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 

This morning I commented on a blog by John Morell of TheStreet.com and was surprised to immediately receive this: TSC Two Cents to me  Thanks for taking the time to write to us with your feedback. We read all the mail you send to us, and we want to assure you that we are committed to providing yo...
10/11/2008
  Thursday noon I attended a few Broker's Open Houses, three in fact, all between $1 Million and $3 Million in the Coffee Pot area of St Petersburg, Florida.   This home is a recently build Victorian style home. One of the most appealing features to me was this octagonal window, with its view of...
10/10/2008
This doesn't look much different from the photo I took two weeks ago - but that's because all the work has been done on the inside rather than the outside. Yes, there are a few more windows that you can see here. The partition work, however, doesn't show much from the outside,  though you can gl...
10/10/2008
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  How many areas have a boat-in McDonalds? Madeira Beach, Florida, does!   I thought I could get a decent photo while waiting in the drive-through line (sadly, I was in my car and not in our boat), but the wind dropped just as I pressed down, so that you can't recognize the McDonalds flag on the...
10/10/2008
  This morning, on my way to Seminole to speak on a panel, I looked ahead and saw a "billboard" for the US Postal Service. As I got closer, I saw that it was actually a post office truck (local) up on the bed of a tow truck. Imagine that this truck was further ahead of you ... all you really see...
10/10/2008
Last weekend I ordered TURBO Floor Plan from Broderbund - their latest update to the 3-D Home Architect I used to use. Being in a hurry I chose the download version, but also added the CD for a minimal extra. Usually the CDs take a long time getting here, especially if you've bought the download ...
10/10/2008
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Today I needed a floor plan program, and my old 3-D Home Architect was way outdated, back before Windows XP. I googled "draw floor plans" and got several alternatives. There's google's Sketch Up. It's a free download. It's nice, but it's primarily about 3-D images, and not so easy to just do a fl...
10/04/2008
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