Jackie Cross's Blog

Motivation/Procrastination What motivates each of us defends on our personalities, backgrounds, environment, etc.  Some of us are more susceptible to the weather for example.  A gray cloudy day puts us in a funk, a bright sunny day reflects in our mood and what we can accomplish that day.  To sta...

  What a great surprise as I entered our office today.  Decorations were to be found in every nook and cranny.       Packages are popping up every where,   Santa and his friends are trying to escape out the back door,   they must have been here all night decorating for us........         And som...

Good news for once.... Twin Vee has reopened in Ft Pierce by it's original owner, Roger Dunshee.  Previous employees are being rehired.  For now they have hired 20 employees but will have up to 100 workers hired within the next 4 years.  In 2003 Dunshee had sold a majority of his share of the bus...

In a recent report for October the jobless rate in St Lucie County was reported to have dropped to 14.7%, down from 15.3% in September.  Even with the drop nearly 35,000 Treasure Coast residents were still actively looking for work.  These number do not include those who fall under the "underuti...

  Why is it that some days we feel that we are at odds with  the co-operating agent from the opposite side of our deals.  We are representing a buyer who has been approved to buy a home with an FHA loan.  It is a foreclosure and went bi-lateral 8 weeks ago.  When the appraiser went to the house ...

Port St Lucie in a recent study has been one of the most active in using the federal monies they have received from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.  The program is to be used to redevelop, purchase and renovate foreclosed properties in areas that may incur blight from excess foreclosed an...

St Lucie County has announced that funding is now available for the NSP* (Neighborhood Stablization Program).  They have received $3,984.601 from the Florida Dept. of Community Affairs.  The NSP program can provide up to $40,000 in purchase assistance for first time homebuyers meeting income crit...

  This week was especially busy with not only your normal fruits, vegetables & plants but arts and crafts as well.  So much from which to choose.       What a beautiful location the St Lucie County has for it's Saturday Farmer's Market. The park on the waterfront sits next to the yacht basin in ...

Saturday was the annual Airport Day at St Lucie County International Airport in north Ft Pierce.  Old and unusual planes were on display for the public to view.  A number of related vendors and charities were also on site.  The EEA Young Eagles were to offer free plane rides but the extreme wind...

I have just read that the homebuyer tax credit extension has been signed and is official.  This is good news for me since for once in the many years I have been in real estate I had taken the summer off ( and actually some of fall).  This meant that I missed a great deal of the sales related to b...