South Florida Real Estate=Chuck's Blog

Charlie Crist has announced he will run for the seat Mel Martinez is vacating. I am not in to all the politics of Republicans or Democrats. I just prefer someone to fight for us The People which is what it seems Charlie Crist has done. My father had the pleasure of knowing Mr Crist and he was a D...

More help for us and the state. Some of the legislation that has passed within this years budget are. 1. They have approved up to $400,000 to combat unlicensed activity. My take: This is very much needed in our industry. There are way to many agents or shall I say former agents out there still pr...

We are all fighting to get the $8000 tax credit not only extended past this year but also opening it up to all buyers. I heard the ones that used it prior to the new change this year can get their taxes amended. This credit is great for our market. We all need to use it as much as we can with the...

Your local and state associations are fighting long and hard for us. Some of the bills that have passed and on their way to the governor are. HB 1495 which caps Citizens insurance rate hikes to 10% statewide which they requested and rate hike of upwards to 40%. It also repealed the requirement as...

I visited NAR convention and it was a great visit. We visited the capitol on Wednesday and spoke to the legislators about our issues. There were 5 main speaking points that NAR wanted us to discuss with them. It was very busy there due to the vote that was going on. The three legislators we spoke...