buying land?

ok everyone i bought 576 sq. m on one plot and 544 on another plot on the same sim and it says its a protected 40/40 m beach on linden ocean.. not sure what this means? the 40/40 m? i ask some one in world and they said . the land there moves 40m +/- unlike most mainland that moves 4m +/- .... can anyone tell me what this means? please i have seen this so much and dont know what it means.

What is the name of the sim?

Jessie is the name of sim

i think i just figured it out.. on the 40/40 thing.. it is how far u can move the land up or down.. now im just wondering how u can tell before buying land in the future if its 40/40 or 4/4 m ..? anyone know how to tell before u buy land witch it is? cause i was told most mainland is 4/+/- m

Will there be war in Jessie?

Ok so.

You get 512 free tier with a premium membership. So, that's what it means by "512 paid tier."

You added another 544 meters on top of that. So that is what you are paying $5 a month for.

yes i have it figured out now my limit is 1024 plus premuim dues and 5$ a month. what is the next stage? how much does tier go up from there? u know incase i decide to buy more land

Jack take a look at this link:

http://secondlife.com/land/pricing.php

If you click the examples link it gives you some examples too, not surprisingly!

What this means is that you're now paying $8 a month for tier, since you own more than 1024 square meters of land.

unless he's using group bonus?

Howdy Neighbour! I just got land there too

I am not sure if there's any way to absolutely tell the terraforming limits of land before you buy, but there are only a very few of the oldest mainland sims that you can terraform +/- 40. Somebody older and wiser than me will probably be able to list them. Meanwhile, just stand on Jessie and look around at the general landscape ... if ever you see such extreme terraforming anywhere on the mainland, you are looking at +/- 40 land.

I rent tier and find it much cheaper than paying directly to Linden Lab, especially as I am in Europe and subject to VAT. What you _could_ have done is rent just the extra 16 sqm above your allowed 512 and not paid the $5 at all. You might still do better renting the tier on all your land over the original 512, and as your total land holdings are now 1120 sqm, you are certainly better off if you create a group to own the land.

Basically, tier rental works like Yasmine said, and because the land is group owned, you get an extra 10% tier allowance on top of whatever tier is donated (your "free" 512 + the tier you are renting). I think you can do this even without being premium, as the tier-rental alt who joins your group must be premium in order to donate the tier. If the tier-rental company goes bust, it would be the same as any land owned by a group without enough donated tier ...

(from the knowledge base)

So, you may end up having to tier up, but you wouldn't just lose your land or content without warning, like you might if you rented land.

Hope that doesn't just confuse you further

Or in other words, do you know about the rich historical past of Jessie? Yes, there's actually some interresting past about that sim. Just googling for "the Jessie Wall" should give you a couple of good hits

For me, this was the great attraction. Mari started a thread a couple of weeks ago on the historic stuff in Second Life and provided some good Jessie links (thanks, Mari!) ...

/327/a2/332744/1.html

hi spinster i found out how to tell the terraforming limits on a land.. all u do is click on world at top of screen and go down to region/estate and then click on Terrian . it tells u there also i have a total of 1120 sq.m of land . how much do i have to contribute??? i did deed it to a group and wanna make sure i contributed enough

Pull up the Group info box and click on the Land tab. It will tell you how much TIER the group has and how much of it is being used and it will tell you what your contribution is (in a box that you can type in to change it) and in parenthesis it will tell you if you can donate any more tier at your current level.

Total land = 1120
Group land bonus = 10% of 1120 = 112
so you need to donate 1008 (1120 minus 112)

Without renting tier, you need to pay for 1024 (premium fee + $5/month) which, with the 10% group bonus would mean your group could own up to 1126, or you could upgrade an alt to Premium and donate 512 each. Somebody on these forums calculated that this is cheaper than tiering up, if you pay yearly for the membership.

If you rented tier, you could just rent 496 and tier down to your original 512. With the group bonus this would cover your land. Don't do this until your tier is next due though, as you won't get a refund on this month's tier.

Have a look at the land tab in your group's info (if it's working properly now) to double check the group has enough tier.

Also, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, be very careful about group roles and who is allowed to buy and sell land for the group. The safest way is to make a group just for you and an alt (which is probably what you have done )

It is cheaper if you pay quarterly or yearly (not sure about monthly) to add an alt rather than jump tier levels. This holds true until you get up to either 1/8 or 1/4 sim, I think. I did the calcs up to 12 or 16 sqm of land way back.

ok here is what the group info says. tell me if im ok on donating

Total Contribution 1126 sq. meters
Total Land in use 1120 sq. meters
Land Available 6 sq. meters
Your contribution 1024 sq. meters (1024 max)

hope this is right

Yes, that looks right. You have already contributed enough.

Oooh, yes, he just squeaks under in that case.

I visited his place last night. He's got a nice spot next to protected Linden water.

the lady that sold me the property helped me and made it close so i would get as much as i could out of it. she was very patient for a noob like me

spinster i see your plot now your right next to me . hello!!!

Ha! I am in the middle of a giant download, once that's done I will log in and see what you have got . Have you had a go with the terraforming yet? It's not terraforming, it's terrafying!

no i havent tryed terraforming yet and i dont know if i will

I think you oughta get yourself some beachfront.