The Landian Blog

Keep more of your money when you buy.

September 10, 2026

What $425K Gets You in Ohio, Montana vs. Mississippi

Four active vacation-rental listings, one budget: a brand-new Hocking Hills hot-tub cabin, a walk-everywhere house in downtown Red Lodge, a turnkey Gulf Coast cottage — and a six-bedroom surprise near New York State's tallest waterfall — with the STR math run on each.

September 3, 2026

What $750K Gets You in Arizona, Colorado vs. Maine

Four active vacation-rental listings, one budget: a hand-hewn Sedona log cabin, a Colorado chalet backing National Forest, a walk-to-the-sand Maine cottage — and a sleeps-21 surprise in a fourth state — with the STR math run on each.

September 1, 2026

Sellers Now Outnumber Buyers by Nearly Half a Million. Here's the Fall 2026 Buyer's Playbook.

Redfin counts a record-low 967,000 buyers against 1.46 million sellers — the deepest buyer's market on record. Where the leverage is biggest, what sellers are already giving up at the closing table, and how to turn the surplus into five figures of savings — including on the commission.

August 27, 2026

What $650K Gets You in Oregon, Idaho vs. Texas

Three active vacation-rental listings, one budget: an Oregon-coast compound where short-term renting is zoned-in, a turnkey Yellowstone-gateway cabin with September already booked, and a furnished Galveston beach house — with the STR math run on each.

July 29, 2026

Two Years After the NAR Settlement, Buyer-Agent Commissions Went Up. Here's How to Keep the Savings Anyway.

The 2024 NAR settlement was supposed to push buyer-agent commissions down. In mid-2026, the data shows they've actually crept up. Here's what buyers really pay now — and the flat-fee math that puts five figures back in your pocket.