Vacant Land. Cash. As-is. Anywhere in Florida.

You bought a quarter-acre in Cape Coral in 1972 from a guy in a polyester suit. You inherited 5 acres outside Ocala from an uncle you barely knew. You own three lots in Lehigh Acres because somebody in 1985 said it was the next Boca Raton. You have not paid the taxes in eight years. You have never been to Florida. We close on land like yours every week. Cash offer in 24 hours, all 67 FL counties, remote-notary signing — you never have to leave your kitchen.

Why Sell Your Florida Land to Byron

• We buy in all 67 Florida counties, including the paper subdivisions retail buyers won't touch
• Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Port St. Lucie, Palm Bay, Marion Oaks, Citrus Springs, North Port — yes
• Wetlands, flood zones, landlocked, easement-burdened — we close anyway
• We pay back property taxes and tax certificates at closing — no out-of-pocket
• We close remote-online via §117.201 — sign from anywhere in the U.S.
• 15 years, 500+ FL closings, BBB A+, 4.9 stars
• Cash offer in 24 hours; close in 10 to 30 days at any FL title company

How It Works for Florida Land

1. Tell us the parcel ID, the county, and the size. Or just paste in your last property tax bill — we get everything we need from there.
2. We pull zoning, wetlands, FEMA, and tax-cert status, then write you an offer in 24 hours. No site visit required from you. We handle the diligence.
3. You sign at a notary near you (or remote-online), we close. Title company files the deed, pays back taxes/certs/liens out of seller proceeds, wires you the rest.

Florida Land Taxonomy — What We Buy

Paper-subdivision lots. GAC Properties, Mackle Brothers, Lehigh Acres Development, General Development Corporation — these companies platted millions of FL lots in the 1950s–70s and sold them sight-unseen to out-of-state buyers. Many lots are 80'×125' (a quarter-acre), many are landlocked, many are wetland, many never got utilities run. Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Palm Bay, Port St. Lucie, North Port, Citrus Springs, Marion Oaks, Rotonda West — we close in all of them.

Rural-residential acreage. 1 to 20 acres outside city limits, zoned RR or AG, well-and-septic territory. Common in Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Marion, Levy, Sumter, Polk, Hardee, Highlands, DeSoto, Suwannee, Columbia, Baker, Bradford, Putnam.

Agricultural land (Greenbelt). §193.461 — bona-fide agricultural use lowers assessed value. Pasture, citrus (declining), timber, hay, equestrian, row-crop. We buy AG and we work with sellers who recently lost AG classification.

Recreational land. Hunting tracts, fish camps, river lots, lake lots. Often 5+ acres, often in NW or N central FL.

Infill lots. Single buildable lots inside city limits in older developments — Lakeland, Sanford, Jacksonville's Westside, parts of Tampa Heights, Orlando's Lake Mann area.

Ranch / large parcels. 20+ acres, often AG-classified. We close these on a 60–90 day timeline due to survey and environmental work.

The Wetlands Problem

Half of all Florida vacant-land calls come down to one question: how much of the lot is buildable?

Florida wetlands are jurisdictional under Ch. 373 Part IV and F.A.C. 62-330 (Environmental Resource Permit program). The state is split into five Water Management Districts:

• SFWMD (South Florida WMD) — 16 southern counties from Orlando south
• SJRWMD (St. Johns River WMD) — NE and central FL
• SWFWMD (Southwest FL WMD) — Tampa Bay area
• NWFWMD (Northwest FL WMD) — Panhandle east
• Suwannee River WMD — N central FL / Big Bend

Plus FL DEP overlaps for permitting. If the lot has wetlands, you (or your buyer) need an ERP before dredging, filling, or building over them. Formal wetland delineation under §373.421 is required for serious permitting. Most retail buyers see "wetland" on the county GIS and walk. We buy anyway, factor in the buildable acreage, and either get the ERP ourselves or hold the lot as conservation/recreational.

The USFWS National Wetlands Inventory mapper and each WMD's online jurisdictional layer tell us 80% of what we need to know before we send you a number. You do not need to do any of this. We do.

Zoning and Future Land Use

Two layers:

Current zoning. What the property is permitted for right now under the county code (Municode for most FL counties). Single-family, multi-family, AG, conservation, mixed-use, commercial.

Future Land Use Map (FLUM). What the comprehensive plan designates the property for in the future under Ch. 163 Part II. This drives rezoning eligibility.

A lot zoned AG with a residential FLUM can be rezoned. A lot zoned R-1 with a conservation FLUM is going to lose its R-1 someday. We pull both before we offer.

Coastal Lots and the CCCL

Any lot seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line (Fla. Stat. §161.053) needs a FL DEP permit for any construction — including pools, decks, retaining walls, dune crossovers. The CCCL was set on a county-by-county basis in the 1970s–80s. Permitting is rigorous and slow.

We buy CCCL lots. We also buy lots seaward of the Erosion Control Line (ECL), the seawall line, and the mean high-water line — every Florida coastal-land variant has its own paperwork.

Back Taxes and Tax Certificates

Florida property tax process:

• Annual tax bill mails Nov 1, due by Mar 31, delinquent April 1
• Tax certificate sale — county tax collector advertises and sells by June 1 (§197.402), to the lowest-bid interest rate (max 18%, min nothing)
• Redemption (§197.472) — owner can redeem any time before tax deed by paying face + interest + costs (5% minimum)
• Tax deed application (§197.502) — certificate-holder can apply 2 years after April 1 of the issuance year
• Surplus funds (§197.582) — if the lot sells at tax-deed auction for more than is owed, the surplus goes back to record owner / lienholders

If you owe back taxes, we pay the redemption at closing. If certs have been sold, we pay the certs at closing. If a tax-deed application is pending, we have a tighter window — call us today.

Florida Counties Where We Close Land Volume

We buy vacant land in all 67 Florida counties. The volumes cluster in:

• Lee County (Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Fort Myers) — paper-subdivision capital of FL; tens of thousands of GAC-platted quarter-acre lots; heavy post-Ian distress
• Charlotte County (Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Rotonda West) — General Development Corp legacy; canal lots, golf-course lots, scrub lots
• St. Lucie County (Port St. Lucie) — General Development paper subdivisions; many lots wetland-encumbered
• Brevard County (Palm Bay, Cocoa, Titusville) — GAC-era platting; flood-zone-heavy
• Marion / Citrus / Levy / Putnam — N central FL recreational and rural-residential
• Polk / Highlands / DeSoto — central FL agricultural and rural-residential
• Pasco / Hernando — Spring Hill, Brooksville paper subdivisions
• Volusia / Flagler — coastal and inland mixed
• Manatee / Sarasota — North Port (paper subdivision), inland AG
• Hillsborough / Hernando / Sumter — Tampa-area infill and rural-residential
• Okeechobee / Glades / Hendry — Big-acreage AG and ranch

Surveys, Boundaries, and Legal Descriptions

Every Florida vacant-land closing needs a clean legal description on the deed. Three common formats:

1. Lot and block from a recorded plat. Cape Coral Unit 47, Block 1234, Lot 5. Easiest. Recorded plat does the heavy lifting.
2. Metes and bounds. Old surveyor description with bearings and distances. Common on rural acreage. Sometimes drifts from actual occupation; new survey may be needed.
3. Aliquot (PLSS). Section/Township/Range "the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 7, Township 28 South, Range 25 East." Common on AG and ranch parcels.

Title pulls the legal from the most recent deed. If we find a typo, a missing parcel, or a boundary discrepancy, we either fix it (corrective deed, new survey) or we factor the cost into the offer. You do not need to figure any of this out — we do.

Common Land-Closing Issues We Solve

• No survey on file. We order one if needed; we pay for it; we close.
• Boundary encroachment (neighbor's fence, driveway, shed crossing the line). We factor in.
• Old utility easement never used. Title insures over; we close.
• Old prescriptive easement (someone has been crossing for 20 years). FL recognizes; we close.
• Disputed adverse possession claim. Slows us down; we evaluate; we usually still close.
• Estate-titled land (deceased owner). Probate path (formal Ch. 733 or summary §735.201).
• Co-owned land with multiple heirs. All sign or partition under Ch. 64 (we know how).
• Lost or unrecorded deed in chain. Title can sometimes insure over; otherwise quiet-title action.
• Mineral rights or oil/gas reservation in old deed. Common in N FL; we still close.
• HOA deed restrictions on a lot platted into a community (paper subdivisions often have these). We pay HOA dues and back-fees at closing.

What Sets Byron Apart on Florida Land

• We close paper-subdivision lots that 95% of cash buyers will not touch
• We pay back taxes and tax-cert redemptions at closing — no out-of-pocket
• We work remote — sign at any notary in your state, or remote-online under §117.201
• We pull wetlands, FEMA, zoning, and tax-cert data ourselves — you do not have to
• 951-331-3844 — real human, real number, real proof of funds

Ten of the most common Florida vacant-land questions above. If yours is not, 951-331-3844. Or paste your parcel number into the form on this page and we will be back to you in an hour with the diligence pulled and a real number on the table.

Ready to Sell Your Florida Land?

You bought it 30 years ago. You inherited it 10 years ago. You have not paid the taxes in 5 years. You have never seen it. The lot is wetland, or landlocked, or in a 1960s paper subdivision that nobody is building in. None of that is a problem for us. Call 951-331-3844 or fill out the form. Parcel ID, county, size — that is all we need to start. Cash offer in 24 hours, close in 10 to 30 days, sign from your kitchen, taxes paid at closing. Done.