The Land Buyer's
Due Diligence Checklist
What to verify, in writing, before you make an offer on any parcel — sent instantly when you subscribe.
Last updated: August 16, 2026
This page explains how Luxe Box Properties researches, evaluates, and verifies the information we publish about land selection, zoning, utilities, and tiny home placement. It also serves as the public profile for the Luxe Box Properties Land Research Desk, the editorial identity credited on articles throughout this site.
About the Land Research Desk: Luxe Box Properties is an independently operated research publication. Articles are produced under the Land Research Desk by a private editorial operator who does not publish personal identifying information, for privacy and security reasons. Our work is based on primary documents such as state statutes and county ordinances, published specifications, direct correspondence with permit offices where noted, and clearly identified public sources. We disclose affiliate relationships in full, distinguish hands-on experience from desk research, and publish corrections when credible new information becomes available.
We rely primarily on public sources: state statutes, county and municipal ordinances and code sections, permit office publications, company websites, published plans and catalogs, publicly available program or affiliate terms, and general industry reporting. We do not conduct private interviews, paid testing, or on-site inspections unless explicitly stated on a specific page.
We look for companies and resources with an established public presence, a genuine and relevant product or service offering, and information we can locate and describe based on public sources. We do not require a company to have an active affiliate or compensation relationship with us to be featured, and inclusion does not imply a personal endorsement for any individual reader's specific situation.
Where possible, we cross-reference claims against the primary statute, ordinance, or agency publication, and note the specific source near the claim it supports. Zoning and permitting rules vary by county and even by parcel, and they change; we flag known uncertainty on the page and encourage readers to confirm current requirements directly with the relevant local planning or permit office before making a decision.
We label a page as hands-on only when someone connected to this site has actually contacted a specific permit office, reviewed an actual application, or visited a specific property or jurisdiction. Everywhere else, our review is desk research: built from published statutes, ordinances, and public information, not direct correspondence. We say which one applies on the page itself rather than let the two blur together.
Featuring a company is never contingent on an affiliate relationship, and having one never changes how favorably or critically we describe that company. See our Affiliate Disclosure for the current, program-by-program status of which links on this site are compensated.
Where practical, our state zoning guides note which statutes, ordinances, and county or city examples we reviewed and when we last checked them, along with any question we could not resolve from public sources alone. We're expanding this practice across the full set of state pages; a page's own "last updated" date reflects the most recent pass.
Some drafting and research support on this site is assisted by AI tools. AI assistance does not determine our conclusions, recommendations, comparisons, or affiliate relationships, and does not replace the human review described below. Facts, figures, and legal citations are checked against the primary sources described above regardless of how a draft was produced.
Every page is reviewed by the Land Research Desk before publication and before any subsequent update, checking sourcing, accuracy of specific claims, and consistency with our editorial and affiliate disclosure policies. For select higher-stakes topics, we may also note a review by a named outside professional directly on that page, such as a land-use attorney; we only use that label when the named person genuinely reviewed the content and agreed to be identified.
Pages on this site display a "last updated" or "information last checked" date reflecting the most recent editorial review. As a general practice, published guides are re-checked at least every six months, or sooner if we become aware of a change; given how quickly zoning rules, program terms, and pricing can shift, we recommend treating any specific figure or rule as a starting point for your own confirmation with the relevant local authority, not a guarantee.
If you are a reader or a representative of a featured company and believe something we've published is inaccurate, outdated, or unclear, see our Corrections Policy or contact us directly at hi@luxeboxproperties.com.
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