Ken Wiseman St Thomas Real Estate Blog

Some of you may have been wondering what is the state of the St Thomas, US Virgin Islands Real Estate Market? Is it any different than what is happening stateside?  All statistics are showing that are market is improving and on the up swing. Let's take a look at year over year statistics, 2011 to...

The US Virgin Islands? Yes we are a United States Territory, and with that designation, buying a home is just like buying a home in the states. We have deeded property here and the sales process is just like buying a home in states. Well what about financing? Yes, financing here is just like the ...

These beaches are in my back yard, my personal favorite is White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI, although having Megan's 10 minutes down the road and we look into Trunk from out patio isn't too bad! :)http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/01/14/travel-leisure-magazine-ranks-3-vi-beache...

Here in the Virgin Islands, most homes that are not in populated areas are on rain cisterns for water for the home. Most of the homes have a metal roof or a roof that is coated with top coat, the same paint on plastic that is found on RV roofs. From there, the rain water goes into gutters and dow...

You are waiting for your real estate Broker's License. When we moved all of our belongings down here a month ago, I made it a priority to submit my broker's license application. Three weeks later I received a letter that I had been approved to sit for the Broker Examination. Only problem with tha...

Along with owning a home, comes the landscaping. I had a pretty green thumb at our old home in N. Nevada, problem there was only 9 inches of precipitation a year and winter. I am excited to see how my thumb does here with 45 inches of precipitation a year and warm year round! As you already may k...

Everyone from stateside tells me I have moved to paradise. Yes, we have moved to paradise, but no place one lives is perfect. Owning a home here has its challenges with regards to maintenance. The humid environment with salt water sea breezes can takes its toll on a home here, and after some year...

One of the reasons for moving here was to spend time boating. We had a boat and RV on our land at Eagle Lake, CA for some years and some of my best down time was being on the water. Well being on the water is really only a 4 month window. Here in the Virgin Islands it is a year round window. In t...

The day has come, officially we have been here for two weeks! The weather has been a mixed bag with many cloudy and muggy days with no breeze, which has been ok for unpacking. Our first few days were busy with various errands. The 4Runner which was already down here, started with no problems. Cis...

After spending a nice 4 day break from our drive across country at my father's in Cedar Point, NC where we got the dogs their health certificate and of course our yellow lab got a hot spot from swimming. Good thing we have a vet right down the street there! We spent our days with the "hoodies", t...