David Buring Seeks Billboards in Southeast

Billboard Investor David Buring is seeking to buy billboards in the southeast United States.  Buring has 27 years experience in out of home.  Insider talked with Buring last week.

David, how did you enter the out of home business?

I bought a building a little over 27 years ago. In the parking lot was a billboard owned by the largest outdoor advertising company in Memphis at the time. Their main competitor had offered the building owner double the amount of land rent that they were receiving . Something about that intrigued me. I told myself that I should learn about the billboard business. Within a few months I was off and running, and in early 1992 I started my own outdoor company.

What have you done in the out of home business?

I was fortunate enough to sell my first outdoor company in 1998 to Eller. Since then I have owned either all of, or part of 3 more outdoor companies that were sold. Two of those were in Memphis, where I am from and live, and the other two were out of town. I have met some amazing people in the billboard business around the country, and I stay in touch with most of them.  I find the outdoor business to be a small industry in so many ways. If you’ve been in it for the 25 years I have been, then you just connect with others in an easy way. We all know so many of the same people.
Where are you looking to buy?
I’m seeking billboards in the Southeast United States.  I’d like to avoid rural areas and am most interested in billboards in cities with a population of 100,000 or more.  I prefer easements or land as part of the transaction.  I’d like to deal with principals and not through brokers.
Potential sellers can contact David at  dburing@aol.com, 901-289-5951.
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