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Boost Your Land Value Before You Sell: A Pre-Listing Checklist for Landowners
By: Tim Monicken, Licensed Real Estate Agent and Land Specialist
Posted: 8/22/2025
Boost Your Land Value Before You Sell: A Pre-Listing Checklist for Landowners
By: Tim Monicken, Licensed Real Estate Agent and Land Specialist
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to tour multiple potential vacant land listings with landowners considering selling. One topic that always comes up is price per acre – and how to get the highest return possible when listing.
If you’re thinking about selling your vacant land in the future, here is a pre-listing checklist that can increase your price per acre and improve the overall marketability of your property.
📸 1. Capture Trail Camera Photos
When reviewing land listings, trail camera photos truly stand out – especially clear daylight pictures. These photos show potential buyers the caliber of deer or other wildlife that frequent the property, giving them confidence in its value as a hunting property.
If you plan to sell down the road, start saving your best trail camera photos each season. Hunting land is in high demand, and strong wildlife photos can significantly enhance your listing’s appeal.
🚜 2. Maintain Property Trails
A well-established and maintained trail system adds significant value to any property. Trails:
- Improve the overall showing experience for potential buyers
- Make properties more accessible for hunting, recreation, and management
- Are ideal places to set up trail cameras, as wildlife often uses them for easy travel
Property trails also make excellent hunting setups for deer and turkeys. Investing in trail creation and maintenance now can yield higher offers later.
🌱 3. Add a Food Plot
Adding a food plot provides wildlife with a reliable food source and encourages them to spend more time on your property, enhancing hunting opportunities and experiences.
Food plots don’t need to be large to be effective. Small, strategic plots are often used more during daylight hours and can add considerable value to your land listing.
💡 Final Thoughts
While these improvements may require upfront costs, they will increase your property’s value and return on investment substantially when it comes time to sell.
If you have any questions or would like a FREE market analysis of your property, I’d be glad to help.
📞 Call or text: 715-888-2293, Tim Monicken, Licensed Real Estate Agent and Land Specialist
📧 Email: Tim@Weisschoice.com
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