The family had been carrying the land since their mother’s death years earlier. The probate court entered its order in 2023, which established the ownership needed for the family to move toward a sale.
By the time we became involved in December 2025, the probate process itself was behind them. The next challenge was getting several out-of-state owners aligned around one plan for selling the inherited land.
The owners lived in different states and needed a clear way to make decisions together before the land could be marketed and sold. None of them had a use for the property, and the family had been discussing for years to figure out what to do with it.
One family member had been doing online research about selling inherited and vacant land when she found our website and social media.
After everything was sold, they told us that our professional presentation they found online, along with the sense that Brenda and I were approachable and enjoyable to work with, helped lead them to that first phone call in December 2025.
That first conversation happened months before a single parcel was listed.
The Family Needed a Clear Plan Before the Land Could Be Listed
Probate had been completed, but there were still ownership decisions to work through before everyone was ready to sell.
We helped connect the family with a local real estate attorney who could guide them through the legal and ownership questions that were outside our role as Realtors.
The family worked through those decisions and designated one family member as the point of contact for the sale.
That made communication much easier once we moved into pricing, marketing, offers, and closing.
By June 2026, the family was ready to put the properties on the market.
These Were Unusual Vacant Land Parcels
We frequently work with residential vacant lots where a buyer can drive by, see the surrounding homes, look at the road, and start imagining what could be built there.
These four parcels were very different.
They were separate, non-contiguous parcels in the San Lucie Plaza area near Treasure Coast International Airport. The land was zoned light industrial and located in an area that had been platted for future development.
There were no paved roads leading to the parcels.
There were not even dirt roads reaching them. Roads existed as lines on the plat map, but the infrastructure had never been built.
That changed the way we had to market the properties.
There were no traditional listing photos to take. We could not pull up to the property, photograph the frontage, or give a buyer the usual sense of standing on a vacant lot and looking around.
The marketing had to begin with information.
We researched the parcel locations, zoning, nearby ownership, prior sales, land-use context, and the limitations buyers would need to understand before deciding whether to investigate further.
The Comparable Sales Were Limited
This type of land does not produce a neat stack of comparable sales.
The parcels were different sizes. Nearby land had sold at different times and under different circumstances. The light industrial zoning created long-term possibilities for future investors or land bank accumulators, while the lack of roads and infrastructure limited what a buyer could do with the land today.
We looked at prior land sales in the area, parcel sizes, ownership patterns, zoning, and what buyers had actually paid for similar property.
The family chose to offer the four parcels individually rather than market them as one package.
From there, we worked through the sales data and priced each parcel on its own. That opened the door to buyers who were interested in one particular lot instead of requiring someone to purchase all four.
Four Parcels Sold to Three Different Buyers
The properties were listed in June 2026.
By the middle of September, all four had sold.
Three different buyers purchased the four parcels.
For the family, the result ended a much longer story.
They had inherited the land years earlier. They lived far from St. Lucie County. They had no personal use for the parcels, and the properties had remained part of the family’s tax responsibilities for years.
After the final closing, one of the owners described the experience in a Google review. She wrote that the family had inherited the lots nine years earlier, had no use for them, and had been trying to sell them for years. Once the properties were listed with us, all four sold within about four months.
My husband and I are delighted with Chris Walker’s handling of our complicated real estate transactions.
We, along with the 2 sisters, had inherited several undeveloped commercial lots in Port St Lucie after his mother’s death 9 years ago. We and the heirs all live in different states and had no use for these lots. The sisters had been trying to sell them for years.
When we contacted Chris he developed a plan that included detailed explanation of where the lots were located, the history of similar lots, possible complications that could affect the sales, and a marketing strategy. The sisters agreed to use Chris as our real estate agent and within 4 months of his listing the properties all the lots were sold.
That is a useful reminder for anyone carrying vacant land from a distance.
When Vacant Land Has Been Sitting in the Family for Years
We talk with landowners who are not sure where to start.
Some inherited the property. Some moved away years ago. Some are dealing with land their parents purchased decades earlier. Others own property with unusual zoning, limited access, wetlands, utility questions, or other issues that make it difficult to know what the land is worth or who might buy it.
Putting the property on the MLS is not always the first useful step. It may make more sense to first understand what you own, how buyers are likely to look at it, what could complicate a sale, and what recent land activity says about the market. Then you can navigate the decision to sell and follow a plan
That is where this family started with us.
Several months later, four parcels that had been sitting in the family for years had three new owners, and the family could finally close that chapter.
If you own vacant or inherited land in Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, or elsewhere on the Treasure Coast, we can help you look at the property, the available sales data, and the questions that may affect your next step as you consider your avaiable options.
Call or text us at 772-291-1592, or reach out through the website. We can walk through what you own and help you understand what a reasonable path forward may look like.
