Politics and Real Estate Don’t Mix

I know, I know. I am not going to follow protocol here at all and I’m going to give a political opinion. Sorry if anyone is offended, but this is the way I see it.
First of all, I see all of the Obama supporters slamming Hillary Clinton and more recently, Bill Clinton. I’m reading an [...]

No “Friends” In Real Estate?

No friends in real estate? Consider yourself lucky! One thing I have learned over the years (I read this in a book recently) is that all things being equal, a person will do business with the person they know, a friend. All things NOT being equal, people will STILL do business with the friend over [...]

Captain Credit

I have said this again and again in past Blogs, but I am making this the focal point of this write because it is the truest thing you will ever read on the Internet. EVERYONE with a heartbeat and a brain knows what caused this real estate mess we are in………. EASY CREDIT or “lose [...]

July 2008, the Realty world Changes for the worse!

In July of 2008, in the great state of Florida, it will no longer be required of agents to disclose a Transactional relationship with Buyers or Sellers! How did this happen? This could be the greatest boner ever passed! Great job NAR for not taking a harder look at this one.
To the general lay person, [...]

Kicking Sand in Faces

O.K, I’m an equal opportunity offender so here I go.
One thing that always gets under my skin since I began selling real estate, or “sell’in that dirt” as local real estate legend Jeff Curtis once said to me, is the designation status Agents bestow on themself. ABR, CRS, CRB, DREI, GRI, CIPS,TRC, TMP to name [...]

A Stay of Execution?

Something happened on the way to “Old Sparky” this week! The Florida real estate market got a stay of execution! For the first time in 2008, real estate prices did not fall from one month to the next! Could this be the slowdown we have been waiting for since 2006? In Tampa Bay, prices inched [...]

So, You Want To Be A Realtor?

So you want to be a Realtor? It was a funny weekend for me. I listed a house two weeks ago and we have shown the property three times since then. The last couple I showed the home to decided to make a very nice offer. My seller decided that “it was too easy” for [...]

Tampa X 2

The future looks?……………………….. the media would make you think the sky is falling in on real estate! It’s just a thunderstorm! According to the Tampa Tribune yesterday, the population of Tampa is expected to DOUBLE in the next 30 years! Holly Cow! Builders better get to building! With only a 5% vacancy rate here in [...]

The Best Agents? Ask Questions!

One thing I can’t understand, is Sellers not doing homework when selecting an agent to list their home with. There are so many variables. For example, one of the largest real estate firms in the WORLD, does not represent the clients that hire them. They, at least in Florida, act as “Transaction Brokers.” This is [...]