Well... and haven't land prices shot up recently?
The Land Barons claim they will save you your US$9.95 per month Premium membership fee by offering you ownership of, say 2000 sq metres for around L$10,000 one-time payment... and then charge you a monthly tier of around US$40 a month!
And despite their statements that you own the land, you don't. Only they do, being responsible for the tier, like every island owner, to the Linden accountants.
If you find this sort of deal silly, please examine my alternative. Old-fashioned rentals of cottages, tree-houses, romantic turrets, _already in place on my own prim count, not yours_.
You pay me L$2000 per month. I give you 200 prims to be used in your residence and its immediate surroundings. You get the run of a themed Island of 65,536 sq metres. That's it.
No, for this price you don't get your own partition so you can't stream your own music or porny videos, sorry: the Isle has its own, vaguely in-theme music stream. But you're getting the prims at a rate of L$2.5 per prim per week, while the Land-Baron average is something over L$2.74 per prim per week... and I make NO upfront charge of L$10,000!
The catch? Well, the Isle of Faerun is a mediaeval sim so, outside your own dwelling, ot's nice if you're dressed in vaguely that style.
I'm not in the business of making a profit out of you. I love the Isle, and, within reason, if I can't make ends meet at the end of a month I pay the balance of the tier that Linden demand.
Humans, Nekos, Elves, Faes, Furries and others.... come and join us... have fun on the Isle of Faerun!
Christi Maeterlink