Real Estate Musings from St Pete, Florida

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Real Estate Agent - Coastal Properties Group International - Christie's International
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2007 

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In our area, these have not been successful or well attended - no matter how great the food, how magnificent the soiree, or how exclusive the invitations, the results have been disappointing.Today's e-mail brought a new approach: "The sellers are so sure you'll like this home that they'll pay you...
05/31/2007
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St Petersburg has a variety of magnet schools, one of which is Perkins Elementary, a magnet school for the arts. They offer a multimedia course in the primary grades. Andy Levy, a second grader, placed third in the state in a video contest last year, when he was in first grade, with a comedy abou...
05/28/2007
Many areas of the country have had successful developments of Ritz-Carlton Hotels and associated Ritz-Carlton condos. The nearest to Tampa has been the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, a very successful project. Tampa Bay does not yet have a 5 star hotel, so this could be great news for the tourism indu...
05/28/2007
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We read about it. Some members have had it happen to them. An article by Jean Chatzky brought out some facts that surprised me:In the last 2 years there have been nearly 20 million victims (one every few seconds).To fix your credit back takes an average of 175 hours (over a month of full time wor...
05/28/2007
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   While in Austin, Tami and I met with Dan Waterman and Michael Miller of LuxuryProperty.com and heard about their upcoming website and their creative and extensive program for luxury real estate properties and the agents and companies who handle luxury properties. Dan attended the recent CHLMS ...
05/26/2007
 There are often times when you’d like additional information about something – what’s the phone number for that restaurant where you want to make dinner reservations? Where’s the nearest Fed Ex store or Starbucks? You can ask and get the answers from your text-messaging-enabled cell phone or PDA...
05/26/2007
There are neat widgets of all kinds, many of which have been referenced on Active Rain and many that are used on some Active Rain blogs. Some of these – the faces of recent visitors, lists of books you like – are great for a social networking site, but do they enhance a professional blog site or ...
05/26/2007
 Vintage Shopping on South CongressAustin, Texas     Yesterday we wandered through the Warehouse District of  downtown Austin, Texas, looking for interesting and unique shops. We found a few, but it was hit or miss. Today, on our way to the airport, we stopped along South Congress, a mile or so s...
05/26/2007
  While driving along Highway 360, Capital of Texas Highway, in Austin,  from our hotel to the CLHMS class we were teaching, we were looking at the scenery, and of course at the homes. Lining the tops of many of the hills were row of homes, many partially hidden by trees. One large home was out a...
05/26/2007
  Austin, Texas - The Old Pecan St. Cafe Tami and I toured part of downtown Austin today, going through the Warehouse District. We enjoy old buildings, so chose this restaurant for a late lunch. We liked the old wood floors, the brick walls - the windows open to the outside with flowers in the wi...
05/25/2007
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