Hawkins subsequently joined the established real estate firm of KJ Powell as a land broker.

Mr. Price, the land broker, told of eight sites under construction in Flushing and Bayside alone.

From developers, land brokers, sales brokers and county planners from Sarasota south to Naples a picture of steady growth in seasonal and year-round home buying emerges.

Douglas C. Dromey, a land broker in Kennesaw, Ga., said, "I have written off both parties on this issue."

"You wouldn't believe how much productivity we've lost at work," said Heath Milligan, 24, a land broker.

Ms. Merrill is a land broker who will not sell subdivisions, a real estate agent who encourages people to put conservation restrictions on their land.

A land broker by profession, he is greatly respected by all.

Glen spent his early career as a slave trader and land broker, helping set up plantations in Mississippi.

He was a prizewinning student at Adelaide Educational Institution then a licensed land broker at the Grange and Adelaide.

While working as a banker, land broker, and livestock broker in Las Vegas, Otero began his career in politics.