Own an empty lot in Silver Springs Shores? See what the MSTU line on your tax bill is, what water and sewer change, and how a sale works. No fees, no commission.
You own an empty lot in Silver Springs Shores. You never built on it. The tax bill comes anyway, year after year.
You can sell it. It costs nothing to find out what it is worth. Tell us where the lot 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 lot or sell it for you.
Silver Springs Shores sits southeast of Ocala, in Marion County. The ZIP code is 34472. It covers about 22,000 acres.
It came out of the same wave that made Marion Oaks. In the 1960s and 1970s, big pieces of Florida were platted into small home lots and sold off around the country, often to buyers who never saw them. Most of the lots here are set for one single-family home.
So a lot of the empty land in the Shores belongs to owners who live far away. Some bought it themselves decades ago. Some inherited it. Many have never stood on it.
That is normal here. Owners let these lots go all the time.
Look at your Marion County tax bill and you will see a line for the Silver Springs Shores MSTU. MSTU stands for municipal service taxing unit. It is a county charge that pays for community things in the Shores, like streetlights and the neighborhood amenities.
People often think that line is an HOA fee. It is not. Most of Silver Springs Shores has no mandatory homeowners association and no CDD.
The difference matters when you sell. The MSTU rides along with your property tax on the county bill. It is not a separate association bill and it is not an association lien somebody has to chase down at closing.
Silver Springs Shores has the best central utility coverage of the big Ocala subdivisions. It is still a lot-by-lot question.
Some lots there have both county water and sewer available at the street. Others have electric only, and would need a well and a septic tank put in.
Which one you have moves your price more than almost anything else about the lot. Water and sewer at the street save a buyer the cost of drilling a well and installing a septic system.
Your parcel record and the county utility office will tell you which one your lot is. It costs nothing to ask.
Most of Silver Springs Shores is high and dry, and listings there commonly say the lot is not in a flood zone.
The edges are different. The Shores runs up against the Ocklawaha and Silver Springs drainage, and there are wetland pockets out that way.
So check your own lot rather than trusting the name of the subdivision. The county flood map and the federal wetlands map are both free and public.
An empty lot earns nothing and gets taxed every year anyway. That is what wears most owners down.
Florida runs the same cycle in every county. Bills go out around November 1. Pay early and you get a small discount, 4 percent in November, then 3, then 2, then 1 percent in February. Taxes are due by March 31. They are late on April 1. Around June 1 the Tax Collector holds a tax certificate sale on unpaid lots.
Behind on yours? That is common and it does not stop a sale. Here is how selling with back taxes works.
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 the lot with a Florida agent. On some lots 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 lot is worth, free, with nothing to sign.
Write to us. The parcel number is ideal. The block and lot, or just the street name, 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.
MSTU stands for municipal service taxing unit. It is a county charge on your tax bill that pays for community things in the Shores, such as streetlights and neighborhood amenities. It is not an HOA fee and it is not an association lien.
Most of it does not. There is no mandatory homeowners association and no CDD on most of the subdivision. What you see on the bill is the county MSTU line, not association dues.
Some lots in the Shores do and some do not. Others have electric at the street and would need a well and a septic tank. Your parcel record and the county utility office will tell you which one your lot is.
No. Many owners of these lots live in another state and have never seen them. We do the county lookups. The rest can be handled by mail, email, and a licensed title company.
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 the lot 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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