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Originally Posted by fruitcup
Wow. That's crazy! I had no idea. Our realtor simply told us to know your top three lots going into the lottery. How long did it take you to get through the first 15 lots that you lost and finally get a #1 spot? I may need to add more time into my planning for when I'm ready to buy my lot for a place to rent during the whole build process. Thanks for any info.
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Every week build lots are released. Your agent will know 24-48 hours prior. Should send you pic of the plots and actual pic of the lot. We actually had drone videos of lots.
If you know what model you are dead set on pic 1-5 or the number that fits your build. Then wait, a good agent will send you your #placement each time.
You also need to make a contingency plan on what you can do without.
We wanted a view no homes behind . Water, dry prairie
3 car garage, stretch 2 car+ golf cart
Not negotiable lot needed to accommodate Warbler(4/2) with 3 baths, 4-6’ stretch to Lanai, front bedroom, and garage. Room 12x 26’ pool
Took 3 weeks before we were# one on 15th lot we put our name on #1 (prior lots #2-56 on the list)
For 4 weeks after deposit we tried for 6-8 more lots, and 2 street of dreams homes.(#2 & #7) Was it stressful a little, but we owned 2 homes in TV, just not what would work for our change in lifestyle. When we got #15 I thought our agent was joking didn’t believe him
We didn’t get 3car garage, and pool just fit, with all stretch’s we wanted. So smaller lot than we hoped.
Yes if we would have gotten a lot after deposit we would have forfeited $10,000 deposit.
Lots for us were $100,000 to $220,000. That was 2021.
We never wavered on the model, or what we needed to stretch, and the pool.