Own land near Dunnellon or a lot in Rainbow Lakes Estates? See what the MSD charge is, why it is well and septic country, and how a sale works. No fees.
You own a piece of vacant land on the Dunnellon side of Marion County. Maybe a lot in Rainbow Lakes Estates. Maybe a few acres out toward Rainbow Springs. You have owned it a long while and nothing has happened with it.
You can sell it. It costs nothing to find out what it is worth. Tell us where the land is. We look it up in the county records ourselves. Then you get a written offer. You can say no at any time.
We are a small, private Florida company. We put vacant residential land under contract and see it through to closing at a licensed title company. We are not agents. We do not list your land or sell it for you.
Rainbow Lakes Estates is out near Dunnellon, mostly in the 34431 ZIP code. It is not a city. The Florida Legislature created it as a special district back in 1969, and it straddles the line between Marion County and Levy County.
More than 11,000 lots were platted there. A large share of them were never built on. Parts of the community carry deed restrictions.
Down the road toward Rainbow Springs and Rolling Ranch, in 34432, the pattern is similar. Land that was cut up years ago and never used.
Closer to Ocala, in places like Marion Oaks, the standard piece is a quarter-acre home lot. Around Dunnellon it is different.
Most of the vacant land that trades out here is bigger than that. Half an acre to an acre is the common size, and there are plenty of parcels that run to several acres.
That changes who wants it and what it is worth. It also means a buyer is usually thinking about a house on some land, not a lot in a row of lots.
Most of the land around Dunnellon and in Rainbow Lakes Estates has no county water or sewer at the street. A well and a septic tank are the standard, and they are required on a single-family lot out there.
Paved roads are common in Rainbow Lakes Estates, which helps.
None of this makes your land hard to sell. It does set the price. A buyer is figuring in the cost of a well and a septic system, and that number comes off what they can pay for the dirt.
Rainbow Lakes Estates has a municipal service district. There is a small charge per parcel, plus a district millage and a small recreation millage, and all of it rides on your Marion County tax bill.
Two things worth knowing. It is small money compared to what some Florida communities charge on an empty lot. And it is a tax roll line, not a homeowners association lien, so nobody has to chase down an association at closing.
Rates get set year by year. The county's municipal services office can tell you the current one for your parcel.
The name is not decorative. Rainbow Lakes Estates has lake and wetland pockets scattered through it, and some lots sit in or right next to them.
So check your own parcel instead of trusting the subdivision name. The county flood map shows flood zones and the federal wetlands map shows wet ground. Both are free and public.
We check the same things and we tell you what we find, including the parts that are not flattering.
Be ready for this one, because it is the honest picture. Land around Dunnellon changes hands more slowly than land in the big subdivisions closer to Ocala. There is more standing inventory relative to how much sells in a year.
That cuts both ways. A listing can sit a long time out here, and the taxes keep running while it does. It also means an owner who wants out is usually weighing patience against being done with it.
Neither choice is wrong. Just know which one you are making.
The price we can offer is below full retail. That is how we stay in business, and we tell you up front. In exchange there is no fee, no commission, no listing, and no showings.
You can also list it with a Florida agent. On some parcels that puts more in your pocket, even after the fee and the wait. We will tell you honestly if that looks like your case.
Want to check the number yourself first? Here is how to find what your land is worth, free, with nothing to sign.
Write to us. The parcel number is ideal. The block and lot, or just the road it is on, is fine too.
We do the county homework ourselves. It costs you nothing.
You get a written offer. Take your time with it.
A licensed title company handles the closing. It holds the money, settles any back taxes, and pays you. You sign only when you are ready.
Rainbow Lakes Estates is a municipal service district. There is a small charge per parcel plus a district millage and a small recreation millage, all on your Marion County tax bill. It is not a homeowners association fee and it is not an association lien.
Mostly no. Most lots out there have no central water or sewer. A well and a septic tank are the standard for a single-family lot, and a buyer prices the land with those costs in mind.
Rainbow Lakes Estates straddles Marion County and Levy County. Your taxes and your records follow whichever county the parcel actually sits in. We look either one up, at no cost to you.
There is more vacant land standing out there compared with how much of it sells in a year. That is just the market. It means a listing can sit while the taxes keep running, which is worth weighing before you pick a path.
Back taxes do not stop a sale. The title company pays the county out of the sale money at closing and pays you the rest. You do not write a check up front.
No. You can list it with a Florida agent or sell it yourself. The price we can offer is below full retail, and we say so openly. We will tell you honestly if listing is likely to get you more.
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