Don’t you just love that you can log onto zillow.com and know your homes value in seconds without ever having to call a Realtor? Zillow has become one of the most popular real estate sites on the internet for this very reason. So I had to check it out. Browsing this site told me something I did n
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11/13/2008
This morning I was treated to a real adventure. Can you believe that Indiana Jones was treasure hunting at 6am? I awoke to a mysterious noise and my life was luckily spared thanks to a beautiful young cheerleader that was able to convince Jones that I would provide food and drink in exchange for
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10/31/2008
10. Be patriotic, boost the economy: It’s the right thing to do 9. The bank owned deals may not continue if they are bailed out 8. Current inventories are HIGH 7. You can pretend your rich and don’t care 6. Interest rates are low 5. “It can’t get much worse” 4. Construction pri
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10/29/2008
My body began to grow numb from the blistering cold wind that relentlessly scathed my skin. Eyes watering, ears ringing I was barely able to make it over to read the digital display on the thermometer. 58 degrees. Maybe it wasn’t an Alaskan blizzard, and maybe I embellished slightly but it sure f
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10/28/2008
Are you planning on a trip to our beautiful spot on the map? If so these Florida Laws may be of some interest to you. Be careful out there… * It is illegal to sell your children. * Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner. * A special law prohibits unmarrie
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10/21/2008
I grew up fishing offshore here in South West Florida. I can remember the smell of the engines starting up at 6am to leave our condo on Pine Island in search of the big bottom dwellers. Over the years these toothy critters have moved further and further offshore making the drives a little lon
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10/21/2008
Every market has one, or ten, of those agents that just don’t get it. I realize that you are probably thinking the number is much, much higher but let’s play nice. Last week we received a call to list a canal front property and went right to work on coming up with a price. What we came up with wa
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10/21/2008
Owning a second home to use for vacations or seasonal living is great while you are using it, but can be a little work while you are not on site. Who is cutting the grass? Who is there to make sure there are not any problems while you are away for the next 7 or 8 months? While these are not too
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10/20/2008
You could almost call Pine Island the “anti-Florida.” No crowded beaches. No high rise condos. No fancy resorts. No sprawling subdivisions. But to those who live here, it represents all that Florida used to be. It’s more than just an island; it’s a way of life, much as it's been since the first w
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10/20/2008
There are an ever increasing amount of websites that capitalize on the current foreclosure crisis. They search a database of court records to see which properties have had a Lis Pendens attached. Lis pendens is Latin for "suit pending." This refers to any pending lawsuit that has been recorded in
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10/20/2008
