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Selling A Rental Property With Tenants In Florida

Selling a Rental Property With Tenants in Florida: Laws and Regulations You cannot break a lease early just because you want to sell, and the lease transfers to the new owner with all of its terms intact. Month-to-month tenants now require at least 30 days’ written notice under Florida law, a change many older articles […]

Most Expensive Communities In Vero Beach: A Local Guide

What are the most expensive communities in Vero Beach? The most expensive communities in Vero Beach are almost all on the barrier island, and they cluster in the $2M to $30M-plus range. John’s Island sits at the very top, a 1,650 acre ocean-to-river club community where homes routinely start above $2M and oceanfront estates run […]

Things To Do In Sebastian

Things to Do in Sebastian, Florida: A Local Guide Sebastian is a working riverfront fishing town, and the best things to do here revolve around the water: the inlet, the lagoon, the river, and the boats that run on all three. Sebastian Inlet State Park is the headline attraction, with legendary surfing, some of the […]

Vero Beach vs. Melbourne FL: Which Coast Town Is Right for You?

How to decide between Vero Beach vs. Melbourne Vero Beach and Melbourne sit about 34 miles apart, roughly a 45 to 55 minute drive up US-1 or I-95, but they pull two different kinds of buyers. Melbourne is a real small city of around 87,000 people, anchored by the Space Coast economy, the airport, and […]

The History Of John’s Island

The History of John’s Island, Florida: Bean Farms to Blue Chips John’s Island is named after John La Roche, a farmer who homesteaded a small island in the Indian River in 1880 and sold lots for $25 an acre, making him the community’s first real estate agent by about 90 years. The land almost became […]

The Best Florida Beach Town To Retire

The Best Florida Beach Town to Retire? The Case for Vero Beach Vero Beach was named the safest city in Florida in SafeWise’s 2026 rankings, with the lowest violent and property crime rates in the state. The median home price here runs in the low $400Ks, hundreds of thousands less than Naples, Sarasota, or coastal […]

No State Income Tax: Establishing Florida Residency

Overview Florida is the easy part of this equation, because it has no minimum day-count requirement and no state income tax, so establishing Florida residency mostly comes down to intent plus a handful of documents you can knock out in a single trip. The hard part is convincing your old state to let go, since […]

Land For Sale In Vero Beach

Land For Sale in Vero Beach: What to Know Before You Buy a Lot Most pages ranking for “land for sale in Vero Beach” are just MLS feeds with no real information, so this is the part nobody tells you before you buy a lot. The land splits into three very different worlds: the barrier […]

Dog Friendly Restaurants In Vero Beach: A Ruff Guide

Dog Friendly Restaurants in Vero Beach Vero Beach is one of the easiest small towns in Florida to eat out with a dog, with a dozen-plus patios that genuinely welcome them rather than just tolerate them. On the beachside, Mulligan’s, Casey’s Place, Cobalt, Grind + Grape, Riverside Cafe, and The Boiler all take dogs, and […]

River Club Indian River Shores: See What’s Available

River Club Indian River Shores: Homes, HOA Fees, and What It’s Really Like River Club is a guard-gated community on the barrier island in Indian River Shores, sitting just north of John’s Island, with roughly 145 to 180 newer homes across about 117 acres. It is situated with easy access to all the Vero Beach […]