The title insurance business is making a lot of money for folks like William P. Foley II, the highest-paid Fortune 500 executive in Florida in 2010. Total compensation: more than $27 million from companies including the nation’s largest title insurer. But it’s a rotten deal for ordinary Floridians buying or refinancing a home, consumer advocates [...]
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Guest post by Leighton Dees, Chairman and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Generations in Mobile, AL. In my last post 5 Habits of Highly Productive Real Estate Agents, we explored techniques designed to improve your efficiency and boost your productivity. With the many distractions that plague our day, I often wonder how real estate agents are [...]
The project, which company officials describe as an expansion of its Juno Beach headquarters, could also result in as many as 1,800 new jobs. The records submitted Wednesday include a site master plan and other zoning documents. FPL is seeking to modify the construction plans already approved for the site and wants to build 993,000 [...]
As social media continues to evolve so do the tools. Stepping up to the plate with a fierce vengeance is the new social media darling Pinterest. Haven’t heard of it? Let me give you a quick description before we dive into the “why” behind using Pinterest within your business. What is Pinterest Pinterest is a [...]
One lawmaker calls it “dangerous.” Another warns it will turn Florida’s insurance landscape into the “Wild West.” The state House has voted 66-48 to make it easier for less-regulated companies called “surplus-lines” carriers to take over policies from the state’s insurer of last resort, Citizens. Now it’s up to the Senate. The companies, which have [...]