Need some advice on buying new land

Hello All,

I'm fairly new to this game, but I'm already liking it enough that I plan on upgrading to premium and buying my own little first land through lindens. I saw that a few days ago some first lands were on sale, but I hadn't made the decision back then and now they are all gone.

I have several questions that I hope someone would be so kind as to answer:

- How often do first land offerings occur? (maybe measuring from when they are all bought out?)

- What kind of disadvantages are there to buying first land?

- Are these people who buy firstland all new users? I saw several for sale signs pop up on the first lands hours after they were bought. Are these land speculators?

- Are there any other specific tips or advices for things to watch when buying first land?

Thanks a lot ^_^

I used this offer to get my first little piece of land... and I must say I have not regretted it for a single moment. It is nice to have your own spot for such a nice price and having nice people living next to you is also a nice thing.

Morwen.

There's all the time a LOT of first land on sale too, at least when you do a search in Find: Land for sale, and tick the first land option, you get a long list.... It's a great deal, though you might want to hop around a little to find that "perfect" spot for yourself. I have been on SL almost a year, and got my first land plot only a couple of months ago, so they're not all new, no..... I wish you luck with your land, it's great to own your own little place

Any tips:
- Buying 'first land' is very cheap, you can actually make some L$ selling it later, of course being in premium costs money monthly. But then again, you get L$ 500/week, that's already worth it.

- If you want to live in a nice and calm place, probably you can forget the mainland. You'll be better off renting land on some private sim (there are several landlords with such offers.)

"The Bush Guy" case clearly shows that your otherwise okay or even nice neighbourhood can be spoiled by one person, and Linden Labs will do NOTHING to intervene. So if you want to take this risk, go ahead on the mainland. If not, rent some place in a private sim.

Maaya, twisted rumour and unsubstantiated water-cooler gossip has it that Thursday is the usual time for new first land to appear.

I would make sure that research your sim and the neighbors you will be living around. I for one have run in to so many situations where my views are conflicting with my neighbors
( building in other themes unlike your own, land barons that rent out properties to rude and unruly people) Make sure you plan on living in this sim for a duration because once you buy you might not be able sell that land for some time. Always research your land and neighbors get to know them and never expect anyone to conform to your vision, everyone has their own ideals and visions of what makes the Second Life complete..

Are there any plots in Blumfield and West Haven still available? These sims are entirely First Land plots.

Well those first land plots - you have to request them when you convert to premium, I believe. Lots of people may have converted to premium some time ago, and are looking for first land.

BUT - if you are interested in Blumfield and West Haven, and you have already converted to premium, I would go ahead and ask a Linden if you couldn't still have a plot there (assuming you haven't yet bought First Land elsewhere).

If you are looking in the list for first land, be sure to put "512" and "512" in the size and money spaces and bunches more will come up.

I wish there was a way that everyone knew that, rather than just getting lucky enough for someone like me to tell you. Until someone told me, I thought there were only ever a few available (when some were available). Turned out I just wasn't SEEING all of them.

coco

Thank you Cocoanut for that information! I am very new and getting used to everything as well and have a question....If i purchase land after going Premium , but then later have to go back to free, what happens to the land I purchased ? Do I get to keep it or no?

Thank you in advance for answers

If you go back to the free basic account, you have to own no land before LL will let you make the account change on the website. So if you decide to go back to basic, sell off all your land holdings before you do.

However, you can still rent from any number of people on a basic account, since you aren't owning any of the land.

Thank you Cory!