
Mariya Vlasova—international real estate and investment strategist at LP Global Realty (South Florida), and author of the Investment-Spatial Renewal Method. She specializes in guiding foreign investors through South Florida real estate deals and tailoring strategies to local market realities.
"Most investors enter the South Florida market with a mindset from a decade ago: pick a property based on its appearance and wait for appreciation. Today, that approach is risky," Vlasova asserts. In her experience, developers' "facade" marketing often completely diverges from the actual budget realities.