Tampa Bay luxury — every editorial.
The full index of every long-form piece I've published on Tampa Bay luxury real estate — newly built here on Repaint, plus older essays still living on WordPress until they migrate over.
- South Tampa✦
- Wesley Chapel✦
- Downtown Tampa✦
- St. Petersburg✦
- Clearwater Beach✦
- Tierra Verde✦
- Davis Islands✦
- Hyde Park✦
- Westchase✦
- Channelside✦
- South Tampa✦
- Wesley Chapel✦
- Downtown Tampa✦
- St. Petersburg✦
- Clearwater Beach✦
- Tierra Verde✦
- Davis Islands✦
- Hyde Park✦
- Westchase✦
- Channelside✦
This is the editorial hub for Robert O'Connor · SERHANT. Every community I represent, every guide I write for buyers and sellers, every quarterly market report, and the long-form pieces that anchor a smarter Tampa Bay decision — sorted newest-first and bucketed by what you actually opened the page to find.
Skim the table of contents below, jump straight to a bucket, or start with the newest community profile, relocation guide, or market report at the top of each section.
Buyer & Seller Guides
Step-by-step playbooks for the Tampa Bay decisions that compound — buying, selling, relocating, underwriting waterfront.
Seller Launch Plan: First 14 Days on Market
Seller launch plan: the first 14 days on market — pricing, MLS order of operations, photography cadence, private-network outreach, and the review window that compounds.
Relocating to Tampa Bay: Luxury Strategy
Relocating to Tampa Bay luxury strategy for 2026 — submarket selection, school triangle, builder allocation timing, and the financing approach for relocating equity buyers.
Best Luxury Neighborhoods in South Tampa
Best luxury neighborhoods in South Tampa — Bayshore, Hyde Park, Virginia Park, Beach Park, Palma Ceia. Ranked by floor, school zone, and the way each block actually trades.
Evaluating Tampa Bay Waterfront Homes
Evaluating Tampa Bay waterfront homes — elevation, seawall condition, FEMA flood zone, insurance market, dock permitting, and the seawall-bid due diligence I run myself.
Downtown Tampa Condo Buyer Checklist
Downtown Tampa condo buyer checklist — HOA solvency, reserve study, special-assessments, parking ratio, view-corridor permanence, and the 32-point Tampa-specific checklist I walk.
Best Areas for Tampa Bay Luxury Buyers
Best areas for Tampa Bay luxury buyers — six submarkets ranked by lifestyle, schools, flood, insurance, and the realistic 2026 buyer timeline from first tour to closing.
Editorial Articles
Long-form essays that anchor a smarter Tampa Bay decision — agent strategy, submarket deep dives, and the comparison pieces buyers and sellers actually forward.
Home
The home page — featured listings, neighborhoods, testimonials, and the entry point into the rest of the Robert O'Connor · SERHANT. editorial.
Robert O'Connor, Tampa Bay Luxury Agent
A second, complementary agent page — Patriot Home Group · SERHANT. affiliation, awards, designations, and the principles behind how I work Tampa Bay luxury.
Tampa Luxury Real Estate Agent
The flagship Robert O'Connor profile — Tampa luxury representation, the markets I cover, and the way I run a listing or buyer search from first call to close.
New Construction Incentives Explained
New construction incentives explained — rate buydowns, closing-cost credits, design packages, and the builder concessions that actually move the math on a Tampa Bay contract.
St. Pete Development Projects 2026
St. Pete development projects 2026 — the towers breaking ground, the neighborhoods being rezoned, and the luxury supply pipeline I am tracking for off-market buyers.
New Construction vs Resale in Tampa Bay
New construction vs resale in Tampa Bay — the trade-offs that actually matter in 2026: warranty, appreciation curve, insurance, finishes, and the closing-cost math by submarket.
South Tampa Luxury Real Estate Guide
South Tampa luxury real estate guide — Bayshore, Hyde Park Village, Beach Park, and the school-boundary blocks that have anchored Tampa's highest price-per-square-foot floor.
Best Downtown Tampa Condos
Best downtown Tampa condos — Water Street, Channelside, the Riverwalk towers — sorted by view corridor, HOA solvency, sky, and the floor plans Tampa buyers actually write offers on.
St. Pete Waterfront Homes Guide
St. Pete waterfront homes guide — Old Northeast, Snell Isle, the Gulf-side enclaves — every block underwritten for elevation, seawall, insurance, and the current buyer pool.
Listing Agent for Luxury Waterfront Sellers
Listing agent for luxury waterfront sellers — how I underwrite, position, and launch Tampa Bay waterfront listings to a compressed buyer pool without leaving money on the table.
Tampa Bay Relocation Guide
Tampa Bay relocation guide for out-of-state buyers — schools, neighborhoods, builders, commute, and a 90-day plan for executing a luxury relocation from first call to keys.
What the Best Tampa Bay Luxury Agents Do Differently
What the best Tampa Bay luxury agents do differently — off-market inventory access, the pre-listing due diligence I run, and the listing presentation that gets sellers hired.
Should You Wait to Buy Luxury in Tampa Bay 2026?
Should you wait to buy luxury in Tampa Bay 2026? — the buy-now-vs-wait essay I wrote in late 2025, preserved on WordPress and linkable from the Relocation guide above.
Luxury Relocation Strategy 2026
Luxury relocation strategy 2026 — earlier long-form essay, scheduled for migration into the Repaint editorial hub. Browse the original on WordPress in the meantime.
Buyer Agent vs DIY in Tampa Bay
Buyer agent vs DIY in Tampa Bay — the original comparison essay, kept on WordPress for historical internal-link coverage until the Repaint-built version ships.
Sell a Home in Tampa Bay
Sell a home in Tampa Bay — the canonical WordPress seller hub, linked in from Listing-Agent content for older seller-side internal anchors until Repaint builds the new hub.
Community Profiles
Every master-planned community, tower, and Tampa Bay enclave I am currently pre-selling, builder-brokered, or actively watching for off-market inventory.
Roche Bobois Residences
Roche Bobois Residences in downtown St. Petersburg — the first designer-branded residential tower on the Gulf Coast, and the one I am pre-selling for early-allocation clients.
Villages of Pasadena Hills
Villages of Pasadena Hills — the long-horizon master plan I am pre-constructing for clients who want amenitized, school-anchored new construction in east Pasco.
Two Rivers, Wesley Chapel
Two Rivers Wesley Chapel — ten builders, thirteen villages, pre-construction allocations from the mid $300s up through custom estates. The Pasco master plan I track every week.
Tampa Bay Communities directory
The single Tampa Bay community directory — South Tampa, Davis Islands, Harbour Island, St. Petersburg, Tierra Verde, Wesley Chapel, and the new-construction master plans.
Market Reports
Quarterly and annual Tampa Bay luxury market reporting — inventory, days on market, compression by submarket, and the inflection I am pricing into closings.
Q1 2026 Tampa Bay Luxury Market Report
Q1 2026 Tampa Bay luxury market report — inventory, days on market, waterfront compression, new-construction incentives, and the inflection I am pricing for May closings.
Ultra-Luxury Tampa Bay 2025 Year in Review
Ultra-luxury Tampa Bay 2025 year in review — the $5M+ floor, the trophy trades at $10M and above, the off-market inventory, and the buyers who actually closed the year.
Bookmark this page. Every time I publish a Tampa Bay community profile, a buyer or seller guide, or a quarterly market report, it lands here — sorted newest-first, bucket by bucket.