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Often times real estate investors who are interested in renting their investments on a seasonal basis will ask for recommendations on where to advertise on the internet.  Below are links that either myself, friends, family or customers have used with highly satisfactory results.  My highest recom...

There are approximately 30 agents in our little beachtown office. Yesterday all of them, including myself, received a seven page direct mail recruiting letter from another well known company in town who is opening a new office.Each recipient was invited to lunch with the offer that "if your exist...

Scores of new Realtors entered the market over the last two years when real estate in Florida was hotter than hot.  Most of these realtors (or "newbies" as some call them) came into the business with little or no true sales background or marketing skills.  Because of the hot market, they had some...

It isn't everyday that we see Good Stuff Going On.  Last week at Prudential Florida WCI, we learned that our in-house mortgage company, WCI Title, was forming a joint venture with Wells Fargo.  Today, two loan officers from Wells Fargo visited our office to introduce themselves and visit about th...

Read this and see if it makes sense to you!  The definition of Insanity is ......Doing the same thing, the same way over and over again and expecting different results.When the market changes, we as Realtors must change, and sometimes that is difficult if we have been in a particular market trend...

Seems like I have been hearing quite a bit more negative talk about AOL lately.  I'd like to know why.  I have used AOL for years and find it to be user friendly, flexible and helpful in warding off viruses and other internet heebie jeebies.  I understand that it is not compatible with several ot...

Englewood Florida----Current Status----Buyers MarketSeller Situation:  Sellers are finally coming around to more appropriate pricing with little push back. The last 10 listings signed are at very attractive pricing levels which can be considered "priced to sell".  In part I believe this to be att...

After the last Blog I got an email inquiring about our local beaches and parks. The beaches are uncommercialized, very clean and white.....and not heavily populated even during season.  You might also find a sharks tooth or two.....I've collected several (I stopped counting at 6,000...seriously!)...

Being an undiscovered natural beauty of a gulf coast treasure, I guess it's natural that we get that question several times a week when we are talking with referred customers.  9 out of 10 people have never heard of Englewood....which is probably why our waterfront properties are still affordable...

You are about to make what will most likely be the largest transaction of your life: your home mortgage. Unfortunately, many homebuyers do not take the time to research some of the little but weighty intricacies of mortgages. Researching the mortgage process takes little time compared to the tens...