The Yield

Florida's Space Coast is not only home to the Kennedy Space Center and NASA, but it played a unique role in the Space Race. The US and the USSR were in the heights of the Cold War. While this period may have lacked in armed conflict, the two countries made up for in an epic space-bound competition. Read this article and more at https://blog.thelandjournal.net/florida-history-nasa-and-the-space-coast

 On January 10, 1861, a few short months before the onset of the Civil War, Florida became the third state to secede from the Union. Due to its geographical position as the southern-most Confederate state, Florida's role in the Civil War was limited. However, this did not mean that there were no battles to be fought in Florida. See the article at the video for this podcast at thelandjournal.net.

The underground railroad was a pathway used by runaway slaves to escape the shackles of slavery and pursue a life of freedom. Traditionally the railroad headed North towards freedom but a small portion of runaways instead turned South, towards Florida.

Read this article and many more on The Land Journal at https://blog.thelandjournal.net/florida-history-the-black-seminoles

Now that a century has passed since the Florida Land Boom, it is time to take a look back and see what can be learned especially as we face the potential economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Read this article and many more on The Land Journal at https://blog.thelandjournal.net/a-century-later-florida-land-boom-retrospective.

Kevin Maggiacomo serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of SVN International Corp. and is responsible for the company’s mission and vision. Propelling SVN’s expansion across the globe, Maggiacomo has facilitated SVN’s growth from 7 US offices in 2001, to more than 200 offices in 8 countries today.

At this year's Lay of the Land Conference, Kevin Maggiacomo gave a presentation on Commercial Real Estate trends across the nation and what they might mean for landowners and investors.

At this year's Lay of the Land Conference, Dean Saunders spoke on real estate market trends here in the state of Florida. 

Since 1985, Dean has specialized in Florida land and conservation easements. He served in the US Senate as Agricultural Liaison, Special Assistant, and Director of External Affairs to US Senator Lawton Chiles, then Governor Chiles (D-FL). From 1992 to 1996 he served in the Florida House of Representatives, where his strong passion for supporting landowner property rights and conserving the integrity of a property’s natural resources culminated in his authorship of groundbreaking conservation legislation. He comes from an eighth-generation Florida agricultural family, earned a BSA from the University of Florida in Fruit Crops, Food and Resource Economics, and is a recognized Florida land and conservation easement authority.

Saunders began his presentation by describing his desire to analyze real estate trends in a more accurate and efficient manner than it had previously been. This desire was the genesis for the Lay of the Land Conference. He spoke about the importance of verifying sales and using the collected data in order to analyze market trends based on more concrete numbers.

You can download a copy of the Lay of the Land Market report here.

In 2012, Colorado passed groundbreaking legislation to legalize cannabis and regulate its use similar to alcohol regulation. Based out of Colorado, Kirk shares about the details of the state's approach and some of the results of the legislation.

At the 2020 Lay of the Land Conference, Gary M. Ralston, CCIM, SIOR, SRS, CPM, CRE, CLS, CDP, CRX, CRRP, FRICS is Managing Director of SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate – the premier commercial services provider in Central Florida. Gary is a recognized subject matter expert on retail and commercial properties, a successful real estate developer, investor, and group investment sponsor. 

Gary began by noting that Florida is "probably the best place to be in business and in real estate today." He pointed to the increase of our state population as the prime reason for his claim. "More people," he said, "more demand for real estate."

In another installment of our Lay of the Land Conference series, this podcast on hemp regulation includes an in-depth Q&A session with:

• Ricardo Alvarez, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Kirk Goble, The Bell 5 Land Company
• Dan Russell, Dean Mead Law Firm in Orlando

As lawmakers and business communities continue to create the infrastructure for a booming hemp industry, there are obstacles that must still be overcome.