Our efforts have paid off.  For the fifth consecutive month, we have experienced growth well into the double digits.  Visits increased by 29% and Hits increased by more than 24%.  We had over 2,500 Visitors and more than 54,000 Hits.  This means the average visitor clicks 21 times before leaving.

While we will continue to increase outbound calls and e-mails to both buyers and sellers, we look to use the remainder of this third quarter to focus on SEO and website enhancements.

Land Links is now advertising land in 15 state plus the U.S. Virgin Islands for builders, Realtors, banks, and owners.  We continue to increase our buyer base and lengthen the chain that is U.S. Land Links, LLC.

June gave us our best traffic yet. While we again received double digit growth in Visits at 14%, our Hits increased by an amazing 69%. This is a strong indicator that we are reaching the target audience. Those who do visit the site, are spending their time shopping land. The average Visitor is clicking on more than 22 items.

We now have Visitors in virtually every state and 21 countries.

After four consecutive months of double digit growth, we are looking to raise the bar. We are anticipating that this trend continues through July. -HPW

In an I.R.C. Section 1031 Exchange, real property generally is “like-kind’ to all other real property. However, real property located in the United States and some U.S. territories is not “like-kind” to property located outside the United States.

Real property generally is defined by state law and may include easements, leases of 30 years or more, co-operative stock ownership, timber rights, water rights, oil, gas and mineral rights, options, and of course, a fee interest, to name a few.

Vacant land is considered “like-kind” to improved land and therefore may be exchanged with an apartment building, single family structure, commercial warehouse, etc., or any of the above mentioned forms of ownership, and vice versa.

Often, a taxpayer wishes to exchange into vacant land, upon which they will construct improvements. If the value of the improvements is needed in the exchange value, a “Build-To-Suit” Exchange can be used to accomplish this goal.

The obvious advantage of an I.R.C. Section 1031 Exchange is the deferment of federal and state ordinary (short term) and capital gains (long term) taxes. Other advantages include consolidation and diversification of investments, greater appreciation and leverage, greater cash flow, relocation of investments, and exchanging out of a low-basis investment into a high-basis investment. All of these advantages make a 1031 Exchange a great wealth building tool.

For additional information on 1031 Exchanges, please contact 1031 Exchange Specialists, Inc. at 609-398-1031 and also visit our website at http://www.1031ESI.com.

- George Christofely

Once again, we ended May with positive growth well into the double digits. We received 1,703 Visits and 25,915 Hits. This is almost a 40% increase on Visit traffic! Our Hit traffic also increased by over 19%.

We are increasing our staff to reach more builders, developers, investors, and individual buyers. We are also increasing our connections to individual sellers, Realtors, and banks. All of this is to help you find your buyer or seller.

We ended April with more Visits and Hits than estimated. Visits reached 1,222 while Hits climbed to 21,727! This equates to more than 55 Visits per business day.

May is looking even better. Estimates indicate that we may surpass 1,400 Visits and 23,500 Hits. This would mark the third consecutive month of double-digit Visit growth. -HPW

We are currently on pace to receive 1,100 visits this month and over 21,200 hits. This is a 26% visit increase, and a 55 % hit increase over last month! Thanks to everyone who has shared Land Links with friends and family. –HPW