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Old 06-26-2025, 05:38 AM
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View lots sell fast. They are in demand and as a result a lot of competition for them. Thereby higher prices. Plus, come on. Would you rather stare at a wall or the back of someone else’s house, or look at water or lush green landscape? Once your wife picks out the designer floor plan then you’ll bid on a lot. It’s a lottery system for view lots. Everyone puts their name in for the lot they want when they become available, and then at midnight a computer tabulates and randomly picks a winner. You then have something like 5 days to put down $10K down to hold it. I’ve see people take a year to finally win the lottery they want losing 20+ bids over that time. Then you have to make a design appt (usually within 6 weeks or so) and it’s over a couple days. Once done picking out all your finishings for the house you put 20% down. Construction starts quite fast and done within 4 months.