A successful home purchase starts with some simple planning. If you are 6-12 months from buying a home you have plenty of time to make a few changes that can have a big impact on your negotiating power. Step 1: What are you spending now? If you want to make some...
It’s a new year and a new decade! If your goal for this year is to make a big move to a new home you might feel overwhelmed, and have no idea where to start. Make these 3 things your New Year’s resolution , and you’ll be ready to buy a home sooner than you...
Everyone is asking how the market is doing, and with the inflation this year, increased interest rates, and buyer demand falling, the situation is a lot different than a year ago. Significantly for homeowners, the median sale price peaked in the summer and has come...
People: Why do I need a Realtor? Me: Can you see the difference between these photos? People: … Me: I do that to every step of the sale of your property, not just the photos. Before and after comparison of a home that was staged and professionally photographed...
The luxury waterfront real estate market has been hot. Not only is inventory scarce, but when something does come onto the market it doesn’t last very long. If you are shopping for a luxury waterfront home in Pinellas County you’ll need to plan for a price...
The month of July was full of adventure, indoors and out, as I made my way around St. Petersburg to people and businesses and events I’d never experienced before! Let’s start with the books: First, I visited Book & Bottle, a splendid bookstore and wine bar on 6th...
I’ve moved a lot in my life, including to four states and over a dozen homes, (four of which I bought, the rest rented), so I’ve got a lot of perspective on what makes a house a home…for me. The thing is, you can get all the top ten lists you want on what to think...
How many of these locally harvested delicacies have you tried? How many have you caught, trapped, or grown yourself? LobsterGingerScallopsKey LimesAvocadoRed SnapperGrouperYellowtail Try it – all of them are native in the Tampa Bay area! If you don’t want...
Want to know the best way to visit the manatees from Tampa Bay? Get a room in Crystal River, go have a nice dinner and get to bed really early. Get up before dawn and head to Bird’s Underwater (where you already booked a manatee tour – tell him Kathleen...
