New Construction is Up, Way Up, in Sarasota and Manatee Counties

What's the New Buzz with Downtown Sarasota Development?

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Ever get tired of hearing people go on and on about “Location, location, location!”, whenever real estate comes up in any given conversation? Yet most real estate investors never look much further beyond their own backyard, when deciding where to invest. Millions of Americans invest in rental real estate, and they all have the same goal in common: to make money. Location is the only factor that you cannot change once you buy a rental property. While you can do repairs to improve the quality and look of your rental property, there is nothing you can do about the location of your investment. "Your real estate property is where it is, and you can’t take it and move it somewhere else." All the kitchen and bathroom hacks in ...

Florida becomes more and more of an economic powerhouse every year, being one of the ripest and most in-demand markets in the country, so it comes as no surprise that Friday, July 13th, Florida’s gross domestic product finally reached the $1 trillion mark. According to the state chamber, if Florida were an independent country, that amount of economic output would make the Sunshine State the world’s 17th largest economy, growing larger than Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and Argentina’s. Although the number is high, this was to be expected, University of Central Florida economic analyst Sean Snaith said the state has been strong in all areas of employment.

This is really being driven by fundamentals. This is not just a fluke of an overheated economy.

According to the economist who authored the study pointed to growth i...