B. Purchase Strategy
We buy lots under the following criteria:
- Identify
winning and losing subdivisions in our target markets
- Buy
finished lots in “winning” subdivisions at a discount to infrastructure
replacement cost (with no allocation to land value)
- We
have partnered with a successful residential sales and marketing company which
focuses on creating and refining a database of buyers actively looking at
communities in the southeast. This
firm assists its clients in selecting places to live. This partnership provides us with real time feedback about
potential acquisitions and exit strategies. Please visit southeastdiscovery.com for more information on
our partner.
- Purchase
finished lots that have modest carry costs (i.e. HOA and real estate taxes) of
less than 10% of acquisition basis per year.
This means that the sum of acquisition costs plus 10 years of carry is still less than infrastructure
replacement cost thereby mitigating downside risk.
- Acquire
a critical mass of lots in each subdivision to be able to support a specific
marketing campaign
- Identify
ways to repair or enhance a community to accelerate the lift up in pricing
- Design
and implement structures with Clubs that are an integral part of communities to
facilitate profitable lot acquisitions
Target Opportunities
- Non
– institutional opportunities (each bulk investment will range from
$1M - $10M)
- Off
market or poorly marketed transactions
- Buy
where we can fix a major problem in the subdivision
- Enter
a subdivision by buying lots from
short sellers or banks (for as low as $5K/lot)
- Sellers
consist of:
- Banks
- Builders
- Developers
- Short
sales
- Lot
investors
- Auctions
Key criteria for Acquisition candidates:
- Quality
of residential community is top 25% of the market.
- Acquire
no less than 50 lots in a market where we envision owning multiple
communities. Minimum of 100 lots in
markets where we may have no further investments
- Opportunity
to acquire at a discount to replacement cost
- Stable
HOA finances and low real estate taxes