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Land purchase affordability

Check whether the land can plausibly pay for itself before you fall in love with it.

Land purchase affordability

Yearly loan payment
Payment per acre
Return divided by payment

The starting numbers are placeholders so you can see the layout. They are not quotes, rates or recommendations. Replace them with your own figures.

The formula

loan = price × acres × (1 − down %); payment uses the loan payment formula with monthly payments; payment per acre = yearly payment ÷ acres; coverage = expected net return per acre ÷ payment per acre.

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