William Whitson's (williamwaldo) Blog

I just wanted to let you know that St Augustine is in my opinion, Florida's best kept secret...yea I know I'm letting the cat out of the bag! But just a few highlights, first permanent establishment in North America (1565)...lots of history here, beautiful powdery, sand beaches, no high rise buil...

Tonight at the St Augustine Beach pier Falling Bones will be playing (Classic R/R).   Pizza Garden & Pastabilities will be serving dinner. Dinner will begin at 6PM. The concert begins at 7 and goes till 9PM. See you there! SaintJohnsCountyHomesForSale.com

If you don't refinance you may be missing out on a big savings! 37% of borrowers have fixed rates higher than six percent? This equates to $1.2 trillion of home loans! In most cases a homeowner can recoup the cost of refinancing his home in 12 to 24 months if he saves half to one percent or more ...

Welcome to Paradise. This 3800 sq ft Key West style custom built home in Saint Augustine, Fl by Collier has all the amenities; Anderson doors and windows, tankless gas water heater, metal roof, hardiboard siding, hickory wood floors throughout, central vacuum system, three air conditioning units,...

If you haven't seen this you will not regret taking a couple minutes to watch!

I recently posed a questions to a real estate appraiser: "if the price of homes is down how does the price ever go back up if you're using current "solds" to establish value". The answer went like this: First of all the appraiser can adjust up, when using distressed "solds" to estimate value of a...

Just in case you forgot tonight is the second summer concert at the peer on St Augustine Beach. Roland Fleming Connection is playing (R & B) and the Purple Olive is serving dinner. By the way, Purple Olive won 3 awards last Sunday at the Taste of St Augustine. Dinner will start at 6pm, music star...

90% of home owners aren’t able to visualize the potential of their homes. Hiring a professional home stager is similar to engaging a crackerjack CPA to do your income taxes. If he/she gets you every possible deduction and a generous refund, you make a lot more money than you spent. Having your ho...

A few statistics that may interest you! St Johns County overall sales for April, 2010 as compared to April, 2009 are up from 150 total sales to 157 total sales. However, sales are down when comparing March, 2010 (total sales 179) to April, 2010 (total sales 157).  This is somewhat of a surprise w...

If you're thinking that you missed the boat because you didn't get in on the federal tax credit, think again! Two very important points so please read through. 1.  If you're a service person and served in military, overseas for 90 days or more between January 1st 2009 and April 30th 2010, you are...