Set your buy box with filters

Try it here

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Buy-box filtersSample data

FiltersReset

Acres

Min buildable

Has road frontage

Building

AnyNoneHas one

Buildable and road frontage are sample values in this demo. In the app they are measured in covered counties.

Layers

Click a parcel

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Filters on this page: Acres, Max tax value, Building, Min buildable, Mostly buildable, Has road frontage, Max in flood zone, Town limits, Hide government and utility land, Owner lives.

Use this when you know what you buy and want the map to show only parcels that fit.

Set the filters

1. Open a county on the map and click Filters at the top of the left panel.
2. Set the main filters first:
   • Acres: drag both handles. Leave the right at Any for no upper limit.
   • Min buildable or Mostly buildable: how much usable land you need (covered counties only).
   • Has road frontage: on, to leave out landlocked parcels.
   • Building: None for raw land, Has one for tear-downs.
   • Hide government and utility land: on by default.
3. Open the groups below for owner, water, town and sales filters.

Screenshot to come src/assets/screens/howto-filters-panel.pngThe Filters panel with the main filters setArrows: the Acres slider handles; Min buildable; the count at the top of the panel

The map, the list and the count update as you go.

Check what was left out

Some parcels can’t be checked for a filter, for example buildable acres in a county not yet measured. They’re left out, so you never see a parcel that only might fit. The panel says how many and why; Include unknown brings them back.

A filter a county can’t use at all is greyed out with the reason.

See it on the map

Most land and water filters have a matching layer under Layers. The filter reference says which.

Save it as a view

1. Open the Saved tab and click Copy on the starter view closest to your buy box.
2. Name it, tick any layers to keep with it, and click Save.
3. Change the filters to match.

Opening a view sets the same filters wherever you are, so one buy box works in every county.

Coming soon

A Save view button that saves your current filters directly.

Clear filters

× on a filter’s chip clears that one. Reset in the Filters panel clears them all.

Words used on this page

Buy box

The rules a parcel has to meet before you'll look at it, like size, price and buildable land. In Acresift, your filters are your buy box.

Buildable acres

The parcel's acres minus flood zone, wetland, open water and ground steeper than 15%.

Tax value

The county's value for property tax. Often years out of date, and not what the land would sell for.