Just Listed, but not by me, 1425 Whalton Street, Key West. This modest looking three bedroom ranch was built in 1963 and sits on an 8775 square foot lot at the corners of Whalton and Von Phister Streets in the tony Casa Marina Area of Key West. There are three salient facts in the preceding sente
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06/29/2018
I had to go to my old shoebox to find the above photo of me and the 1959 sixth grade class boys who were members of our Safety Patrol. I have told this tale once before, but it applies to my story for today as much as any life less could. By the sixth grade we were all pretty much grown up or so
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06/28/2018
Realtors run into all kinds of people with all kings of personalities. Sometimes the worst parts of personalities emerge during the process of getting a real estate deal "done". I have written before about some of the crazy stuff that I did over the years trying to get the better part of any de
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06/27/2018
The asking price 816 South Street #4 in Key West was just reduced from $479,000 to $450,000. This is a real buying opportunity for a buyer who wants a move-in-ready place three blocks to Duval and a short walk to Higgs Beach. South Park condos have one of the best pools in all of Key West and ea
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06/26/2018
My jaw dropped when I entered 1402 Pine Street, a tropically inspired Meadows Area duplex during Realtor caravan a couple of days ago. I see so many ho-hum houses that I almost always starting humming before I entered this place. But that didn't happen here. I entered the first floor unit just o
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06/22/2018
There are two bedrooms plus a large shared bath on the second floor. And there is a pool bath as well. Just Listed, but not by me, 620 Frances Street, Key West. This is a classic eyebrow house which is located on one of the best blocks in Old Town. You can tell from the outside that the inside is
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06/19/2018
Photo credit Key West Citizen Ydaris Wood, former executive director of the Key West Association of Realtors, was led out of Monroe County Circuit Court in handcuffs last Thursday after
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06/18/2018
The little kid is wee me and the bigger guy is my big brother. The photo was taken on the lawn at the now razed Presbyterian Hospital in Denver in about 1948 or 1949. My mother worked at the hospital as a switchboard operator back then, but today's blog relates to a different visit there and ho
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06/17/2018
Wake-up early risers. The really sweet single family home located at 715 Fleming Street was just put back on the market. Many would-be buyers missed the opportunity to buy this place when it went o the market a couple of months ago. The buyer on that deal withdrew from the sale and now some othe
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06/14/2018
723 Southard Street sits on one of the highest locations in Old Town Key West near the tippy-top of Solares Hill - the highest point on the island. This 2 bedroom, 2 bath home with a large family room has three walls of sliding glass doors which open to the new heated and chilled pool. The gourme
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06/13/2018