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Less Than Half of All U.S. Counties are Affordable for Homeownership

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From there, the cost of mortgage payments, taxes, and insurance were calculated. Counties deemed unaffordable are those with housing costs exceeding 28% of the average household income. The largest metros where homeownership remains affordable on average are Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Tampa. .

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Florida: A Warm Climate For Business Growth

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Florida is working on legislative, fiscal and marketplace initiatives such as insurance tort reform, targeted industry incentives and many more. Business dollars go a lot farther in Florida given the state’s tax advantages, tax exemptions and no state personal income tax. AFFORDABLE IN TAMPA BAY, HERNANDO COUNTY HAS IT ALL.

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Packing and Leaving

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Meanwhile, in Tampa, FL, new regulations posted by the federal Food and Drug Administration are threatening to shut down the last remaining cigar factory in what has been known for more than a century as Cigar City. Cigars transformed Tampa from a tiny fishing village of 700 in 1885 into a city of more than 100,000 by 1920.

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How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow

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The cost of owning land can add up quickly over a three-to-five-year period if you take into account interest rate payments, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, and other expenses, which erode its profitability. . A builder’s land cost basis can significantly increase over time, especially if they are developing it themselves.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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There is a Parish-wide Department of Economic Development that assists companies looking to locate here from finding the best site to putting together a competitive financial package including job creation, property tax and workforce development incentives to insure your business will be competitive. billion in income, $14.4

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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a Miramar managed services provider to small businesses; and Blue Frog Solutions in Pompano Beach, a leading provider of middleware solutions for life insurance carriers, underwriters and their distributors and agents. Tampa at 96.4 million in new corporate profits tax and local income taxes will be generated by Medpace, Inc.

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