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08/26/2026

Thinking about a manufactured home or RV near Leesburg or The Villages? Read this before you make an offer.

We went through the actual land development codes for Marion County, Sumter County, Lady Lake, Belleview, Fruitland Park and Wildwood — not summaries, the ordinances themselves — and mapped every district where you're allowed to place a home.

A few things that surprise people:

🏡 Marion County permits manufactured homes by right in seven zoning districts. One of them, R-4, was created specifically for a mix of manufactured and site-built homes.

🚐 A Marion County RV park is the only place in the area you can live in an RV year-round. Wildwood caps it at six months out of twelve. Fruitland Park doesn't allow it in residential areas at all.

🚫 Lady Lake won't allow a manufactured home in any of its main single-family neighborhoods.

💰 A vacant lot in Ocklawaha runs about $16,750. The same size lot in Summerfield is $37,000.

👵 41% of Summerfield's listings are 55+ — but not one age-restricted listing is a vacant lot.

There's a decision tree, maps of every town, and a checklist of what to verify before you buy — septic, deed restrictions, tie-downs, lot rent, financing.

Marion County says yes to manufactured homes in seven zoning districts, and its RV parks are the only ones nearby with no limit on how long you can stay. Wildwood caps RV living at six months a year. Fruitland Park bans it. Lady Lake will not allow a mobile home in most of town. Here is where to loo...

08/19/2026

Buying investment property near Disney World or Universal? Osceola County is the best option for finding a property, but even there the rules vary depending on the neighborhood and who has the authority to grant you the privilege of using the property as a short term rental. I was tired of looking through the countless HOA documents over and over again to answer this question, so I built a tool to answer it for most properties across the county for me and for my investors to use. If you want to use my tool to check multiple properties call or text me at 407-214-4800 and I can send you exclusive access now before my tool hits the public.

Three separate authorities decide it — county or city zoning, the recorded HOA declaration, and licensing. Check a specific parcel before you write the offer. Free, from public record.

08/09/2026

Every Floridian votes on the same Amendment 3 in November. No two properties will feel it the same way.

You've probably seen claims flying in both directions — that property taxes are going away, or that local services are about to collapse. Neither headline tells you what actually matters: what it would mean for YOUR property.

So I built a page that skips the arguments and just shows the numbers. Enter any Florida address and you'll see that parcel's current tax-roll figures line by line, and exactly which lines Amendment 3 would change if voters approve it.

It's free, it works for all 67 counties, and you don't need to give an email to see the figures. It isn't a campaign for either side — the amendment needs 60% approval on November 3 and hasn't passed. How you vote is entirely up to you; this just makes sure you're voting with your own numbers in hand.

The whole page is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Haitian Creole — the language switcher is right at the top.

Look up your Florida property and see today's certified tax-roll figures line by line, then what Amendment 3 would change. Free. 67 counties. Not a valuation.

08/05/2026

Anyone in Lakeland, Deltona or Palm Bay looking at selling soon?

Millennials aren’t just renting longer — they’re increasingly buying homes, and Central Florida is among the biggest hotspots.

08/04/2026

🚨 BIG condo financing changes start TODAY (8/3/26)

Fannie Mae + Freddie Mac just eliminated the "fast-track" review process for condo loans. Most condo buildings now need a FULL financial review before a loan can close — reserves, insurance, budgets, all of it.

Reserve requirements are also jumping from 10% → 15%.

Translation: buying, selling, or sitting on an HOA board in a condo? This affects you. 👀

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⚠️ Informational only, not lending/legal advice.

08/04/2026

07/31/2026

We get at least 10-20 of these texts a day. 🤦🏻‍♂️

07/15/2026

Some homes just live easier than others, and this one makes its case the moment you step inside. Vaulted ceilings open up the foyer and carry through the main living areas, giving the center of the home a taller, brighter, more connected feel than you would expect from a single story. The great room flows into the kitchen through a breakfast bar pass-through, so the cook is never cut off from the conversation, and ceramic tile grounds the kitchen and dining areas with crisp white cabinetry and warm wood countertops.

Then comes the surprise: a 14 by 28 Florida room that adds an entire second living zone. Use it as a home office, a workout space, a media den, a hobby studio, or all of the above at once. Very few homes in this neighborhood, at any recent price, have offered this much flexible square footage under one roof. The split bedroom layout puts the primary suite on its own side of the house, complete with a walk-in closet with built-in shelving and a private bath. Two additional bedrooms and a second full bath sit across the home, each with ceiling fans and generous closet storage. Out back, a covered and screened porch overlooks a fully fenced yard, and a mature shade tree anchors the front elevation. Block construction with vinyl siding, a shingle roof, an attached garage with washer and dryer hookups, and a flood zone X designation round out the practical side. Set at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, the street stays calm while everything else stays close. And there is a lot close by.

Huckleberry Fields sits within the Waterford Lakes master association, stacking two layers of amenities: community pool, playground, dog park, tennis and pickleball courts, basketball court, fitness center, clubhouse, park, and walking trails, all linked by sidewalks. The home is zoned for Waterford Elementary, Discovery Middle, and Timber Creek High, and sits minutes from Waterford Lakes Town Center shopping and dining with quick access to Alafaya Trail, SR 408, and UCF. Leasing is permitted with a six month minimum, giving you options if plans change down the road.

07/14/2026

A few years ago Florida couldn’t build fast enough. Everybody was moving here, prices were climbing, buyers were fighting over houses, and builders like me were putting up new homes as fast as we could. Florida built more than every state except Texas.

That growth is exactly what’s catching up to us now.

Florida has over 215,000 homes for sale right now. That’s almost 1 in 7 homes on the market in the entire country, and we’re only 8% of the nation’s housing. Nearly 45% of listings here have had a price cut. More than 1 in 10 homes are listed for less than the owner paid for them. In parts of west Florida, over half the listings have dropped price. Punta Gorda had the biggest price drop in the country, almost 8% down from last year.

This isn’t a mystery. It’s supply and cost catching up with demand at the same time. We overbuilt relative to where demand was heading, rates climbed, insurance premiums climbed hard, and HOA fees climbed on top of that. Buyers who used to compete against each other are now the ones with leverage, and sellers are the ones competing.

Here’s what I’m telling my clients: this correction runs as long as insurance and rates stay elevated. When either one loosens up, absorption picks back up fast, because the underlying demand for this state hasn’t gone anywhere. People are still moving here. That hasn’t changed.

Florida grew the fastest and built the most, and now it’s correcting the fastest. That’s not a red flag, that’s just what a hot market does when it runs ahead of its own fundamentals. The long term thesis on this state hasn’t changed. Short term, though, you have to know exactly what market you’re operating in, and right now, it favors buyers.