DOs & DON'Ts when Buying Land with a Conservation Easement - Jared Van Hees

Have you ever considered buying land in a conservation easement but weren't sure of the details? Jared Van Hees shares what he learned throughout the process of buying land in a conservation easement on his newest Northern Michigan property.
Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been working in partnership with individuals, local communities, government agencies, and private businesses to protect the natural landscapes that harbor the diversity of plant and animal life on Earth.
A conservation easement is a voluntary and legal agreement that allows landowners to retain desired rights to their private land while protecting important property features like woodlands, water sources, or native plantings. Over 16 million acres have been protected nationally by land trusts through conservation easements.
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[@tt55k]

Land with conservation easements is a lose lose situation . If it is not a very very good price it ties your hands on improving your land . I see ranches with liberal conservation easements in Colorado selling for the same price that properties the same size without conservation easements. Anyone that buys those properties is and idiot . I seen one 4400 acres all but 50 acres was under a conservation easement and they were asking 14 mil for it . That should be against the law , worse yet the building envelope was in an area with no trees because the previous owner cut them all down .
This is something I have been seeing a lot . People buy land , cut trees on 1/3 -1/2 the land , then put conservation easements on the rest of the land and part of the treeless land , they wait 10-15 years of enjoying dirt cheap taxes and put it up for sale for some inexperienced land buyer to buy it for full price . Very shady .

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

my experience is a 270 Arces lot of wetlands an am thinking their is not enough birds to justify that size of unusable land

[@richhunter515]

Sounds like you might be able to get a bargain on the land if it’s in an easement!

[@Bbbb4life]

Hi jake, I signed up for the newsletter about a week ago but haven't received your email regarding the book

[@jake-hofer]

Sorry about that- we shipped them out as fast as the requests came in. Reach out to Pat and let him know the Land Podcast sent you. I bet he'll get you taken care of.

[@Bbbb4life]

@@jake-hofer ok thanks a bunch!

[@HypocriticYT]

You don’t own land, you rent it by paying taxes on it.

[@HypocriticYT]

Pure waste of $$ if you plan on building or even 4 wheeling 😢. Beware of karst topography, land can look good but you can’t do anything with it. Before you buy contact government authorities. Don’t trust any real estate salesman