You have been looking at house plans for months now and finally have it narrowed down to The One (maybe).  So now what?  Well, where are you going to build this home?  Now you are thinking Location, Location, Location.  
You should probably make  a list, mentally or in a notebook, either way, because you need to consider a few things.  How far away from your job do you want to be?  If you have school age children, what school  district would you prefer?  Do you want to be far away from town or do you want a short drive to the grocery store?  Do you want a neighborhood lot or some room to roam, or something in between?  
After you have answered some of these questions you can get on the internet and start looking, or you can drive around the area you want to live in and see if there is any vacant land.  (We call this a "Sunday Drive")
We were looking for a lot to build  a home for my oldest daughter in 2007.  We drove around neighborhoods in the area we liked and found a vacant lot.  We looked up the owner and contacted them to see if they would be interested in selling....and they were!  
Also, tell other people you are looking for a place to build, they may know someone who has some land and might be interested is selling.  
If you don't have much time to look for  land, you can always contact a realtor to search for you!  If you decide to go that route I know a great realtor that I would recommend!  
Happy Hunting!!!

What house plan should we build?
That seems like a simple enough question.  Then you start thinking about what you need in a house and what you want in a house.  Chances are that you won't find EXACTLY what you want in an existing house, but you may be able to get pretty close.  On the other hand if you build a house you can choose everything and get exactly what you want.  The only issue with building is that it's very easy to set parameters that are far above and beyond what we would actually be fine with if we chose an existing home.  For example, when you are looking at floor plans and the rooms look small on that blueprint, so you have them add a few feet here and a few feet there and next thing you know you have increased the square footage of the home by 300 square feet.  So now the 1700 sq ft house you were aiming for is 2000 sq ft, not to mention more expensive.  It's easy to keep adding when you are looking at a floor plan on paper.  That's why we always suggest looking at house plans that are smaller than your target size, because it is easier to add square footage than take it away and you won't end up blowing your budget.  Also, most of the time the larger house plans don't have rooms that are that much bigger, they usually just have MORE rooms.  So if you just want more space, start with a smaller house plan and you can add and tweak it without going over the size you wanted.