Beth Ruggeri's (ruggerirealty) Blog

Ok, I am trying to coordinate Open Houses for all my listings in St.Augustine and those of my agents. We are recruiting anyone we have in our referral program and all our agents to sit the Open Houses. Our local Board of Realtors has been pretty responsive in helping with the national exposure. T...

As I am in my real estate brokerage in St.Augustine, Florida, I am always laughing and telling our office manager to come look at the photos I see in the MLS system while searching for listings. We were talking on Friday and laughing about my latest finds and she said"you know, why don't you writ...

Starting Monday March 8th for 4 weeks, the company I am in partnership with, Listing Solutions,llc. will be conducting social networking and blogging courses at our local St.Augustine Board of Realtors. We had this class some time ago at my real estate office in St.Augustine, Florida. I have, how...

I have been in the Real Estate business in St.Augustine for a long time. I learned early on the importance of working with a good local mortgage company, title company, insurance company, and with local appraisal services. It is so important, especially these days to have a group of people you ca...

For months, I have been after all the agents in my real estate office in St.Augustine, Florida  to concentrate on getting new listing to guarantee revenue for 2010. The last 2 quarters of 2009 we worked on obtaining as many listings as possible. Now it is paying off! All of our agents with listin...

For those of you not familiar with the first Friday of every month in St. Augustine...it is an artists dream. Local galleries open up with thousands of people shopping and walking between the shops in historic down town. Last Friday my daughter and her fifth grade class donated paintings and work...

Ok ,I am breaking down and buying a GPS....for the most part I only drive and show property in St.Augustine/St.John'sCounty where I am very familiar. I recently have been showing homes in Jacksonville and  even Palm Coast. While mapquest is wonderful, I really would like to have the convenience o...

The local newspaper plastered all over the frontpage of the Sunday paper that homeprices would fall another 20% this year in St.John's County. Is this true? I am not sure that they can predict the future and the negative press just fules the unstable Real Estate Market in Florida . We have had a ...

Sometimes you have to just put your Real Estate Career on hold and focus on Family. I am spending the weekend in Daytona for a Cheer Competition with my daughter. The phone is ringing and people want to look at homes . That is what assistants and partners are for. I am glad for the free WiFi in t...

As  my 2 year contract comes to an end with AT&T, I wonder what phone or cellular network to choose. Being overall satisfied with my Blackberry for the last 2 years I want to get a new Blackberry. Everyone who has an iPhone talks about how much they love it. Am I afraid of change ? Maybe. It took...