All Forum Posts by: Ryan Toth

Hi everyone,

My name is Ryan Toth and I am originally from West Point, NY currently living in Charleston, SC (with an eye on some land in Martin county FL, hence the profile) with my wife and two young sons (2 under 2). 

I'm new to real estate. A few years ago I realized my own personal need for additional garage space and thought of a DIY garage concept, which has since become a concept for niche market automotive related space solutions. Best way to describe that would be leased garage space, "car condominiums", and assisting racetracks and motorsport venues with redesign of facilities. 

As the plans for the business continue to develop and change based on what I have found my market would like, I have an increased need to learn about developing raw land, creating equity from that land and supporting the development with additional revenue. 

I found BP by Googling some information on private lenders in FL and saw an old post from a few years back. That was Friday night and I have already spent almost every minute of my weekend searching the site - there is WAY more information here than what I expected. I generally thought that these things were trade secrets to be held and protected by seasoned RE professionals and never to be shared. I've found the community to be a great resource and plenty of helpful posts, and I'm just scratching the surface.

Anyway, thanks for having me on board and I hope and look forward to meeting a ton of good people.

Ryan

Hi everyone,

Had this over in Starting Out, and figure it would be better suited here.

A year ago, I had a vision for a motorsport facility which has gained significant traction and support from a number of high profile motorsport professionals. Due to the nature of the development, I need a fairly large tract of land - roughly 500 acres for the facilities themselves and another 500-1000 acres for sound buffer.

Given the amount of land needed, I would like to make the most of the extra land and add value to the overall project, as well as the seed investors. Some topics that have been brought to my attention are:

-timber sales, soil mining, solar power generation (solar farming)

As of now, there are two separate tracts of land with potential opportunity in two separate states in the SE (USA) I am looking at. As part of the land purchase, I feel it would be best to present all of the revenue generation options upfront for each property before starting geological, environmental, and civil surveys.

I would appreciate any insight on creating value post-purchase, identifying suitable revenue options, forecasting, estimation of potential returns during development, key team members to add (engineers, surveyors, etc.), and deal structuring (I am raising funds for the purchase so insight into owner-financing options, etc. would be great).

Thanks for replying,

Ryan

Hello Everyone,

First post here so excuse my novice understanding of RE basics. A year ago, I had a vision for a motorsport facility which has gained significant traction and support from a number of high profile motorsport professionals. Due to the nature of the development, I need a fairly large tract of land - roughly 500 acres for the facilities themselves and another 500-1000 acres for sound buffer. 

Given the amount of land needed, I would like to make the most of the extra land and add value to the overall project, as well as the seed investors. Some topics that have been brought to my attention are:

-timber sales, soil mining, solar power generation (solar farming)

As of now, there are two separate tracts of land with potential opportunity in two separate states in the SE (USA) I am looking at. As part of the land purchase, I feel it would be best to present all of the revenue generation options upfront for each property before starting geological, environmental, and civil surveys.

I would appreciate any insight on creating value post-purchase, identifying suitable revenue options, forecasting, estimation of potential returns during development, key team members to add (engineers, surveyors, etc.), and deal structuring (I am raising funds for the purchase so insight into owner-financing options, etc. would be great).

Disclaimer: I realize some of this information can only be provided after thorough examination of the land and welcome any suggestions on experienced, reputable, and successful professionals in these spaces.

Thanks for replying,

Ryan