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My idea is to flog the project to a developer company. You can find two kinds I suppose:
Look to the ones already active in Brasil. They will feel very comfortable with operating in the country, as they have experience. However because they have experience, maybe they are not interested in your plans, but just the land. In that case, maybe you'd have to compromise your price, and it would be a discussion purely focused on land price.
The second type would be the one that operates time share, and partial ownership. There are some high class companies (eg. Hyatt operates partial ownership schemes for some of their facilities) who may be interested in the whole concept. Perhaps you may have to adjust your plans, to cater for Elite type customers, who require more exclusive building materials, higher construction quality and more service (probably don't need own kitchen, but there should be a way for the operator to provide catering to a high standard).
While I think that a creative proposal is good, it normally requires the person presenting to be available to implement it. In your case you do not have the time, so you have to upgrade your sales proposal. I recommend to make a business plan focusing on numbers. Ie. construction cost, time.
You also need to consider the target customers that the operator or developer is serving. And this is where it may hurt, as you may need to come up with something against your original concept of sustainability. Just some ideas:
- Rich people from North America, Europe, Asia or Middle East who want the next undiscovered resort
- Locals from the nearby city who'd like a weekend escape
- Rich people from Rio, Sao Paolo, Brasilia, etc who'd like a holiday home
You need to adjust your selling presentation and materials, perhaps even the layouts depending on which segment the people you talk to are serving. New questions will appear: increased security necessary, where can they land their private jet, bigger villas with more privacy, private pools required, private beach access.
Try by checking out the Financial Times. They frequently cover high end developments particularly in the weekend section and the magazine "How to Spend it". Check similar developments in Seychelles, Thailand, Vietnam contact the operators with a customized proposal.
Unfortunately, as I think about it, it may require a lot of time and perhaps travel to be successful in selling the project as a whole. The good news is that the property market is on the upswing to some extend, and real estate investors look for some alternative locations beside the slightly unsafe Thailand. If you cannot spare any, then just sell the land minus the project and write off your effort.
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Patrick Niessen added an idea 28 July at 18:44
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Warny - first of all let me congratulate you on the project idea and the website. It looks so nice, I'd like to visit tomorrow! (Does it really take only 7 hours from Portugal?)
I have a few questions about this project:
1. Have you already purchased all the land, and what kind of construction or other work has taken place already?
2. You mention that you have obtained building permission, but how about land use right, licenses etc? Ie. can a future buyer actually operate a commercial activity on that land, or is further administrative procedure necessary?
3. What can you actually sell from this projects? E.g. full drafts of the villas & other buildings, Land rights, a fully worked out operating concept, ...?
4. What is the reason you want to "sell everything", and abandon all the work and expense you have already sunk into the project (cost overruns?)
5. What is the value of this project, ie. for how much do you want to sell it, in order to have something positive to put in your pocket.
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Patrick Niessen added a question 28 July at 17:49
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