Hillsborough & Manatee County Florida Real Estate

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Industry Observer - No longer practicing real estate as of 2008.
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"The Florida Bankers Association rolled out the "No Hats, No Hoods, No Sunglasses" program this week, noting that bank robberies in Florida soared 36 percent last year.""Signs will ask customers entering bank lobbies to remove those items before doing their business."The article states that not a...
01/19/2008
There are quite a number of expenses that you will incur when purchasing a home that make up your closing costs.Closing costs typically range anywhere from 3%-6% of the purchase price, depending on the loan you're getting.  The fees vary from one company to the next, so it's best to actually get ...
01/16/2008
I was reading a post here today on AR and someone commented on a it (can't remember who) and made mention of doing this.  It wasn't in reference to that particular post, it was just something kind of thrown out there that they do.  They take their sellers out to tour the competition in the neighb...
01/15/2008
Tomorrow starts the "real first day" of my diet, however I've been sticking to it since the 1st of the year anyway!! I've decided that when I lose 75 lbs (or anywhere close to it) by the end of this year, I will donate my hair to the locks of love foundation.  The photo I have here on this site a...
01/14/2008
I keep finding more groups to join and sometimes when I am posting something, I'm not quite sure which group to add my post too, because I can't remember all of the rules for every group.My suggestion is, in the section where we select up to 5 groups to add our post too, can you add a link to the...
01/14/2008
I came across this free down-loadable plug-in for your Wordpress blogs on the Sellsius blog.  "Now your archive posts can be brought back to life. The blog surfer is currently set-up to produce random posts but it will be adapted in the future to allow specialized surfing by category, recent post...
01/13/2008
Below are the stats for properties that SOLD and closed in 2006 vs. 2007 for Manatee County:Totals for 2006# of single family homes SOLD = 2,700Avg SOLD price for SFR = $376,548Median price for SFR = $299,000# of condos SOLD = 795Avg SOLD price for condos = $264,928Median price for condos = $200,...
01/12/2008
Below are the stats for properties that SOLD and closed in December for Manatee County:Dec 2006# of single family homes SOLD = 203Avg SOLD price for SFR = $343,983Median price for SFR = $279,000# of condos SOLD = 55Avg SOLD price for condos = $298,025Median price for condos = $230,000Dec 2007# of...
01/12/2008
Thomas WatkinsMarch 5, 1925 - January 9, 200882 years oldMarried 58 years to Lillian WatkinsMany words describe the type of person my grandpa was:  Funny, charming, witty, honest, loving, hard working, stern, loyal, jokster, reliable, old fashioned, strict, solid, good, jack of all trades, man of...
01/09/2008
The home at 6 Whitten Street in Greenville, SC had a hidden nightmare lurking within the walls of a secret room that was found in the house after Jason and Kerri Brown purchased the bank owned home.4 days after they moved in, they found a hidden room behind a bookcase that winds beneath the stair...
01/08/2008
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