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2011 

  Florida REALTORS ® reports today that the Miami Herald article about  wealthy Brazilians purchasing  luxury  properties, particularly high rise condominiums, in the Miami-Dade area in the past few months.  There have been so many Brazilin buyers at Jade Ocean on Sunny Isle Beach in Miami-Dade, ...
02/22/2011
Reminder  -  Artist Soirée at the Ritz Beach Resort in Naples   Artist Soirée at the Ritz Beach Hotel in Naples will be held this Thursday, February 22, at the Vanderbilt Ballroom from 5-7 pm, with the auction beginning at 6 pm, celebrating the new book  "Artists in their Studios", by the landsca...
02/22/2011
Three (FREE) ways to instant curb appeal   Designer Michelle Molinari, co-owner of the design and staging company Feature This Dot Dot Dot  in Abbeville  LA, advises:” It is equally important in today’s Web-driven world to ensure that your listings’ curb appeal transfers to your online photos”,....
02/22/2011
Should your MLS photos be “seasonally appropriate”?   We all know that our MAIN MLS photos need to makesuch a good impression that people want to look at the other photos. Melissa Tracey asks in “Styled, Staged & Sold” if a winter photo with gray skies and a lot of snow does really convey the imp...
02/22/2011
CIPS Designees Referral Profiles now on NAR Global YouTube Channel CIPS designees can now post their video profile on the NAR Global YouTube Channel.  Such videos will be soon also be available in the www.REALTOR.org and www.RealEstateConnections.tv profiles. If you are a CIPS please attend the ...
02/22/2011
To all members in SW Florida Levitan McQuaid Real Estate Services is providing free tickets for two to view the exhibits at Naples Art & Antique Fair February 25 to March 1st, 2011 at the "Naples International Pavilion" (NE corner of Livingston and Immokalee, the site of the former Albertson's Su...
02/21/2011
I am grateful to Donna DiMaggio Berger (pictured left) for permitting me to post her Feb 2, 2011 blog.  Donna  serves as Executive Director of the Community Advocacy Network (CAN), which provides education, outreach and advocacy programs to more than 1,000 community associations throughout the st...
02/13/2011
Melissa Dittmann Tracey reports in “Styled, Staged and Sold (by REALTOR ® Magazine) that some simple do-it-yourself projects can increase the value of a for resale.  1.Cleaning and decluttering2. Cleaning all windows and curtains3. Rearranging furniture, bring in accessories to enhance rooms4. In...
02/10/2011
WASHINGTON – Feb. 9, 2011 – A White Paper is expected to be released on Friday by President Obama with plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  White House officials have indicated that the Goverment will cease involvement in the two companies, but this is not going to happen fast.Getting rid of Fa...
02/09/2011
ISTS FOR CHARITY SW Florida are holding a Charity Artists Soirée on February 24, 2011, at the Vanderbilt Ballroom of the Ritz Carlton Beach Resort in Naples, Florida, to celebrate the publication of the new book "Artists in their Studios" by Ruth Dwyer. Fifty-one of the artists featured in the bo...
02/09/2011
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