to probable increase in land values. Even if you are primarily interested in your early sales of

$100 per acre may be cheaper than similar land at a distance would be at $10 per acre. If you buy real es

in land, that sometimes they make mistakes, in trying to get in. It is as

tate dealing, but help, at least in keeping out of danger, may be had by follow

ainly be of interest and possibly of profit to the intending buyer. I b

ive to carry. An acre which costs one or two hundred dollars, or ten dollars per lot, will cost but six to twelve dollars per y

ilable for business, often advances to $100 in a year; one good ho

; even a shanty will usually bring in enough or save you enough by its use

t forced sale; that is how real estate is sold when it must be sold. Choose lots level wit

of their earnings in the shape of rent or price. Do not then be deluded by boom schemes in inaccessible or desolate

t of $1000 for streets or sewers, which helps the vacant lots, will probably put you out of business. Whether for use or speculation, buy in an established neighborhood or where the circumstances and neighbors

ce of millionaires, the price of residence property has a limit; even there the merest accident or the

buys a house already wrought, gets many a brick and nail for naught." If, however, you can get a piece of ground in a growing neighborhood a

e-don't bite off mor

tion possible from state agricultural departments. Write to the industrial agents of important railroads traversing the section in which you want to locate. They have detailed information regarding land, markets, social conditions, etc.; get from the United

tments cooperate with real estate men in their own states, by referring inquiries for farms to them. Some states issue from ti

aste your time wandering around a strange locality by yourself. The local real estate man knows more about his community than you can learn in five years. In trying to fin

un to buy that good plot of land in a high state of cultivation with good buildings on it, at a high price, than to buy this exhausted piece of land with poor buildings or none at all, is a question for the individual to decide. It depends on your energy, grit, age, and how much money you have. It is much easier to take advantag

This will be particularly useful in the case of land thought to be valueless. The lands about Miles, Michigan, were conside

ken from the land. The employer and the capitalist are, at bottom, only men who control the land or its products, who own rights of way, mining rights, or the fee of valuable lands. Thousands have "made"

iness; to keep land that enables you to ma