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“Hi highly recommend Paul to anyone interested in making money. Paul has proven time and time again to be a highly successful and ethical businessman in the field of real estate and marketing!”Michael Thompson, Co-Founder, S.W. Florida Real Estate Investors Assoc.

“Paul has proven effective marketing experience and aggressively strives for excellence. I have enjoyed teaming up with him to create profits.”Courtney Smoot, President, Simply Solved, Inc.

His background, experience, and business savvy, really make Paul an asset to any business relationship. When it comes to marketing, Paul is at the top of his game. We know that the most successful businesses have an effective system in place. Paul knows how to harness the power of system for effective target marketing! “Two Thumbs Up for Paul Forsberg!“Paul is a not only a man of character and integrity; but a great guy as well! Dr. Arian Kelley, DC, Owner, Choice Chiropractic, Orhtotics, & Acupuncture/Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc

“Paul is a quality individual whose years of experience can be incredibly valuable to small business owners. Paul knows what works and what doesn’t and he teaches his clients so that they can save both time and money.”Kyle Burke, Owner, Plainfield Financial LLC

“I have known Paul for over seven years. He is a very energetic, detailed orientated and very hardworking. He is a man of his word. He has been and always will be very successful. I HIGHLY recommend him.”Kristine McMahon, Sr. Loan Consultant, The Manhattan Mortgage Company

“Paul really helped my company out. He explained all the different type of marketing that I could use and which ones he felt would work best. The results and how Paul tracks the results was great. Thanks Paul” Paul DaCosta, DaCosta Marketing and Consulting, LLC (941) 716-2597

“Paul is a sincere and exceptionally intelligent person. His marketing skills are excellent and I am glad to have Paul as a resource and friend.” Ray Higdon, Speaker, ForeclosuresDaily.com

Incredibly Creative. I had an investment home is Georgia I wanted to sell, and I was living in Florida. At an investors meeting, I announced to the group my wish to sell the home in Georgia, and buy investment property in Florida. At the end of the meeting, Paul came up to me and mentioned he had a couple that wanted to sell their home and move to Georgia. I gave him the information, and within a week, I had an investment home in Florida. We traded my home in Georgia for the home in Florida. We all won in the deal, and I saved thousands in commissions, closing fees, and taxes. Jeri Lucas Jerico Property Solutions

Paul, I really appreciate you taking your personal time to help me with what my business. By implementing just a few of you strategies, I have seen a enormous increase in my business and fully expect to double my bottom line profits for this year – amazing in this economy – My only regret … not meeting you sooner! Your knowledge and expertise are so valuable to me.. Thanks for EVERYTHING you do! Stacy Olney – Englewood, FL

I’ve been in a Corporate sales environment for 25 years and now Real Estate for about 10. It’s not very often that you run across someone who will ‘lend a hand’ without first asking “what’s in it for me? ”. But that’s what Paul does. He gives without expecting anything in return, and for that, he receives much in return. I know he’ll treat my referral clients with the care and respect they deserve and I’ll happily send them to him whenever the situation arises. Thanks for your help, Paul. Albie Cummings Keller Williams Realty – Lakewood Ranch

$18.8 Million Dollars of Cash Pours into Port Charlotte Lots over the past 90 days

Vacant Land Sales in SW Florida increase 112%

Port Charlotte Lot Sales are on fire!

The vacant lot and land market in SW Florida is making a HUGE comeback after several years dismal years.

Whether you know it or not, land prices drive all real estate prices. EVERYONE in the Real Estate business – Investors, Realtors, Builders, Landlords and more should pay attention to land prices.

It is the driving force behind all real estate and those who don’t pay attention to land sales might as well be living under a rock.

I’m going to share with you me dear readers some very important and timely information.

ESPECIALLY for those of you (and you know who you are), who have been living under a rock for the past five or six years.

Go ahead – peak your head out for a minute – don’t worry – it’s not going to hurt.

What I’m going to share with you may very well make you want to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and “get back-in-the-game.”

For the rest of you, (and you know who you are as well), you may get a little mad at me for sharing this information because you know what’s happening and haven’t quite yet gotten you’re portfolio as full as you want. Sorry about that. This is business.

In the last 90 days in 2012, there have been 729 land sales on the MLS for $35.0 million. ($48,010 Avg. lot cost)

For the same period in 2009, there were 418 land sales for $16,6 million.

That’s a “eye-popping” 112% or $18.4 Million Dollar Increase over 2009!

In 2005, there were 6,005 land sales amounting to an astonishing $445.6 MILLION Dollars! ($74,204 avg. lot cost)

Don’t get me wrong – we have a long way to go to get back to 2005 levels, but hey – we are on the way!

Lets take a look ad what has happened over the past 90 days:

Six lots sold for over $1,000,000.

1 Boca Grand Lot,
1 was on the beach on Manasota Key, and
4 were on the water in Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Twenty One lots were sold for prices between $250,000
and $1,000,000.

8 of these were Charlotte County Lots and
13 were in Sarasota County.

Forty One lots were sold for prices between $100,000
and $250,000.

31 Charlotte County Lots
20 Punta Gorda Isles Lots
1 South Gulf Cove Lot
10 lots in Sarasota County

Fifty Six lots sold for $50,000 to $100,000.

36 Charlotte County lots
17 South Gulf Cove lots
9 Punta Gorda Isles lots were sold.

NINTY sold for prices between $20,000 and $50,000.

71 Charlotte County lot sales
8 Punta Gorda Isles lots
2 Rotonda lots
28 South Gulf Cove lots. (Many of the Charlotte County lots sold were gulf access lots)

The nineteen Sarasota County lots were

2 Englewood lots
4 Venice lots
3 in North Port and the remainder in the Sarasota area west of I-75.

Sixty Eight lots sold for $10,000 to $20,000.

4 of those were north of the City of Venice.
All of Sarasota County only had 9 lots in this price range. Charlotte County Lot Sales accounted for the following:
21 were in Rotonda lots
1 Punta Gorda Isles lot
14 were South Gulf Cove lots, and the rest were spread out around the county.

Four Hundred Sixty Three (463) lots were sold for prices under $10,000 with a median price of $3,600.

A “Jaw Dropping” 314 of them were Charlotte County Lots:

14 in Placida lots
37 in Rotonda lots
67 in South Gulf Cove lots
4 in Punta Gorda lots
36 in Tropical Gulf Acres in South Punta Gorda lots
13 in Deep Creek lots
14 in Englewood lots,
129 lots sold were scattered about in Port Charlotte.

This Does Not count lots which were sold outside the MLS system.

I know a guy who sold 140 Charlotte County Lots.

My team also moved 80 Charlotte County Lots and have another Charlotte County Lots 94 in contract.

NONE of these are in the MLS system.

Sarasota County had 149 lots were sold in this price
range. All but three of these sales were in North Port.

PRICES
The general situation with prices is that they are firming
up and increasing in the more desirable areas, while still
remaining well below the peaks of 2005.

BUILDING PERMITS
Sarasota County has seen a significant increase in
building permits this year, up 68%, compared to last year.
Builders have been active in buying land in existing projects.
There are also groups actively seeking multiple parcels in the market area.

There you have it – The news on what is happening in SW Florida and the land sales. Shortly the builders will begin building. When that happens, Katie…. bar the door on land prices ’cause I believe it’ll go nuts.

My team and I are aggressively buying, selling and brokering lots in the area. We are also just finishing up the legal filing to start a small Real Estate Investment Trust for Land Banking.

If you’re interested in investing in a few lots, let me know – we can help.

If you’re interested in learning more about the Investment Trust, send me an email with your contact info. After a brief chat, if you’re still interested, I’ll send you the Private Placement Memo.

The Lot Guy

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