Diana Zaccaro

Whatever happened to the "starter home"? Years ago, when people bought their first home it was usually a "starter home" - small and affordable, and often a fixer-upper - to start them on the path to being a homeowner. It was a great way to introduce them to the work and responsibilities that go w...

Did you know...It's National Napping Day Monday, March 12, 2018 National Napping Day is observed each year on the day after Daylight Saving Time begins. The purpose of National Napping Day is to allow everyone to catch up on the hour of sleep they lost due to the time change. A nap in the afterno...

Are 100% mortgages a bad idea? When my husband and I bought our first house 40 years ago, the only way we could manage it was with a VA loan (100%). At the time we were in an apartment and needed more space so chose to buy a house rather than pay increased rent. That enabled us to build equity an...

Real Estate is local...Your REALTOR® should be local, too It’s pretty much an accepted fact that real estate is local. Your REALTOR® should be local, too.Here in Brevard County, Florida, "local" means different things to different people. Brevard County is 72 miles long (north to south) so for ea...

Are you ready for a 23 hour day? It's Daylight Saving Time!   It's time to "spring ahead" so, if you don't set your clocks ahead one hour at 2am tonight, you will be an hour late tomorrow. Sunday, March 11, 2018, will be a 23 hour day due to the hour that we lose by setting the clocks ahead an ho...

Did you know…Florida may go to Daylight Saving Time year round INTRODUCTION Daylight Saving Time has always been a contentious issue and whether you love it or love to hate it, it is one subject on which everyone has an opinion. For many years DST started on the first Sunday in April and ended on...

Call of the Day…”We like your mailing and want you to list our condo” INTRODUCTION The call came in late one afternoon a couple weeks after I sent a mailing to an area where I had listed a condo for sale. The caller was a man who stated that he and his wife had received my mailing and liked what ...

Success is a journey…my personal Olympian SpiritIt’s been said that success is a journey, not a destination and that what one does is usually more important than the outcome. That statement really resonated with me and it was an important life lesson that has stayed with me, in both my business a...

Falcon 9 launch Cape Canaveral postponed by SpaceX 2-23-18  The Falcon 9 launch attempt that was set for early Sunday at 12:35am has been postponed by SpaceX for testing on the rocket’s nose cone.   The Falcon 9 was scheduled to liftoff at 12:35am EST on Sunday, February 24, 2018 from Launch Comp...

Call of the Day – It’s going to take a (small) miracle! The call came in around 1pm on the Monday before Christmas while I was eating lunch so it went to voicemail before I could answer. The caller left a message that started with “You don’t know me, but…” and I knew things were about to get inte...