If you work remotely, South Florida is paradise

Thousands working from home grab this opportunity, pouring into Florida without changing employment. Visualize living in a 1,400-square-foot under-air apartment (NYC, Chicago, or Boston) in a medium- or high-rise multifamily early vintage tower with no garden, icy winter weather, paying high marginal tax rates, and over-crowded family living. Then imagine swapping it for what Alicia and I call “a three-course relocation feast” in South Florida:

• The appetizer - No additional funding required, zero state taxes, and no change of employer.
• The main course - Buying or renting a contemporary single-family home three or four times the apartment size in a nature-centric development (with trails and jogging paths), gate- or guard-secured, amenity-rich, on an 18,000-square-foot garden-and-lawn lot containing a private pool, sundeck, and summer kitchen.
• For dessert- you’ll be a maximum of twenty-five minutes from the beach and Intracoastal boat docking, a short stroll to excellent schools, or a bike ride to your favorite coffee shop and boutique outlets in all-year-round warm weather (see more in the lifestyle menu below).

So, if you work remotely and this transition example resonates with you… Contact us today to get the inside scoop on making south florida your home and office.

A lifestyle opportunity menu second to none, no matter what your circumstances

“Life is short; live it now!” Have you ever heard that one before? Whoever said it must’ve had South Florida in mind. With a weather record of delivering sunshine and 72-degree average temperature for 250 days annually, South Florida offers residential options for outdoor participation that are nothing short of mind-boggling. Growing families and retirees slot into residential themes by providing one or more of the features below at almost every budget level:

• Breathtaking private, semi-private, and public golf courses structured as equity and non-equity country clubs for stress-free nature-centric living.
• Marina, Intracoastal, and canal suburbs with 100’ deep-water backyard docks and no fixed bridges to ocean inlets.
• Day- and night-lit tennis, pickleball, basketball, and other court games located on the community campus.
• Exclusive community clubhouses offering fitness centers with showers, saunas, steam rooms, and spas.
• SF and MF compounds providing aquatic-hubs containing heated pools surrounded by resort-style sundecks furnished with loungers and cabanas.
• Some communities have beach clubs with 120’+ feet of private ocean frontage.
• Delray Beach, Lake Worth, and Boynton Beach represent the Active Adult Community hub of the US for over-55s with entry to all the above facilities and other entertainment.

A sophisticated economy

Migrating to Florida doesn’t mean sacrificing the wildly popular New Urban Lifestyle, where metro retail conveniences and professional/banking/healthcare services are on tap a stone’s throw from where you live. Indeed, in many cases, it signifies a step up! Why?

• Expanding or renovated shopping centers and eye-popping downtown districts with supermarkets, boutique outlets, national chains, hundreds of restaurants, delis, bars, banks, and clinics are evident everywhere in South Florida.
• Every registered city, town, and rural district connects to fulfilling family needs at every level with seamless access to commercial infrastructures via exceptional roads and highways or as a benefit of thoughtful developer planning.
• Tourism, hospitality, healthcare, defense/homeland security, real estate development, hedge funds, and multiple other industries drive Florida’s economy, creating a resilient job market with years of endurance.
• In 2022, 137.6 million tourists visited Florida - the country’s 4th ranked state by annual Gross State Product (GSP) of over $1.1 Trillion - only a little behind California, Texas, and New York.

Excellent school districts

Florida schools and colleges are highly rated, although some academies rank higher than others. In addition, South Florida's private learning institutions are among the nation's best. As professional realtors, we'll carefully consider your children's ages and crucial academic requirements, finally matching them precisely to school districts that fit the bill. It has a strong influence on the community you eventually select.

Top-rated beaches - An unparalleled Florida asset

Florida provides hundreds of miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline and the same along the Gulf of Mexico. In short, they deliver our nation's best beaches, easily accessible via fast drives from most South Florida locations - even those inland bordering the Everglades.

Low taxes

Kicking state taxes levied by northern states like Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and others to the curb - plus generous home-office expense deductions - allow Florida’s permanent residents to keep most of their pay.