Led by career journalist and licensed Florida real estate broker Scott Kauffman, Resort Living Inc., is the trusted guide for master-planned golf, private club and resort-style communities worldwide.

Recognized as the leading authority on golf course business, private clubs and luxury leisure real estate, Kauffman is passionate about sharing valuable insider knowledge on the latest developments and helping guide readers towards the most informed decisions possible about the next great resort-style real estate places to live, work and/or play.

Kauffman, who recently purchased a second home along Southwest Florida's premium Gulf Coast barrier islands near Sarasota, keeps readers ahead of the curve by providing in-depth features, expert interviews, and exclusive content through his company's flagship Resort Living Magazine.com digital platform.  

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​In an award-winning journalism career that spans nearly three decades, Kauffman has written thousands of articles for dozens of high-profile golf, luxury lifestyle and real estate publications.

Additionally, the Orlando resident has been interviewed on numerous occasions by the New York Times, USA Today, CNN and the San Jose Mercury News for his expertise on trending golf and resort-style real estate news.

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While attending University of Hawaii as a broadcast journalism major with a minor in Chinese History, Kauffman began his career as a Sports Reporter for both Honolulu daily newspapers and the Associated Press. After graduating and moving to the U.S. Mainland, Kauffman then covered general sports and sports business for USA Today and USA Today Baseball Weekly, the Orlando Sentinel/Time-Warner's Central Florida News 13 and Golfweek Magazine and Golfweek Superintendent News.

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When he's not writing for his own Resort Living Inc. news network, powered by the flagship ResortLivingMagazine.com, and VacationHomeMarket.com, and GolfCourseBusiness.com outlets, Kauffman is a regular contributor to Troon Magazine, Platinum Clubs' Club Leaders Forum, the WorldPropertyJournal.com, Golf Business Magazine, the official publication of the National Golf Course Owners Association of America, and numerous other golf, lifestyle and real estate publications.

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Besides being published in many of the top golf, hotel, travel and real estate publications, including Robb Report, Ideal Living, Links Magazine to name a few, Kauffman's unique business background as a career journalist and longtime real estate broker has allowed him to collaborate with various high-profile golf, private club and real estate developers from Marriott Golf to Tavistock Group to hotel icon Harris Rosen and Kingdom Golf, which was started by the King of Golf, Arnold Palmer.​​

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An avid golfer, foodie and world traveler, Kauffman is blessed to be happily married with an amazing wife and two wonderfuli daughters, both of whom attended acclaimed High Point University and mutually earned Masters Degrees from the same prestigious Piedmont Triad school.

And much to the delight of her father, Morgan Kauffman is now a second-generation broadcast journalist working as a news producer for Fox8 WGHP that serves the growing North Carolina cities of High Point, Winston-Salem and Greensboro, N.C. 

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Please join us as we continue to explore the world of luxury resort-style living and discover what sets us apart at Resort Living Magazine.