This is a field checklist, not a legal or lending guide. Confirm every record with the county, the closing team, and the inspectors you hire.
Before the visit
- Write the number of horses, the turnout you need, and the trailer access you need.
- Ask for a survey, a well report if there is a well, and any recent inspections the owner already has.
- Look up zoning with Marion County rather than trusting a listing adjective.
On the property
- Walk fences, gates, and low ground.
- Count stalls and measure the ones you will actually use.
- Turn on wash-rack water and look at drainage away from the barn.
- Stand in the arena and ask where rain goes.
- Check the road and the gate for the truck and trailer you own, not a smaller one.
After the visit
Separate the house inspection from the farm inspection. A house inspector may not evaluate footing, stall hardware, or electrical service in a barn. Budget for repairs you can see, and for the ones a survey or a perk test might reveal.
Facility maintenance is an ongoing cost. The farm guide and the barn supply department cover the kinds of tools and storage a barn uses. They do not tell you what a specific property includes.
When you are ready to talk to a licensed agent, start with William Worthy at Homerun Realty, LLC. Financing questions can go to Lori Meaney at PrimeLending on that same page. You may choose any brokerage and any lender. This site does not take property inquiries.
Ocala Horse Supply publishes educational material and sells horse supplies. It is not a licensed Florida real estate brokerage. Property listings and inquiry forms stay off until a licensed brokerage relationship is in place and the Florida advertising disclosures for that activity are configured. Nothing on this site is a solicitation to buy or sell real estate.