There are a lot of bridges on the coastline of Florida. They serve as an important function to transport vehicles and people to our beautiful beaches and restaurants. However, there is another type o…
July Fourth is this week, so fire up the grill and hang up the flags, but go easy on the fireworks. You may not need real fireworks after reading the May sales statistics for Manatee County and the g…
Sometimes it’s just time for a change, and that change can take a lot of different forms – breaking off toxic relationships, getting a new vehicle that isn’t a BMW or Mercedes, or downsizing your liv…
Florida is condo heaven. If you’re interested in condo living, Florida offers condos in all price ranges, in all locations and with a variety of amenities and floor plans. The condo selling challenge…
Everyone who has owned property – whether it’s a condo or a single-family home or investment property – has had those days when you have no idea why you’re doing this. Isn’t renting easier, less str…
I love to write. I didn’t come to writing from anything I learned in “J” school, where I never went, but rather in the school of hard knocks, working in business in New York City. Funny thing about w…
There’s a lot of reasons not to want to think about insurance. It’s expensive, confusing and boring. However, according to those in the know, Florida insurance rates may be starting to tick down or a…
My favorite real estate expression is “all real estate is local,” which I have used in this space many times. But what exactly does that mean?
Essentially it means that real estate markets are signi…
It hasn’t been pretty for condo owners in the Sunshine State since the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in 2021. After this tragedy, laws were passed requiring “milestone inspections” of older…
I live in Cortez and was never a fan of the Seafood Shack restaurant, although it did come in handy on occasion. Well now, if you didn’t already know, the “shack” has been demolished. It sustained a…
No one likes uncertainty, not stock investors and certainly not homebuyers. Nevertheless, here we are, six months after devastating storms and facing another, what appears to be active hurricane seas…
If you like the condo lifestyle and you live in Florida, you’ve landed in the right place. But even what seems to be the right place can have challenges, especially in the environment we’re currently…
It’s been six months since Hurricane Milton invaded us and every day we still feel the effects of the storm. Most of us are either continually rebuilding, cleaning up or juggling finances to get our…
Remorse is the feeling of regret, second thoughts or disappointment in a decision recently made. When it comes to buying and selling real estate, it’s difficult not to have some level of remorse abou…
Balance of power is something we usually talk about as it relates to international positioning between powerful nations. Now the phrase is lending itself to the real estate market and the buyers are…
