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Hurricane preparedness in Florida isn’t one task, it’s a stack of them: knowing your actual risk, understanding what your insurance and building code actually protect, knowing the law around evacuation, and knowing what to do in the hours before, during, and after a storm. This pulls all of it together in one place. Short version: … Read more
Florida sits on a foundation of limestone that’s been slowly dissolving for millions of years, and every so often, that process catches up with the surface all at once. Most of the state’s sinkhole activity concentrates in a specific region, not evenly everywhere, but the insurance and disclosure rules that came out of it apply … Read more
Booking a week in an Orlando-area vacation home feels similar to renting an apartment, pay money, get a place to stay, but legally it’s a genuinely different relationship, and knowing that changes what protections actually apply if something goes wrong. Short version: A short-term rental guest in Florida is a “transient occupant” under the state’s … Read more
Running a good short-term rental has less in common with being a landlord than most new hosts expect. The legal relationship with a guest is fundamentally different from the one covered in becoming a landlord in Florida, and understanding that difference changes how you should actually handle problems when they come up. Short version: Florida … Read more
Trash service sounds like the most boring utility a homeowner deals with, until you’re in a part of Central Florida where leaving the can out the night before pickup can mean a black bear on the porch by 2 a.m. Short version: Trash and recycling collection is handled through county or city franchise contracts, and … Read more
