Have you ever wondered how the experts in land investing became so successful? Don’t miss this week’s podcast episode as Jack & Jill share their personal journeys to living their best lives. They’re the perfect example of hard work paying off and don’t mind sharing what they’ve learned along the way, so you don’t have to make the same mistakes. If you truly have the desire to become a successful land investor with little work and a lot of pay, you’ll make it work.

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Steven Jack Butala:I'm Steven Jack Butala.

Jill K DeWit:And I'm Jill DeWit, and this is The Land Academy Show.

Steven Jack Butala:Today, we are talking about ... Well, we're going to hear about Jill's personal story, and a little later, we're going to talk about my personal story.

Jill K DeWit:Can I pick ... Does it have to be the story of me, or can I just pick a story-

Steven Jack Butala:You can tell us the story of what happened to you last week if you'd like.

Jill K DeWit:Okay. Cool.

Steven Jack Butala:This all came about, because a guy that produces the show, we asked him, "You post the stuff, you handle the whole thing." He's like, "Well, it really turns out, everybody wants to hear some version of your personal story."This is completely out of my comfort zone. I don't want to sit around here and talk about myself, but that's what they want. I think it's going to be pretty interesting.

Jill K DeWit:It's what you want.

Steven Jack Butala:I want to hear Jill's story. I want to hear what your version of this is, because-

Jill K DeWit:My version of the story, and then you're going to give me the real story. It's going to be no, no, no, sweetheart, that won't really happen at all, but, okay.Hey, I want to pause and say Happy Almost New Year.

Steven Jack Butala:Yeah.

Jill K DeWit:This is it, we have days, as this airs, just a couple days before it's 2024. I was thinking about it today, I'm already starting to write ... There's some years, you're like, "I'm halfway to February and I'm getting the year wrong." I have no idea why, but I'm so excited about this next year.I'm actually already finding myself putting 2024 on things ahead of time. I'm doing the opposite, and I don't know why it's happening but it is. It's really funny. Are you doing that at all?

Steven Jack Butala:No. Not at all. That never crossed my mind. What crosses my mind at this time of year is what am I going to do about next year? What worked last year? What worked next year? Honestly, I love this time of year, because you just get a restart button.More and more and more, it's not about money. It's just more about other stuff, which is a really nice place to be in, Jill.

Jill K DeWit:True. I completely agree.

Steven Jack Butala:Each week on the show, we answer questions from The Land Academy Member Discord forum. We review land acquisitions from our weekly member webinars, and we take a deep dive into two land-related topics by popular request.

Jill K DeWit:All right. Josiah wrote, "I'd like a consensus on this. We're under contract for a 10 acre parcel adjacent to a major interstate accessible via dirt, two track road, in a rural area. We're struggling to find comparable properties that border the highway. In your view, does proximity to the highway negatively impact the value of a property like this?The property's physical address access matches up with the legal access," so that's good. We have physical and legal, so it's a two track-

Steven Jack Butala:First of all, Josiah is a Career Path alumni.

Jill K DeWit:Yeah.

Steven Jack Butala:Incredibly successful member, and so for him to ask this question, first of all, it's super cool of you to do this. Thank you. We all learn from things like this. I do, for sure. I think everybody else does. He's not a new person who came up with his first deal here.

Jill K DeWit:I have a question, though, I'm curious. A two track road, I'm assuming that it's adjacent to the interstate and I'm assuming fr...