Land Acquisition Manager

Responsibilities

• Analyze markets and sub-markets and the division’s current land positions in order to identify gaps and strategic areas for concentrating future land acquisitions.
• Oversee potential new projects for the division including identification of parcels, negotiation with sellers, due diligence, and preparation of Corporate Approval Package.
• Responsible for review/preparation of market data and competitive pricing analysis, and evaluating the overall technical and financial feasibility of a potential project.
• Prepare letters of intent and respond to requests for qualifications in a competitive bid situation.
• Review survey/title issues and other reports to determine liabilities of potential acquisitions.
• Affiliate in the presentations before municipal decision-making bodies and other government entities as necessary.
• Maintain knowledge of market activities, trends and opportunities and generate prospective land deals through networking with industry and local contacts, brokers, title companies, developers, other builders, land sellers, and others.
• Prepare deal summaries and land tracking report for corporate management and Division President.
• Affiliate in the creation and fostering of relationships with landowners, land brokers, title companies, lenders, municipalities, other homebuilders, lot developers.
• Negotiate and prepare amendments to existing land contracts as necessary.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of Real Estate acquisition and negotiation experience, preferably in the homebuilding industry.
• Experience in land acquisition, preferably in homebuilding.
• A portion of this experience can be accumulated working with municipalities.
• Knowledge of GIS mapping applications and Google Earth.
• Two years of experience working with municipalities, homeowners, contractors, attorneys and engineers.
• Working knowledge of zoning and land use practices, development standards, and utility solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications with advanced skills in Excel.
• Ability to read and interpret lot plans, plat plans.
• Ability to create/implement work plans, prepare written materials and articulate goals and action plan.