Storm clouds ahead?

A hurricane could be coming.

That was the analogy Land Solutions Inc. CEO Randy Thibaut used in describing potential trouble for the real estate industry in 2018 in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties.

“This market is in many ways very similar to a hurricane headed our way,” says Thibaut, who formed commercial real estate brokerage firm Land Solutions in 2001 and has hosted an annual “Market Trends” event each year since 2010. “There are things you need to watch out for, or you're going to get slammed.