Jeanne M. Gavish's (jmgavish) Blog

Jeanne Gavish | Keller Williams Realty Elite Partners | (352) 650-1029 1741 Beaconsfield Dr., Wesley Chapel, FL 2 story Short Sale! 4BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $299,000 Year Built 2006 Sq Footage 3,410 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Floors 2 Parking 3 Car garage Lot Size 15,54...

If you're working with a foreign buyer, one of the most important considerations is getting their money into a US Bank or Title Company well before closing.  At last week's International Congress & Trade Fair in Orlando Florida, Laura McLouglin, the Country Manager for MoneyCorp, spoke to a large...

What a perfect day for kayaking down the Weeki Wachee River in Florida's Nature Coast .  My thanks to Bobbi Glenn for organizing a morning of indulging in Nature's beauty and networking with Realtor friends. What a great opportunity to get together with friends and meet spouses and their children...

Have you ever heard of the science of Physiognomy, or in common language, "Face Reading?" Yesterday I attended the Orlando Regional International Councils First Annual International Congress and Trade Fair, which was so informative and very well attended by Certified International Property Specia...

The state of Florida leads the way in capturing International Home buyers with 31% of all foreign buyers in the US.  According to the National Association of Realtors®' 2011 Profile of International Home Buying Activity, California, Texas and Arizona respectively were the top destinations.  This ...

I am always shocked when I have prospective buyers ask me for the combination lockbox codes over the phone, no matter how many times I hear it.  I have heard variations like "I called (REO listing agent) and he gave me the codes on the homes I wanted to see.  Why won't you?"  "My agent in (anothe...

So what exactly is a Yurt anyway?  I first heard of one when a friend who had moved to New Mexico sent me an ad from Craig's List offering a Yurt for rent.  It was fairly reasonably priced and my curiosity was piqued, so I started to investigate. A yurt is a canvas tent house, sturdy enough to wi...

I have been looking forward to my visit to New Mexico since someone sent me a video about Earthships and the community in Taos who are living in these unusual structures.  i wanted to see how these people lived and supposedly thrived in self sustaining communities.  Yesterday I got to visit Earth...

Would you rent to someone with a recent foreclosure on their credit report?  It appears that this is not a major concern to many landlords today. The National Association of Independent Landlords recently reported that 82% of Landlords said they would rent to someone who had lost their home to fo...

Fannie Mae's latest National Housing Survey demonstrates America's cautious optimism about home prices, the economy and personal finances, despite their lack of confidence in the overall strength of the country's economic recovery. Despite consumer caution, however, 57 percent of Americans still ...