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I don’t know about any of you  St Augustine/St Augustine Beach residents, but I have been hearing  rumors about gas lines going in in certain areas. I decided to stop speculating and go to the source  and get informed. Teco’s  People’s Gas Company has the contract for putting in the lines where a...
12/03/2013
What do you know about Nocatee?  Here’s some info.  Nocatee is a new coastal master-planned community located in Ponte Vedra, FL and has been named the 6th best-selling community in the US.  It is 25 square miles (1700 acres) in size with 2/3rds of it set aside for preserve, amenities, parks, etc...
11/02/2013
We’ve all heard the wonderful news about our employment levels – St Johns County was recently ranked 5th best place to live for “where the jobs are” by Money Magazine. The county has an unemployment rate of 5.5% as of May with state figures at 7.1%. Where are these jobs, you may ask? Let’s see.. ...
09/30/2013
   Many people see the realtor’s job as primarily showing customers other peoples homes – definitely one of the perks of the profession! Then they picture the realtor(s) taking a big fat check home after closing on a property. After all, what could be more fun, if you are looking to buy, or just ...
09/05/2013
What AGAIN!!? Here is St augustine back in the news after Money Magazine released its list of the top 25 places in the country where the jobs are!! The city is at number 5 with job growth from 2020 to 2012 at 12.1%!! There may be some of you who might want to dispute these findings, sometimes bas...
09/05/2013
Two years, 3 months and just days until….the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine, our nations’ oldest city. On Sept 8th, 1565, Pedro Fernandez Menendez de Aviles landed on our shores and claimed the land for Spain and proceeded to build a garrison, a mission and the beginnings of w...
05/25/2013
St Augustine continues to knock itself out to entertain the visitors and locals alike; perhaps some visitors will be tempted to extend their stays...indefinitely - which is the long term goal of the organization called StAR, mentionned in an earlier article of mine. So..the beach concerts are sta...
05/04/2013
Time to talk about these well-known real estate sites that so many people use for information about the housing market, spending time - maybe too much - following these Internet "experts" (as in Zillow and Trulia) and taking as fact their opinions about real estate.  There is no doubt that they p...
04/03/2013
I recently attended a very informative and timely seminar, organized by The Global Busiiness Council, a NEFAR organizaation which I am extrememly happy to be a member of - a well run, insightful and very relevant group dedicated to pursuing international real estate and related businesses in conn...
02/26/2013
Heard several sad and distressing personal stories on NPR this morning about some banks' treatment of homeowners in distress on various lovels of pre-forclsoure, foreclosure, so-called loan modifications, late payments, deaf ears...what's going on? I recently wrote about all the monies that banks...
01/09/2013
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