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2013
I used to warn the chasers of short sales that the major problem was the length that it would take to close on one and the condition that the home might be in after anywhere from 3 months to over a year had passed. Now there is yet another real concern for any buyer in the Sarasota area who want...
07/22/2013
It has taken awhile for me to be able to post this. Our realty company is one of the sponsors of the Phantom 9 race boat that was in the lead in the Sarasota Grand Prix Race over the 4th of July Weekend. It is a magnificent machine and the pilot, Mark Niemann, is amazing. We are all in awe of ...
07/11/2013
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I received a wonderful phone call today from some buyers who purchased a beautiful villa on Siesta Key back in May of 2011. It came on the market at what I felt was a very good price and we were able to negotiate it to an even better one with it closing at $332,000. The owner had found the perf...
07/10/2013
10MondayJune 2013 Martha / OMG!!! Monday brings the next round of scheduled work-outs. Here is what the schedule “suggested” we do today: 7 a.m. – Cardio kick boxing 8 a.m. – Breakfast 9:30 – Monopoly (and no kids, we weren’t sitting around a board game) 11:00 – Core Melt Noon – Lunch 1 p.m. – ...
07/09/2013
Day Six 09SundayJun 2013 Martha / And on the sixth day we rested – well sort of. Sundays are great because there is no 7 a.m. class and our first scheduled session is breakfast at 8. Following breakfast we checked emails and waited for our 10 a.m. horse trail ride. There was a large group of us a...
07/08/2013
Day Five 08Saturday Jun 2013 Martha / 8:22 a.m. Peaceful morning – everyone is happy and getting along. I wonder how long this will last. 9:15 – We had the option of a class or a hike – amazingly we chose the hike. Ken led us around the ranch and whenever the terrain wasn’t too steep or r...
07/07/2013
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2 Sisters on the range This is the saga of my sister and me on a mission to lose weight and jump start an exercise program we could live with. My sister managed to keep a wonderful, daily chronicle of our two weeks at the Fat Farm and I will now share it day by day with you. My comments are...
07/01/2013
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