Real Estate Musings from St Pete, Florida

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2007 

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   No, No, I won't go. I won't go to Kansas City - yet.  I read Linda Davis's blog and I want Sharon to take me to Albuquerque. Linda said that Kristal Kraft will be there, and Teri Isner and Mr. Moo Angus, and of course Sharon and Linda. Linda said something surprising was going to happen to me ...
04/30/2007
 From Celebration (Orlando) the Simms brought me to St. Petersburg. This is downtown, looking out at The Pier and Tampa Bay. It's sunny and warm and I like it. Then they took me home, and told me that I had to spend a week just relaxing - no touring around, no working, just relaxing.  OK, I'll tr...
04/30/2007
  I liked the kitchen in the $2,000,000 house. I looked for freshly baked cookies, but there weren't any. So I decided I'd just wait out by the pool until Sharon was finished showing the house. I went out to look at the waterfront, though. The owner of the house owns some water lots across the br...
04/30/2007
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    Seth Godin did it again. He didn't write this book, but he edited it, combining the thoughts of 33 writers/thinkers/innovators/crazies that discuss the main point: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable. Because of the short chapters, this was a great book to read while I was on...
04/28/2007
 This may be effective marketing, but how, you wonder, is this Creative Code Compliance? Well, St Petersburg city officials are quick to enforce sign regulations, especially in downtown St Pete.This hot dog vendor, one of many offering quick, inexpensive lunches people can take to the parks to ea...
04/28/2007
 The Veillard House in downtown St Petersburg, Florida, has had an interesting history. It was built in 1901 and designed by Henry DuPont for Ralph and Minnie Veillard. Veillard had a farm supply business/general storeand was in local politics. Originally from Laval, France, he came to St Pete vi...
04/28/2007
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Though I've never called it a green company, it certainly has some of the characteristics - trying to make life better for its employees - encouraging a healthy lifestyle, providing healthy food. It's even cutting down on the number of cars on the highways and corresponding energy waster. Google ...
04/27/2007
At conventions and courses, as well as to clients and prospects, agents are always handing out promotional items. What ones do you keep, and which ones get immediately thrown into the trash?The most useful for me is this 4" x 5" foldover card that Pete Doty gave me a few years ago, which I keep i...
04/26/2007
 Muvico, the 20 screen theater at BayWalk in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, has announced that it will be bringing a big screen IMAX to St. Pete. This should premier on May 4, 2007 and the first feature will be SpiderMan. I'm excited about having IMAX just a few steps from my office (the neare...
04/26/2007
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  And what is on my desk?  It doesn't have a name - it's my magnifying glass. And yes, even though I wear reading glasses, sometimes I need a Magnifier as well.This sits quietly on my desk until it's needed. It's perfectly practical, and useful - and in between uses it sits quietly, not interrupt...
04/25/2007
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