Real Estate Data Researcher — Find High-Demand Vacant Land Markets in Florida

We are an active land investment company that buys and resells vacant lots. We move lots fast (often within 2–3 weeks) to retail cash buyers and to builders/developers. We are looking for a detail-oriented real estate data researcher to find us **NEW** markets — cities, subdivisions, and price bands we are not already working — where demand is highest and supply is tightest, and to hand us a ready-to-act list of proven, repeat buyers in each one. **We are starting with Florida only.** Once we have a good amount of qualified Florida markets, we will expand this same work to other states — so there is strong potential for ongoing, growing work for the right person. **We'd ideally like to start receiving our first market reports within the next 24 hours.** This is a data and research role. You will live in county records, land listing sites, and property data tools, and deliver clean, decision-ready reports. If you can pull deed records and read absorption and comps, this is for you. ## Markets to AVOID (we already operate here) Do NOT bring us any of the specific cities/subdivisions below — we are already active in them. These are excluded at the **city level**, so the surrounding county is fair game: bring us other cities within these same counties if they qualify. Every market you propose must be confirmed as NOT on this list: **Florida (excluded):** Chipley / Sunny Hills (Washington County), Hastings and Flagler Estates (St. Johns County), Pensacola (Escambia County), Brooksville (Hernando County), Palm Bay / Port Malabar (Brevard County), Lake Wales (Polk County) (When we expand to other states, we'll give you the exclusion list for those states at that time.) Fresh cities are the whole point of this project. When you submit a market, include a one-line confirmation that it is not on this exclusion list. ## Also AVOID — oversupplied / flooded markets Separately, skip cities that are drowning in vacant-lot inventory. These markets have thousands of near-identical lots for sale, so absorption is weak and prices don't hold. Do NOT bring us these or others like them: **Citrus Springs, Cape Coral, Sebring, North Port, Port Charlotte** — and any city showing a similarly massive active-listing count relative to sales. If a city has that "endless supply" profile, exclude it even if a single subdivision looks tight. ## What you'll deliver Each qualifying market should be delivered as its own **report** (one report per city/town), not a single lumped spreadsheet. Each report must drill down to the **most qualified ZIP codes and subdivisions** within that city or town — tell us exactly where inside the market the demand and spread are strongest, not just the city name. Each report should contain: - **Market ID & best areas:** County, city/town, and the specific top ZIP codes and subdivisions within it that qualify, plus price band ($15K–$50K, and separately a higher band up to $300K). Include a one-line confirmation the market is NOT on either exclusion list. Each price point should be treated as 2 different markets. (15-50k and 100k to 300k) - **Absorption:** Number of arm's-length lot sales in the last 90 days vs. number of comparable lots currently active. We want markets where active supply is LOWER than 90-day sales (roughly under 3 months of inventory). Arm's-length only — exclude $10 quitclaims, tax deeds, and family transfers. - **Days on Market:** Median DOM for SOLD lots. We need markets where lots close in ~30 days or less. This is a hard filter. - **Pricing power:** Median sold price vs. median active list price, list-to-sold ratio (what % of ask lots actually close at), and the sold-price trend over the last 2–4 quarters (rising / flat / falling). - **The spread:** The gap between what comparable lots can likely be acquired for and what they resell for — this is our margin. Flag markets where that gap clears $5K+ comfortably. - **Supply to acquire:** A quick read on motivated-seller availability — absentee-owner density and tax-delinquency volume — so we know we can actually source inventory there, not just sell it. - **Buyer engine:** Vacant-land building permits pulled and new-construction activity in the area, plus cash-sale percentage. - **Repeat buyers (critical):** From deed records over the trailing 12 months, a list of grantees (LLCs and individuals) who bought 2+ lots in that market — name, entity/company, number of purchases, and full contact info wherever available (company name, mailing address, phone, email, website, registered agent). These are our proven buyers and we want to be able to reach them directly. - **Deal-killers:** Any known landmines per subdivision — wetlands/flood, HOA back-dues, road-maintenance agreements, access/landlocked issues, deed restrictions. - **Tailwind:** County-level population/migration and job-growth note (one line, sourced). ## Screening criteria (our formula) A market qualifies when it is NOT on either exclusion list above (neither a city we already work nor an oversupplied city) AND hits MOST of the following, not just one: 1. Active supply is lower than 90-day arm's-length sales (tight absorption). 2. Median DOM for sold lots is ~30 days or less (proven speed). 3. Lots close at a high % of ask AND sold prices are flat-to-rising. 4. There's a real, identifiable spread of $5K+ between acquisition and resale comps. 5. We can source inventory there (motivated-seller supply exists). 6. There are repeat buyers and/or active builders. We want this run for the **$15K–$50K band first**, then applied to a **higher band up to $300K** (where you should lean toward buildable/utility-ready lots and cash builders, widen the geography, and use a 180-day lookback since data is thinner). ## Tools you should know (list what you use) PropStream, DataTree/TitlePoint, Regrid, county recorder/assessor sites, Lands of America / Land.com / LandWatch, Zillow/Redfin, building-permit portals, and spreadsheets (Google Sheets/Excel). Skip-tracing tools a plus. Tell us your stack. ## Ideal candidate - Has done real estate comp/absorption analysis or investor lead research before. - Comfortable pulling and reading deed/grantee records. - Delivers clean, organized reports with sources cited. - Communicates clearly and asks smart questions. ## To apply 1. In your first line, write the word **"DRY DIRT"** so we know you read this. 2. Briefly describe a real estate research project you've done and which data tools you used. 3. Tell us: given a target subdivision, how would you find every lot sold in the last 90 days and separate arm's-length sales from junk transfers? **Paid test project:** Strong applicants will be hired for a small paid test — analyze ONE Florida market of our choosing using the criteria above and deliver the report. If the work is good, we'll move to ongoing work across multiple Florida cities, then expand to other states, with room to grow. **Budget:** $25 per completed, qualified market report. We pay per qualified market — if a report covers a city that clearly fails the criteria or is on an exclusion list, it doesn't count. Fast, accurate researchers who can turn out multiple solid reports will get steady volume as we scale into more Florida cities and additional states.