I was dropping off an application for a Buyer to apply to a condo association in Tamarac, Florida.  The President of the association told me the interview had been cancelled because it fell on, "Decoration Day". Not wanting to be rude, I just nodded and asked when it would be rescheduled. Back in my car, I thought, "Decoration Day? In what country, I thought we honored those who died in service on Memorial Day (since the day he was referring to was the 27th of May). Well, ignorant be me!  Decoration Day is Memorial Day. That was the first time I had ever heard Memorial Day referred to as Decoration Day. My generation grew up with Memorial Day and his generation grew up with Decoration Day. A Day To Honor Many I'm not overly concerned about what they call it. I am interested in taking th... 05/21/2013

Heron Bay is a beautiful planned community situated in the Northwest section of Broward County Florida. It is a quiet and peaceful place even though it is located near many shops, restaurants, schools, and other activities. Part of this large community is located in Coral Springs but the majority of homes in Heron Bay are located in the upscale town of Parkland Florida. While you can find a house with less than 2500 square feet in here, the majority of homes in Heron Bay are luxury properties with over 3000 square feet of space. Many of these properties have four to six bedrooms- or more! The well manicured homes in Heron Bay frequently have pools, upscale kitchens, and water or golf course views. You name it; the homes in Heron Bay have it! Florida Management and Consulting Group is a... 05/11/2013

As of today there are 199 single family homes listed For Sale in Coral Springs.  Out of the 199 homes for sale 24 are Short Sale listings.   Many home buyers are getting out bid by Investment companies paying cash or individuals paying cash.  It's important for home buyers looking purchase a home as a primary residence have all there paperwork in a neat orderly fashion to give them a better chance at getting there dream home.  Make sure your offer is submitted with all the required documents, pre-approval letter, copy of escrow check etc at one time.   Missing documents or sloppy paperwork could cause you to loose out on the property. It's not always the highest offer that gets accepted,  Sellers want to make sure the offer they accept is going to close.     04/20/2013

Who do your write for? When writing a a blog, sometimes you need to think about who you are writing for. Are you writing to your colleagues, or the consumer. If you are writing to the consumer, what are you trying to get across to them. Is it always about Real Estate, your listing? Why not talk to them about more then just Real Estate.  Here is a list of blog post I have done for Real Estate... http://browardcountyreview.com/2013/04/ready-sell/ http://browardcountyreview.com/2013/04/color-walls/ http://browardcountyreview.com/2013/03/selling-real-estate/   Here are some blog post I have done about the community... http://browardcountyreview.com/2013/03/oreggio-community-health/ http://browardcountyreview.com/2013/03/free-community-health-fair/ http://browardcountyreview.com/2013/02/we-n... 04/19/2013

Home Sales in Coral Springs Florida - what sold in February 2013?       Home sales during February were brisk, as the number of homes sold nudged up from homes sold in January. Home selling activity has been brisk, as we continue in a Coral Springs’ Seller's Market. A Seller's Market is when the available inventory of homes available for sale typically are less than a 5-6 months, reflecting high Buyer demand and low inventory of homes sold. As a Buyer, searching to buy a home in Coral Springs, these can be extremely frustrating times when the inventory is low like this. When Buyers first start their home search, they are so excited about the thought of finding a new home and that excitement can quickly turn into disappointment with today's current Coral Springs’ Real Estate Market. It i... 03/25/2013

  Jon Klein | Real Living 1st Choice Realty | (954) 415-5595 12434 NW 10th Ct, Coral Springs, FL Steeplechase at Eagle Trace. 2 BR 2 BA Coach home. Remodeled. 2BR/2BA Townhouse   offered at $229,000 Year Built 1988 Sq Footage 1,509 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 1 Car garage Lot Size Unspecified HOA/Maint $533 per month DESCRIPTION Upgraded ground floor coach home in Eagle Trace. Remodeled Kitchen with granite counters, wood cabinets & new appliances. New washer & dryer. Wood floors throughout main areas and Master bedroom. Huge walk-in closet in master with a large storage area behind. Crown molding. Screened patio. Newer A/C unit with U/V light. Accordion hurricane shutters. Community pool. Near tennis center & Clubhouse. Close to highways, shopping & restaur... 03/08/2013

How is the Real Estate Market in Coral Springs Florida? Coral Springs Home Prices Summary The new year of 2013 in January started off a bit slower with home sale prices reflecting a slow down with the median sales price and the number of homes sold, as compared to last month’s year ending December 2012 home sales. It also took homeowners a bit longer to get their homes sold during January. In Coral Springs we are experiencing a Sellers Market. What does that mean, a Seller's Market? It means that Buyers are demanding homes for sale in Coral Springs and the inventory of homes is low to meet the needs of the number of Buyers who want to buy a home in Coral Springs. Do you live in Coral Springs Florida and want to find out more about the Real Estate Market in Coral Springs? Be sure to visi... 02/23/2013

Coral Springs is a great place to get your Coral Springs Florida real estate license and begin a career in Real Estate in Coral Springs Florida.  If you are looking for a Coral Springs Real Estate School to take your online real estate license course at, just click on our Florida Pre Sales Associate Licensing Course.  In just a few short weeks you can get your Coral Springs FL Real Estate License with a School that has the best course available.  Check out our website at www.rowletteralestateschool.com Get your real estate license in Broward County florida with a Broward County Real Estate School that has the best online courses available.  01/10/2013

Coral Springs FL Real Estate Market Report for December 2012   Real Estate Market Data for Coral Springs, FL provided by Lynn Pineda, your Coral Springs REALTOR® and South Florida REALTOR® with Keller Williams Partners Realty Coral Springs Home Prices   The year ending December 2012 ended on a favorable note if you’re selling your home in Coral Springs Florida, reflecting an almost 16% increase in the median sales price from a year ago December 2011. It also took homeowners less time to get their homes sold this month than from a year ago, taking 37 days on the market compared to almost 59 days last year.   Coral Springs Real Estate Report Market Summary  Single Family home sales increased by over 20% this month having sold 95 homes compared to last month's November Coral Springs home s... 01/10/2013

Single-family housing starts took a small step back in November. According to the monthly Housing Starts report from the U.S. Department of Commerce, single-family housing startstallied 565,000 in November 2012 on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis. This marks a 4 percent decline from October, but is more than 100,000 higher than the count from 12 months ago. Clearly, the nation's new home construction market is expanding. On a regional basis, single-family housing starts have been strongest in the Midwest; and Hurricane Sandy appears to have affected the number of starts across the Northeast. As compared to one year ago: Northeast Region : Housing starts down 19% on an annual basis Midwest Region : Housing starts up 40% on an annual basis South Region : Housing starts up 24% on an... 12/21/2012

                Coral Springs Holiday Parade! December 12th! Down Sample Road, starts at 7:00. There will be decorated trailers, marching bands playing holiday music and all the vendors will be open for business, so come out and join the festivities. The weather will be great. Not only is Coral Springs celebrating the hoidays but the parade is going to be the kick off of it's 13 month long 50th birthday year! See the photo gallery of last years parade. Before the event, Coral Springs will be hosting a "Fun Run". Any one can enter. This is always a blast! For more information on this contact Kelle Burke @ 954-489-8906  This is an event you don't have to miss, it's south Florida. The weather is always great. Anytime of the year!   Terri Poehlerwith RE/MAX Professionals Real Estatein Cora... 12/12/2012

Pine Ridge of Coral Springs Florida Pine Ridge of Coral Springs Florida Pine Ridge of Coral Springs Florida is located north of Wiles road and west on Riverside Drive. This is a non-gated communityin a family oriented subdivision. If you look at an arial view of Pine Ridge, there are no through streets except for Pine Ridge Dr. There is a park in the community called Jaycee Park and it has a baseball field, a basketball court, a tennis court, and a full playground for children. It also has a covered seating area with two coal fired grills for gatherings that enjoy BBQing. This community is planted right in the middle of A+ schools, good restaurants and fun shopping.   Pine Ridge Available Properties                                   Terri Poehler  -Coral Springs, FL Real Estate Expert -... 12/12/2012

Coral Springs Holiday Parade Dec 12 2012, a "Historic Journey" It's that time of year again when Coral Springs' Holiday Parade celebrates the holidays. The parade this year is all set for Wednesday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m. (if it rains, it will run on Thursday, December 13th)Each year, Coral Springs has a theme and this years theme is "Historic Journey", as it's set to inaugurate Coral Springs' 50th Anniversary Celebration which, we'll be celebrating with events all year. The decorated floats and entries will spotlight a prominenthistorical event from 1963-2013 or perhaps a futuristic event!There will be 3 awarded prizes; 1st Place Mayor's Cup 2nd Place Vice Mayor's Cup and 3rd Place Commissioner's Cup. You'll admire decorated floats, trailers, marching bands and more, as the parade... 12/08/2012

Home Prices in Coral Springs FL for October 2012 Real Estate Market Data for Coral Springs, FL provided by Lynn Pineda, Coral Springs REALTOR® and South Florida REALTOR® with Keller Williams Partners Realty   Coral Springs Home Prices Since the beginning of January 2012, we’ve experienced favorable price increases here in Coral Springs Florida. In fact, since January, prices have averaged an increase of over 13%. If you’re considering that now is the time to sell your home in Coral Springs, you want to ensure that you have an experienced, skilled Real Estate Agent on your side. There’s many factors to consider when selling a home and it’s more than simply plopping a sign in your front yard.   Coral Springs Real Estate Report Market Summary Single Family home sales increased by almost 15... 11/24/2012

Real estate SEO is not the primary type of SEO work that I do. In fact, when it comes to internet marketing for Realtors, I've done it mostly for friends and I've done it mostly by writing articles on ActiveRain. This is a little ironic, because the people I do SEO for most of the time are attorneys. And, believe it or not, attorneys do not like for me to use their name. They put nothing in writing; and they hate giving testimonials. How will they sue me next year if they write something good about me? So I grow my SEO business with word-of-mouth among attorneys, primarily. My own website is only 1/5 finished. But about two months ago, Terri Poehler, a Realtor in Coral Springs, asked me to help her. At first, I didn't want to. Really, I just didn't want to take on the project. Her site... 11/01/2012

The Westchester Coral Springs community is surrounded by some of Coral Springs finest schools. And many families are looking to buy in this family oriented neighborhood. As you can see, I have pointed out the short days on market on some of the sales. These are the sales in the last 90 days of this article dated October 19th, 2012. Look how fast these properties have sold! And the prices have trended up as well.   The Westchester community sits at the end of Royal Palm Blvd on the north side. And the schools are Westchester Elementary, Sawgrass Springs Middle and Coral Glades High School. All really great schools with really great staff. And near by, sitting on Sportsplex Dr. is the ice rink, the tennis center, the nature center and the Aquatic Complex. Inside the Westchester community ... 10/28/2012

I had the privilege of completing a real estate transaction with Claudio & Robyn Petasne of Keller Williams (prior to us being with KW). They were very enjoyable to work with.  What I especially liked was the email below that I received from them as we were wrapping up the transaction. Particularly item #3. Of course, what a GREAT Question! There are those little nuances about every home that are not readily apparent.  For example, my front door tends to stick, so a little, "hip action", push opens it faster. My top oven is perfect in temperature but the bottom is off by 10 degrees. Hi Joy Some final details my buyer needs to prepare for closing 1) What is the alarm code? the security company said it will be much easier / cheaper to transfer service if they have the code rather than hav... 10/23/2012

This is a great sudy aid for the Florida Real Estate Licensing Exam.  2 CD Audio Florida Sales Associate Key Point Review Audio CDs, New 35th Edition.  These CDs provide over two hours of enhanced “hands-free” review of the key points of Florida Real Estate Principles, Practices & Law, 35th Edition. Searchable tracks allow students to go directly to specific chapter topics.  Get your real estate license in Destin Florida with Rowlett Real Estate School.  We have a real estate class in Destin Florida every other month.  Let Captain Wayne Rowlett prepare you to take your Florida Real Estate Exam. We provide you with the latest books and up-to-date infomation to prepare you for your Florida Real Estate Exam with confidence. Captain Wayne also teaches an excellent one day Exam Prep Course f... 10/21/2012

Market Report for Coral Springs Home Sales during Sept 2012. Are you selling your home in Coral Springs? As your Coral Springs Realtor, I've prepared the report here for you; go ahead and review to see what happened with Single Family home sales in Coral Springs, during September 2012. Single Family home sales dropped by roughly 31% this month having sold 81 homes compared to last month's Coral Springs home sales in Aug 2012. Median price decreased this month to $238,000 down over 11% from Aug 2012 rate. Distressed Property Sales increased this month to over 38% compared to Aug 2012 which is reflected likely in the decreased Median Sales price shown this month: Short Sales comprised a 17% decrease from Aug 2012 rate. REO/Bank Owned comprised a 20+% increase which was a significant incre... 10/20/2012

Just Sold another home in Cypress Run in Coral Springs Home sold in Cypress Run in Coral Springs above List Price, and first week on the market: Happy Sellers. Happy Buyers.When you hire a Real Estate Agent to sell your home, you should be able to feel confident knowing that they're qualified to get your home sold.You can rest assure that you'll receive the best of care from me, as your Coral Springs REALTOR®and a long time Coral Springs resident too!Promises Delivered. You don't have to just take my word for it, you can hear from my customers; real people with real stories.Remember, if you're selling your home in Coral Springs, call me at 954-464-1100 or email me at: LynnP@ImagineYourHouse.com so we can get your home listed for sale, as a Lynn Pineda listing, in Coral Springs and South... 10/19/2012