Buy land from the state
Did you know you can buy land from the state? Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection web site has a list of available properties. These are surplus properties that the state acquired for various reasons and either never used or no longer needs. The amount of information available for each parcel seems to vary depending on where its located. Also, based on an explanation of the process from another page, it seems like the parcels might be picked over (the local government gets first dibs)  However, there might be some good finds from time to time. So check it out: