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Top Florida Cities by Growth: An Analysis of Diversity, Crime, Ownership, and More

Top Florida Cities by Growth: An Analysis of Diversity, Crime, Ownership, and More

Examining the Top Three Cities and their Performance Across Eight Key Categories After analyzing 44 Florida cities with a population over 65,000, Doral, Homestead, and Kissimmee emerged as the top cities, ranking in the top five across four out of eight growth categories. The City of Miami also performed well,...

Exploring Major Florida Cities: A Comprehensive Comparison of Population, Inventory, and More.

Exploring Major Florida Cities: A Comprehensive Comparison of Population, Inventory, and More.

We uncover the top-ranked Florida cities in the Deepblocks Density Index Report. The Florida cities density report compares five major cities based on seven categories: population, economics, construction, development, inventory, crime rates & overall best city. Miami has the highest overall score, followed by Tampa, Orlando, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville. What...

The lightest and most comprehensive real estate development software.

The lightest and most comprehensive real estate development software.

Deepblocks Developer includes a comprehensive 3D modeler, advanced financial analysis capabilities, and the ability to export data in both PDF and CSV formats. Let us delve into the key features of the Deepblocks Developer, which include a comprehensive 3D modeler, advanced financial analysis capabilities, and the ability to export data...

Introducing Deepblocks Developer, a lighter feasibility software. 

Introducing Deepblocks Developer, a lighter feasibility software. 

Deepblocks Developer combines all the functionalities needed to do a back-of-the-envelope calculation for development and acquisition. Excited to introduce a new product, Deepblocks Developer, a back-of-the-envelope software combining 3D modeling, financial projections, and PDF presentations. It's equivalent to having Excel, SketchUp, and PowerPoint in an integrated workflow. All for $18/mo....

Median income from 2013 to 2020 in downtown Fort Worth.

Median income from 2013 to 2020 in downtown Fort Worth.

Some of Fort Worth's downtown tracts' median income has doubled in seven years. Fort Worth’s downtown tracts 1237.00 and 1038.00 are in the top five of economic growth. I used the Deepblocks dynamic layers to see how median income changed from 2013 to 2020. This feature helps create investment narratives...

The last vacant assemblages in Fort Worth’s census tract 1139.48.

The last vacant assemblages in Fort Worth’s census tract 1139.48.

In Fort Worth’s tract 1139.48, 16 vacant parcels and potential assemblages allow for light industrial, retail, or residential. Fort Worth’s tract 1139.48 is the third fastest-growing population density out of 218 tracts. Since 2010, its population has doubled. The median income is $80k; however, almost every adjacent tract is in...

Utopia in Fort Worth’s Downtown Tract 1233.02.

Utopia in Fort Worth’s Downtown Tract 1233.02.

This Fort Worth downtown tract has unlimited zoning capacity and industrial-residential-agricultural mixed-use. We found a utopia in Texas. There is so much potential in downtown tract 1233.02. Not only does it have unlimited buildable area in the zoning rules, but it also allows for multifamily, industrial, and urban agriculture—on the...

Deepblocks launches functionality to export development assumptions.

Deepblocks launches functionality to export development assumptions.

FEATURE FRIDAY With Deepblocks, you can export a CSV of the back-of-the-envelope development assumptions and integrate it into your pro forma. There is nothing like building your own real estate development pro-forma. Everyone has their flavor, from simple sketches to elaborate forty-tab masterpieces. A pro-forma is a perspective on the...

Deepblocks opens to the public. Just in time for quarantine.

Deepblocks opens to the public. Just in time for quarantine.

We’ve brought down our sign-up walls and are now open to the public with quite a bit of functionality. If you’d like to test real estate options for any property, now you can, at no cost. Try it here: https://bit.ly/deepblocks The free demo includes: Search for properties based on size....

Are you Afraid of AI?

Are you Afraid of AI?

As a graduate of Singularity University, I subscribe to the idea that digitization and automation promise a future of abundance. Undeniably, it will require new skill sets. From time to time, I get the feeling that I need to start learning how to code. The sooner we move towards acquiring...

Old buildings: What is Replacement Cost?

Old buildings: What is Replacement Cost?

There are good reasons to keep an older building. In this blog I will go over replacement cost and how it affects investing in existing buildings. Replacement cost is asking the questions “how much would it cost if I had to build it from scratch?”. This is important to understand...