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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
Tonight we said good bye to our loving and beautiful family member, our Siamese Cat, Cleo. If you are interested in finding out how we got to this point please read, A Hit and Run in Wellington That Makes No Sense.We spent this last day with Cleo and then brought him to the Animal Hospital in Wellington Florida on Greenview Shores in the old Winn Dixie Plaza next to our Chiropractor's office, Dr. Dressner.  My daughter, my little one and I went to the hospital with him.  After some time in the examination room we discovered the following: The car had just nipped him near his tail and had not done any damage. All of his bones were strong and intact. His spine was fine. The paralysis was caused by a stroke. He had a bad heart,  one of his kidneys was no longer working right, his liver was...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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My 21 year old daughter has been on bed rest since her fourth month in her pregnancy. She is 7 months along now. She is allowed to take showers and not much else. I let Cleo, our beautiful Chocolate Point Siamese cat out to go to the bathroom this morning. And then I took my son to some of his homeschool activities. When we got home, I got busy straight away with listings and such. Then my daughter asked me if I had seen Cleo. I said not that I can recall. She said something in her gut told her to go look for him. We live in a wonderful neighborhood and we know all our neighbors except for about 2 newer families that have moved in the neighborhood. Both have teenagers at home and we have started to hear the loud boom boxes from one of the cars and driving faster than the rest of us do i...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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*Localism Featured* Palm Beach County and Broward county combined use approximately 530 Million Gallons per day. These two counties alone also send 500 Million gallons of water out into the Atlantic ocean. If you ask me, that is a lot of water to dump in the ocean each day!  What is the answer? Reclaim the water. Does that sound gross to you? Most people think this is gross yet they have no idea that all water is actually reclaimed to begin with. All the water we have on the earth is ALL the water we have on the earth. No more, no less. So it is all recycled over and over again. The reclaimed water comes in Purple Pipes. That is how you know it is reclaimed water. And that is why we have a Reverse Osmosis water system for our whole house. City water is filthy anyway. Here in Wellington ...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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*Localism Featured* Our market has cooled here in Palm Beach County Florida. The time that it takes for your home to sell in today's market will be much longer than when you most likely bought your property. If you do not HAVE to sell your property, you should consider not putting it on the market. There are many reasons you may HAVE to sell your property. There are sad circumstances such as divorce, illness and death that force the sale. You may be relocating to another state for employment and that is a reason to sell. Another reason that we are seeing all too often is that you no longer can make your increased mortgage payments. We are listing many homes right now where the seller owes more money on the house than they will sell their house for. Then there are those of you who would ...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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Florida ranks 4th in the nation for tech industry jobs and our area of South Florida leads the pack according to Cybercities 2007 report just released. There is a lot of competition among states to attract the high tech companies. Miami/Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties has 75,278 tech industry employees in 2005. They were paid an average annual wage of $61,600 and the employees working in the software part of the industry got paid an average of $86,400. Florida is the second fastest growing Cyberstate. Florida only trails California, Texas and New York. I am not sure that our legislature comprehends these facts because they are so slow to act on issues regarding high tech companies moving here. Florida has great potential to continue to grow in this area of Cybertech . The biggest ...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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Just when we thought it was over, BAM, another threatening blow to Wellington's Equestrian future because two grown men do not know how to let go and give it a rest! I mean this is absolutely ridiculous! Residents are getting fed up with their poor behavior. When you are a business person in a community you must put your petty disagreements and personality conflicts aside and act for the higher good of the community in which you conduct your business. Stadium Jumping just threatened to move the National Horse Show out of Wellington, Florida to Jacksonville. All day and into the evening yesterday and last night Mark Bellissimo and Stadium Jumping were haggling and arguing back and forth. The residents of Wellington and the Equestrian folk that live here and get ready for the National Hor...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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The Mrs. International Pageant focuses on the institution of marriage and the great accomplishments on married women. It serves to be a positive role model for families and towns and communities through out the world. Each winner has a platform they represent for one year.  Husbands are the ones that escort their wives in the evening gown competition and the husband gets to crown his wife. Ashley Maguire, a resident of Wellington Florida was the winner this year for Mrs. Florida. She will go on to compete in the International Pageant representing Florida in Chicago in July of 2008. In the meantime she will be traveling around the state of Florida promoting her platform cause which is finding a cure for Diabetes. Ashley and her husband Joe are the chairs for the 2008 "Jungle Safari" bein...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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I get referrals from Active Rain members. In fact, in just the past 3 days I have received 5 referrals from Tom Weiss, a mortgage broker in West Palm Beach, Florida for listings and buyers; with some of the referrals needing to sell and then to buy. I love referrals and that is a big part of our business. The person giving you the referral is going out on a limb for YOU! They are putting their reputation on the line! I have asked people who have great spheres of influence why they do not refer their clients to Realtors and they tell me they have burned one too many times by the agents and can no longer trust their reputation in the hands of an agent! That is SAD, very sad! Let me tell you that the last time Tom referred some very important clients to an agent. The clients called Tom fro...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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Welcome to Sunny Florida and Alligator Country! Alligators are a part of living in Florida so it is imperative that you learn what you should do when you see an Alligator. Learn about your environment, alligators are a part of it here. Just because you don't live on a canal or a lake, does not mean you will not encounter an alligator in your back yard. This photo is courtesy of the Sun Sentinal Newspaper in Fort Lauderdale where an alligator came into the backyard of this lady's house. She had walked out to do some yardwork in the morning and there was this alligator slipping into her pool!  The more we humans encroach on the Everglades and natural habitats the more we will collide with the American Alligator. There are about 1.5 million alligators statewide and there are over 18 millio...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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Come Out And Play, This Is Your Land, Floridians! Ecosystems at Work!Did you know that the South Florida Water Management manages public lands from the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in the Northern Everglades to Florida Bay in the Southern Everglades? The water district is in charge of protecting and taking care of our water resources by balancing and improving water quality and flood control. The water district is also in charge of ecosystem restoration projects that preserve our water and our land and this is all land that is owned by us, the public and ours to enjoy. They have partnered with U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Division Of Forestry, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Atlantic University’s Center fo...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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The Village Of Wellington approved Stadium Jumping's 179 Acre arena in Wellington Preserve, the south end of Wellington last night with a vote of 3-1. There was one member absent and Linda Cohen dissented. Linda says she supports Stadium Jumping  but felt the measure was rushed and that it may not serve the people of Wellington. In order for Stadium Jumping to build the new arena they needed a land use change. There was opposition to the way in which Stadium Jumping was seeking the approval. The opposition said that they sidestepped the process and got things done in a way that other folks can not do. But then you need to understand the money that Stadium Jumping generates here in Wellington's economy. The normal process can take up to 3 years. Stadium Jumping has been able to get this ...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
Sellers ask us all the time what is happening in the market and why is this happening in our market. There is all sorts of blame that can be placed wherever people wish to place the blame. Blame is a form of denial. But to set the record straight let us examine all the players in this game of the Real Estate Feeding Frenzy that led to the Bursting Bubble. We will start at the bottom, the end user and work up to the top of the ladder of powers that influenced this whole new climate we are sitting it at this moment. Buyers or we can say Borrowers. The interest rates the lowest ever since recording rates started and getting rich in Real Estate has always been a dream of many Americans. With the onslaught of shows graduating from Late night get rich quick in Real Estate paid TV time to prim...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
The Aero Club is an upscale Aeronautical community in Wellington Florida. Find out more about Aero Club Community here. There are 284 one acre + lots in the Aero Club with most of them having homes already built on them. The homes have between 3,000 square feet under air conditioned space to 8,000 square feet under air.   Currently as of September 20, 2007 there are 22 homes for sale in the Aero Club. They range in price from the lowest at $799,000 to the highest at $ 1,899,990. There are 2 homes for sale for $ 799,000,  2 homes for $ 899,999, 1 home for sale for $ 965,777 and one for $995,000. 11 homes are asking between $1,099,999 to $ 1,299,000. 1 home is asking $ 1,599,000, 2 homes are asking $ 1,750,000 to $ 1,765,000, one home is asking $1,849,000 and the highest one is asking $ 1...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
The Aero Club is an upscale luxury Aeronautical community located in Wellington Florida. All the homes in the Aero Club are on at least one acre of land and is located just 14 miles west of the Island Of Palm Beach. Imagine waking up in the morning to the sun rising and you see it is a clear day for a ride today. You stroll out of your large luxury estate home into your backyard hangar where your Cessna or your Piper Cherokee is parked, rearing to take you for a wonderful flight around this Aeronautical community and the rest of Wellington Florida. Of course, you chose a home on a lot that backs up to the irrigated runway.You taxi your plane right out of your own private hangar onto the runway and way you fly! As you watch the show imagine yourself getting ready to take flight. There is...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
*Localism Featured* If you live in Florida you have the legal right to install solar collectors, clotheslines or anything else that uses renewable sources.  We just had a client who was told by their HOA that they could not have solar power. If your HOA is telling you that; seek legal counsel immediately. Florida Statute, Section 163.04 states: "(2) No deed restrictions, covenants, or similar binding agreements running with the land shall prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors, clotheslines or other energy devices based on renewable resources from being installed on buildings erected on the lots or parcels covered by deed restrictions, covenants or binding agreements."                                      If you live in a condo or apartment it does not include being...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
Florida is one of the states where you are allowed to home school your children and not only that but through years of lobbying our State House and Congress we have made extremely positive improvements in parents rights to home school their children and in the legal protection to do so. There was a time when parents would go to jail if they did not entrust their children to a public school system.  Saturday September 15, 2007 at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach adjacent to Wellington Florida PEC celebrated 25 years with a country style picnic at the Alligator Pavilion. It was still quite warm this time of year but we had fun getting together. The kids spent most of the time in organized relays or just free style playing on the popular playground areas next to the pavilion. The money f...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
Jenny LeRoy's Famous Eatery Tavern On The Green in New York City has been rated one of the best Restaurants in the United States. Well, last year we got to taste some of what the world was raving over as the Jenny 'Oz' LeRoy and a partnership of business moguls here in Wellington Florida opened a  Tavern On The Green in Wellington's Famous Equestrian Country club. Then came all the squabbles and lawsuits between Mark Bellissimo and Glenn Straub over the Equestrian Club, the land surrounding it and other matters. Read more about the closing of The Tavern on the Green by the Village of Wellington. Now that Mark Bellissimo and Glenn Straub have settled their differences the plans to reopen The Tavern On The Green are on their way. Since the issue was that the club did not have legal parkin...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
Locals in and out of the Equestrian community here in Wellington Florida, an Equestrian stronghold as well as all other Equestrian circles are talking about the Stadium Jumping move and Mark Bellissimo's plans for LittleFarms. Media Phelps group, a local Public Relations company has been issuing press releases about Stadium Jumping and Jean Mische and the news agencies are picking it up like there is no tomorrow! It makes the non horse people wonder what all the fuss is about and also ask " what does this have to do me?" Well, it has a lot to do with you and every resident of Wellington Florida. In fact, all the residents of Palm Beach County are affected by these guys. Why? Because horse money is very important to our economy here in Wellington, Florida and Palm Beach County. Read : Wh...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
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Actually the Medjool Date Palm Tree that adorns the entrances to luxury developments like Mirasol and shopping centers like Wellington Green Mall and City Place and from Florida up to Hilton Head S.C. is not native to Florida. In fact, it did not even come to Florida until the late 80's. It is a status symbol to have these majestic trees in your landscaping. They cost $5,000 to $15,000 per tree fully installed. A nursery owner George Nottingham brought these Medjool Palms back from California. There are now over 100,000 Medjool Palms in parts of luxury areas of Florida. The Medjool Date Palm has a date fruit that can not be eaten in Florida. It is too humid here and it rots the dates. In California and Arizona the dates are eaten as fruit and taste very good. This Palm Tree grows up to ...
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By Katerina Gasset, Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!
(The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services )
Let's see which agent you would choose and why. You are a seller who needs to sell your house within the next 90 days, at that time your money will have run out and you will no longer be able to keep up with the household expenses and mortgage payments.                           So now you will interview two agents.  Each agent  will present their credentials and their marketing plan, how are they going to sell this house? For the purpose of this post, both agents have already established the know, like and trust relationship. We are going to go into the meat of the qualifications and marketing plan. This house is in gated community so no signs are allowed. Neither agent would be able to put up a sign. There is no through traffic on this street. Both agents were referred to the sellers....
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