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Expertise, on your side of the table.

Cloud Design Build offers two consulting practices - construction consulting and real estate consulting - each grounded in active building and brokering, not advisory work alone. Choose the practice you need.

Advisory

Construction and real estate expertise, on your side of the table.

Most experts come from one world - construction or real estate, rarely both. James J. Cloud is a licensed contractor and a licensed real estate broker, so a project, a property, or a dispute is analyzed from the construction, transaction, and regulatory sides at once.

General contractorBuilding inspectorReal estate broker M.S. International real estateB.S. Construction managementCommunity association manager
James J. Cloud, President of Cloud Design Build
James J. CloudPresident
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Consulting practices - construction & real estate
50+
Years of family construction behind the firm
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Expert directories - SEAK, JurisPro, Expert Pages
FL
Serving clients statewide

Choose a service

Two practices, one perspective.

Cloud Design Build offers two consulting practices - construction consulting and real estate consulting - each grounded in active building and brokering, not advisory work alone. Choose the practice you need.

Active construction site
Construction

Construction Consulting & Expert Services

Independent evaluation of construction projects, building performance, and disputes - for owners, developers, contractors, insurers, and legal teams.

  • Owner's representation
  • Construction claims
  • Site inspections
  • Property insurance claims
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Waterfront property in South Florida
Real estate

Real Estate Consulting & Expert Services

Consulting and expert services across Florida real estate - from acquisition and feasibility to transaction and construction-related disputes.

  • Investor & developer consulting
  • Transaction disputes
  • Fraud & misrepresentation
  • HOA & condo disputes
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All consulting services

Construction consulting

Real estate consulting

Construction claims & expert witness

Guides

Every project we take on, we look at it through the lens of the owner, what we would do if it were our project, our money.
James J. Cloud - President

Questions

How the consulting practice works.

Construction consulting covers building projects, performance, and construction disputes; real estate consulting covers property acquisition, feasibility, transactions, and real-estate disputes. Both draw on the same contractor-and-broker background, and you can engage either on its own.
Yes. Cloud Design Build is retained as a construction and real estate expert by owners, insurers, and legal teams - for independent evaluation, reports, and standard-of-care analysis.
Yes. We build custom homes in Southwest Florida, but our consulting and expert services are available throughout Florida.
Yes, that's a common real estate consulting engagement. Our guide to the red flags when buying an existing home in Florida covers what to check before you make an offer, from permit history to condo association finances.

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A project, a property, or a dispute?

Tell us what you're weighing. Construction and real estate expertise, backed by hands-on experience, not just advisory theory.

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