Build a Productive Network Without Spending Money
A good first step: Introduce yourself to local business owners, make connections and obtain their contact information or business card. Follow-up with an email, too.
Home Buyout Program OK’d in High-Risk Flood Areas
The voluntary program will allow the city 6o use over $3.9M from the Fla. DEO to buy 21 homes in areas that now flood often after Hurricane Michael in 2018.
Property Values Are Up. So What About Taxes?
County governments in Fla. should see record jumps in the taxes they’ll collect after the hot–market months of 2021 – those property sales will set 2022 value.
Driven by Consumers, Inflation Is More Persistent
Some drivers of higher inflation like rising gas prices, supply chain snarls and higher used-car prices are fading. Yet other measures of inflation are getting worse.
Tropical Storm Fiona May Menace Puerto Rico
Early Thurs., it was moving at 13 mph with max sustained winds of about 50 mph. It’s on a path to threaten the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend.
Mortgage Rates Hit 6%, First Time Since 2008
Freddie Mac: 30-year rate rose to 6.02% from 5.89% last week – it’s more than doubled since a year ago. Rising interest rates continue to sideline homebuyers.