• Short-Term Rental Rules in St. Johns and Nassau County: What Owners Need to Know,Joey Larsen

    Short-Term Rental Rules in St. Johns and Nassau County: What Owners Need to Know

    Can You Rent It Out When You Are Not Using It? It is the second question almost every out-of-state buyer asks about a beach condo, and they usually ask it in the car on the way to the third showing. Buy now, rent it to visitors for a few years, retire into it later. On a spreadsheet it is beautiful.

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  • The Four-Point Inspection: Why It Decides Whether a Florida Deal Closes,Joey Larsen

    The Four-Point Inspection: Why It Decides Whether a Florida Deal Closes

    Why Did the Insurance Company Ask for Another Inspection? A buyer from Pennsylvania got through the home inspection on a 1988 house in Atlantic Beach with a short repair list and a good feeling. Then her insurance agent asked for a four-point. She had never heard the term. She assumed it was paperwo

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  • What Road Projects Do to Northeast Florida Home Values,Joey Larsen

    What Road Projects Do to Northeast Florida Home Values

    Why Do Some Neighborhoods Take Off and Others Just Sit? There is a stretch of County Road 210 in St. Johns County where, not that long ago, you could drive for minutes and see pine, palmetto and a hand-painted sign for a nursery. Today it is a corridor of communities with names and gates and lagoons

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