Think Real Estate
Kim Bortz
Realtor®
Single Family and Multi-family Properties
Always Conquering A New Adventure
Kim was born and raised in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado. She started her career at age 14 in a music store. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Frosty.
Being a catastrophe insurance professional, they traveled coast to coast. While traveling, Kim and Frosty started their family. After 10 years of marriage, they had their two children Lexi and Skyler, who have made them extremely proud. Kim has had many careers along the way from customer service to owner operator of an automotive body shop to becoming a special education teacher for middle school. She finished that career when her kids graduated high school and went on to be a CPA before moving to their dream of living by the ocean. This brought her to Panama City where she continued her career as office manager and quickly moving to comptroller of a large roofing contractor, focusing on hurricane Michael recovery.
Now, pursuing something she has always wanted to do, Kim is excited about starting her Real Estate career and is happy to be working with the Think Real Estate team. She is always making the impossible possible and does it with a smile. In her spare time, Kim loves relaxing on the beach and freehand painting.
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Are you ready to buy, sell, or invest in Bay County, Florida?
Call Kim Bortz, Realtor with Think Real Estate.
303-525-8306
Think Real Estate
Buy Land and Build A Home or Buy An Existing Home in Bay County
Your future home awaits and we are here to help.
Are you in the process of locating your next dream home? If you are, you may be considering the differences between buying land and building new versus buying an existing home. Both of these options can be great, but each has a different journey to completion.
Fortunately, the real estate market in Bay County, Florida is still activity pushing along. And while there is not as much inventory, compared to 2020, there are still land & homes for sale across our wonderful community.
You can buy a neighborhood lot in a beachy or in-town community, or possibly find acres of land in the northern part of Bay County to start your own farm. Lynn Haven has become a very popular community to call home and the Cove has long been a wonderful community for those seeking to be near downtown Panama City. Lots and lots of choices to create a future that is uniquely you.
It is far more complex to buy land and build a home than it is to buy a home that is already built and move-in ready. Someone has to be available to make the continuous decisions that go along with such a project. And it is often times more expensive, too. Land costs, architectural design, permits, foundation work, framing, site work, exterior finishes, interior finishes, mechanical rough-ins— the details can add up rather quick. When building a custom home, $350,000 doesn’t build a palace in Bay County in 2020. Here is an example of what a $350,000 build budget would look like:
- Architectural Design: $17,430.00
- Site work. Design, Permit fees, inspections, etc.: $7,810.00
- Foundations. Excavation, concrete and retaining walls: $38,685.00
- Framing. Sheathing, trusses, etc.: $44,930.00
- Exterior finishes. Roofing, windows, and doors, etc.: $75,245.00
- Interior finishes. Drywall, flooring, insulation, paint, lights, appliances, etc.: $77,840.00
- Major systems rough-ins. Electrical, HVAC and plumbing: $35,445.00
- Hardscapes and softscapes. Driveway, fencing, landscaping, shed, etc.: $49,490.00
In contrast, the same budget of $350,000 can buy an existing home or condo, land included, that is move-in ready and waiting to welcome you home. And with the inventory in the Bay County Real Estate MLS, you can likely find your new home or investment project without too much effort.
Whichever your choice may be, Think Real Estate has two convenient offices in Bay County, Florida to serve your real estate needs. Our beach office is on Middle Beach Road, just east of Shipwreck Island Water Park, and our in-town office is on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., about one mile north of the mall. Both of our real estate offices offer the same high-quality service and personable, professional, dedicated Realtors. Contact us today to get started.
