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How to Reduce Your Property Tax Bill

Listen to the podcast interview on the Invest Florida – Real Estate show – Dec 27, 2014.. Hosts, Steven Silverman and Eric Odum talk to Todd Jones, who is the  the President of the Florida Association of Property Tax Professionals. Todd specializes in property taxes he has assisted clients in all phases of the assessment appeal process, pre- acquisition, due...

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Understanding Flood Insurance In Florida

The definition of the flood is raising water that encompasses two pieces of property or two acres whichever is last. In that definition it doesn’t say that the properties have to be adjacent to one another.Therefore, provided that flooding occurs on any two properties during the same storm, it falls under the definition of a flood for the purposes of flood insurance. If you leave your...

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5 Pitfalls of Conducting Due Diligence When Purchasing Real Estate

5 Pitfalls of Conducting Due Diligence on Real Estate A conversation with Dan Pepper is a millennial who recognized the opportunities in real estate and is achieving great success. Dan talks about the Pitfalls of conducting due diligence on real estate and discusses mistakes he made on the due diligence side, He got caught up in the exuberance of the Deal. This was a little place – a 16 Units-...

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Florida has overtaken New York as third most populous state

Florida has overtaken New York as third most populous state According to an article published by the Tampa Bay Times about a recent census count, Florida added an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida grew a total of 293,000 over the period, reaching 19.9 million. However, the census is done every 10 years so Florida will have to wait until the...

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The Story of Accidental Landlord Turned Serious Investor in Tampa

Darren Wilson from Kennedy investments- was an accidental investor. He did not start out to be a professional investor in single family properties, but once he got the taste of it, he didn’t look back. Darren Wilson from Kennedy Investment, he is a grad of University of Virginia and went to MBA School of University of Taxes and from there he worked in the Technology field and now he is in real...

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