Journal

Notes from the field

Short pieces on buying land and commercial property in Lubbock, written in plain English for the people doing the buying.
The ten things I check

The ten things I check before you sign on a Lubbock tract

A plain checklist from the research I do on every piece of ground, from the LCAD record to the 5pm traffic count.
Listening first

How a buyer’s agent gets paid on land, and why it’s usually free to you

The most common question in a first meeting. Short answer: the seller's side pays, and you get someone in your corner for it.
Loop 88, explained for people

Loop 88, explained for people who aren’t engineers

The outer loop is the biggest thing happening to Lubbock land values this decade. What it is, where it goes and what happened last time.
What a Lubbock corner is actually worth

What a Lubbock corner is actually worth

Acres are the wrong unit. How land is really priced on 114th Street, and why two tracts a mile apart can differ by $9 a foot.
Resources
Guides, maps and checklists
Free to download. Leave your name, phone and email and the file is yours.
Explainer Loop 88: route, interchanges and timeline What's open, where the interchanges land and what Loop 289 did last time. Download6 pages
Checklist The ten-point due diligence checklist Printable. The list I run on every piece of ground. Download1 page
Map 114th Street corridor map and tract sheet Every tract I represent on 114th, Loop 88 and Woodrow, with a map and LCAD numbers. Download20 pages
PDF guide The Lubbock land buyer’s guide How tracts are priced, what a corner is worth and what to ask before an offer. Download18 pages