palm beach gardens: Steeplechase - Something Different in Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate - 07/22/08 11:01 AM
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Palm Beach Gardens real estate is probably luxury homes on a golf course.
For the most part that is true - but there is an alternative or two. One of the first that comes to mind is the unique community … (1 comments)
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palm beach gardens: 205 Coconut Key - BallenIsles - Palm Beach Gardens FL 33418 - 04/25/08 03:50 PM
This gorgeous Courtyard Home in the Coconut Key subdivision of BallenIsles is one of Leibowitz Realty's newest offerings. It is listed for $1,299,500.
At almost 4000 sq ft, this property has 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and a 2.5 car garage with room for your golf cart. The large, circular brick paver driveway leads right … (8 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Moving Up In Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate - - 04/25/08 10:14 AM
Great news - I've changed to a new brokerage - as of this week I am now a Real Estate Agent for Leibowitz Realty Group.
Their reputation as a leader in the luxury golf/country club market is un-paralleled in Palm Beach County. You can read about the Company's history here.
They … (4 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Palm Beach Gardens Mortgage News- Knightlines Mortgage Services Opens it's New Branch - 03/29/08 06:00 PM
Knightlines Mortgage Services, LLC has just opened it's new branch at 3309 Northlake Blvd, suite #201, in Palm Beach Gardens.
Considering all of the bad news that's been around lately - starting with the sub-prime disaster of last year - people might wonder how we can actually be expanding.
It's easy. … (5 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Short Sales and Foreclosures on Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate - Part 2 - 03/23/08 10:32 AM
Yesterday I started to talk about foreclosures and short sales - there is way too much confusion about them, so I'd like to simplify things a bit.
I finished up by mentioning the case of owing more on your real estate then it's actually worth or "Being Upside-down". How could that happen?
Several … (1 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Short Sales and Foreclosures on Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate- Part 1 - 03/09/08 01:16 PM
I would like to talk a little about foreclosures and short sales today.
First of all - contrary to what the newspapers seem to want to you to believe, not every homeowner is in a finincial crisis and not every home that is listed is being sold out of desperation!
Take a … (4 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Do You Want to BUY Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate - Or Just Play Games? - 02/22/08 08:32 AM
Last week I talked about being serious if you really want to SELL your Palm Beach Gardens real estate-
Today I'm going to go over the other side of the tranaction - Buying - and try to cut through some of the BS that is slowing down the whole process.
Many people have recently … (5 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Do You Want to Sell Your Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate or Play Games? - 02/14/08 11:12 AM
If that title didn't catch your eye, I don't know what will......
You and your family have decided to sell your Palm Beach Gardens real estate and I'm going to cover some things that should help make the process smoother and faster.
The most important thing is pricing the … (6 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Making Palm Beach Gardens Real Estate Even More Attractive - BallenIsles - 02/08/08 11:42 AM
People who regularly read my posts will know that I, along with many, many other Agents, am no fan of mass media - mainly due to the fact that they push negativity to an extreme. Face it - negativity sells! Newspapers - not real estate.
So, when a newspaper prints something POSITIVE … (2 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Help ME to Help YOU Find the Palm Beach Real Estate that You Really Want - 02/07/08 09:25 AM
I don't mean to go off on a rant (with apologies to Dennis Miller) -
BUT......
And I do realize that you have to take the good with the BAD not-so-good -
BUT......
Let's go over 2 recent Customer contacts that I have had.
Both want to buy real estate in Palm Beach Gardens, one doesn't need a mortgage … (8 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Selling Your Palm Beach Gardens Home - Don't Make this Mistake! - 02/07/08 08:33 AM
You are trying to sell your real estate in Palm Beach Gardens and you're sure you've done everything right.
I talk to Clients all the time about pricing, legalities - the BIG things.
But you'd be shocked at how many people need to be reminded about the LITTLE things - such as making … (0 comments)
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palm beach gardens: You Checked the Facts on Your Current Mortgage.. What Did You Find? Part 3 - 02/04/08 02:19 PM
Happy Friday Everyone-
The last 2 days I've been talking about checking on your current mortgage - I want you to be sure that you know exactly what you have and I discussed several ways that you could have been tricked.
Now, if you looked through all of your paperwork and everything checks … (3 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Make Sure You Know What Kind of Mortgage You Have - Don't be Surprised in 2008 - Part 2 - 02/02/08 10:32 AM
Yesterday I started asking people the following: Do You Know What Kind of Mortgage that you currently have?
Quite a few Palm Beach real estate owners would say "Sure!" without hesitation.
However......
I would tell EVERYONE to double-check your paperwork before you get a surprise.
After several years in the business, I've lost track of … (5 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Top Real Estate in Palm Beach - BallenIsles Club Information - 02/01/08 08:26 AM
In the past few months I've written several articles about BallenIsles-
I consistently get more inquiries about the homes in there then any other Palm Beach real estate.
Not only are the homes fantastic, but BallenIsles is also well known for it's Member's Club.
I recently received an update from Cheryll R. Plotkin, the … (0 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Palm Beach Gardens' Green Market Started Today- - 10/14/07 11:19 AM
Today the Palm Beach Gardens Green Market got underway for the season
I got there just around sunrise - things were a little cloudy, but it cleared up quickly.
Things officially opened at 8 AM and there were plenty of Palm Beach residents lining up to get in.
I had never seen so many … (7 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Gelato Grotto Palm Beach Gardens - The Real Scoop - 08/19/07 06:13 PM
OK - it's not ice cream, it's GELATO (close, but not quite)- If you haven't had it yet, you owe it to yourself to give it a try!
One of my favorite places to get dessert in Palm Beach Gardens is Gelato Grotto. It's in the new Legacy Place Shopping Center opposite the … (19 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Palm Beach Gardens GreenMarket - 2007 Information - 08/19/07 06:20 AM
I just received the Fall Issue of 'SignatureCity' - the quarterly magazine put out by the City of Palm Beach Gardens.
I'll be discussing many of the events that will be coming up in the next few months - but the first thing that caught my eye was that the Sunday GreenMarket will be … (4 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Feature: Soverel Harbour Marina - 06/06/07 02:42 PM
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is well known for many things.
Golf probably comes to mind first - but Boating, considering that Palm Beach Gardens borders
on the Intracostal Waterway and just minutes from the Atlantic ocean - is a MAJOR activity as well.
One of the finest marinas in the area is Soverel … (8 comments)
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palm beach gardens: John D. MacArthur Beach State Park - Singer Island, Florida - 06/06/07 07:18 AM
While recently taking pictures for a new Listing in the Condominium Towers at Waterglades, I was not only shocked by the fantastic view of the Atlantic - but also the huge State Park just to the North.
I hate to say it but I only live about 10 minutes away … (8 comments)
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palm beach gardens: The Latest Report on Florida Property Tax (Possible) Changes- - 06/04/07 05:15 PM
I just recieved an update from the Florida Association of Realtors® -
The first story was titled 'Property Taxes' and it started out this way:
"The Florida Legislature knows how it will reform property taxes. Now it needs details."
We all know that Florida will make some big changes to Property Taxes-
Kinda - sorta - one … (10 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Sailing on Lake Catherine- - 06/03/07 12:20 PM
When I got up this morning the first thing that I noticed was that the weather was great - a big improvement over the last few wet days compliments of the latest tropical depression!
But we really DID need the rain.......
Anyway - with the clear blue sky, the first thought … (18 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Another "I can do ANYTHING!" Mortgage MO-ron. - 05/11/07 09:27 AM
One of my 'favorite' local lenders just left my office.
This guy likes to come in and pull the standard, annoying, desperate "Whut-do-ya-got-fer-me?!?" line every few weeks so it's good for a laugh if I'm not busy.
This morning I was busy, so he was nothing more then a pain-in-the-butt. BUT - it gets … (37 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Working for FREE!! Forget it....... - 05/10/07 10:25 AM
Another fun experience....
I received a call from a Gentleman last week - he got right to the point. He wanted me and my Company to "Sell his Homes". Yup - plural - 2 Homes. Great! A call-in, easy. Two Listings just fell in my lap. There I go assuming again. Big … (41 comments)
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palm beach gardens: "Don't You Know Who I Am?!??!" - Uh, no!!! - 05/05/07 12:26 PM
Have any of you ever been hit with that line?
Did you ever notice that the people who say things like that are generally NOBODIES!?! Because, let's face it, if you're a hotshot, people DO know who you are and there would be no reason to ask - right?
OK - let's go … (21 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Luxury Property in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - 03/27/07 05:19 PM
It's not easy...
Not only having to live in Florida year-round, but also being 'stuck' in Palm Beach Gardens, surrounded by Luxury Homes and Golf, Golf, Golf.
Being able to swim all year long....
Easy access to the ocean for fishing, or just relaxing...
It really is a rough life!
… (2 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Your Ads- Do You Know What You're Saying?!? - 02/22/07 07:53 PM
Earlier today I received an email ad from a local company.
One of the things that this ad stressed was that NOW!!! they had the SECOND BEST ( ) well, fill in the blanks for yourselves - because it really doesn't matter!
This company was proud of the fact that they … (6 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Oh no, Not ANOTHER Addiction! - 02/20/07 06:56 PM
Well, well, well-
Many posts have been written on the supposed 'addiction' to ActiveRain specifically and Blogging in general.
Now we all know this CAN'T be possible, because we could always quit whenever we wanted to- right?
Anybody? Damn - I almost couldn't type - my hands were shaking so badly.. but I'm NOT … (11 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Thank You Linda Davis! - 02/02/07 02:39 PM
Thanks to Linda Davis, I finally have the Assistant that I've been searching for for so long.....
My new Assistant has all of the important traits:
Well dressed
prepared
great with shorthand
calm
focused
intense when necessary
patriotic!
and a real bear with the details........
Thanks again Linda- I was very … (39 comments)
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palm beach gardens: This Year's Honda Classic is at PGA National - 01/16/07 05:29 PM
Back in 1972, Jackie Gleason started up The Inverrary Classic at The Inverrary Golf Club in Lauderhill, Florida.
Through the years it has been held at several different courses in south Florida- always in early March.
Sponsors have also changed: American Motors had it in 1981 but it has … (14 comments)
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palm beach gardens: HEY! Ain't you one of those MORTGAGE guys?!? - 01/11/07 05:29 PM
Well, I just love it when a conversation starts off that way!
This is a short post, but if you only get one thing from it:
always
Always
ALWAYS
ALWAYS
Make sure that your Mortgage Broker gets your paperwork back to you within 3 days of application and make sure you … (13 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Reasons to Buy in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida..... - 01/05/07 02:24 PM
I have to thank Chris Griffith for 'gently' prodding me into writing this post.....
Here are MY Top 5 Reasons to Move to Palm Beach Gardens:
Golf! To begin with you have PGA NATIONAL (where I currently live), Mirasol and BallenIsles just to name a few of the private clubs. And with fantastic public courses such as … (11 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Does Company Size = Company Quality? - 12/26/06 04:52 PM
No
NO
NO!
Ok, so much for the easy part.
I'd been thinking of posting this for awhile. A discussion with a Client earlier today convinced me that I better start writing!
Basically, there is a generally accepted idea that a company's size is a direct indicator of it's quality. As Russell Martin mentioned in his recent post: "Don't get … (39 comments)
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palm beach gardens: The NEW Loan......... - 12/11/06 03:57 PM
While I was in the gym this morning-
(Better intro than - So I'm on line at the bank.....)
Someone came up to me and asked if I still did mortgages.
ME: Sure - what can I do for you?
HIM: I'm going to need a loan for a new house.
OK, have you found a place yet....?
… (41 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Introducing a New Member- - 12/11/06 10:09 AM
I know it's Monday and we're all busy - but take a moment to say hello to a New Member: Mike Thomas.
Mike is the Owner- Founder - Broker of Internet Realty Group in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
He's just started to post articles:
Correcting Common Useability Mistakes andThe Truth About Google SupplementalLet him … (3 comments)
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palm beach gardens: My 'Next' Town - Juno Beach, Florida - 11/06/06 07:47 AM
In yesterday's post: My Town - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, I mentioned that PBG, unfortunately, didn't go all the way east to the ocean.
Luckily, this is only a minor problem because the next town over (actually ENE) is right on the water.
Juno Beach is a small town right on the Atlantic Ocean that has … (4 comments)
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palm beach gardens: My Town - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - 11/05/06 01:23 PM
I'm originally from New York (Far Rockaway) but I've been in Florida for several years now.
Currently I live in Palm Beach Gardens - a small, roughly 56 sq mile city in Palm Beach County.
Up until 1959 PBG consisted of mostly cattle ranches, pine forest and some swamp land. True luxury!
But things improved-
The … (10 comments)
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palm beach gardens: Real Estate and Financing working together?!?! - 10/10/06 04:38 PM
Can't we all just get along, sob,sob? Sorry, I couldn't resist!
Seriously though, I just read a post by Amy Grashel that talked about some issues she had in the past with Mortgage Brokers gumming up the process and, unfortunately, I have to say that I agree with her observations.
I've been a … (6 comments)
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