We Buy Land in Atlanta -Including the Parcels Nobody Will Touch

We buy vacant land throughout metro Atlanta and Georgia as a direct cash buyer. That means no agent agreement, no sign in the yard, no showings, no waiting on somebody else’s mortgage approval, and no commission taken out of your check at the end.

• Local and family-owned — based in Atlanta, not a national call center
• 15+ years in Georgia real estate
• No commissions, no fees, no closing costs charged to you
• Back taxes are fine — it’s most of what we buy
• Close in 7–14 days, or on your timeline

Meet Gerald

About page.

You’ll Be Talking to Me, Not a Call Center

I’m Gerald Harris. I started Atlanta Land Buyers because too many people around here were sitting on a stack of tax notices with nowhere to get a straight answer.

I’ve spent more than 15 years in Georgia real estate — first as a licensed agent, then as an investor — and I’ve sat across the table from a lot of families staring down a foreclosure deadline with more questions than answers.

I’m also my mother’s primary caregiver. That job taught me something a real estate license never did: what it actually feels like to make a hard decision about someone’s property while everything else in life keeps asking for your attention.

So here’s how I work. Educate first, help second. If selling isn’t the right move for you, I’ll tell you that — I’ve told plenty of people that. If it is, you’ll get a real number and a straight explanation of how I got to it.

Call or text me directly: (404) 913-7086 · More about me and this company →

If Any of This Sounds Familiar, We Should Talk

The tax bill keeps coming and the land does nothing. You’re paying Fulton County every year on a parcel that has never earned you a dollar. Vacant land is the worst version of this problem, because there’s no mortgage, no escrow account, and nobody quietly paying the bill in the background — see property taxes on vacant land.

You’re already behind on taxes. This is the situation we handle most. Come to us early and there’s usually more room to work with. Here’s how selling tax-delinquent land actually works, and how many years you can be behind before it becomes urgent.

You inherited it and nobody agrees what to do. Land can sit for years while heirs go back and forth, and the deed is often still in a parent’s name. We’ll walk you through what has to happen before a sale is even possible — start with our guide to selling inherited land in Atlanta and probate real estate in Georgia.

It’s been listed for months. Agents lose interest in raw land fast, because it’s slow, it’s hard to comp, and the commission is small. Meanwhile the carrying costs don’t stop.

You live out of state. Most of this can be handled without you flying in. Out-of-state owners are also the most likely to miss a mailed tax notice, which is how a lot of parcels end up on a sale list. See how we work with out-of-state landowners.

The lot is a problem. Landlocked, oddly shaped, overgrown, easement questions, no utilities. These are the ones agents pass on. They’re the ones we look at hardest. We buy vacant land in almost any condition.

There’s a lien on it. Back taxes, a code enforcement lien, an old judgment, an HOA balance. Liens are normally paid out of the proceeds at closing rather than out of your pocket — see can I sell property with a lien on it in Georgia.

There’s a mobile home or a run-down structure on it. We also buy trailer and mobile homes on land and houses that need work.

What Kind of Land Do We Buy in Atlanta?

Almost any of it. Here’s what actually crosses our desk in a given month:

Type of land	What we look at
Vacant lots and infill parcels	Road frontage, lot width, zoning, utilities at the street, what’s being built nearby
Unused acreage and rural land	Access, road type, timber, topography, recent comparable land sales
Inherited land	Who holds legal authority to sell, whether probate is open, how many heirs are involved
Tax-delinquent parcels	The written payoff figure, whether a Fi.Fa. is recorded, whether a sale date is set
Landlocked or easement-question parcels	Whether legal access exists, recorded easements, what a neighbor deed would take
Overgrown or dumped-on lots	Cleanup cost, code citations, what the county wants abated
Mobile and trailer homes on land	Title status of the home, whether it’s been de-titled to the land
Houses that need work	Structure, roof, systems, whether it’s financeable at all

Not every parcel qualifies. Some we’ll tell you to keep. But it costs nothing to ask, and we’ll tell you plainly either way.

How It Works: Three Steps, About Ten Days

1. Send us the parcel. Address, parcel number, or even just a rough location and a county. Use the form or text (404) 913-7086. If you only have a legal description off an old deed, that works too.

2. We do the homework. Location, size, access, zoning, tax status, what’s going up nearby, and what comparable land actually sold for. We pull the county records ourselves. Then we call you with a number and we explain how we got there.

3. You decide, and we close. If you accept, we close through a licensed Georgia title company or closing attorney. You pick the date. You get paid at closing. If you don’t accept, that’s the end of it — no follow-up pressure.

Ready to start? Request your cash offer here.

“Are You Going to Lowball Me?”

Fair question. Ask it — I’d rather you did.

Here’s the honest version. We buy at a price that leaves room to carry, clean up, and resell a parcel, which means our offer will usually come in under what a perfect retail listing might eventually fetch. What you’re trading that difference for is real: no commission, no closing costs, no six-month listing, no buyer whose financing falls apart, and no more tax bills while you wait.

For a lot of parcels around Atlanta, “eventually” never arrives. Raw land sits.

What I’ll do is make you an offer and explain the number. If it doesn’t work for you, don’t take it. And if you’ve already got an offer from another buyer, tell me what it is — I’ll take a run at beating it.

Direct Sale vs. Listing vs. Letting It Go to Tax Sale

Three ways a burdened parcel ends up out of your name. They are not close to equivalent.

	Sell direct to us	List with an agent	Let it go to tax sale
Time to money	7–14 days	3–9 months on raw land	The auction date, and you get nothing that day
Commission	None	Typically 6%, and agents often won’t take small land listings at all	N/A
Closing costs to you	None	1–3%	N/A
Back taxes	Paid at closing from proceeds	Paid at closing from proceeds	Consumed by the sale
Showings / cleanup	None	Usually expected	None
Financing risk	None — we’re cash	Buyer’s lender can kill it late	N/A
What you walk away with	A known number, agreed in advance	Possibly more, possibly nothing, months later	Sometimes excess funds, often not — and you have to claim them

A traditional listing is genuinely the right call when you have time, the parcel is clean and desirable, and squeezing out the last few percent matters more than certainty. When it isn’t, it usually isn’t by a lot.

If Your Land Is Headed to the Fulton County Tax Sale, Timing Is Everything

Once a parcel is advertised for a tax sale, your options narrow fast — and after the sale, recovering the property or claiming your excess funds is a much harder road. Georgia gives you a 12-month right of redemption, but the redemption price is the winning bid plus 20% for the first year, not your old tax bill.

If you’re behind, don’t wait to see what happens. Call (404) 913-7086 and we’ll tell you where you actually stand, whether or not you ever sell to us.

Read more:

• How the Fulton County tax sale process works
• What happens during a tax foreclosure in Georgia
• What happens if you don’t pay property taxes
• What happens to unpaid property taxes after foreclosure
• What an interpleader action is
• Can I sell my house if it’s in foreclosure?

We Buy Land Across Metro Atlanta

We buy land throughout Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton, Douglas, and Henry counties. Choose your city to learn about selling land in your area.

• South Fulton
• College Park
• East Point
• Roswell
• Alpharetta
• Johns Creek
• Chattahoochee Hills

Selling somewhere else in the state? See Georgia Land Buyers.

Send Me Your Parcel. I’ll Send You a Number.

No fees, no commissions, no obligation, and no pressure if the answer is no. Tell me where the land is and where to reach you.

Get My Cash Offer →

Prefer to ask a question first? Contact us here or read more on the blog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you really buy land for cash? Yes. We purchase vacant land, unused acreage, and tax-delinquent parcels directly — no agents, no listings, no commissions. Send us the parcel and you’ll have a no-obligation cash offer, usually within 24 to 48 hours. Start here.

What types of land do you buy? Vacant lots, infill parcels, rural and unused acreage, inherited land, landlocked and irregular parcels, and land with overdue property taxes — throughout Fulton County and the surrounding metro counties. We also buy mobile homes on land and houses that need work.

Do I have to pay any fees or commissions? No. No agent commissions, no listing fees, and no closing costs charged to you. The offer you accept is what you receive at closing, minus any existing liens or back taxes already owed on the property.

How do you decide what to offer? Location, size, road access, zoning and what can actually be built, utility availability, topography, the tax balance, and recent sales of genuinely comparable land — not houses on the same street. We explain the number when we give it to you.

My land has unpaid property taxes. Can you still buy it? Often, yes — it’s most of what we buy. In some cases a direct sale can happen before a scheduled tax sale or tax foreclosure. Contact us as early as you can so there’s time to review the numbers and the timeline. More on selling tax-delinquent land.

I inherited land in Georgia and don’t know what to do with it. Can you help? Yes. We work with heirs and families regularly. The estate needs legal authority to sell before closing, but we’ll walk you through what that takes and make an offer once it’s in place. See our guide to inherited land and how to sell inherited land.

Can I just deed the land to a relative for a dollar instead? You can, and it’s legal in Georgia — but it’s usually a worse outcome than selling. The carryover basis alone can hand your family a five-figure tax bill that wouldn’t have existed otherwise. We wrote up the whole problem: can you sell a piece of land for $1 in Georgia.

My parcel is landlocked or has no legal access. Is it worthless? Not necessarily. Access problems are solvable more often than owners assume, usually through a recorded easement or a deal with an adjoining owner. It affects the number, but it doesn’t automatically disqualify a parcel. Send it over.

I live out of state. Does that complicate things? Not much. Most of the process can be handled remotely, and closing is done through a Georgia title company or closing attorney. Here’s how we work with out-of-state owners.

How fast can you close? Most closings take 7 to 14 days once you accept. If you need longer, say so — we’ll work around your timeline.

What if I don’t want to sell? Then don’t. We’ll still tell you what we think the parcel is worth and what your options look like. Sometimes the right answer is to go pay the county and keep it, and we’ll say so.

Most closings take 7 to 14 days once you accept. If you need longer, say so — we’ll work around your timeline.

Areas We Serve