About this site

After Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach became one of the most complicated places in Florida to own property. Flood zones, the FEMA 50% rule, elevation requirements, rental zoning, permitting — the rules are real, they matter enormously, and clear explanations are hard to find.

FMB Insiderexists to fix that. We track the town's public building-permit data daily, keep the history, and write careful, sourced, plain-English guides to the questions people actually ask. Every figure on this site comes from a public record or a cited publication. When something is an estimate, we say so. When the town is the deciding authority, we say that too.

We don't do hype, price predictions, or pressure. The island's rebuild is best told by verifiable facts — and the facts are compelling on their own.

The site is published by Gulf Coast Team, Fort Myers Beach real estate agents licensed with Royal Shell Real Estate, Inc.. We tell you who we are so you can weigh the source — but every factual claim here stands on its own citation, not on our say-so. If you want help with a property — buying, selling, or figuring out what the rules mean for yours — reach out.

This website is independently owned, operated, and controlled by Logan Shea, a licensed Florida real estate agent whose license is held with Royal Shell Real Estate, Inc. It is not a website of Royal Shell Real Estate, Inc., and the brokerage is not responsible for its content. The brokerage is identified here because Florida law requires real estate advertising to name the licensee's brokerage.