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The Skilled Trades Deserve a Place at the Table When America Talks About Career Success

Commercial Heather Hook - August 28, 2026

For decades, we have told young Americans a version of success that sounds something like this: graduate high school, go to college, earn a...

South Florida Loses Five to Ten Middle-Class Workers for Every Wealthy Arrival – and the Real Estate Math Is Breaking

Commercial Heather Hook - August 12, 2026

A city’s economy works best when the workers who keep it running can also afford to live there – and maintaining that balance is...

The ROAD to Housing Act Is Now Law. Has Anything Actually Changed for South Florida?

Commercial Heather Hook - August 4, 2026

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law on July 11, 2026, after President Trump let the 10-day...

Kaufman Real Estate & Consulting and Oldivai Announce Adaptive-Reuse and Workforce Housing Redevelopment in Jacksonville’s Springfield Historic District

Commercial Heather Hook - August 3, 2026

Century-old brick factory building to gain three new stories; Oldivai to deliver modular workforce housing — an iteration of...

10% vs. 3.5%: Why Experienced Investors Are Moving Capital Into First-Lien Mortgage Lending

Commercial Heather Hook - July 29, 2026

The alternative lending market is populated largely by firms that launched after 2010, meaning the people running them have...

The Three-Step Investment Sequence Driving Pensacola’s Downtown Turnaround

Commercial Heather Hook - July 24, 2026

In 2005, the assessed property value within Pensacola’s Community Redevelopment Area stood at roughly $550 million. Today it sits...

New Construction Buyers in Ocala, Florida Are Routinely Surprised by Costs the Base Price Doesn’t Include

Commercial Heather Hook - July 22, 2026

The advertised price on a new construction home in Ocala often bears little resemblance to what a buyer actually...

JobSite Recon Officially Launches, Letting Contractors Rate and Review the Customers Who Hire Them

Commercial Heather Hook - July 21, 2026

Tradespeople can now search any address before quoting a job and see what other contractors experienced there, with over...

Pensacola Landed a World-Class Operation. The Blueprint Is Worth Studying.

Commercial Heather Hook - April 30, 2026

When a globally competitive sailing organization walked away from a New York base to build a permanent manufacturing facility...

Why Independent Florida Agents Are Adding TV Ads to Their Marketing Mix

Residential Heather Hook - March 25, 2026

In Florida’s most competitive markets, the gap between a well-known agent and an unknown one often comes down to...

Luxury Meets Infrastructure: How the New Duck Key Bridges Signal a Wealth Boom in the Florida Keys

Residential Heather Hook - March 19, 2026

There are few places in Florida real estate where a single infrastructure project can reshape a neighborhood’s identity overnight....

Space-Saving Innovation: How Automated Parking Is Reshaping Student Housing Near University of Florida

Residential Heather Hook - March 10, 2026

As off-campus housing developments compete for limited urban land, one Gainesville project turned a familiar constraint into a design...