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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2008 

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Camping is one of the recreational alternatives here in the St. Petersburg area.We have people who go down to Ft. DeSoto Park, previously rated the #1 beach in the 50 states, and camp there. We used to do that when we had our RV, and one of our sons used to pitch a tent there occasionally. Son, R...
03/29/2008
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If you want to have the pulse of what's going on in your area, you need to "have your ears out" and pay attention to what's going on around you. Whether it's me having coffee with a group in the morning at The Vinoy, or Amy having conversations in the evening at The Olive, we hear about things an...
03/29/2008
Today I was going to write a post about the SPIFFS weekend annual festival here in St Petersburg, Florida - it's the St Petersburg International Folk Fair Society and they are having their annual festival at Vinoy Park this weekend. It's a wonderful event, with groups from all parts of the world ...
03/29/2008
Today I was going to write a post about the SPIFFS weekend annual festival here in St Petersburg, Florida - it's the St Petersburg International Folk Fair Society and they are having their annual festival at Vinoy Park this weekend. It's a wonderful event, with groups from all parts of the world ...
03/29/2008
We've read about topics for blogs.We've read about making better use of our time.Just a little while ago I had a call from out-of-state from someone inquiring about one of my listings he'd seen online. He had looked at the property website, but wondered about the schools (he has no children, but ...
03/29/2008
Schools are one of the first questions families moving to St Petersburg, Florida, consider. Which ones are the best? Which school is this house zoned for? In many parts of the US, this is an easy question to answer. Here, it's not. Our school district is county wide, the 23rd largest in the Unite...
03/29/2008
Today the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing launched its new, revised website. It's more interactive and allows members to update their own information. There are links to their blog and to the new videos that Laurie Moore-Moore, the Luxury Diva, has been recording. One of them talks about the ...
03/28/2008
   Florida is known for geckos, running around everywhere (they're cute and they eat bugs, and they don't bother you, so they're friends, not foes).Many cities around the world have had artists paint and decorate cows or pigs or such - but Bradenton, Florida, has a Gecko Fest. Started in 2006 for...
03/28/2008
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We Have Six Appeal was the bold headline a Tampa developer sent out to agents and real estate offices - and it went on to say that they were offering a 6% commission on all inventory homes. Nonetheless - the headline did get lots of attention.That reminds me of a clever ad in the Wall St Journal ...
03/27/2008
   Ovation, the latest luxury condominium by JMC Development, is rising in downtown St. Petersburg. The 27 story building is expected to be completed by the fall of 2009. It's currently at about 10 stories, and JMC invited a few people to tour the building today. Hardhats on we checked out the vi...
03/26/2008
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