Independence · Louisiana
Sell your land in Independence.
Strawberry rows, old family farms, and wooded bottoms toward the Natalbany and Tangipahoa Rivers. We buy land around Independence directly from owners, including farms that have sat idle for years.
If you own land around Independence and want to sell without listing it, we buy directly. Independence is the parish's "Little Italy," with a large Italian-American community, and some of the parish's biggest remaining strawberry farms are nearby. Fewer families farm berries now. Tangipahoa's strawberry acreage has fallen by more than half since the early 2010s. Farmland that has passed down through the generations often still carries an older relative's name on the title. If the family land is sitting unused, we'll make an offer on it as it is.
What moves the price
What drives land value in Independence.
What we look at on every parcel around Independence before we make an offer. Sources for any figures are listed below.
- Farmland
- Cleared, level ground that's been farmed is easy to build on, and it draws homesite and small-farm buyers
- River bottoms
- Low ground toward the Natalbany and Tangipahoa Rivers floods. In August 2016, the Natalbany put nearly three feet of water on Stafford Road in Tickfaw and Independence.
- Interstate access
- I-55 and US-51 both run through town, about fifteen minutes north of Hammond
- Inside or outside town
- The Town of Independence's rules apply inside its limits. The farms around it fall under parish rules, including the 10-year limit on re-dividing family partitions.
Strawberry acreage: LSU AgCenter (about 350 acres in 2011; about 145 acres in 2024 AgSummary figures). Flooding: National Weather Service and local reporting, August 2016. Subdivision rules: Tangipahoa Parish Code, Chapter 36. Last updated October 2026.
Selling here, specifically
What’s different about a Independence sale.
Farms held by many heirs
Family farms here have often passed down more than once without a succession being opened each time. That can be fixed. Each skipped step has to be caught up through a Louisiana succession, and when we're the buyer, a succession attorney handles it at no cost to you.
Grandchildren who live elsewhere
Plenty of heirs to Independence farmland live out of state now. Each one can usually sign before a notary where they live, so nobody has to come home just to close.
Keeping the house, selling the fields
If the family wants to keep the homeplace and sell the rest, the new parcel has to be created under parish subdivision rules, with frontage on a road or a recorded servitude. We can tell you early whether that split is realistic.
Buyers remember 2016
If your land stayed dry in the August 2016 flood, say so. Buyers here ask, and a dry record is worth something. If it didn't stay dry, we'll price it honestly from the flood map and what we see on the ground.
Track record
The same buyer, town after town.
I just purchased a piece of property from Mr. Harry. He was very professional during the negotiation process and made the closing so easy and quick. I witnessed honesty and integrity first hand!
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Driftless Land Co. is led by Harry Asnien — 12 years in land, based in Mandeville, Louisiana. Straight answers, organized paperwork, and no pressure. If selling isn’t your best move, he’ll tell you — and use his experience to point you toward what is.
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