Princeton has about 1,300 residents — and three of our completed projects, more than any other town its size. Two of them are neighboring lots on Clayton Road. If you own land in or around Princeton, you're not explaining your town to a stranger: written cash offer in 24 hours, no fees, close in 30 days.
Get My Free Cash Offer →3CK Investments — and in Princeton that isn't a marketing line, it's the town where we've done more repeat work than anywhere else. We're based fifteen minutes west in Smithfield, we buy vacant lots and acreage in and around Princeton directly from owners for cash, and every offer is researched against Johnston County GIS and actual nearby sales — including our own.
Princeton sits on US-70 in eastern Johnston County, halfway between Smithfield and Goldsboro — incorporated in 1861 as Boon Hill and renamed in 1873. It stayed a quiet farm town for a century and a half. Two things are changing that quietly, and both matter if you own land here.
Princeton sits directly on the corridor being upgraded to I-42 between Raleigh and the coast — the town has a dedicated page about it. When the interstate is finished, "halfway between Smithfield and Goldsboro" becomes a commuter address in both directions.
Johnston County is the fastest-growing county in North Carolina. Clayton's boom rolls east; Goldsboro's steadiness pushes west. Princeton is where they'll meet, and lot demand is already climbing.
Two of our projects are next-door lots on Clayton Road — we've literally bought the same street twice. That's the level of local comparable we price from.
Three projects, all photographed by us — two of them side-by-side lots on the same road, which is about as local as evidence gets. Click any project to see it on our Listed Properties page.
Entry, kitchen, living room, bath and the finished front with new steps and planting beds.
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The lot next door. Buying neighboring parcels twice says more about our confidence in Princeton than any brochure could.
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Out on the rural side of town — two lots, a deck and finished interiors, where Princeton fades into open Johnston County farm country.
See this project →Yes. We buy parcels down to a tenth of an acre, and in a town like Princeton a modest in-town lot is exactly the kind of land we've already built on twice. Small parcels are often the hardest to sell through an agent — the commission barely covers their time — which is why a direct cash sale usually nets more on them, not less.
Honestly — maybe, and we'll say so if your parcel fronts the corridor. Holding costs money too: taxes, mowing or liability every year, and construction timelines slip. If you'd rather have certainty now than a projection later, our offer prices in what the market believes today. Get the written number, then decide with real figures instead of a guess. It's free and doesn't obligate you.
No. The closing is handled by a North Carolina attorney, the deed is recorded at the Johnston County courthouse in Smithfield, and you can sign remotely with a notary from anywhere. Owners who grew up here and moved away sell to us without making the trip — though if you are local, we're happy to meet in person.
Land elsewhere in the county? Start at our Johnston County page — or go straight to Smithfield or Clayton. The process and the zero-fee promise are identical everywhere.
Tell us the road — there's a fair chance we've built on it. Written cash offer within 24 hours, no fees, no obligation.