Byron Donalds

The National Association of Home Builders came out with a report.

They said 30% of the cost of building a house in America today is government.

30%.

So if the house is 300,000, 100,000 of that is government.

That's insane.

We have to do better.

Especially with technology today, we can do better.

So I think you squeeze out those costs, make Florida's government far more efficient and responsive.

That's how you actually can push down the cost side of things in our state.

Everything else is, you know, those are international markets, global markets dealing with procurement of raw materials, etc.

But there are things we can control in Florida, and that's what we want to do to address affordability.

I do like people, which is interesting because I used to be an introvert.

So this is kind of learned behavior.

Where I learned to really start talking to people and engaging people was first in my career.

Like I spent 17 years in finance.

So I started in commercial banking.

I worked in insurance and I worked in financial services.

I was securities licensed.

I built a book of business in Naples, Florida, where I live with my wife, Erica, and our children.

I was also a youth leader in my church for 12 years.