Lynniam Place
Recreational and Working Lands Investment Property with Higher and Better Use
A recreational and working lands property, Lynniam Place is approximately 1,299 +/- total acres in Calhoun County, Florida. This is an all around strategic property. There are multiple asset classes in this one property. It is located just 2 miles to shopping and restaurants in Blountstown, Florida and just one hour to shopping and restaurants in Tallahassee, Florida. At $2,200 per acre in Florida and with this proximity to these regional hubs, it's hard to go wrong.
The property fits our description of Florida "Working Lands" which means it's priced right for wealth accumulation "over and above" Florida's appreciation cycles as it grows a needed commodity, timber.
"Much of the timber is planted on fertile farmland. This, combined with conceptual plans for 61 lots across three ranchette communities, makes this one of the sexiest timberland plays we have seen in a long time." - Jon Kohler
There is no current conservation easement so the development potential can still be monetized. There is significant road frontage. The landowner has conceptually platted future home sites; 61 ranchettes in 3 ranchette subdivisions, in various stages of entitlements. Fully entitled lots in a high demand area have the potential to enhance the conservation easement value significantly, adding to ROI potential with significant income tax savings. The platted lots would not impact the option for Ag exemption but would increase the number of options available to manage the property over time. One hundred percent of this tract is in an opportunity zone, meaning another option for increasing future ROI. A good portion of it is USDA grade farmland of which the row crops have recently been converted into pine timber by the current owner.
The three tracts are the 1,000 acre “Durham Woods, the 230-acre “Creek Ridge," and the 69.06 acre “Timber Hill."
- The draft conceptual plan for the 1,000-acre “Durham Woods” ranchette community consists of approximately 42 ranchettes ranging from 10-247 acres.
- A good portion of it is USDA grade farmland, of which the row crops have recently been converted into pine timber by the current owner. This tract was damaged by Hurricane Michael but has been cleaned up and replanted.
- There is significant road frontage.
- The draft conceptual plan for the 230-acre “Creek Ridge” ranchette community consists of approximately 6 ranchettes ranging from 10-12.10 acres with one being approx. 178.58 acres.
- One half mile of road frontage.
- The 69.06-acre "Timber Hill" ranchette community platted for 13 ranchettes ranging from 5-7.34 acres.
- Rolling topography and frontage on Hwy 73A. It was planted in 2022 and the lots are “high and dry.”
While putting in play the multiple options for future returns, this investment and working lands property can offer you and your family outdoor fun immediately. The deer and turkey hunting are very good as the tracts are surrounded by like-minded landowners with agriculture and timber. These tracts are very close to shopping and restaurants in Blountstown, Florida and approximately one hour to shopping and restaurants in Tallahassee, Florida. It is extremely convenient to regional hubs like Dothan, Alabama, Panama City, Florida and Marianna, Florida.
This opportunity is essentially “five asset classes in one.”
- A recreational property
- A timber property
- A “higher and better use” property with three ranchette communities.
- A conservation easement play. Given the preplanned ranchette communities, this property will appraise well from a development perspective. The development value here is well situated to be monetized through a donation conservation easement providing immediate income tax savings - cutting taxable income by half and spread out up to 16 years.
- A Social Storm Property ™ the type of property one would want to own in either bad times or good. It has vast natural resources and multiple income streams. It’s perhaps the perfect hedge.
***For tract draft conceptual development maps, please visit the maps section of this website.
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Lynniam Place
- Two miles to Blountstown, Florida
- 35 minutes Marianna, Florida
- One hour to Tallahassee, Florida
- One hour to Panama City, Florida
- One hour and 15 minutes to Dothan, Alabama
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Durham Woods Ranchette Community Concept
Creek Ridge Ranchette Community Concept
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Bruce Ratliff is a retired elected official (Property Appraiser Taylor County). Bruce brings years of experience in ad valorem tax knowledge. His property tax background gives JKA Associates & clients a unique insight into the complicated tax process. Bruce held several positions in the Florida Association of Property Appraisers, including member of the Board of Directors, President, Vice-President and Secretary, and served on the Agricultural & Legislative Committees for the Association. The real estate business has been part of Bruce’s life since childhood. His mother, Shirley Ratliff owned Professional Realty of Perry, Florida and his father, Buster owned Ratliff Land Surveying which Bruce was General Manager of before his political career.
From murky farm ponds to pristine glacier-cut lakes and everything in between, Knox Daniels’ expertise stems from a lifelong fascination of water and the creatures that live in and around it. He recognizes and helps clients appreciate the value water features bring to a property. “My goal is to help buyers realize and sellers maximize the value different water bodies bring to a property, not only in a recreational sense, but also for social storm reasons.” After extensively traveling the country for collegiate BASS fishing tournaments, Knox graduated and worked for the Southeast’s finest fisheries and wildlife biologist, Greg Grimes. With Grimes’ company, AES, Knox managed many of the southeast’s finest private lake estate/impoundment properties, and learned the intricacies of upscale property management. Learning from Greg and other biologists, Knox honed in on the specific conditions and habitat needed for optimal gamefish growth in private lakes. He has also worked as a property manager on several thousand acres and for a commercial developer, facilitating the dirt work and builds of several apartment complexes, but his true passion has always been in the outdoors. “I’ve always had an insatiable fascination with ponds/lakes and am grateful to be able to help to place clients on the properties of their dreams and make their personal fisheries/wildlife goals reality with JKA.” – Knox Daniels
As a landowner of his own family farm, Lick Skillet, along with family land that has been passed down and enjoyed together at Keaton Beach for 40 years, Jon knows what it means to be a steward of the last best places. As a third-generation land broker with more than 30 years of experience in advising landowners in this niche, Jon is known for his innate ability to harvest a land’s unique intrinsic value. Touting several notable sales under his belt, Jon personally closed Rock Creek/Molpus – 124,000 acres of premium timberland at $142,000,000 – which was known as the largest timberland land sale in the Southeast for eight years running. He is a co-founding member of LandLeader and achieved the real estate industry’s highest honor, “2022 National Broker of the Year – Recreational Land Sales,” by the Realtors® Land Institute.
Prior to joining Jon Kohler & Associates, Walter Hatchett served for 30 years as a land manager to several of the south’s most esteemed properties, including Rock Creek. As a former property manager himself, and a consistently ranked “Top Sales Producer” nationwide and achieved “APEX Top 20 Land Broker” multiple times, Walter has a keen eye for the best in habitat management.
With Madison County roots, Lori grew up on her family farm at Pettis Springs along the historic Aucilla River. A love of the land was instilled in Lori very early on by her father who was a local farmer. Lori understands the importance of good land stewardship and has witnessed first-hand how her own father, a former 2-term member of the Florida House of Representatives whose district encompassed many rural counties of the Red Hills Plantation Region, with a little bit of sweat equity, so lovingly worked their own family land. These are core values she carries with her today, and nothing gives her more personal satisfaction than to represent some of the south’s best land stewards.
Hailing from a long line of outdoorsmen, Tim learned a great deal from his father and grandfather. He saw first-hand what it means to be a good land steward. He believes land is so much more than a place to hunt, fish, and grow timber or crops. “It’s an identity, a resting place, a safe haven and a way of life, said Tim.” Tim’s family ties to Alabama run deep. During his grandfather’s first term, Governor James was responsible for signing into law Alabama’s first state duck stamp which helped to ensure funding for the procurement, development, and preservation of wetlands for migratory waterfowl habitat. He also established Alabama’s lifetime hunting license, so it is no surprise that Tim is an avid outdoorsman with a keen eye as to how best to improve habitat for the greater good of its wildlife.
Jason has been assisting landowners for the last 28 years in Georgia and South Carolina obtain achievements the owners did not realize were possible. His degree in Biology from Georgia Southern stemmed from the desire to know how things in nature work. His plantation roots began at just 16 years old outside of Albany, GA and the last 20 years were spent in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His entire career has been spent developing a global approach to plantation management. That plan included sales. Sales is in Jason’s blood- his mom had a 45-year career as a real estate broker. After college, he chose to pursue his passion of making properties great. In 2011, Jason sold his first plantation. Since then, he has assisted buyers and sellers with over $20 million in sales while most of that time working as a full-time General Manager of a large Lowcountry plantation. Today, he is committed to using his unique skill set and experience to guide landowners through the many challenges of plantation ownership.