There is no single Sun Belt according to David Lynd, CEO of the Texas-based Lynd Group, who has been acquiring and developing real estate in the Sun Belt for 40 years. He understands the appeal. “The pandemic forced everyone to hit pause,” Lynd says. “Human beings are very behavioral. It was like someone putting a stick in a wheel of a bike. You get thrown off the bike. It forced people to deal with mortality, made them assess if they liked what they did for a living, and made them think about what they valued. People said, ‘I want to live in a place with good weather, good government that lets you keep most of your money.”10-14-2022 Globe St Continue Reading (PDF) >>>