Chino looks here for land, storage, and small lodging that catches the overflow from the parks and the river without the higher prices closer to town.
Why this market
- Close to Ichetucknee Springs and the Suwannee River
- Rural land at lower entry prices
- Short drive to Fort White, Branford, and Live Oak
- Farming and country residential base
What Chino buys here
Land, rural storage, RV and tent camping, and small cabins.
Chino has $400,000 to put down and financing lined up for purchases up to about $3.4 million. He keeps deals that pay for themselves and net him a fair living without a full time grind.
How Chino looks at a O'Brien deal
The first question is always whether the numbers work on what the place earns today, not on a story about what it might earn someday. Chino underwrites a O'Brien deal on its trailing twelve months, checks that the income covers the loan with room to spare, and looks for one clear lever to improve it, like adding sites, raising under market rents, or filling empty space. If a deal needs everything to go right just to break even, it is not a fit. If it pays for itself from day one and has room to grow, that is the kind of O'Brien property he wants to own. The financing is already lined up, so once the numbers check out he can move without a long wait.