San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-11
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Hnn Aneoaie REALTORS ass OF 10 in
vade Florida and I'd real estate boom
in quest Of eutside capital and new
ideas for their home dty. q. G. Thor
man, president Of the San Antonio
Real Estate Board, b ieadsng the next
party q loesi lasd dealers and home
builders.
They WI Iea-e Sunday scn an m
spection tsur fer the coed Of San An.
tonic
q. \. Rssua Of Reeus snd Hilds-
brand Realty Company here, and Of
the Bloride-TeI Realty Company,
Florida; R. T. McDermott of the
Thomas Realty Company, Travis
building, and Mr.. Thorman, will com
pose the party leaving Sunday. Others
are already there and many are ex.
pected to follow shortly.
Several San Antonio real estate men
have just returned from visits TO
Florida where they report @that the
greatest real estate boom Of all times
is in full swing" Millions are being
spent on the Florida coast for homes,
hotels and apartments. Streets Of
Miami, the center Of activity, are
seething with real estate operators,
lease men, lawyers, store keepers,
builders and sightseeing tourists
but GIVE ME 8. A."
J. L. Lyle of the j. L. Lytle Realty
Company, San Antonio, pictured the
scene at Miami as characteristics of
an early Texas oil boom with every
thing there but the deep ruts ami
muddy streets" But even with ey-
citement and the multitudes brought
by tremendous outside capital, his
tory is being made in American con-
struction. Building records for the
country are being broken as Florida
real estate booms. Hotels and apart
ments are going up on every corner
where there is not already q store,
home or rent house. And buildings
are being built with permanent ma
terials, visiting realtors report. ats
worth anyone's time just to be a sight
seer at Miami said one visitor, "but
give me old San Antonio with her
steadily increasing population and con.
sentative real estate Values
80 San Antonioans arc off to Flor
ida to see the sights, acquire new
ideas and bring the latest and the best
back home for the good of their own
community.
LOCALS OPERATE THERE.
Several San Antonio real estate men
are actively engaged in the Florida
boom. Some are making hundreds of
thousands to bring back and invest in
San Antonio. All are interesting Flor
ida in historical San Antonio-her
growing industries and her homesites,
which, they say. are in the best CHI
mate on the globe.
the greatest realty boom In Amer
lean history is on in Florida" said an
other San Antonio visitor, .and moth
ing including gold and oil booms, has
equalled the present mad rush for
real estate.
"But it's always give me San An
tonic with her safe and sane invest.
ments. Our city is the best place in
the world in which to live and to in
vest -
Mr.. Lyle was among the most en-
thusiastic over San Antonio after a
visit to Florida. Some of the bows
are cleaning up" down there, he
said, and hundreds of thousands are
being made. But many will not know
when to quit playing the game. he
continued, and those may be the final
losers.
VALUES SOAR
NJ IrtIa 90 h. L. =.
cluded in a crowd of 10000 arriving
in single day at Miami. He reported
that a piece of real estate is often
sold five times before it is distracted
and that that place ought to be 4
lawyers paradise soon"
Unimproved tracts were selling at
weeks ago. Ten to 40 miles from
Miami up and down the coast they
are selling acre sites for $4,000 TO
$4,000, unimproved. Some acres sell
for $4,000 to $4,000. And that was
more than one month ago. with real
| estate values jumping steadily higher.
And many have trouble in finding
out the real reason for the boom. CHI
mate, they say. Shorefront homesites
and entertainment are other attrac-
sured that Florida has nothing on her.
And while we do not welcome boom
in San Antonio said one realtor, we
are bound to get more outside capital
when outsiders know what we have
to offer. Therefore. from now on. it's
Keep San Antonio First in Texas.
Let the world know of our advantages
to the builder. the home seeker and
the business man and we will bring
millions OF people and dollars 20 the
greatest undeveloped empire on earth
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