With this many houses for sale, a home basically needs to look like it’s out of a magazine—and be priced fairly—to get multiple offers.”Regional HighlightsSeveral Florida metropolitan areas have reported significant increases in active listings:•Orlando: Active listings increased by 30%, leading to a more balanced market.

I just read an article in Bloomberg magazine that talked about the tech worker migration to Bend

"Safe and Legal, But not Cosmetically Pleasing" is a standard practice by them per the article excerpt below:"Blackstone catches flakBlackstone doesn’t always have the best of intentions when it rents out its houses and deals with its tenants’ problems, according to Tablet, an online magazine.

As a fellow New Yorker I understand the need to look outside of NY. 

This was pre-internet for this sort of thing, so I drove into town and grabbed all of the real estate magazines from the Maverick.

But they will buy the big spread in the lux home magazines etc etc..

With prices so high in NY, where would you suggest New Yorkers invest in their own backyard?

However, it certainly might make Florida even more of an attractive retirement spot for New Yorkers ;)

Yes, you are right about the child labor laws imagine these days if people saw a 9 year old swinging a box cutter and carrying bundles of magazines almost as heavy as he was!

And there are real estate text books, many used in business schools, as well as building trade books, magazines, youtube videos.