courts or the legislature—is desperately needed to restore our basic right to be left alone.

As the overpopulation of public hunting land continues, an ever-increasing number of people are looking to hunt on private ground. This can be a lucrative way of earning income for landowners and gives renters access to premium hunting real estate. For lessors and lessees alike, there are several things to consider before signing one of these leases.

Looking to learn from the best land agents in the industry? Check out this advice from the nation's top producing land agents!