I’m out on land today and I had to stop and show you, because look at it.

I’m out on land today and I had to stop and show you, because look at it. A house hands you a finished thing. Every connection is already made and somebody else made it. Land hands you a question for every single one. The 5 I ask before anything else: Water. Does the property have a water right? The water right is what gets you the well — in Utah you have to own one to use water at all. 2 things people assume and shouldn’t: a water right is not automatically attached to the land, it’s its own real property and it gets deeded separately. And in parts of the state closed to new appropriation, you can’t just apply for one — you buy an existing right and change it. Verify it with the Utah Division of Water Rights, not the listing. Power. How far is the nearest line? If it’s far, that difference is your cost, not the seller’s. Gas. Is it close, or is the answer a propane tank? Septic. No sewer means a system, and a system means the ground has to cooperate. Roads. This is the one nobody asks. Who maintains it, who plows it, and is it a county road, a private road, or a handshake? None of that is a reason not to buy land. It’s a reason to know what you’re buying before you fall in love with the view. I fall in love with the view first every time — that’s why the 5 questions come second. Have you bought land? What surprised you? Tell me below, I want all of it. ⭐ Kelsey June Earl | Keller Williams South Valley 801-419-8917 | [email protected] Your lifelong friend in real estate