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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Foreign travel writers treated to taste of Treasure Coast
For Indian River and St. Lucie counties, the organized tour for a group of travel reporters — 10 from a cross-section of European countries and two from Brazil — was the first of its kind.
› Renters who invest are better off than buyers, study finds
Average consumers in South Florida would be slightly better off renting a home than buying one — assuming they invest the money they would have spent on a down payment and other cost savings, a new study shows.
› As waterfront land dries up, developers rush to Miami River
The Miami River — once a polluted, industrial backwater known as a favored route for smugglers — is today teeming with developers who want to build on what is practically the city’s last remaining waterfront land.
› Tampa Bay's rate of distressed home sales doubles nation's
Short sales and foreclosures accounted for 23.5 percent of Tampa Bay homes sales in March, almost double the national percentage.
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