Marcia's Marco Island Real Estate

If you've seen the videos on the NAR site explaining the new RRP (lead paint) regulations, then you may have seen what the EPA estimates the increased cost of compliance to the regulations is on a project-- $65. I don't know how they came up with that figure, unless they mean $65/6 square feet of...

  As of April 22, 2010, new EPA safety regulations, the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) regulations take effect, which will require owners of market-rate properties built before 1978 to comply with new rules when doing any renovation or repair work. Under the regulations, if renovation or r...

  As I was contemplating the universe today, I started thinking about how much negativity there is in the world, especially in the news. It seems like the media feels compelled to cover the bad news and predict negative outcomes to the current economic situation. The History Channel even had "Arm...

The next time anyone asks me, "Why do I need an agent?" I'm going to tell them this story:I had these two buyers ask me to help them find a home in the Worthington School District for 120K. Any agent that knows this area, when they hear a buyer say that, would just like to say, "Good luck with th...