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How Does Selling Land Work?
Welcome to the John Hall and Company Selling Land in Alabama series part two. Today, agent and land expert Hoke Smith shares "How Does Selling Land Work?" Selling land can be intimidating or even a foreign concept to those who have never sold a property. Selling land...
Selling Land in Alabama – How Does Selling Land Work?
Welcome to the John Hall and Company Selling Land in Alabama series. This is part two in the series. Go here to read, part one written by Pete Hall Selling a piece of property can be an intimidating or foreign concept to some landowners who have never sold property...
Land – Safe Haven Asset
"Last month, the LANDTHINK Pulse posed the following question to our audience: When the stock market becomes volatile, how likely are you to invest in land? Our informal online survey revealed that 40.6% of respondents are VERY LIKELY to invest in land amid stock...
Selling Land in Alabama
Welcome to the first part of a series entitled Selling Land In Alabama. In this first article, we discuss the John Hall and Company Advantage when it comes to selling land across Alabama. Pete Hall outlines why hiring one of our agents gives you a good return on your...
Alligator Season Registration opened June 2
"Alabama will celebrate its 15th alligator hunting season in 2020 as a remarkable recovery story continues for the American alligator. Early in the 20th century, alligators in the U.S. had diminished to alarming numbers. Unregulated alligator harvest during this time...
Vertical Farming, is this farming’s future?
"With the world’s population projected to reach 9.7 billion in the next 30 years, having a stable reliable food source is more important than ever before. With land suitable for farming running low, a new concept of growing food indoors has caught on in the past five...
Land – The Ultimate Investment During Uncertain Times
As Alabamians began returning to work, the reality of the new normal began to take shape. I, for one, was excited to get a haircut and to grab a meal from my favorite restaurant, but it quickly became clear that the new economy looks vastly different than what we are...
Invasive Plant Species – What To Look For
As a landowner, you spend countless hours working to reach the full potential of your property. Many times, a tract of land can be overrun with invasive plant species in a surprisingly short amount of time. This can cause a detrimental effect on your timber value and...
How aesthetic appeal can improve your land values
There are many ways in which a landowner can get an idea of how much their property is worth. John Hall & Company along with other land brokers can give a landowner their opinion of value simply based on recent comparable sales in the area. There is also the route...
Key Considerations in the Land Buying Process
Key Considerations in the Land Buying Process When beginning the process of buying recreational hunting land in Alabama there is a host of considerations to keep in mind. In fact, these key considerations are so numerous many are overlooked in the selection process. ...
The Importance of Mapping Land
The importance of a good map and the benefits that come from them are too often overlooked and unrealized. There is a long list of uses that can come from maps and so many professionals whose careers are related to land, timber, wildlife, etc. depend on good maps....
Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) and Benefits to Landowners
Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) and Benefits to Landowners Our team at John Hall & Company recently sold 456 acres of recreational hunting land off Hobbie Road in Montgomery County, Alabama. As land specialists, this was one of the more interesting and diverse...