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Now moving north is a relative term, because if you live in Florida, every state north of the Florida line is north. And most of the people who move to Florida move there for the climate. They can find much the same climate just across the Florida border in south Georgia. Too, retirees and people from the North (north of Georgia) want to move south for the warmer climates, the longer growing seasons and the more-rural, relaxed lifestyle. In many areas, these people are known as snowbirds. They leave their homes in the North and come to the South. Then they don’t have to shovel snow, put sand and gravel on their driveways and pay high heating bills. These people also have learned they can buy more property for the amount of money that they have to spend by stopping in south Georgia than they can by crossing that line into Florida.
The advantage to this south Georgia property of mine is that you can use it as a recreational-hunting tract now. Then in a couple of years, you can divide it up into single-family-dwelling tracts. This property has already been set up to be an investment tract of land, either now or at some point in the future. The zoning’s in place, and it’s a bargain for a 1031 tax exchange piece of property. For a person looking for a place to park their money for 2 or 3 years, this property has great potential for the future. This 170-acre tract of woodlands has paved road frontage and a creek on it. This property will make a great hunting tract or a great tract to develop for homes. Or, it will be a great forest-recreation tract to enjoy and then, when the housing market comes back, you can develop the property. This part of the state already has experienced tremendous growth, and we have every reason to believe that growth will continue.
Right now I only have two tracts like this, one in central Georgia and this one in south Georgia. So there’s not a lot of land like this available. That central Georgia tract is a 180-acre tract that’s somewhat mountainous, so you’ll get a mountain view with it. This tract is zoned for 2-acre lots, which gives you options. You can use the 180 acres for forest recreation. Then if you want to sub-divide it, the land’s already been engineered and zoned for 2-acre or larger lots. This property in Upson County is already set up with 65-lot sites already mapped out. This central Georgia land is a perfect tax-exchange piece of land, located 45 minutes from Macon and 1-1/2-hours to Atlanta. It’s located near Thomaston, Ga., which is also a growing region. As soon as the housing market starts to come back, I feel certain these two tracts of land will be gone. So the wise investor will go ahead and buy them now and enjoy them. One of the ways that investors have always made a lot of money is to buy property that is 3-5 years ahead of the growth of a city or metropolitan area. Then as the town expands, and more people move away from the center of town, the more valuable that property becomes, and the greater the profits will be. And the two properties I’ve mentioned meet that investment curve of 3-5 years. Much of the property that we have is investment property that will require 3-5 years before the housing market starts coming this way. However, while you’re waiting on the housing market to move toward you, you have a great piece of forest-recreation land that you and your family can enjoy as some of these properties grow in value.
To contact Gary Brown and learn more about the properties he has available, you can e-mail him at gbrown@mossyoakproperties.com or contact him by phone at 678-414-9229, or mail him at 1325 Pennsylvania Avenue, McDonough, GA 30253.
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