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Updates from Northeast Florida-September 2024
Well, summer of 2024 came and went like a bullet train speeding by at a high speed. In northeast Florida, despite elevated outdoor temperatures alongside periods of sporadic and often times heavy rain, beachgoers and vacationers alike have headed back to school and...
Golf: A Great Business Development Activity for Northeast Florida
I have started to understand that real estate brokerage is all about relationships: building new relationships, fostering and cultivating existing relationships, and nurturing older ones really matters. Particularly in Florida, there seems to be a lot of competition...
Jacksonville: Northeast Florida as an Economic Engine
Downtown Jacksonville, the heart of northeast Florida, is becoming much more livable, walkable, and seems to be drawing more talent by way of the entertainment arts. Nearly every week, especially now that spring season is here, there seems to be some type of music...
Opinions of Value for Land: Providing a Range
I am often asked and called upon to provide an opinion of value for a certain land property. Usually, a prospective seller is hoping to get a sense for where the land property would sell in the market if the property were to be publicly listed for sale. I usually...
Selling Inherited Family Farmland: A Lesson Learned
Several years ago, and many years before I became a real estate broker, my younger brother and I inherited a small tract of farmland after my grandfather’s passing in the fabulous state of Ohio. Being born and raised in Florida, and not being farmers ourselves, we...
Exciting Plans for Downtown Jacksonville!
Friends, Colleagues, Partners: Yesterday evening (11/7/23) I attended a presentation at the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce delivered by Jake Gordon, the CEO of Downtown Vision, Inc., here in Jacksonville. He presented the 2023 State of Downtown Report to a room...
Florida Population Growth: Jacksonville
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city of Jacksonville, FL, realized a 1.5% increase in population between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022. According to the United Nations population projection, Jacksonville is expected to reach a population of nearly 2.5...
The Power of Creativity
A few months ago, I made a little journey to the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami as part of a tour through a valuable art district in south Florida. Coming from north Florida and Jacksonville, I heard of the Wynwood neighborhood in months prior but seeing something in...
Opportunities for Investment in Florida
It might be uniquely due to this time of year, summer, when tourists visit Florida for vacation. It might be due to the continued migration of folks from other parts of the country (and the world) looking for a place to live in the Sunshine State. It might be due to...