Baywood (Palm Harbor, FL)
By Loretta Buckner, Your GREEN Real Estate Consultant For Life!
(Real World Properties, Inc.| Your Real Estate Consultant for Life)
Eco-Friendly Design and Retrofit   Challenge is right-sheesh!  I took a couple of looks at Brad Pitt's Make It Right project plans, and said to myself:  "Self," (‘cause I do not speak to myself in abused vernacular), "...much as I love the concept of green building, and appreciate what Mr. Pitt is doing up there in the Ninth Ward...those houses are just, well-BUTT UGLY, mostly."  Sorry, designers-I guess there were probably reasons I did not myself go into architecture...I am reminded in looking at these plans of the song "Little Boxes"...   So, what to do for this contest of janeAnne's-one I'd really like to sink my green teeth into, really I would-all of my spare ponder moments this year so far have been spent in the pursuit of the Great Green Dream-in my case, how to retrofit my own ...
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By Loretta Buckner, Your GREEN Real Estate Consultant For Life!
(Real World Properties, Inc.| Your Real Estate Consultant for Life)
Immortal words, wouldn't you agree? Do YOU make New Year's Resolutions?  I do not--I prefer to start on fresh thoughts and ideas as soon as I get them--at least to go as far as writing them down for a future date when I have a chance to flesh them out a bit more.  I figure, on sheer volume alone I should come up with a really great idea or two before my time's up! In my experience, acting immediately also serves as a great way to avoid the inevitable fear and dread routine--the longer I procrastinate, the more difficult it becomes to deal with some things, so one really easy fix for that is to simply not let anything sit in the pot to marinate in that fear-bath for long. Why not think about making this YOUR year to ACT before allowing FEAR to take over?  I'm not suggesting doing things ...
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By Robert Lipply
(Lipply Real Estate Company)
Baywood Village in Palm Harbor has many waterfront homes for sale at reasonable prices. To find them take US Hwy. 19 or Alt 19, go west on Klosterman Road, then to the end of the street. If you want to live on the Gulf of Mexico then these are the homes for you. They have stunning sunset views with beautifully landscaped yards, large docks with deep water access for sailboats. Many homes have custom built beautiful culinary style kitchens with stainless appliances and granite countertops. All homes have spacious livingrooms with great fireplaces and large open floor plans. Master bedrooms have glamorous jacuzzi tubs. These homes range in size from spacious 1400 sq ft. to extra large luxury homes at 5000 sq ft. with prices from affordable to high end and to fit any budget. These homes mu...
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By Loretta Buckner, Your GREEN Real Estate Consultant For Life!
(Real World Properties, Inc.| Your Real Estate Consultant for Life)
Anyone who can properly identify any of the homes in the following video on or before January 1, 2008 wins FREE movie tickets!  Baywood Village in Palm Harbor Florida, and surrounding communties in Tarpon Springs are caught showing Holiday Spirit."God bless us, everyone," said Tiny Tim...To enter contest, or for more information on this lovely waterfront community, or surrounding neighborhoods in Tarpon Springs and Palm Harbor: 
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By Loretta Buckner, Your GREEN Real Estate Consultant For Life!
(Real World Properties, Inc.| Your Real Estate Consultant for Life)
Baywood Village, Palm Harbor, Florida's Featured Waterfront Community - home to boaters for over thirty years.  With current efforts underway to dredge the direct-Gulf access canals, property values will be on the rise in the coming year, as premium Gulf-access homes such as these become more in-demand, yet much harder to find.So, how did this lovely community fare in this past year's challenging market?  To date, there are currently 34 homes on the market, over half of them with Gulf access.  Eleven homes have sold this year, with one under contract, ranging in price from $119,000 for non-waterfront, to $440,000 for limited access.There are 20 homes currently listed with direct Gulf Access, beginning at a very reasonable $419,000 - for Pinellas County waterfront, that is truly a bargai...
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By Loretta Buckner, Your GREEN Real Estate Consultant For Life!
(Real World Properties, Inc.| Your Real Estate Consultant for Life)
Since the late 1950's, a lovely, quiet waterfront boating community has graced the Suncoast of Florida, just North of sleepy downtown Sutherland-now known as Old Palm Harbor, and just South of the famous Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks. The area is known as Baywood Village, although the 564 homes which comprise the neighborhood are actually 5 separate subdivisions, all uniting under the single umbrella of the Baywood Village Association, a voluntary association with over 300 members.What began thirty years ago as a primarily retirement or vacation home neighborhood is now close to 90% year-round owner occupied, 43% of whom commute to downtown Tampa or St. Petersburg to work.  The areas' popularity is partly due to the fact that it is not deed restricted, although this is not obvious to the ...
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