Why is the Realtor in his client's bathtub with all his clothes on??? - 09/15/08 03:52 PM
I mentioned a month or so ago that it sure is nice when a listing client listens to pricing recommendations. The transaction I was speaking of closed just a few hours ago, so I can now say it out loud: Within 5 days, we got a full price cash offer.
(And no, it was NOT a fire sale. We actually set the current record for highest price per square foot. Our client gets the credit for having the cleanest unit in the whole complex!)
And they said there are no buyers!!
There are buyers, just no dumb buyers. One thing the … (3 comments)

What's more important: good ideas or good implementation? - 09/15/08 08:13 AM
Listening to or reading the news is a dangerous business these days -- dangerous for the piece of real estate between your ears!
Our real estate practice slumped like everyone else's when the Florida Boom started looking more like the Florida Bust -- but our business began to improve when we cut way back on reading newspapers. It's just too easy to get into the dumps about the state of affairs, and stop trying.
Even National Public Radio, long a bright spot for us in the gloomy landscape of news programming, began to be depressing! This development could be construed as … (2 comments)

Some great home values in North Port - 09/13/08 08:10 PM
North Port is an area of Sarasota County that experienced tremendous growth during the boom due to its affordability. With property prices in Sarasota proper going out of sight, the working person found good value in North Port, a 30-minute commute down Interstate 75.
That of course led to a boom in North Port, as developers scrambled to snap up lots, build spec homes, and cater to the crowds. When Sarasota experienced the bust, North Port felt it the worst.
We have recently become well-acquainted once more with North Port thanks to a few buyers in that area, and can report … (0 comments)

The little town of Cortez - 09/13/08 04:32 PM
One of the great things about launching the boat at Bradenton Beach, as mentioned last blog, is some of the territory it makes available. And one of the coolest destinations is the fishing village of Cortez, just a mile to the north.
Fishing was the center of Cortez for 130+ years, not counting many hundreds of years that Native Americans probably fished there. And there were dozens of villages like Cortez all around Florida before regulation, overfishing, and waterfront development pressure squeezed them all out.
Somehow Cortez has hung on (read more about Cortez here) and not been paved over or … (0 comments)

Favorite places on the water - 09/08/08 09:18 AM
What with the weather, a little travel, and clients, somehow 6 weeks slipped by without our getting out on the water. We didn't even notice how much of a "missing" it was until we got out late yesterday.
We waited until after 5 so the temperature would moderate a bit, and headed off to launch the boat and spend some quality time unwinding and breathing salty Gulf air.
The closest boat ramp to our house is Pioneer Park, also known as the 10th Street ramp. That's a good facility with lots of ramps but it does tend to get busy. The … (0 comments)

 

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