Best way to add value to my property

Hard to say without seeing it, but for that budget, I would suggest:

- Painted cabinets
- countertops
- a few lighting fixtures
- landscaping

So you’re saying you have a lot that you intend to build a house on at a point later in the future? If that’s what you’re saying I’d strongly advise you to not do anything at all until you know exactly what you’re doing with it. No sense wasting money on something you might tear out later. Only exception I can think of is maybe planting some trees if it’s devoid of vegetation and you don’t intend to build for 5-10 years. If you do that they could be decent size by the time you’re ready to build.

Above ground swimming pool

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Best way to add value to my property

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Run for Mayor then appropriate money for it.

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Painted cabinets
- countertops
- a few lighting fixtures
- landscaping

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Seems hard to do with a vacant lot baw

Will insurance cover a trampoline in my swimming pool?

Yeah, you're not really going to add anything to the value. Just hope for some appreciation on the lot.

It's a bit of a vague question, as others have stated. Is this a lot in a subdivision? Rural land? Assuming this is in a developed subdivision and you already have sewer and drainage lines and all utilities available to the property that you just need to tie into when you build, then the only thing I would suggest if you want to put the money toward the property is to pay down your existing loan on the land. If you don't have water, utilities, drainage available to the land, you could see about getting that stuff run to the property, but unless this is some remote rural property, I don't imagine that to be the case.

Well again, I'm not sure I'm tracking your response and I don't want you needlessly spending money. If this is a subdivision, utilities should be available to your property. That is part of the developer's job in improving and enhancing the land he bought. The developer buys a big tract of land, divides it into residential lots, builds the streets, installs sewer and utility lines and then turns around and sells the lots to people to build their houses. When you go to build, your builder just ties into the water, sewer, electricity, gas, etc. lines that are already available to your lot. Follow me? I cannot imagine you would have a lot in a residential subdivision that does not already have utilities available to it.

Not to sound rude, but I don't think you know enough to know what you don't know, and you're going to run out and waste a bunch of money needlessly. Just pay down your land loan by $25,000 and call it a day.

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This lot is in a new subdivision in a rural area. No sewer, no water ran to the property yet. This is kind of what I was asking the question for. Sorry for the details left out. How much value could I add to the property by doing these things? Can I put in my sewer before I do my dirt work or should I wait until after?

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The more I read in this thread, the less i understand the point of what you're trying to do. You're saying you want as much equity as possible for when you start building, but to get that equity you're going to need to make investments which will require cash.

So I don't really get the point of doing anything...whatever you do now will just start to degrade/weather now anyway.

ETA: So I agree with the post above....get more equity by simply paying down the lot loan. Dirt doesn't require maintenance and people probably aren't going to steal it, so why build a fancy $5,000 gate around it now? It's gonna look shitty when you start building and you may even need to take it down to make the build easier.