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Parcel number or address, county, and a rough acre count. No obligation.
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Dallas reviews every file. If we can buy, you hear from us in two business days. You can decline. Questions? Call (916) 262-7241.
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Meet Dallas Waldon
Dallas Waldon owns Land Boss and is its CEO. She opened Land Boss in 2018, prices each Tennessee seller package herself, and remains on the file through recording at the county register of deeds.
Land Boss pays cash for vacant Tennessee land. The purchase is funded by the company. A number goes out only when that vacant parcel is one we will review for a purchase.
Prices for vacant Tennessee land vary a lot by location. Ridge-and-Valley timber and a hollow off the Cumberland Plateau turn on truck access, slope, and timber cover. West Tennessee farm ground and Delta-edge acres turn on soils and drainage. A vacant lot on the Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, or Chattanooga fringe answers a different calendar again, and Smokies foothills tracts often price on recreation demand and how far services sit.
Fill out the offer form farther up this page with the assessor parcel number or street address, the county, and a rough acre count. Sending the form does not commit you to sell. When the vacant land fits, Dallas usually replies inside two business days. Keep the figure, turn it down, or set it beside a listing plan.
Ask for a cash number, or call (916) 262-7241 if you would rather talk through the trustee bill, hollow access, and which heirs must sign. That line reaches Land Boss, not a Tennessee assessor or trustee office. Dallas handles every Tennessee ask herself.
A cash figure from Land Boss often lands under a retail close that a financed buyer actually records. Certainty and speed are what you trade for that gap.
Tennessee cash when out-of-state heirs will not run another showing season
Adult children in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, or Texas inherit ridge woods, a Middle Tennessee field, or flat ground near the Mississippi, and nobody plans to build. The county trustee still mails the tax bill. A retail shopper already walked away over a seasonal hollow lane, a flood map, or a septic question the heirs will not chase from another state.
A cash sale often fits when:
- Several owners share a hollow tract, West Tennessee farm ground, or a fringe lot outside town, and they will not spend another season on photos and visits
- You live outside Tennessee and cannot drive the lane or meet the assessor without booking a trip
- Greenbelt filings and the yearly trustee bill take more attention than any real plan you have for the land
- An earlier listing stalled on seasonal access, a flood note, or a septic answer no one will chase from another city
- You want one named buyer for vacant land in its present condition, and a sale to Land Boss does not add a realtor commission
If the highest retail price is the only acceptable result and you have the weeks for it, a land-focused agent or a sale you handle yourself is usually the better match. Ask for our cash figure when you want a number you can set beside those choices.
Vacant Tennessee land that fits, and files we decline
Vacant land we can review includes East Tennessee mountain and hollow tracts that are not under a current commercial timber contract, Middle Tennessee farm ground that is not a working commercial farm, West Tennessee flat and Delta-edge land, lots outside Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, or Chattanooga, rural tax-roll lots that never received a house, and inherited parcels with no improvements.
We decline:
- A Smokies-foothills cabin still run as short-term lodging, or any Tennessee house we would have to sell as a residence
- A condo
- An operating farm, dairy, or orchard sold as a going concern
Land Boss does not hold a Tennessee brokerage license. If listing the land serves you better than a cash sale, we will tell you.
Files have come from Davidson, Shelby, Knox, Hamilton, Rutherford, Williamson, Montgomery, and many smaller rural counties. Those names only orient the map. They are not a promise that every parcel in those counties is a purchase.
Assessor parcel IDs and getting Tennessee cash onto the register of deeds
Open with the assessor parcel ID on the trustee statement
Send the assessor parcel number or street address, the county, and a rough acre count. If they already sit with the assessor or trustee mail, add the latest tax statement, any Greenbelt or use-value notice, heir and co-owner names, a survey, easement language, flood notes, or letters from an earlier listing. Skip ordering a fresh appraisal just to start. Tell us what is true on the ground; what you already hold is enough to begin.
How Dallas settles on a Tennessee cash figure
Dallas settles each Tennessee cash figure from the county assessor roll, whether a truck can reach the hollow after a wet spring, the shape of the tract, nearby closed sales, and what a next owner could do with Ridge-and-Valley timber, Cumberland Plateau ground, West Tennessee farm acres, or a lot on the Nashville fringe. A Davidson County empty lot, a Sevier foothills tract, a Shelby flat acreage, and a Williamson-line farm split are different files. Mountain access, farm soils, western bottomland, and fringe demand each move the number. When the tract is outside what we purchase, you hear a direct no. Tennessee asks do not languish for weeks without an answer.
Title search, realty transfer lines, and the register of deeds pick the recording day
Most Tennessee vacant-land sales close at a title company. Title search, lien payoffs, every required signature, realty transfer lines, and recording at the county register of deeds choose the date. We take the land as it sits. You do not owe us a brush crew, a mowed field, or photos staged for an open house. After you accept, many files finish across a few weeks. Past-due trustee amounts usually surface in that title work and settle on the closing statement.
Land Boss cash beside a Tennessee listing and selling the tract yourself
Set these three routes next to the weeks you can spare. Getting a named cash close and chasing the highest retail ask are not the same assignment.
Sell to Land Boss for cash
- Timing: After you accept a Tennessee offer, recording waits on title work and signatures, often across a few weeks.
- What you pay: A sale straight to Land Boss does not add a realtor commission from us.
- Condition: Woods, weeds, and a seasonal hollow lane can stay. We do not ask you to clear or stage the tract.
- Price: Cash, often under the retail price you hoped a finished sale might bring. Certainty and speed are what you trade for that gap.
- Who writes the check: Payment comes from Land Boss company funds, and Dallas stays with your Tennessee file through recording at the register of deeds.
Market it with an agent
- Timing: A listing can sit for a season or longer while hollow access, a flood note, or a septic answer catches up, and a buyer who needs a loan can still cancel.
- What you pay: You typically pay an agent commission in the mid-single digits, and listing prep can come due before anyone writes.
- Condition: Shoppers may want cleanup, a survey, a perc answer, or flood clarity before they write.
- Price: A full retail result is possible only if a qualified buyer records.
- Who writes the check: Greenbelt rollback risk and a hollow-road easement change the net more than polishing listing photos. Cash here sizes those Tennessee facts before another assessor year lands on heirs who do not live on the ridge.
Handle FSBO on your own
- Timing: You set the ask, place the ads, and answer every call yourself.
- What you pay: Ads can cost little. Your time usually will not. Most FSBO Tennessee closings still run through a title company.
- Condition: Creek crossings, Greenbelt questions, and a seasonal hollow lane still need plain answers on every callback.
- Price: You might clear more than a cash figure. Some tracts also sit another tax year with no buyer.
- Who writes the check: Whoever you locate and walk all the way to recording.
Use an agent or a sale you run yourself when every retail dollar matters more than a shorter close and the calendar is free. Send the form when you want that cash figure next to the listing plan.
A conventional Tennessee listing usually means a licensed agent and a purchase contract the parties negotiate. Selling to Land Boss means our purchase agreement, a title-company closing, and no listing commission on our side of the file.
Documents that speed up a Tennessee review
Attach these when they already sit with the assessor or trustee mail:
- Street address or assessor parcel ID
- County and approximate acres
- Latest tax statement or valuation notice
- Greenbelt application, use-value notice, or assessor letter when the land is agricultural, forest, or open space
- Full names of every co-owner, heir, or trustee who may need to sign
- Survey, easement language, or an older title commitment
- Flood determinations, access letters, or notes from a prior listing
- Estate or probate papers when more than one person must sign
Skip ordering these just to open the ask:
- A newly ordered appraisal
- Brush cleared, fields mowed, or photos staged for a showing
- A finished Greenbelt file or a new survey on day one
- An active realtor listing agreement
Name the gaps. A seasonal lane you already know about, or a flood note already in the file, is more useful than a polished guess.
Tennessee Greenbelt, realty transfer tax, and the road onto the land
Greenbelt taxes present use, not a development guess
Tennessee’s Greenbelt law is the Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act of 1976, Tennessee Code Annotated sections 67-5-1001 through 1050. It taxes qualifying land on present use, not development value. The Comptroller Greenbelt page and the May 2025 handbook are the public references. Nothing here is a tax opinion for your parcel.
Agricultural and forest each generally need at least 15 acres. Forest also needs a management plan. Open space is its own track: at least 3 acres and the planning commission must have designated the area. Not a discount for every idle lot.
First-time applications go to the county assessor by March 15. Approved applications are recorded. A new application is needed after an ownership change.
Cap: no person may place more than 3,000 acres under Greenbelt in one taxing jurisdiction.
Rollback recaptures prior savings, not a fine. Agricultural and forest look back 3 years. Open space looks back 5 years. Ask the assessor before assuming closing math. Use value is not the cash bid.
Realty transfer tax, and a separate indebtedness line
Realty transfer tax is $0.37 per $100. REC-1 states 37 cents per $100, generally the greater of consideration or value, Tennessee Code Annotated section 67-4-409. Read the Revenue rate page and REC-1 before you treat any line as final. Indebtedness tax is separate ($0.115 per $100, first $2,000 of debt exempt) and applies to mortgage instruments, not the sale itself. The county register collects and may add document fees. This page is not a fee quote.
A deed is not the same as a truck after a wet spring
A recorded deed is not the same as a truck reaching the land after a wet spring. Private lanes, creek fords, and unrecorded shared drives show up often on inherited rural tracts. A family memory of the lane is useful context. It is not a recorded easement.
The FEMA Flood Map Service Center is a separate screen. Creek bottoms and river corridors can sit in mapped flood hazard areas. Tell us the route a truck actually uses. We are not giving floodplain legal advice.
Heirs outside Tennessee still sign
Out-of-state heirs are common on Tennessee vacant land. Parents kept a wooded tract, a farm field, or flat Delta-edge land for years. The adult children now live in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, or Texas, and they will not fly in for showings. Remote signers and remote notarization are routine. Probate and several names on title can add days. A cash sale can still happen with those facts on the file. Lead with the assessor parcel number and every person who must sign.
A farm average will not price this parcel
USDA NASS reported Tennessee farm real estate at $6,500 per acre in the Land Values 2026 Summary. That statewide farm figure is not a cash bid on your parcel. Dallas reviews the land itself.
Tennessee vacant-land questions sellers bring first
What is a Tennessee acre worth on a farm average?
USDA NASS reported Tennessee farm real estate at $6,500 per acre in the Land Values 2026 Summary. The figure covers farm real estate statewide. It is not the cash number Dallas will put on your parcel.
When should I expect a reply on a Tennessee parcel?
When the land is vacant land we can review and we have enough facts to price, expect an offer in about two business days. Closing follows title work and signatures, often across a few weeks. Tangled ownership can stretch the first reply. If we will not purchase the parcel, you get a clear no.
Does a direct sale to Land Boss add a realtor commission?
No. A direct sale of vacant land to Land Boss does not add a realtor commission to us. The settlement statement still lists title charges, recording, realty transfer lines, and ordinary closing costs.
Can owners living in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, or Texas sell this way?
Yes. Owners and heirs in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Texas sell Tennessee vacant land this way often. Begin with the parcel number or street address, then name every signer. Remote notarization is routine. Probate can stretch the close. Those facts can slow a close. They do not, on their own, block a cash sale.
What happens to unpaid property taxes at a Tennessee closing?
Unpaid property taxes and certain assessments are typically paid from seller proceeds at the title-company closing, subject to the contract and payoff letters. Bring the newest bill if you have it. Possible Greenbelt rollback is a separate assessor question. Flag any disqualification notice early. Ask the assessor before assuming closing math.
Is Greenbelt use value the same as your cash bid?
No. Greenbelt use value and assessor market value are assessment tools. Use value is not the cash bid. The cash figure is what Dallas will pay for that vacant parcel as it sits, often under a hopeful retail ask.
Do Greenbelt status or a flood map end the review?
Often no. We still review many Greenbelt-classified and flood-mapped parcels when access is real. Those facts move the price and the timing. They do not automatically end the conversation. We are not giving tax or floodplain legal advice.
How do Nashville fringe lots and Sevier hollows price against each other?
They answer different calendars. A lot outside Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, or Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee farm ground, and an East Tennessee hollow each draw their own next-owner math. Dallas reviews the parcel itself, not a statewide template.
Who sets the cash number on a Tennessee file?
Dallas Waldon sets the cash number. She owns Land Boss, she is the CEO, and she opened the company in 2018. She remains on that file until recording.
Reply window, Greenbelt reviews, and opening a Tennessee file
Google lists Land Boss at 4.6 out of 5 from 27 reviews. Those reviews are nationwide. They are not a Tennessee closing count.
When the vacant land fits and the facts support a price, expect that first reply to be the offer in about two business days. Closing still follows title work and signatures, and your calendar plus the title desk still choose the recording day.
When you want a cash figure, fill out the form and we’ll review your parcel, or call (916) 262-7241.
Sources used on this page
These are public references for Tennessee context. They are not an appraisal of your parcel and not tax or legal advice.
- Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, State Board of Equalization - Greenbelt (Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act of 1976; TCA sections 67-5-1001 through 1050; present-use assessment; agricultural at least 15 acres; forest at least 15 acres with a management plan; open space at least 3 acres with planning-commission designation; March 15 application; 3,000-acre cap; rollback 3 years agricultural and forest, 5 years open space)
- Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessments - Greenbelt Handbook for Assessors of Property (Revised May 2025) (assessor handbook on Greenbelt classifications, applications, and rollback)
- Tennessee Department of Revenue - Recordation Taxes: Due Date and Tax Rates (realty transfer tax $0.37 per $100; indebtedness tax $0.115 per $100 with the first $2,000 of debt exempt)
- Tennessee Department of Revenue - REC-1 Recordation Tax Overview (realty transfer tax 37 cents per $100; generally the greater of consideration or value; Tennessee Code Annotated section 67-4-409)
- USDA NASS - Land Values 2026 Summary (USDA NASS reported Tennessee farm real estate at $6,500 per acre in the Land Values 2026 Summary. 2025 row in the same Farm Real Estate Average Value per Acre table was $6,150)
- FEMA - Flood Map Service Center (official flood hazard map products, a separate screen from a recorded deed)
Land Boss is not your attorney, tax advisor, or appraiser. For legal, tax, estate, survey, and land-use questions, use qualified local professionals.
Land Boss buys vacant land for cash. Founded in 2018. Dallas Waldon, the owner, talks with sellers herself — not an overseas call center.