Author Archives: Tessa Zavala

Florida lawmakers are proposing to abolish all Home Owner Associations. The Florida state legislator, who has been working to amend state HOA laws, says that HOAs are a “failed experiment” that, after decades of abuse and mismanagement, “does more harm than good.” Texas based conservatives are on social media supporting it.    Tampa Bay 28 […]

Ranchers in North Dakota are taking their eminent domain case about just compensation and attorney fees to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Here is who we got here: A pipeline company made an offer that seemed way too low to the ranchers. The trial court agreed with the ranchers and admitted into evidence market rate data for […]

In 2020 to mitigate wildfires , Oregon adopted a plan to map the state for wildfire vulnerability. This led to wildfire risk identification of properties that allegedly led to home insurance rate increasing, home value declining, and property owner dissatisfaction. Was all this misinformation? Whether the information is true or false, the information produced a […]

First we heard of pickle ball court conversions for abandoned malls. Now comes turning malls into urban farms that use hydroponics and vertical farming. @wildheart _500

Pittsburgh is utilizing AI to expedite affordable housing as local demand continues to grow. The local housing authority is critically understaffed to handle applicants and their housing vouchers. To expedite the process, they have the of incorporating AI into their process to reduce errors and get people housed quickly. Route Fifty | Pittsburgh to launch […]

Texas A&M Real Estate Research Institute looked into whether property values are impacted by wind and solar installations. The result? Like a lawyer would say, it depends. Negative impacts occur when the wind or solar project is visible from the property. If property is near a project, but it can’t be seen, the impact is not […]

@Reuters interviewed 14 people in construction – CEOs, trade association officials and site supervisors – who said the [ICE] raids are causing project delays and cost overruns and exacerbating existent shortages of skilled labor.

Cities are saying it is too time consuming for staff to visit and analyze property, so AI is being used to determine the value of your property for property tax purposes.  Bonjour, City Detect which provides of AI-enabled property and code enforcement solutions, to evaluate property conditions.  The Geospatial Professional Network says “it is important […]

Ancient lights is an English law dating to the 1600s that allows a property owner who has enjoyed light from a window for 20 years to have protection from that light being blocked. Britannica wants us to know it was not popular in the U.S. But you know it sounds an awful lot like some […]

Let’s look at construction data from a state that passed school choice/school vouchers. Florida passed school choice in 2011. ALEC says after the state passed school choice, 750 new private schools were built.