Curtis Seltzer

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Curtis Seltzer, Ph.D., is a land consultant who works with buyers. He’s the author of How To Be a DIRT-SMART Buyer of Country Property (2007) at www.curtis-seltzer.com . He’s been investing in rural land since 1970 and lives on a cattle-and-timber farm in Blue Grass, Virginia with his wife, Melissa, one of two lawyers in Highland County, population 2,500.

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Trespass May Be Easier to Forgive Than Forget Free Preview!
September 2008 | By Curtis Seltzer
One right that every owner holds in real estate is the expectation of privacy. You can generally keep others from entering and using your property--but not always. In rural areas, trespass is usually ...
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What in the World Does a Land Consultant Do? Free Preview!
July 2008 | By Curtis Seltzer
I’m often asked, “Just what is it that you do all day?” I can’t speak for others, but here’s what I do. I work for land buyers on a consulting basis. This can mean variou...
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Land Can Still Be A Sensible Investment Free Preview!
May 2008 | By Curtis Seltzer
America’s historical engine of settlement was the desire for land. Land, of course, meant making a living, and, if not that, at least surviving until better times appeared. Land also meant th...
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Does Location, Location, Location Pay? Free Preview!
April 2008 | By Curtis Seltzer
Every real-estate investor believes in the Three Commandments of successful property picking: Location, location, location. Except me. I’m a yes-no-and-sometimes man on the...
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Composting Trash Into Treasure Free Preview!
February 2008 | By Curtis Seltzer
A real-estate investor can learn a lot from a good compost heap of his own making. E. B. White, as fine a writer as America has ever produced, did much of his best thinking for the New York...
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Land Remains a Foundation of Wealth Free Preview!
January 2008 | By Curtis Seltzer
It used to be with land that you made money in one of two ways, and sometimes in combination. First, you could buy a large tract wholesale where the price per acre was lower the more you bo...
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