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  In yesterday's Florida Association of Realtors Early Bird News, there was an article mentioning that South Florida is a "Veritable Atlantis" of foreclosures.  I'm shocked that people would be supportive of walking away from a mortgage in such an easy manner.   At the risk of being rational, we ...
10/27/2009
In yesterday's Florida Association of Realtors Early Bird News, there was an article mentioning that South Florida is a "Veritable Atlantis" of foreclosures.  I'm shocked that people would be supportive of walking away from a mortgage in such a non-courteous manner.   At the risk of being rationa...
10/27/2009
I'm having an incredibly hard time understanding or feeling sorry for the banks in the market downturn.  I have a listing and a buyer with short sales and each of them have troubles even responding of offers, appraisals or to discuss reasonable timelines.  Please understand this is not my first s...
11/14/2008
Happy New Year to all real estate professionals!!  With less than 4 weeks until the Florida Vote on Property Taxes, I'm curious how others feel about the Property Tax Issue.I believe our customers and the tax payers/property owners of Florida have been short changed in regards to the property tax...
01/02/2008
 With a very hot summer we all need to cool off.  Let's hope interest rates drop tomorrow to speed up the market.  We've seen one of the slowest months, but I've noticed people are looking in Realtor.com and there are more as the visits.  Florida and other market are typically slow right now.  Le...
09/17/2007
I've been reading over the last few years that there are 1,000 people a day moving to Florida.  With the real estate & mortgage markets in a slump, I'm not seeing that many people looking for warmer winters.  It's just moving through the dog days of summer, but it seems more like a trickle.  I ha...
09/05/2007
I'm really concerned about the people who have short sales and pre-foreclosures that will end up with a tax bill from the IRS after the property has sold.  I think this is a double whammy for the people in trouble.  If no one helps these people, I don't know how they'll be able to recover if we d...
08/31/2007
With mounting inventories in pre-foreclosures, it's almost impossible to find buyers to fit the need.  North Port is a bedroom community within minutes to Venice & Sarasota.  We have prices in the $150's for new homes and we can't find enough buyers to save the homes from foreclosure.  Please sen...
08/31/2007
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I just listed two short sales and I'm trying to understand how investors view short sales.  Does anyone know of anyone who has self-directed IRA's or investors and is looking for some investments in North Port Florida?  I get the impression that everyone's waiting for the media to tell them we're...
08/29/2007
I'm trying to figure out if there are many truly interested buyers.  Most of the people I've been working with are afraid they'll miss the biggest deal of the century.  They sound like they can't wait, show them several houses and narrow the search and then they say they're holding off for a litt...
08/07/2007