St. Petersburg, Florida, once had the reputation of being a retirement haven - now the average age is 39.3 and it's hard to find a green bench in the city. The distorted clock seems an appropriate age for this shift in demographics.The New York Times analyzed data from the Censur Bureau and deter
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02/26/2007
Not enough agents treat their real estate careers as a business. When they interview with a real estate company, they ask what share of the commission they will get: is it 50%, 70%, 95%? What is included, what are you going to do for me?That's the question asked by an employee, not a business own
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02/24/2007
We've heard about closing costs, furniture and even cars, but Taylor Woodrow Homes has come up with a new twist: buy a new home in Palma Sola Trace in Bradenton, Florida or a new home in Founders Club in Sarasota, Florida, and Taylor Woodrow will put $11,000 into the Florida Prepaid College Plan
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02/24/2007
Home tours have been a good way to raise money for charities, schools, and the arts. Sometimes it's a single day tour of a group of homes or gardens, sometimes it's a single home that's open for a few weeks. (Our European friends don't always understand that the entrance fee benefits an organizat
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02/24/2007
We think that sellers understand when we explain a lockbox to them and when we talk about its security. Today yet another seller called me about the lockbox. She was at the property, meeting with carpet cleaners, and her key didn't work. Would I please give her the code to the lockbox so she cou
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02/24/2007
Looking for an early morning wake-up cup of tea? a mid-afternoon tea latte cooler? an evening put-me-to-sleep tea? The Hooker Tea Company at 300 Beach Drive NE in downtown St Petersburg, Florida, is the place to find it. Shawn Hooker and his associates not only offer more than 100 varieties of l
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02/23/2007
Located across from Straub Park on Beach Drive in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, at the base of Parkshore Plaza, is Croatian Naive Art, a gallery and museum collection of Croatian art. Founded and owned by Jim and Donna Nannen. What a wonderful, colorful collection! Sue Cooper-Street is the
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02/23/2007
Yesterday when I read Jonathan Washburn's blog It's Raining Books, which actually related back to Mark Flanders blog on Let's Have a Contest, my thoughts were on books, rather than contests. I thought about the recent blogs on great books to read and thought, OK, I'll start a book group. Now,
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02/19/2007
Here's a room - it's 11 ft x 15 ft, has a proper closet, has sliding glass doors that lead out to a balcony, has all full height walls, has a door that closes properly and shuts off the room for privacy; it isn't a walkthrough so you have to walk through this room to get to another room. It's par
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02/19/2007
Pinellas County, Florida has 1,161 properties over $1,000,000 listed in the Multiple Listing System, nearly equally divided between single family homes and condominiums. Just under 10% of these are currently under contract. There is currently a 4 year supply of luxury homes. There are 15 homes li
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02/18/2007
