Southeast

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 [...]

I can’t help myself—I hear the phrase “private money lenders” and the theme from the Sopranos starts playing in my head. I know that’s not true, not really how it works—it’s just a TV show, [...]

Memphis is a big city, but it’s also a small town. If you know who you’re looking for, and you keep your eyes open, chances are you’ll eventually run into them. And so, for many years, I used to [...]

Growing up in New York, it was always expected that I would eventually make my way down to Florida like my relatives before me. Half of my family are still snowbirds, spending the winter months [...]

Tampa didn’t appeal to me at first. I’m from Clearwater, born and raised, and didn’t like crossing the bridge much. I had everything I needed there, too—my family, my grocery store, and several [...]

When I first decided to get into real estate investing in South Florida years ago, I thought I could go it alone. While I was able to find a few distressed property owners and had a bit of [...]

The other day I met up with a friend at the Blue Door Smokehouse here in Lexington, and he had a confession about his real estate investment dabbling. With a tone heavier than the sauce, he [...]