The Complete Guide to Buying Property in Florida

The Complete Guide to Buying Property in Florida
Author: Charles Davey
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780749443405

In the past decade property prices in the UK have risen by 138 per cent - far higher than in the USA. With no language problems, near-perfect weather and low property prices, Florida is an ideal location for a holiday or retirement home. Many people now have sufficient equity in their British homes not only to buy a home in Florida, but also to satisfy the investor criteria for immigration into the United States. By setting up a business or investing in a (possibly quite modest) business in the US, they can turn their dream into a reality. The Complete Guide to Buying Property In Florida is the ideal tool for those who want to take any of those steps. It deals with every aspect of buying or renting a home in Florida in a practical, straight-forward style. There are maps, useful addresses, Web sites, and information on a whole host of topics including: choosing a location, renting, purchasing, buying land, letting, selling, taxation and inheritance rules, and retiring, working and setting up a business. Comprehensive and readable, it will help any prospective buyer avoid the pitfalls and get everything right first time.

Florida Real Estate Principles, Practices, and Law

Florida Real Estate Principles, Practices, and Law
Author: David S Coleman
Publisher: Dearborn Real Estate
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2003-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780793180967

This Florida real estate principles text provides up-to-date, state-specific information. Updated annually with the latest developments in Florida real estate law, this text should be a prelicensing staple for real estate students that effectively combines legal and practical aspects of Florida real estate laws and practices for prospectives salespersons.

Florida Real Estate Sales Pre-Licensing Course Companion

Florida Real Estate Sales Pre-Licensing Course Companion
Author: Pamela Kemper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2018-05-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781719368537

The Florida Real Estate Sales Pre-Licensing Course Companion is the go to resource to study for a Florida Real Estate License. It pairs with the Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Pre-Licensing Course I. Course I is a licensing course which follows the Florida Real Estate Commission syllabus required to become a real estate licensed agent in Florida.Florida Real Estate Laws as well as general real estate concepts are presented. There are nineteen section broken down into the 122 topics that the Florida Real Estate Commission requires licensees to test for aptitude. Topics studied include: An Introduction to the Real Estate Business; License Law, Qualifications, and Commission Rules; Authorized Agency Relationships; Brokerage Procedures; Violations of Law; Fair Housing; Property Rights; Estates; Condominiums; Cooperatives; Time-Sharing; Titles; Deeds; Legal Descriptions; Real Estate Contracts; Mortgages; Closing Computations; Market Analysis; Appraisals; Investments; Business Brokerages; Taxes Affecting Real Estate; Planning; Zoning; and Environmental Issues. Real Estate Math is taught within the book and is summarized at the end for quick reference. Required vocabulary is also defined and summarized. A 100 question final practice exam is included.Laws included are updated per 2018 regulation. The Florida Real Estate Pre-Licensing Course Companion is the chosen resource material for Azure Tide All Florida School of Real Estate.

A World More Concrete

A World More Concrete
Author: N.D.B. Connolly
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2014-08-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022613525X

Many people characterize urban renewal projects and the power of eminent domain as two of the most widely despised and often racist tools for reshaping American cities in the postwar period. In A World More Concrete, N. D. B. Connolly uses the history of South Florida to unearth an older and far more complex story. Connolly captures nearly eighty years of political and land transactions to reveal how real estate and redevelopment created and preserved metropolitan growth and racial peace under white supremacy. Using a materialist approach, he offers a long view of capitalism and the color line, following much of the money that made land taking and Jim Crow segregation profitable and preferred approaches to governing cities throughout the twentieth century. A World More Concrete argues that black and white landlords, entrepreneurs, and even liberal community leaders used tenements and repeated land dispossession to take advantage of the poor and generate remarkable wealth. Through a political culture built on real estate, South Florida’s landlords and homeowners advanced property rights and white property rights, especially, at the expense of more inclusive visions of equality. For black people and many of their white allies, uses of eminent domain helped to harden class and color lines. Yet, for many reformers, confiscating certain kinds of real estate through eminent domain also promised to help improve housing conditions, to undermine the neighborhood influence of powerful slumlords, and to open new opportunities for suburban life for black Floridians. Concerned more with winners and losers than with heroes and villains, A World More Concrete offers a sober assessment of money and power in Jim Crow America. It shows how negotiations between powerful real estate interests on both sides of the color line gave racial segregation a remarkable capacity to evolve, revealing property owners’ power to reshape American cities in ways that can still be seen and felt today.

Florida Real Estate 45-Hour Course Companion

Florida Real Estate 45-Hour Course Companion
Author: Pamela Kemper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018-07-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722654979

Every real estate sales licensee in the state of Florida is required to take an approved 45-hour post-licensing sales course prior to the first renewal of the licensee's license. This book, Florida Real Estate 45-Hour Course Companion corresponds with Azure Tide's state-approved course to meet this requirement.The content of Florida Real Estate 45-Hour Course Companion is based on the authors' own experiences in building a real estate business. It contains a heavy emphasis on prospecting for business building opportunities. Furthermore, it teaches agents how to handle buyer and seller objections-enabling them to get more listings and sell more houses. It is a great asset for Florida Real Estate licensees needing to fulfill their post-licensing requirements and for those wanting to build a successful real estate business.Florida Real Estate 45-Hour Course Companion is divided into 4 sections with a total of 16 chapters. SECTION 1 BUSINESS BUILDING, focuses on building a thriving real estate business. SECTION 2 THE DEAL, focuses on successfully taking a deal from contract to closing. SECTION 3 LEGAL ISSUES, focuses on legal issues affecting the practice of real estate. SECTION 4 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, focuses on providing property management services.This state-approved course is required within the licensee's first renewal period to maintain a Florida Real Estate license. It is designed to help a new licensee navigate through the many issues of starting a real estate career.

The Swamp Peddlers

The Swamp Peddlers
Author: Jason Vuic
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469663163

Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called "installment land sales industry" hawked billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen, to retiring northerners. For only $10 down and $10 a month, working-class pensioners could buy a piece of the Florida dream: a graded home site that would be waiting for them in a planned community when they were ready to build. The result was Cape Coral, Port St. Lucie, Deltona, Port Charlotte, Palm Coast, and Spring Hill, among many others—sprawling communities with no downtowns, little industry, and millions of residential lots. In The Swamp Peddlers, Jason Vuic tells the raucous tale of the sale of residential lots in postwar Florida. Initially selling cheap homes to retirees with disposable income, by the mid-1950s developers realized that they could make more money selling parcels of land on installment to their customers. These "swamp peddlers" completely transformed the landscape and demographics of Florida, devastating the state environmentally by felling forests, draining wetlands, digging canals, and chopping up at least one million acres into grid-like subdivisions crisscrossed by thousands of miles of roads. Generations of northerners moved to Florida cheaply, but at a huge price: high-pressure sales tactics begat fraud; poor urban planning begat sprawl; poorly-regulated development begat environmental destruction, culminating in the perfect storm of the 21st-century subprime mortgage crisis.

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing

Long-Distance Real Estate Investing
Author: David Greene
Publisher: Biggerpockets Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2017-12-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780997584752

Live where you want, and invest anywhere it makes sense. "It is a common misperception in real estate investing that you should buy only where you live. David Greene has put that myth to rest... This is a must-read for investors who want to expand their real estate empire nationwide." --David Osborn, bestselling author of Wealth Can't Wait Are you interested in real estate investing, but you live in a hot market that is not suited for buy and hold investing? Do you want to take advantage of wealth-building opportunities, but that seems impossible until the next market crash? Real estate investing is one of the greatest vehicles to build wealth, but it doesn't make sense in every market. Some locations provide incredible returns, while others make it almost impossible to find a single property that profits. Traditionally, investing out of state has been considered risky and unwise. But the rules, technology, and markets have changed: No longer are you forced to invest only in your backyard! In his book, real estate investor and police officer David Greene shows you exactly how he's built a multi-million dollar portfolio through buying, managing, and flipping out-of-state properties, often without ever even seeing the properties in person. David shares every tip, trick, and system he has put in place for over twenty rental properties, so you can avoid making mistakes and shorten your learning curve immensely! What's inside: How to assemble an all-star team to handle each aspect of a deal from A-Z. How to find great deals in any state, regardless of where you live. How to rehab a project from thousands of miles away without worry or complication. How to speak the language of the agents, contractors, lenders, and property managers you will use. How to quickly and easily know which neighborhoods to buy, and which to pass in. How to choose the best materials for your rehab projects and pay the least amount of money. ...And more! Don't let your location dictate your financial freedom. Get the inside scoop to invest--and succeed--anywhere!

Bubble in the Sun

Bubble in the Sun
Author: Christopher Knowlton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1982128380

Christopher Knowlton, author of Cattle Kingdom and former Fortune writer, takes an in-depth look at the spectacular Florida land boom of the 1920s and shows how it led directly to the Great Depression. The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous collapse. The decade there produced the largest human migration in American history, far exceeding the settlement of the West, as millions flocked to the grand hotels and the new cities that rose rapidly from the teeming wetlands. The boom spawned a new subdivision civilization—and the most egregious large-scale assault on the environment in the name of “progress.” Nowhere was the glitz and froth of the Roaring Twenties more excessive than in Florida. Here was Vegas before there was a Vegas: gambling was condoned and so was drinking, since prohibition was not enforced. Tycoons, crooks, and celebrities arrived en masse to promote or exploit this new and dazzling American frontier in the sunshine. Yet, the import and deep impact of these historical events have never been explored thoroughly until now. In Bubble in the Sun Christopher Knowlton examines the grand artistic and entrepreneurial visions behind Coral Gables, Boca Raton, Miami Beach, and other storied sites, as well as the darker side of the frenzy. For while giant fortunes were being made and lost and the nightlife raged more raucously than anywhere else, the pure beauty of the Everglades suffered wanton ruination and the workers, mostly black, who built and maintained the boom, endured grievous abuses. Knowlton breathes dynamic life into the forces that made and wrecked Florida during the decade: the real estate moguls Carl Fisher, George Merrick, and Addison Mizner, and the once-in-a-century hurricane whose aftermath triggered the stock market crash. This essential account is a revelatory—and riveting—history of an era that still affects our country today.

Land Trusts in Florida

Land Trusts in Florida
Author: Mark Warda
Publisher: SphinxLegal
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1572483814

Land Trusts in Florida gives you all the agreements, forms, notices and directions necessary to create a land trust, transfer property into it, manage it and use it for privacy and savings. Everything you need to take advantage of this wonderful tool is right here in one place.