Nico Guillen
Nico Guillen
The Newsletter
One useful thing about the Sarasota-Manatee market, every week
Every Tuesday Nico sends his list one useful thing about the Sarasota and Manatee market: a neighborhood breakdown, a builder deal worth knowing about, or a market shift explained in plain English. No spam, no fluff. Each edition lands here the same day it hits inboxes.
Week 5 · September 22, 2026
X, AE, VE: what the letters actually mean for your insurance bill, your financing, and your resale, plus the three mistakes Nico sees buyers make before closing.
Week 4 · September 15, 2026
Ten years ago it was farmland and fish camps. Why builders are betting billions on it now, what you get per square foot, and the honest tradeoffs nobody mentions.
Week 3 · September 8, 2026
The risk is real, and it is manageable: what Florida building codes actually do, why flood zone matters more than the county line, and why newer homes win on insurance.
September 2026 Pulse · September 1, 2026
The July numbers in plain English: Sarasota tips back toward sellers, Manatee holds the leverage, condos diverge, and three Star Farms homes quietly take $145K in price cuts in one week.
Week 1 · August 25, 2026
The inside track most agents never had: what six years in the Marine Corps and four years selling for Toll Brothers and D.R. Horton taught Nico about how builders really price, discount, and negotiate.
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