10 Steps and 10 Tips

Step 3: Study the Location

Area amenities and attractions affect the value of land. The closer you are to them, the more your parcel of land is likely to cost.

• Tip 3: What's important to you? Make a list of amenities that will be essential to your life in the North Woods and note their distance from your property. How close is the nearest gas station, medical facility or grocery store? Where is the nearest public land? Decide what you can live with and, more importantly, what you can't live without.