Define the household move
Define the intended destination and customer rather than treating the region as a uniform market. Compare total ownership or rental expenses, travel requirements and relevant housing alternatives. Separate permanent relocation from seasonal use. Investigate whether the household keeps employment elsewhere, works remotely or depends on local earnings. Each situation changes the affordability test and the evidence needed to support a realistic move to the proposed community.
Test local and incoming customers
Consider a fictional townhome site in Martin County. Build separate customer cases for locally employed households and households moving from a more expensive location. Test commute practicality and competing payments for the second group; test local earnings and unit suitability for the first. Consult the county comprehensive plan's land-use, housing, utility and environmental chapters to identify questions for parcel diligence. Do not treat a regional demand story or a plan designation as permission to build.
Keep spillover assumptions separate
Remote-work arrangements, infrastructure capacity and insurance costs can change the comparison, and a customer's stated interest does not establish a closed purchase. Keep local and spillover assumptions separate until observed product-level evidence supports combining them. Continue with the domestic relocation guide to map the timing of a household move, then use the competing-supply register to see which alternatives could capture that customer before your delivery.
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