Stephen Jara's (sjara) Blog

I am having problems with my blogs showing up so I am reblogging, hope it works.  I lost the ability to send and return emails on my Palm Centro last week.  It was becoming a pain but I just thought it was a glich and would return.  This morning I lost all incoming emails, this is now tragic! I w...

I lost the ability to send and return emails on my Palm Centro last week.  It was becoming a pain but I just thought it was a glich and would return.  This morning I lost all incoming emails, this is now tragic! I went to our local Sprint store in Boynton Beach and the store manager, Gunner told ...

Sleepy Tropical Fay slowly passed through Okeechobee County through the night leaving the county saturated.  There has been confirmed reports of 13 inches of rain is some areas of the county.  To add salt in the wound, Fay slowed down and became stronger as she waltzed past us and on to the coast...

The market is not totally dead.  I posted a blog last week about the Realtor Magazine's article on recreational real estate.  We continue to see activity and it mainly has to do with recreational and sporting real estate. We just closed today on a 229 acre working cattle ranch in North Okeechobee...

Our office in Okeechobee is almost complete.  We recently rented an office in downtown Okeechobee that was built in 1926.  The original hardwood floors, windows and hardware are still in tact.  We are almost finished decorating the office, but you have to stop by for some sweet tea. Pristine Prop...

Hopefully you have received and read your REALTOR Magazine that was recently sent to Realtors across the country.  The title of the article is "Shopping for a Swamp?  Demand for undeveloped rural land is growing, creating a new niche for rural and urban brokers alike. We are all going through a t...

  As a member of both the Florida Cattlemen Association and Okeechobee's Main Street, I can highly recommend a very memorable day coming this Saturday.  The Okeechobee Cattlemen Association and Okeechobee Main Street are celebrating the fourth annual National Day of the American Cowboy, which com...

Delray Beach, FL, July 24, 2008  -- Stephen J Jara, Broker and Owner of Pristine Properties International, a participant with Cabela's Trophy Properties,  is pleased to announce  that Jeri Wilson  has joined the firm as a Sales Associate and Office Manager for their Okeechobee Branch Office.  Rai...

    Tampabays 10 Kathryn Bursch just did a story on  Polk County Extension, in an effort to trim $27 million from the county budget, the county manager has proposed eliminating the entire budget for the Polk County Cooperative Extension Service. The proposed cuts total more than a half-million do...

Pristine Properties a participant with Cabela's Trophy Properties attended the 2008 Florida Cattlemen's Association in Marco Island.  This annual event takes place in mid June and is always a memorable trip.  The Pristine team had a booth at the Allied Members trade show and met a lot of great fr...