Southeast

One story I like to tell people visiting me here in Destin, FL, is how the town was founded. A fishing captain from New London, in Connecticut, sailed here, dropped anchor, and stayed. They [...]

Over a plate of fried fish and okra at Willie Mae’s Scotch House, my old college friend brought up the local real estate market. He’s an aspiring real estate investor, though that doesn’t stop [...]

As a long-time local real estate investor, I’ve been to my fair share of Music City real estate auctions over the years. So, it wasn’t surprising when my friend Sam started in on the questions [...]

Here in South Carolina, we’re used to helping each other out. Being a good neighbor is part of our culture. I don’t know how many times I’ve had people ask if I needed a tool or a lift when I was [...]

What surprises me most about Jacksonville is how surprised people are to find out this is such a wonderful place to live. I’ve been here my whole life—except for college, and we can forget about [...]

I’m from Memphis, which almost automatically means I love music. I get asked a lot if I prefer Stax Records to Motown, and the answer is always yes. I mean, the actual answer is “both are so [...]

A friend of mine came to visit me here in Orlando, and on his first night we went out to dinner at Soco, a kind of fancy southern comfort food near the soccer stadium. He expressed a bit of [...]

For a few years, it seemed like every day was my first day. I moved to Jacksonville about 10 years ago, leaving behind my corporate job and the cold winters of the northern Midwest. I’d been [...]

As the story goes, about 500 years ago a Spanish explorer called Ponce de Leon came to Florida looking for the fountain of youth (and some real estate). He might not have found the fountain. But [...]