Stephen Jara's (sjara) Blog

    I just wanted to write a short blog on the success Jeri Wilson and Pristine Properties is having on the west side of Lake Okeechobee.  Jeri is a Sales Associate and Office Manager with Pristine Properties International a participant of Cabela's Trophy Properties.  Our office has been listing,...

I am having problems with my blogs showing up so I am reblogging, hope it works.  I lost the ability to send and return emails on my Palm Centro last week.  It was becoming a pain but I just thought it was a glich and would return.  This morning I lost all incoming emails, this is now tragic! I w...

I lost the ability to send and return emails on my Palm Centro last week.  It was becoming a pain but I just thought it was a glich and would return.  This morning I lost all incoming emails, this is now tragic! I went to our local Sprint store in Boynton Beach and the store manager, Gunner told ...

Sleepy Tropical Fay slowly passed through Okeechobee County through the night leaving the county saturated.  There has been confirmed reports of 13 inches of rain is some areas of the county.  To add salt in the wound, Fay slowed down and became stronger as she waltzed past us and on to the coast...

The market is not totally dead.  I posted a blog last week about the Realtor Magazine's article on recreational real estate.  We continue to see activity and it mainly has to do with recreational and sporting real estate. We just closed today on a 229 acre working cattle ranch in North Okeechobee...

Our office in Okeechobee is almost complete.  We recently rented an office in downtown Okeechobee that was built in 1926.  The original hardwood floors, windows and hardware are still in tact.  We are almost finished decorating the office, but you have to stop by for some sweet tea. Pristine Prop...

Hopefully you have received and read your REALTOR Magazine that was recently sent to Realtors across the country.  The title of the article is "Shopping for a Swamp?  Demand for undeveloped rural land is growing, creating a new niche for rural and urban brokers alike. We are all going through a t...