LAKEWOOD RANCH Nearly 100 end-user home and builder lots have sold in 2020 inThe Lake Club, within themaster-planned community of Lakewood Ranch.

A statement says the homes and large lots in the village includefeatures that appealto homebuyers during the pandemic, such as spacious outdoor living areas, bonus rooms that can be converted into home officesand open floor plans with high ceilings.

The newest enclave in the community, Genoa, has had 54 sales so far this year. It expanded to include four neighborhoods withthree-, four-, and five-bedroom residences and over 20 floor plans rangingfrom 2,400 to over 4,000 square feet under air, the release states.

Lake View Estates is 90% sold out. The enclave began with 68 lakefront estate homes, withseven remaining.

Thecommunity'samenities include six tennis courts, four pickleball courtsand a tennis pro shop that opened this year as part of the tennis center. The village also has aprivate 20,000-square-foot clubhouse, ayoga lawn, childrens playground, fitness trail, dog park and sports courts, according to the statement.

The Lake Club is a Tuscan-inspired, private club community of custom luxury homes. The Lake Club is one of 16 actively selling villages in Lakewood Ranch, a 31,000-acre,master-planned community straddling Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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Tim Hicks addiction started early in life around the time he was 13 years old.

By the time I was 19, I was pretty much a full-blown alcoholic, he said. By the time I was 22 years old, I had been in and out of several treatment facilities.

Hicks said he ultimately managed to leave that life behind 18 years ago, successfully bucking his addiction to drugs and alcohol through a combination of treatment, lifestyle changes, work experience and faith-based counseling.

Hicks said he needed a life-changing experience, one that involved changing multiple aspects of his routine, including his friends.

If you want to be a banker, hang around bankers, he said. If you want to be a baseball player, hang around baseball players. If you want to be a good person, hang around good people, and I think thats a key point in recovery.

After unseating incumbent state House Rep. Micah Van Huss, R-Jonesborough, during the Republican primary in August, Hicks will now face Democrat Brad Batt in the general election for the District 6 seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

The two candidates recently sat down with the Johnson City Press to discuss their views on addiction treatment in Northeast Tennessee, a region that has been a flashpoint in the fight against opioid abuse.

Batt said treatment is important, but there also needs to be a focus on the underlying factors that lead to addiction.

I think a lot of these issues are an outcome of economic insecurity, Batt said, noting that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has only strengthened the financial headwinds that households are fighting against.

Batt pointed out that about 45% of households in Washington County fall below the federal poverty line or are part of the ALICE population, an acronym that stands for asset-limited, income constrained, employed. ALICE families live above the poverty line, but dont make enough to afford the cost of living.

Now with COVID, you have even more strain on working families, Batt said, and those sorts of pressures and stresses combined with a lack of access to healthcare contribute to these addiction issues.

Opioid addiction, Batt said, in some cases starts when an injury is treated with painkillers because the patient cant get needed rehabilitative health care.

Weve got to make sure we focus on not just treating the symptoms, which is the addiction, but the disease, which is economic insecurity, lack of health care, lack of options, he said. Weve got to look at it from a big-picture standpoint. Not just the addiction treatment part.

A builder who owns a custom home construction company in Gray, Hicks said experience in a trade helped him during recovery and can play an integral role in treatment, giving recovering addicts a way to occupy their minds.

It helps you to get up early in the morning, it helps you to sleep better at night, Hicks said. Theres just many different avenues that a job helps. ... But I think the most important thing that it does is it makes you feel better about yourself.

Faith-based counseling, Hicks said, can also act as a way to instill hope in those seeking treatment.

Hicks said the region has a strong slate of 28-day programs, but the area needs a sober living facility, which Hicks said can help recovering addicts relearn life skills and would ideally provide a path to workforce development.

The problem is after the 28 days, Hicks said. Thats where were really messing up.

Currently, Hicks said many people exiting a 28-day program in Tennessee have to travel elsewhere to seek treatment through a sober living facility.

You have a 28-day program, which basically gets you started in a direction, and then what were doing now is were dumping them back into the same situation that they came out of, he said. I think that we need a sober-living facility coupled with faith-based ministries.

Talking opioid treatment, Hicks has expressed opposition to Suboxone, a drug used in medication-assisted treatment designed to help wean people off opioids.

In a Facebook post, Hicks campaign linked the countys relatively high density of Suboxone clinics to a 200% increase in drug-related crime over the past seven years, according to the Addiction Center, which the post said occurred as other forms of crime were decreasing.

Washington County is the Suboxone capital of Tennessee, the post read. Replacing one addiction with another isnt working.

Dr. Wesley Geminn, the chief pharmacist with the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, said he hasnt seen evidence to support the idea that Suboxone clinics lead to increased crime in their surrounding area.

Its not the crime that Im worried about, Hicks said during a recent interview. What Im worried about is wrecking peoples lives, people not getting a fresh start ... at life and a different way of life.

Hicks said common sense tells him trading one drug for another isnt a long-term solution for recovery.

I just have a hard time with that, Hicks said. It holds people back to where they cannot get that life-changing experience.

Hicks also expressed concern about whether drugs used in medication-assisted treatment could play a role in spurring neonatal abstinence syndrome. Additionally, he questioned whether the predominant drugs of choice in the region are best treated with that methodology, which is used to manage heroin and opioid addictions.

Reiterating that its important to address the underlying causes of addiction, Batt said no treatment is off the table, but medication-assisted treatment isnt a panacea.

Its not going to get it done on its own, he said, adding that patients also need to receive mental health treatment to identify the root causes of their addiction.

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The custom-built colonial house at 52 Charcoal Hill Road sits on a private two-acre property in the Coleytown neighborhood .

The custom-built colonial house at 52 Charcoal Hill Road sits on a private two-acre property in the Coleytown neighborhood .

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The custom-built colonial house at 52 Charcoal Hill Road sits on a private two-acre property in the Coleytown neighborhood .

The custom-built colonial house at 52 Charcoal Hill Road sits on a private two-acre property in the Coleytown neighborhood .

On the Market: Custom-built colonial in Westport for $2.8M

WESTPORT Charcoal, when compressed for thousands of years, transforms into a diamond. But it didnt require pressure or thousands of years to create the brilliant gem that sits at 52 Charcoal Hill Road in the Coleytown neighborhood.

As with all high-quality diamonds, this gray custom-built colonial house has increased in value since 1992 when it was constructed, not just monetarily but in function and appeal. It is likely to go quickly because of the number of people from neighboring New York who are seeking the open space and quietude of bucolic Fairfield County properties.

Once in a while the stars align and everything comes together as it should welcome to 52 Charcoal Hill Road, a custom-built home by renowned builder William Kokot, the listing agent said. Her use of the stars in her marketing material is certainly appropriate for this house. The late Kokot was an engineer and builder whose obituary indicates he worked on a few projects for NASA. Additionally, among the many amenities easily accessed from this house is the Rolnick Observatory, home of the Westport Astronomical Society less than a mile away.

Although the observatory is temporarily closed to the public, it will eventually reopen to once again bring the wonders of the night sky to the thousands who have visited, according to its website.

Until then, the owners of this house can enjoy the night sky and they day sky too, with the naked eye, right from their own backyard. This two-acre level property is in the Coleytown section of town, away from glaring lights, which allows for perfect viewing conditions on clear nights. They can also enjoy the in-ground swimming pool, relaxing and entertaining on the patio, and sitting around the fire pit.

A winding driveway leads an ample parking area and to the house, which boasts 10 rooms and 9,741 square feet of living space. Casual elegance meets high design in this exquisite home on a serene country road, the agent said. It has many unique features including attractive moldings, handcrafted banisters, tall windows and French doors to the bluestone patio, pool, and backyard.

The front door opens into the grand two-story foyer. In the formal living room there is a gas-fueled marble fireplace and French doors to the grounds. In the family room there is a coffered ceiling, built-ins and a wood-burning fireplace. From the large formal dining room the caf door opens into the chefs kitchen, where there is a center island with a breakfast bar and built-in wine racks, white ceramic subway tile backsplash, under cabinet lighting, pantry, high-end appliances, and an eat-in area with sliding doors to the yard.

Should the country ever experience another lockdown, or if students are forced to distance learn again, this house is well-equipped to accommodate work-from-home and home-as-classroom for all its residents. In addition to the large office with built-ins on the main level, there is another office or study or homework station on the third floor including a long double desk area.

Four of the homes five en suite bedrooms are on the second floor. The master suite has a gas log fireplace, two closets and a spacious bath. The third floor offers the potential fifth bedroom, which is currently a media room.

The lower level features another 2,800 square feet of possibilities.

While the house is in a private setting it is conveniently located within walking distance of Coleytown elementary and middle schools, and only about one mile from the Merritt Parkway. It is not much further to the Post Road (Route 1) and downtown Westport shops, restaurants, town offices, the public library, Levitt Pavilion, and other features.

For more information or to set up an appointment to see the house contact Karen Amaru of William Raveis Real Estate at 203-858-6329 or karen.amaru@raveis.com.

STYLE: Custom-built Colonial

ADDRESS: 52 Charcoal Hill Road

PRICE: $2,890,000

ROOMS: 10

FEATURES: Two-acre level and lightly wooded lot, heated in-ground swimming pool with automatic pool cover, bluestone patio, outdoor BBQ and kitchen, professionally installed gas fire pit, professional landscaping, exterior lighting, underground sprinkler system, underground utilities, programmable thermostat, audio system, pre-wired for cable, central vacuum, theater/media room, three fireplaces, cedar closet, attached three-car garage, central air conditioning, oil heat, short distance to the Merritt Parkway, walking distance to Coleytown elementary and middle schools, wood shingle roof, attic, full unfinished basement, public water connection, septic system, five bedrooms, five full and two half baths

SCHOOLS: Coleytown Elementary, Coleytown Middle, Staples High School

ASSESSMENT: $1,795,000

MILL RATE: 16.71 mills

TAXES: $29,994

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This summer, Steve Rendine watched boards of pressure-treated decking in his Smithfield, Rhode Island, lumber yard disappear like the most recognizable symbol of COVID-19 scarcity.

Its similar to what happened with toilet paper, except the process to make toilet paper is much easier than lumber, Rendine, the general manager at Douglas Lumber, said. Theres panic buying. Stuff gets snapped up at prices that, realistically, three months from now will be astronomically expensive.

Like the toilet paper shortage that perplexed Americans in the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the more recent lumber shortage caught many by surprise and has been difficult to remedy.

On Friday, lumber futures hit yet another record high, more than double the price at the start of the year, but locally many people would be willing to pay more if they could find product to buy.

What we are seeing is historic in a number of ways, from pricing to availability, Rendine said.

Builders like Tim Stasiunas, of Stasiunas Construction in Charlestown, are sending trucks out of state in search of building materials, understanding that hell be paying more than usual for what they find.

For me, it is causing a lot of headaches, Stasiunas said. We have an exposure of thousands of dollars of loss per house we are building, because we are locked into contracts signed six and seven months ago.

So what happened to all the wood?

Rendine calls it a perfect storm of problems that started with President Donald Trumps 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber, which raised prices on a source New England relied on.

Then when COVID-19 landed on American shores, mills and building materials producers like counterparts in many industries ratcheted operations down as the economy went into hibernation.

But unlike in other markets, Americans never pulled back on real estate or home improvement spending. In fact, being stuck at home encouraged many people to redirect resources they used to spend on restaurant meals and travel into improving their living space.

Ramping up production at sawmills and factories was much harder than slowing it down. Some workers got COVID. Others were forced to quarantine, and measures to prevent the spread of the virus slowed output.

As with toilet paper, once shortages began, hoarders gobbled up whatever was left. And because wood is a commodity, speculators swooped in, sensing a market opportunity.

The first thing to start drying up was pressure-treated lumber, used on outdoor structures like decks, and other wood products that involve manufacturing, Rendine said. The price of pressure-treated lumber went up 250% at one point, he said, and plywood went up by 130%.

Once boards and wood became scarce, it had a knock-on effect on other building materials, such as engineered panels, windows and doors. And contractors unable to find pressure-treated boards snapped up composite decking.

What should contractors or homeowners with a big DIY project on tap do?

If you can wait, wait, Rendine said. At some point this year, there is going to be a market correction, and it will go down faster than it went up. That may not happen until theres a vaccine. I would advise anyone, unless they have to build now, not to build right now.

Although having inventory fly off the shelves as soon as it comes in, even at higher prices, is generally a good thing for business, Rendine said he fears the long-term impact if the shortage continues and projects are canceled.

John Marcantonio, executive director of the Rhode Island Builders Association, said the strong residential real estate market is helping the economy bounce back, and he worries the lumber shortage could slow the recovery.

Demand for residential construction is higher than it has been in years, he said. With the concern about nursing homes, people are keeping grandma home and doing the multi-generational thing, so they build [accessory dwelling units.] And people are working from home instead of the office, and I think some part of that is going to be permanent.

Stasiunas says the jump in lumber prices is unlikely to damage the high end of the market, where a $20,000 to $30,000 increase in materials wont derail a $1-million custom home.

But the middle range of the market $400,000 to $600,000 houses built without a specific buyer might not be as desirable. And the subsidized affordable market could really slow down if this continues, Stasiunas said.

I think we are in this for a while, he said.

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Both the Savannah and Albany come with a smaller footprint but designed with todays families in mind an open floorplan that feels spacious and roomy at a very affordable price.

UNIONTOWN, Ohio (PRWEB) September 11, 2020

Wayne Homes, an Ohio-based custom home builder that specializes in on-your-lot custom homes, has released two new floor plans today, the Albany and the Savannah.

The Albany is a single-story, three-bedroom, two-bathroom home with just over 1,300 square feet of living space, while the Savannah is a two-story floor plan with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, and 1,710 square feet.

The Albany is the smallest ranch floor plan that Wayne Homes offers but includes big features, such as an open concept main living area, large island with a flush eat ledge and plenty of counter space in the kitchen, and a roomy owner suite with a walk-in closet.

The Savannah, now Wayne Homes smallest two-story floor plan, includes a large walk-in closet and bathroom in the owner suite, and larger-sized secondary bedrooms. The spacious kitchen allows room for an island and the dining room will comfortably fit the whole family for holiday meals.

Building a new home has become a reality to more people than ever before, Maurie Jones, Senior Vice President of Marketing, said. With interest rates at historic lows and low numbers of existing homes for sale, families are looking at new construction as an option. Both the Savannah and Albany come with a smaller footprint but designed with todays families in mind an open floorplan that feels spacious and roomy at a very affordable price.

Both the Albany and the Savannah are available in four exterior elevations, including the Classic, Craftsman, Farmhouse, and Tradition elevations.

For more information about building a custom home with Wayne Homes and the Albany or the Savannah, please visit WayneHomes.com.

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Wayne Homes is a custom home builder in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia (see all Model Home Centers). We offer over 50 fully customizable floor plans and a team dedicated to providing the best experience in the home building industry. For more information, Ask Julie, our online sales team, by live chat or call us at (866) 253-6807.

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HGTVs Hidden Potential is a home improvement series that follows home builder and designer Jasmine Roth as she instills joy and satisfaction in the mundane lives of several families by putting the extra in ordinary cookie-cutter houses. Throughout the show, we see Jasmine working her magic to make sure all the houses she works on, stand out from the rest in their own unique way. By following the DIY concept, the designer transforms suburban houses of indistinctive designs into custom dream homes.

To map out a plan for the abodes, the fitness instructor turned home builder uses her creativity, imagination, and experience that she has garnered over seven years of being in the business. She often puts quaint and fancy twists like a hidden bar behind a bookcase or a dog cave to surprise her clients. Since its inception in 2018, the home renovation series has spawned over three seasons. Naturally, many of you must be wondering about the filming location of Hidden Potential. Well, we have got you covered!

Jasmine Roth, the supremely talented host of the series, grabbed the attention of the producers through all the pictures and videos on her social media accounts, which reflect her hard work and determination to beautify lack-luster homes. Unlike several HGTV shows, this one doesnt chronicle around the country but is based in Roths native itself California. Yes, the show is extensively filmed in the Golden State in the U.S. Here is the specific location where it is shot!

Jasmine Roth, her husband of seven years, Brett Roth, and their adorable little daughter Hazel, live in the seaside city of Huntington Beach, in Orange County, Southern California. All the seasons of the aesthetically appealing series are set in the Surf City, where Roths home and business are located. Huntington Beach is the most populous beach city in Orange County, which helps Roth get more clients for her home improvement company, Built Custom Homes.

Initially, the production company wanted to base the show around beach houses. However, that didnt pan out once they learned the time frame of the completion of one beach build. So, here we are! For filming, the production team moves to the location of the project in Huntington Beach. Filming a season usually takes six months, i.e., 12 hours a day into six days a week. In season 1, Roth deals with 13 houses, while in season 2, we see her transforming 17 homes.

Most of the artwork and custom furniture are either made-to-order or bought from local artisans in the area. To capture all the candid and insightful moments, the filming team puts cameras in Roths car, house, and backyard. It basically follows her every move as she talks to the families and tries to create a customized dream home based on their desires.

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LISTING OF THE DAY

Location: La Jolla, California

Price: $22 million

When Tyler Jones, founder and CEO of Blue Heron, a Las Vegas-based custom home builder, decided to branch out of Southern Nevada, his homing instincts brought him directly to La Jolla, a California beach community where he spent many happy childhood summers.

Our approach to building is to create a living environment thats connected to nature and makes people feel good while pushing the design envelope, Mr. Jones said. This lot offered a thrilling inspiration to be able to see all the way to Point Loma to the south for energy and to look straight west into the ocean for calm.

The design of every space in the house was totally driven by the view, Mr. Jones said.

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We also wanted to be respectful of the neighborhood, which doesnt want a lot of mansions that block the view of the ocean from pedestrians, Mr. Jones said. One of our signature elements is to create a long entry sequence for our homes, so we created privacy with a stone and glass wall that also allows you to see straight through the home to the ocean.

The contemporary architecture of the house includes lightwells that vertically connect all four levels to provide natural light to the rooms. Two glass bridges connect the front and back of the house, while terraces provide space for relaxing, dining and entertaining on three levels. Fully retractable walls on the main level provide seamless indoor-outdoor space overlooking the waves.

We deliberately designed the interior to be soothing, relaxing and timeless to let the space make the connection to the outdoors, Mr. Jones said. We want the house to offer a compelling four-dimensional experience that speaks to all the senses.

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Natural elements indoors and on the terraces, meant to complement the natural power of the ocean, include fireplaces, fire pits and an infinity-edge lap pool that spills into two interior water features.

Biophilic design makes humans comfortable, so we deliberately integrated these natural elements with the sound of water and the long view of the ocean, which makes people feel safe, Mr. Jones said. Our goal was to make this house a multisensory experience that speaks to each person on an emotional level.

The third-floor primary suite features walls of glass that open onto a private oceanfront terrace.

For extra entertaining space, Mr. Jones opted to add a basement level with unexpected indoor-outdoor space including a living area that can be opened to the sky, a bar, a wine cellar and a media room with a game table that can be fully opened to the outdoors with corner glass pocket doors. The rooftop terrace, high above the Pacific, can be reached by a high-speed elevator to whisk guests from the wine cellar to the covered dining area.

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This seaside single-family home has 6,884 square feet of interior space with four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and two partial bathrooms. The four-level house includes more than 3,000 square feet of outdoor living space.

Amenities

Amenities include an outdoor lap pool with waterfalls to create indoor water features, a rooftop hot tub, four indoor and outdoor fireplaces, a media room with a game table, a wine cellar, a wet bar and a private elevator.

Neighborhood Notes

Sea Ridge is part of the Bird Rock community in La Jolla, about 10 miles north of San Diego.

Bird Rock is within a short drive of one of the best known surfing locations in Southern California and recreational amenities including beaches, hiking trails and the Torrey Pines Golf Course. Also nearby is the picturesque village of La Jolla, art galleries, award-winning restaurants, downtown San Diego and institutions such as the Scripps Coastal Reserve and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Agent: Brett Dickerson, Pacific Sothebys International Realty

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Among the tools Mr. Vitrofsky uses in his work: air-purification systems that remove impurities, pathogens and (for a steeper price) particles that carry viruses; custom water filters based on local aquifer data; and dawn-simulation lighting that mimics natural sunlight.

Most of Mr. Vitrofskys clients are wealthy, but his companys packages start as low as $2,500 for a simple installation that includes basic lighting, air and water monitoring with Darwin technology. From there, the prices climb exponentially.

Mr. Feirstein, who hired HEDSouth to customize the technology in his home, spent around $300,000. Doug got the best in class of everything, Mr. Vitrofsky said.

Since the onset of the pandemic, Mr. Vitrofsky said, he has seen interest in his companys services more than double. Whole Foods is wellness, Smartwater is wellness, Equinox gym is wellness everybody has taken this wellness term to try to sell their product, he said. But nobody was talking about wellness on its own. Now the whole world is focused on being healthy, on not wanting to die.

In Florida, the epicenter of real-estate wellness, some developments are taking health tracking a step further by building homes with private on-site health care. CC Homes, a builder in South Florida, last month announced a partnership with Baptist Health South Florida. Residents of two of its communities, Canarias at Downtown Doral and Maple Ridge at Ave Maria, will receive telemedicine services from Baptist doctors through a health kit that includes HD cameras and infrared thermometers that will check on ears, noses, eyes and lungs, all from within their own homes.

And in downtown Miami, the Legacy Hotel and Residences will include an on-site, AI-powered medical diagnostics center to track residents health using body scanning, posture analysis, blood work and more.

As a society, were pretty consistently being told that technology and wearables will produce data about us, and what you can track you can change, said Noah Waxman, the founder of Cactus, the company building out Legacys diagnostics center. Spaces and places like this one are only becoming more desirable. Because there is no way that in the next five years your phone will be able to do what this diagnostic center can do.

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The Weekend Edition is pulled from the daily Stansberry Digest.

New buildings are appearing in many suburban backyards...

They look something like this...

It's not quite a gardening shed and not quite a pool house, either... It's a home-office pod.

It includes just enough space for a desk and a chair, as well as some walking room and natural light... kind of like those "tiny houses" that became all the rage starting a few years ago.

Except this is a getaway from your house. It's a place to work in our "stay at home" pandemic times.

Construction of these new buildings is a certifiable trend, as the Chicago Tribune noted last month...

Tiny house builders and garden shed manufacturers across the country are pivoting to create home office structures that range from compact, prefabricated deluxe sheds to more elaborate custom designs. And business is booming.

"A soon as the quarantine and having to work from home started, the requests for our sheds doubled," said Brennan Deitsch, online marketing manager for Heartland Sheds. "A lot of people never really had their home set up as an office, so having a quiet place allows them to make the most of the work-from-home lifestyle," he said.

Have you been working at home longer than you thought you would be?

We have. I would be lying if I said I didn't think we'd be back in the office for at least a few days a week by now.

Don't get me wrong, working from home if you can has its perks... starting with the simple fact that I have a regular-paying job that allows me to think big and share what all of our Stansberry Research editors are saying each and every day.

However, productivity and morale considerations aside, it would be nice to simply get out more during the day. Maybe it's just me, but I'd prefer to see the familiar faces of coworkers instead of interacting through e-mails and video chats.

Everyone has their own feelings about our new work world, and there's plenty to discuss on this topic in the months ahead.

We speak from an office-worker perspective today, but the point is... remote work isn't going away anytime soon.

All things considered, we're fortunate at Stansberry Research...

First off, I'm healthy, and I have a job. But not everyone has been so lucky.

More than 190,000 Americans have reportedly died from COVID-19. The disease is the third-largest cause of deaths in the U.S. this year with four months to go... trailing only heart disease and cancer.

And of course, the pandemic and government shutdowns have taken their economic toll as well. They've shuttered many physical businesses like retailers and restaurants for good... and have limited regular business for so many others.

At least 18 million Americans who say they want a job right now don't have one. And nearly half of all work-eligible Americans don't have a job, either by choice or by necessity.

We're hearing all kinds of stories about people and families adjusting to kids going back to school (or not), offices closing (or not), and jobs coming back (or not).

COVID-19 has left a lasting mark on the economy. Life is different.

And of course, none of this has done anything to ease the brick-and-mortar retail "apocalypse"...

We saw it on display at a single shopping center in suburban Baltimore. At one end, home-improvement retailer Home Depot (HD) had giant orange letters We're Hiring! painted on its front windows.

Just a few stores away, Modell's Sporting Goods one of the dozens of nationwide retailers that has filed for bankruptcy over the past few months was selling literally everything in the store for at least an 80% discount.

And when I say it was selling everything, I mean it... down to the cash registers, mannequins, tape dispensers, and employee lockers.

If you're not an "essential" business, you're in trouble...

Why "go to Mo's" when you can buy the same sporting goods online and get free shipping (in many cases)?

Take food as another example... We all need it. But we can eat at home, too.

So online ordering and curbside pickup have become normal... Yet at the same time, more and more restaurants killed by customers' reluctance to sit among strangers during an airborne virus pandemic have been closing down for good.

On the other hand, if you're an "essential" part of these essential businesses, you're doing quite well...

That might sound confusing at first, but here's what we mean...

In today's world, data is the new oil. That means the companies that control data, including cloud-based vendors and storage companies, are the new pipelines and oil fields.

As our colleague Alan Gula wrote in the August issue of our flagship Stansberry's Investment Advisory newsletter, one area of technology that many of our editors love is Software as a Service ("SaaS")...

This type of software lets you order food from a local restaurant... or connect to your company's networks and do business around the world from your house or even a shed in the backyard.

As we've written in the past, DocuSign (DOCU) is one of our favorite SaaS companies. The company, which sells e-signature software, has more than tripled since the Investment Advisory recommendation in November last year.

Not only are SaaS businesses practical for the user, they're incredibly capital-efficient and a "win-win" business model for software vendors and customers. As Alan wrote in August's Investment Advisory issue...

For customers, it lowers costs they don't need to pay a large, upfront perpetual license fee, buy expensive computer hardware, pay to have the software deployed, and then pay a "maintenance" fee on top of all that. Under the SaaS model, there's just one regular subscription fee, and software updates and upgrades are automatic and seamless.

For the software vendors, cloud-based application hosting creates economies of scale. There's also only one software version to support since the upgrades occur behind the scenes on the vendor's servers.

In short, the SaaS model is superior to the perpetual license model. SaaS software is cheaper and easier to get up and running. It attracts many more new customers. And good SaaS businesses tend to have high renewal rates, leading to lots of recurring revenue.

All of these factors have led to explosive revenue growth.

Today, the five biggest tech companies account for 25% of the S&P 500 Index...

By market cap, Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), Apple (AAPL), and Facebook (FB) constitute roughly one-fourth of the benchmark U.S. index.

Think about that... Overall, the index is just about breakeven for the year. And those five stocks are up an average of 44% in 2020.

This performance surely doesn't say much for the other 495 stocks in the index... But it does prove that tech stocks continue to thrive. And today, a lot of the major tech companies are cloud companies in one way or another.

The biggest SaaS player is Adobe (ADBE), which switched from a license model to a SaaS approach back in 2013... Its stock price is up more than 850% since the move.

But there are dozens of other "pure play" companies in the SaaS world that have outperformed even the biggest tech stocks over the years.

As Alan wrote in the August issue of the Investment Advisory...

We consider 59 public companies "pure play" SaaS businesses. We've created an equal-weight composite of these stocks, called the Stansberry SaaS Composite.

Take a look at how it has performed this year compared with the overall market and the Nasdaq...

The Stansberry SaaS Composite is crushing both. It's up an astounding 64% this year... more than double the Nasdaq. And that's during a global pandemic.

In short, SaaS technology has become "mission critical" for thousands of companies...

And the footprint of the technology will only grow in the years ahead.

Change, especially changing the behavior of so many people, can be hard... But once that change is made, it can be even harder to convince people to go back and do something the way they did before.

In this case, a virus forced massive changes in the way we work and do business...

And now, there's no putting the "genie back in the bottle." People are putting up their own "work sheds" in their backyards. Cloud vendors and SaaS companies are bringing in piles of cash. The future is here. There's no turning back now.

All the best,

Corey McLaughlin

Editor's note: The push for "togetherness while apart" has the SaaS sector riding a wave of wealth... Because of increased work-from-home setups and accelerated demand for technology worldwide, we believe SaaS stocks are set to soar by 1,000% or more. And one stock in particular is positioned to skyrocket 3,000% long term. Get all the details right here.

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