Lou Jewell's (landman) Blog

    Land Offers Investment Stability - and Strong Returns Chicago, IL, March 26, 2009:  Do you want an investment that holds its value in these turbulent times?   Set your sights on land.           During 2008, as the Dow fell by 31.4 percent and home prices dropped 12.4 percent, according to NA...

The Greatest Experience Of My Professional Lifetime...Teaching about Land   One off the greatest experience of my professional lifetime has been to teach the Realtors Land Institute's "Land 101" class.  For the last sixteen years, I have specialized in Land and Farms sales in the beautiful Piedmo...

  North Carolina State University is a leader is Soils, Water Control, Wetlands and other environmental issues that are becoming more important and our population grows. "Green" is everywhere in our personal and professional lives today. I recently met with four departments heads at NCSU and they...

  Lou Jewell's ALC Tips About how to Sell Land    Land is finite and as our world population ever increases, there is constant demand for its many uses. All Land has one or more potential uses, even if you think it is just holding the earth together. Determining the "Highest and Best Use" of the ...

  Lou Jewell's ALC  Tips on Buying Land   Why would anyone want to buy Land? It is only the best all-time and longest lasting "Investment" in the world. Maybe that is why Ted Turner owns over 2 million acres in the U.S. He might know about something that we should learn more about. Yes, even that...

Lou Jewell's ALC Tips About how to Sell Land    Land is finite and as our world population ever increases, there is constant demand for its many uses. All Land has one or more potential uses, even if you think it is just holding the earth together. Determining the "Highest and Best Use" of the La...