Tara Winfield's (tarawinfield) Blog

Matt and I both enjoy reading - and we like to track what we read throughout the year.  I started with an empty bookshelf last January and just kept adding to it.  Matt likes to keep his pile of completed books on his nightstand.  Once his pile reaches the lampshade (and becomes what I can only i...

  Guess who has two thumbs and is a giant hypocrite... THIS GIRL! So we bought a condo in Naples, Florida back in September.  (More about that later.)  Throughout our last three trips we have diligently purged our vacation home of all things pastel.  (More about that later, too.)  All the pale, i...

Ok, I'll recap the rest of my movie watching/mailing prep a little quicker.  (Matt and I closed on our vacation condo last week - and now I want to write about THAT.)  On day #3 I updated my mailing list… That’s a constant task when my JOB is to help people change addresses.  I only made it about...

I’m ashamed to admit that I skipped working on my mailing one night last week.  I had a 5pm listing appointment, and then took those sellers to see a house – because in my estimation, they’re going to need to find something pretty quick. When I got home from listing and showing, I had to sit down...

Wednesday evening I was sitting down to start working on my next mailing when I casually asked Matt what movie I should put in while I work.  “You’re working on a mailing?  Then should watch, You’ve Got Mail."  (Just a few days prior, Matt had asked me if I could watch YGM (probably my favorite m...

I did a really, REALLY dumb thing a few months back.  I now feel far enough removed from the situation to freely write about it.... so here it goes.  It was a warm, sunny day - and I had a little time to kill before heading to my next appointment.  I decided to meander my way to my showing appoin...

…That was purchased for three very lovely girls….  Ok, enough singing.  In all seriousness, I've listed a great little house that deserves some attention.  Here are EIGHT reasons that this house is a great buy. 1.  My seller bought this house for his daughter and two granddaughters.  (And, you kn...

I recently succumbed to peer pressure and joined Pinterest.  Everyone kept telling me how they can spend hours on end scrolling through the website – and how much I would ‘just love it’ - but I’m trying to use my new ‘boards’ for good and not evil.  (I think most of my clients would agree with me...

INTEREST RATE!!! Just in case you haven’t heard – interest rates are pretty amazing right now.  Just a few days ago CNN Money reported that mortgage interest rates have now reached a record low.  That same article quoted the average rate for a 30-year, fixed rate loan to be 3.62%.  A year ago – b...

I have been beating myself up all day over one measly little item on my to-do list.  I sat down at my desk first thing this morning - and made my list for the day.  (I say that as if I can actually plan my day and/or predict what all will need to be done/re-done throughout any given amount of tim...