Blog Posts
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What Are We Chasing?
I knew how to win the game. I just wasn’t sure I wanted to keep playing it. I wanted one full day off a week where I didn’t work. Just one. The last time that happened was 2005. For more than twenty years, I worked my ass off. Most of those years were as a single mom....
5 Ways Short-Term Rental Hosts Can Actually Elevate the Guest Experience
Let’s be honest — not all short-term rentals are created equal, and not all hosts know what they’re doing. The industry is starting to feel the consequences. Millennials and Gen Z travelers are increasingly choosing hotels again because they deliver consistent...
Business Strategies That Actually Stand the Test of Time
What three decades of building companies, leading teams, managing clients, and navigating chaos have taught me. I’ve spent nearly 30 years running businesses, building multimillion-dollar operations, managing clients, and leading people across real estate, insurance,...
Escape the Office, Embrace the Gulf: Your Guide to Working Remotely from Port St. Joe
I’ve been working remotely for over 15 years. It’s a little secret many people still don’t know about me. My remote work life used to start late at night—it was my third shift, as I used to call it. No one knew except me, my laptop, and the internet. And somehow,...
A living Gallery of our lives, our people, and our love story
From the moment you step into our beach house in Port St. Joe, you’ll know—this is no ordinary vacation rental. This is a sanctuary layered with meaning. A place where every corner tells a story. This is our Forgotten Coast Sanctuary, a beach house born from...
Our Weekend Retreat in Port St. Joe
There’s a kind of tired that even sleep or caffeine can’t fix. The kind that comes from calendars packed too tight, from conversations that feel like logistics meetings, from the blur of raising kids, building careers, and keeping it all afloat. It builds quietly,...
Step Inside Our Beach Home: A Coastal Sanctuary with Room for Everyone
There’s something special about stepping into a place and feeling instantly at peace. No clutter. No chaos. Just light, warmth, and intention. All your worries are now gone. That’s exactly what we wanted to create when we opened the doors to Forgotten Coast...
Meet Us: How We Fell in Love with Port St. Joe
We didn’t know this a year ago, but a new chapter in our lives began when we decided to slow down, take a breath, and let the road lead us somewhere new. That’s exactly how our story with Port St. Joe began. We didn’t set out looking for a second home. We weren’t...
SCOM Alumna Publishes Book about Tallahassee
School of Communication alumna Elizabeth “Ely” Rosario recently published her 3rd book, “100 Things to Do in Tallahassee Before You Die.” Rosario came to Tallahassee from Puerto Rico. She realized that students had a tendency of staying within the two-mile radius of...
Voices that Inspire
Elizabeth “Ely” Rosario - My children come first. Listen at WFSU website Ely Rosario is the business manager at Jackson Properties. She’s truly a renaissance woman. She’s an author, manager, athlete and a real estate investor, but her most important role is being a...