WE BUY SOUTHERN COLORADO ACREAGES

Sangre de Cristo area - facing Mt. Blanca

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STEP 1 Submit the form below and give us as much information as you can. We will evaulate your property based on the location and it's potential. We will check your ownership and the tax status of the land	STEP 2 We will make you an offer, based on our evaluation of the potential of your land, its location, view of the surrounding mountains, accessibility, elevation, slope, etc. The amount we offer might be less than you paid for it - but we are re-sellers.  We try to be fair.  Our offers are usually comparable to what you might realize if you listed it with a realtor and deducted their fees, but there is no waiting with us.  "Valley lots" will typically sell for one half of a similary sized treed lot.  If we like it, we will purchase it from you within 10-30 days for cash. We use email, phone, or fax If you accept our offer, we will proceed with Step 3
STEP 3 We will send you a signed PURCHASE AGREEMENT and Earnest Money to show our intent to follow through. You will need to sign the Purchase Agreement as well and return it to us. We will send you either a Warranty Deed or a Quit Claim Deed which you will need to sign and notarize and return to us Upon receipt of that document, we will send you the balance of the money we agreed on.	STEP 4 We will record your Deed in the appropriate county and pay the recording fees. The county will transfer the property into our name. You are welcome to ask for references; we buy at least one or two per month from people who contact us in this manner and all have had positive experiences.   We prepare all the paperwork required for your transaction and pay with cashier's checks .    We have bought land in our area from individuals in several foreign countries, without any problems. We have wired money to Europe, Asia, etc.  If property was held jointly, and one spouse deceased, there is usually no problem in selling such property.  But if it does not say "joint, or JTWROS"and one spouse is deceased, property was held as "tenants in common" and that means the property has to go through Colorado probate, which is costly and takes 3-6 months. The same probate law applies to single individuals that are deceased. We are experienced in transferring joint properties where one of the owners is deceased or the land is in the name of a trust or estate.
Add your content here Jane	We can also act as an escrow agent for you if you have a buyer for your land or want to try to sell it yourself via eBay or a newspaper ad in your local area- but don't know what to do after you sell it.  If you are interested in these services - SUBMIT the form and indicate that in the notes section.  The cost is very minimal.

Fill out as much info on this form as you can and hit SUBMIT at the bottom Name of Owner * E-mail Address: * Confirm email- retype: * Telephone Number: Address of Owner: Contact Name, if different than owner Location of Property- Subdivision, Unit, Block and Lot * Comments Verification Code: Enter Verification Code: * * Required

There are several groups of folks who send letters to everybody in Costilla County who owns land and solicit to buy your land and "save you from paying annual property tax bills."   We are not in that group.  Our experience has been that these "land wholesalers" will pay you bottom dollar, then re-sell your land on eBay or on their own websites at an enormous profit.  We are also re-sellers and do not hide that from you -- but we pay more and also re-sell in a truthful manner to people that want to re-locate to the San Luis Valley area and since we also have a home there -- we are part of the community and are ambassadors of the area.    If you have been contacted by a wholesaler and want to check on their integrity-- please let me know -- they contact me all the time by FORM letter also. ------ We also notice folks on the internet who offer to sell your property with ads or listings for you.  They normally have very little promotion of their sites and also list property descriptions inaccurately and use similar photos for many areas without doing much checking.  I have a list of organizations that are suspect in doing this and only want to get a fee or commission from you for doing next to nothing.  They encourage you to set a high price for the property and perhaps their "fee" is linked to the price.  At any rate, if you want an honest opinion about a specific offer you are considering, I will provide one with no obligation.    Updated 2/27/08 We received offers to buy some of our land from an outfit in Arizona with prices about one-tenth of the amount that we pay.  Ridiculous!

From La Sierra Newspaper - February 10, 2006 edition - Locally published in Costilla County and serving the areas of San Luis, Fort Garland, San Pablo, San Pedro, Blanca, Chama, etc.  POSSIBLE REAL ESTATE SCAMS FOR AREA PROPERTIES "There may be several real estate scams being run currently about Blanca and Costilla County area properties.  If you are considering purchasing or selling land in Blanca or Costilla County, please call the Costilla County Assessors Office at 719-672-3642 or area Real Estate agents to find out the average selling price or value of vacant land in the area.  Several calls have been received by in-state and out-of-state landowners lately which indicate the "brokers" are telling people that the value of the land is increasing tremendously becaue of a new shopping center which is going to be built near their land or some other similar reason.  They then tell the landowners that they have buyers waiting and will list the property for a "nominal fee" of about $600.  The Costilla County Planning Office (719)672-9101 has NOT received any applications for shopping centers.  Many properties are also listed for sale on the internet for seven to ten times what the properties sell for locally." The article continues about other unscrupulous real estate people who are offering to buy property for 10 times its real value-but ask for 10% of the offer "UPFRONT" for closing costs.  ************* There is also a lot of advertising circulating about how TAOS prices are coming north to Southern Colorado.  The slant seems to imply that you can invest in land in Colorado and will reap huge benefits.  The truth is that there is still a lot of nothing in Costilla County and there are not artist colonies, or very many viable industries yet - so all that must be taken with a grain of salt.