Kevin, after reading your post again, I do see that you are presenting questions. My apologies to you for calling them accusations.
Yes, anyone can look up the public information like sales.
At a glance, I really don't see anything fishy about the properties Richard owns or sold, mentioned in your post. As for the one in Blue Mtn Beach S/D, I believe it is his primary residence which he bought some time ago.
For the property in Lakeside at Blue Mtn, while the Prop Appraiser's site still shows the entire property as one big parcel, the GIS stll shows Richard Fowlkes as still being the current owner of the lot you mentioned. I think the more interesting info here is that the County has assessed his lot at only $41,785. That is kind of wierd since he paid $280,000 for it in June of 2005. Think someone screwed up here -- in a major way. It isn't only his lot, but every lot in this development, including the Lake front lots, has been assessed at only $41,785 each. No wonder people are moaning about taxes, especially when they see other people's assessed value so much lower. Look across the street in the Village of Blue Mtn, and you will see the lots assessed around $250,000, while the assessed value of the lots in the subdivision to the south of Hwy 30A start around $425,000.
Looks like Richard made some good money on the lot in the Preserve at Grayton Beach when he sold it, but I know many people who did. His purchase price seems in line with other buyers at that time, and I bet he is glad that he sold it when he did.
I am unaware of what you mention about Redfish Village being bought from the developers of Lakeside at Blue Mtn. You lost me there. I think that Lakeside at Blue Mtn, was developed by Blue Mountain Preserve, LLC, so that might be the confusion -- I don't know. Funny how people like to throw in words like, "Preserve" into their LLC names and development names, then cut down most of the trees on the property and pave and buid on the majority of it. Or, how they illegally build a bridge through the wetlands, without requesting permission for a permit. Why don't they call it what it is rather than sugar coating it with beer goggles? Drives me bonkers.
On the whole, I don't see this connection with Richard and the questionable payoff from the Developers of Redfish Village. My guess is that Richard was probably quite about Redfish Village's lot #2 Private Beach Access due to his residence being directly down the street from where most Redfish Village owners would be walking to the beach, if Redfish didn't score the permission to use lot #2 for the access. Just my guess. NIMBY
Yes, anyone can look up the public information like sales.
At a glance, I really don't see anything fishy about the properties Richard owns or sold, mentioned in your post. As for the one in Blue Mtn Beach S/D, I believe it is his primary residence which he bought some time ago.
For the property in Lakeside at Blue Mtn, while the Prop Appraiser's site still shows the entire property as one big parcel, the GIS stll shows Richard Fowlkes as still being the current owner of the lot you mentioned. I think the more interesting info here is that the County has assessed his lot at only $41,785. That is kind of wierd since he paid $280,000 for it in June of 2005. Think someone screwed up here -- in a major way. It isn't only his lot, but every lot in this development, including the Lake front lots, has been assessed at only $41,785 each. No wonder people are moaning about taxes, especially when they see other people's assessed value so much lower. Look across the street in the Village of Blue Mtn, and you will see the lots assessed around $250,000, while the assessed value of the lots in the subdivision to the south of Hwy 30A start around $425,000.
Looks like Richard made some good money on the lot in the Preserve at Grayton Beach when he sold it, but I know many people who did. His purchase price seems in line with other buyers at that time, and I bet he is glad that he sold it when he did.
I am unaware of what you mention about Redfish Village being bought from the developers of Lakeside at Blue Mtn. You lost me there. I think that Lakeside at Blue Mtn, was developed by Blue Mountain Preserve, LLC, so that might be the confusion -- I don't know. Funny how people like to throw in words like, "Preserve" into their LLC names and development names, then cut down most of the trees on the property and pave and buid on the majority of it. Or, how they illegally build a bridge through the wetlands, without requesting permission for a permit. Why don't they call it what it is rather than sugar coating it with beer goggles? Drives me bonkers.
On the whole, I don't see this connection with Richard and the questionable payoff from the Developers of Redfish Village. My guess is that Richard was probably quite about Redfish Village's lot #2 Private Beach Access due to his residence being directly down the street from where most Redfish Village owners would be walking to the beach, if Redfish didn't score the permission to use lot #2 for the access. Just my guess. NIMBY
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