Now if you are familiar with Florida real estate of yesteryear, you would have to assume that most of this population growth is from fixed, low income, retirees that are coming into state. Wrong again. Today, and in foreseeable future, you actually have very wealthy individuals coming into state, possibly for long term retirement. The difference is they have lots of money, are willing to spend it, and are accustomed to nice life styles.

Whenever there is money flowing, then you obviously create business opportunities and job growth. As a consequence, many locations in Florida are exploding within 20-40 year old age group. With this kind of real world demand floating around, opportunities are endless for savvy Florida real estate investors.

Of course, you can not just blindly make investment choices, especially if you live outside of state. Some areas have become investor dominated and could be a bit scary in shorter time scale. Over longer time scale however, future looks very bright, especially in area of land investments and affordable housing.

In Learning Annex class in NYC, my suggestion to investors interested in Florida real estate is either learn how they can use preconstruction investing to easily make investments in Florida or else move and get involved in more active investing styles. For preconstruction investing, trick is to 1) find an emerging area poised to explode, 2) find a project within that area that is high demand and is in preconstruction, 3) ride appreciation curve while you may not even own (yet) property. People have made money by boatload over last few years doing exactly that and "aw shucks, we only have another 15+ years to go before it runs out".

Now do you want really good news? This is not just limited to Florida real estate! In our group, we are making multiple investments in many locales all being driven by baby boomer shift and its far reaching impacts. In my opinion, if you want real estate investing to be a major factor in your financial future, learn what boomers want and then buy in front of them.

The famous Yale University Economist, Prof. Bob Shiller, Ph.D. is particularly harsh on media in his book “Irrational Exuberance.” Dr. Shiller is one economists that Alan Greenspan respects most and where he got term “Irrational Exuberance.” He portrays media as sound-bite-driven where superficial opinions are preferred over in-depth analyses. I agree whole heartedly with him and contend that it is also done just because industry would rather have retail investor confused and emotionally pliable to get you to buy and sell when they want with total disregard for your best interests!

People who had invested their life savings in stock market were ripped off in stock market because financial news media and analysts were hyping up what a great buy stocks were at very top of market in 1999 and 2000. At same time inside corporate executives were selling out everything they had. What is amazing is that our federal government in form of Security Exchange Commission never did a thing about it. There was never a blanket case taken or an outcry that almost all of inside executives had somehow magically sold out of market six months before market crashed.

Here is valuable tip I want you to consider: when you are a beginner investor it is important that you DO NOT WATCH THE FINANCIAL NEWS OR READ THE FINANCIAL NEWSPAPERS! Don’t let stock market industry lead you around by nose like livestock to slaughter house. Don’t listen to what they want you to listen to. You should focus on learning what is important in stock market and mass media will only confuse you until you have educated yourself. Recommended reading: 1. Mahar, M. Bull! A History of Boom, 1929-1999 (New York, HarperBusiness , 2003) 2. Shiller, R., Irrational Exhuberance, (New York, Broadway Books, 2000)

I wish you great abundance in your life you deserve because of what you are and don’t forget that happiness is found only in precious present moment!