It looks like St Pete may be sharing the Devil Rays with Charlotte County, in Southwest Florida. Roxanne and Shannon, be on the lookout. The Devil Rays play in St Pete, and also have done their spring training here. The new owners have really livened up the team, been great corporate citizens
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08/24/2006
The Windward at Harborage in St. Petersburg, Florida, has called it quits and returned a dozen or so deposits made by prospective owners. Vector Commercial Realty and its partner announced this project last fall: a 4 acre waterfront parcel (actually the parcel is partly on the water and partly a
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08/24/2006
The iSucceed network has been helping agents for over 5 years. There are now about 150 agents that serve as mentors or faculty. They provide weekly presentations, and a library of print, audio and video presentations, as well as discounts on books and tape. Members can ask a question and have a
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08/23/2006
There was Active Rain conversation today about true Days on the Market. Our local MLS rules down days on the market for only the current listing, and original listing price only for the current listing. While it's useful to have these when comparing agent statistics, it's also very important fo
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08/23/2006
We often hear about flex rooms, or bonus rooms, that a buyer can tailor to his own needs. In this market of Buyer Choice, instead of offering to pay condo fees for a year, or x$ of closing costs, or a trip to Paris, or a credit for new carpeting - how about offering x$ in flex credits (assuming
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08/23/2006
A few years ago at an Allen F. Hainge CyberStar Summit we were discussing Accountability Groups. The offer was made for us to send in our names if we were interested - we were then assigned groups and planned to talk each week for 3 months. I was teamed up with Rick Lorenz, Durango, Colorado, an
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08/22/2006
We often talk about communication by e-mail, or listserves, or blogs - and we talk about writing personal notes. This week I received a phone call from Margaret Rome, thanking me for my blogs and sharing, and telling me what it meant to her. I can't say enough how much her call meant to me. We m
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08/22/2006
Some companies offer a comprehensive training program (we know that state licensing courses and exams don't prepare you for the practical aspects of real estate) and others are old school - here's your desk, here's your phone - go sell real estate.The best opportunity you have to really learn the
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08/22/2006
Some of us like gadgets, and as you probably know by now, I'm one of them. This electronic gadget saves me time and impresses both buyers and sellers, and costs only about $35, so that's a good investment. This measuring device will give you distances in either feet or meters with a push of a swi
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08/21/2006
Inspections and the resulting negotiations are often interesting. Here are the basic points from an inspection of a 1970s waterfront home: some termite damage to roof joists (need sistering); solar panels for pool heater non-operational, as disclosed in sellers property disclosure; some dry rot i
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08/21/2006