Through their newly formed Orange Avenue-Grant Street Land Trust, the Carter-Crossman team acquired the 0.59-acre site at the southeast corner of Orange Avenue and Grant Street from Orlando auto dealers Denis Moredo, Harris M. Ganey and Jan C. Ganey.

Carter-Crossman then turned around and leased the dirt to Steve Vickers, the managing principal of Net Direct Auto Sales LLC, a new online and offline used car dealership expected to debut this month. The brokers also took an equity position in the used-car business.

"You might say we are now both real estate brokers and used-car salesman," Carter tells GlobeSt.com. "My Dad immediately turned to me and asked, 'Would you buy a used car from that man?"

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