From June 19, 2011Ï Hope You Are Not French!" Outside my kitchen window last year - hoping I'm not French  Many of my readers and customers who send me emails know that I have a terrible sleeping problem which stems from a fall I took a couple of years back while showing a bank owned property in Key West. I ended up in the Lower Keys Hospital with a concussion. I'm okay, now, but I did take a big spill. Damned cheap banks that don't take care of their bank owned homes! Anyway, if you have ever suffered a concussion you know that one of many symptoms can be a sleeping disorder. That is my long term and seemingly ever-lasting legacy of the tumble. For a while a would go to sleep around 6:00 to 7:00 PM and then wake up at midnight or shortly thereafter. Now my sleep is finally getting back... 12/02/2021

Homes for Sale in Clermont FL and Market Update for November 2021If you are a current Clermont FL homebuyer or a seller, you should already know how hot the real estate market is for the area. Inventory continues to be very low with high demand from home buyers. Many listings receive multiple offers within a few days of listing and selling over list price. There are many families relocating to Central FL from other states. Here are some reasons to move to Florida;                                                                                -No State Income Tax-Low Property Taxes-Plenty of sun all year long-Homestead deduction So what is selling? Homes that are priced well and show ready may receive multiple offers and get under contract within days of listing. Clermont FL home sales c... 12/01/2021

Last week I blogged about a new listing on Chapman Lane. I mentioned the laundry hanging from the front porch. That would be an oddity in most places in Key West today, but it was common place half a century ago. I decided to rummage through my old shoebox to see if I could find similar photos. I did.  Undisclosed Key West location. Taken in 1962. 1209 Packer Street in 1965.This same property sold in  2017 for $1,2000,000.  801 Virginia Street in 1965. No recorded sales. 1009 Windsor Lane in 1965. 1009Windsor is currently listed for sale for $3,477,000.1202 Royal Street in 1965. Rear unit. Probably front porch.Sols in 2021 for $1,100,000. 1115 Margaret Street in 1965.  Sold in 1995 for $199,000.1207 William Street rear unit. Also photographed in 1965.1207 Willliam Street is part of a sm... 12/06/2021

I have been waiting for a long time to see 522 Elizabeth Street, Key West listed for sale. The day has arrived. I got a chance to take a look earlier today. This is a project house - a major renovation. It will require a buyer with great imagination and deep pockets. The reward will be substantial. This will once again be a beautiful home in a great Old Town location. I searched around in my old shoebox and found a photo of the same property that was taken nearly sixty-two years ago. The black and white photo shows the second floor front porch was partially enclosed even back then. If you look carefully you will see that the house was wider than deep. Later owners would extend the main floor toward the rear. Also note the sprig of a tree that would later engulf the house.Today the trees... 12/01/2021