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What the city's rental-permit ordinance requires, where Florida's transient-rental definition comes in, and the HOA layer on top.

Concrete block and wood-frame houses age differently in Southwest Florida's climate. What each one asks of an owner.

What a Florida wind-mitigation report covers, why insurers care, and how the inspection report becomes a permanent part of your property file.

The governing documents, the reserve disclosures, and the clauses that decide what ownership actually costs in an association neighborhood.

Responsibility, inspection, permit basics, and the repair-versus-replace question for canal and river seawalls in Bonita Springs.

The Atlantic season runs June 1 through November 30. Here is the month-by-month rhythm Lee County owners follow, from supply checks to decommissioning.

Code requirements, work versus cost framing, and how to decide between storm shutters and impact windows for a Bonita Springs home.

The shutdown and startup routines that keep an empty house in Southwest Florida dry, efficient, and boring to return to.

Zone letters, base flood elevations, and what the FEMA map actually says about a house you are buying or insuring in Bonita Springs.

How Florida insurers look at an aging roof, what the law says about forced reroofing, and how owners get ahead of the conversation.