The New Panama City Airport and what it means...

The news is spreading - The Panama City - Bay County Florida Area has passed another hurdle to gaining a new airport, FAA approval.

Instead of discussing whether or not a new airport is needed or discussing the environmental impacts, let's discuss something else...The Economy of having a new International Airport.

The Panama City, Florida area has historically been a tourist oriented area. The typical industry within the area has focused primarily on the tourist trade, from small family owned service oriented businesses to the Corporate Condominium builders and everything in between.

It is my opinion however, that the current state of the economy is in need of a shift. We can no longer afford to be a small town community relying solely on the tourist trade for prosperity. It is time we grow, and it is time we seek investors and businesses to help our community realize its full potential.

I call on our elected officials, city councils and politicians to help, aid and direct us in our search for growth by offering incentives to entice major business entities into our area. Whether the incentives be land grants or tax incentives, it is time to stop thinking about 'remaining a small town' and think about becoming a major business oriented market place.

With big business comes new jobs, higher pay and improved social and economic development. Not only with increased taxes but also with increased family income higher paying jobs bring with them as well as the residual income family's will have to spend within the community.

When corporate and big businesses such as manufacturing, high tech firms and corporate headquarters arrive, they bring with them higher paying jobs which directly influences the community. Higher paying jobs means more money to spend on incidentals, more money means affordable housing. It's a win win situation for everyone.

Local family owned businesses will prosper, our infrastructure is able to grow and support the business growth with revenue from taxes, our college graduates will begin to look for a future right here in our community as opposed to moving to other areas where high paying employment exists. Our schools and education system is able to prosper when there are more funds available to support them.

The writing is on the wall and it's time for us as a community to embrace the change. It's time to focus on our social and economic future and welcome the growth with open arms. We can no longer afford to be just a tourist oriented community.

As a Keller Williams Commercial Real Estate professional, it is my duty to help the community by soliciting big business and corporations to show them the value of bringing their entities to our area. I call on the city councils to help me do this by providing the incentives needed to bring major corporations and big business to our area.

We have a great community in Bay County Florida with friendly people ready and willing to work. We have colleges that are producing graduates that can help make our area grow and prosper. We need to offer these graduates jobs they can not only be proud of but also have a hand in the growth and the ability to realize their visions of the future for themselves and their families.

It's Investor Time !

Hi everyone,

I hope you have been enjoyed reading my blog. To date, we've covered Buying a Home and Selling a home. What I thought I'd do now is offer information on how to help you start building for your retirement.

Purchasing the right Investment Real Estate, I believe is one of the best things you can do for your retirement. With that said, I'm going to hand the pen over to my partner: Jessie Cochran. Jessie works with our Investors and Commercial Real Estate partners. I know of no one else more qualified to help you with these important lessons then Jessie.

I'll be checking in on you all from time to time, but in the meantime enjoy learning about Commercial and Investment Real Estate...

Hello everyone, allow me to introduce myself, I'm Jessie Cochran and as Jennifer said I am her partner and I typically work with our Investor customers and Commercial Real Estate Buyers and Sellers. You can learn more about me on her website and during the coming blog entries you'll get to know more about the services I offer and how I help my customers realize their successful Commercial Real Estate Investment Strategies.

We are currently in the process of expanding the Panama City Fl Real Estate website by re-developing our Commercial Real Estate website: For Sale in Panama City. We promise you, it will have the same clean look and easy to navigate content as Panama City Fl Real Estate and will be just as rich in content! We are due to release the new and improved For Sale in Panama City website before the end of this year.

It is an exciting time for Jennifer and myself thanks to many of you, our new customers. As our business expands we continue to hear from many of you who have worked with us for the first time and trust us to continue to work for your future. We thank you for your input on our website, your business and we continue to promise to give the best Real Estate Information and Services availble.

Over the next entries, I'll be discussing Commercial Real Estate and de-mystify that portion of the Real Estate Market.

We'll start with an article I wrote: Investing for Beginners. It covers the ground rules for learning about Real Estate Investing, Financing, Working with a Qualified Agent and an Introduction to Investment Strategies.

In my next post we'll jump right into de-mystifying Commercial Real Estate and how everyone can profit from this type of investment.