Opinion

Well, it seems as if a 21% drop in home sales prices increased the number of sales in November of 2008 by 3% in Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida! There are many other counties in the state that are not fairing as well, however. Palm Beach County's home sales dropped 2% in November this year, [Read More]

According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive, an online company that tallies research figures, the amount of people that would be interested in buying a foreclosed home is dropping. South Florida has been one of the hardest hit regions in the country during the mortgage crisis; Miami, Flor [Read More]

Ok what do you think??? Even though county code says you can have farm animals Insurance companies Wont insure your property if you have them Is This fair?

I know that this may seem hard to believe, especially if you've been following my blogs lately, but I really am a big optimist! It's just so hard to find the silver lining with the way that things are going in the world today. But this morning I was determined to find something! So, after much soul [Read More]

So, did you hear the one about the major U.S. Auto Industry CEO's flying in their private jets to Washington to ask for financial aid? It was a good one! Another 14 billion dollars in government bailout loans, this time to save the U.S. auto industry, is being negotiated. Wonder where this money w [Read More]

I wish someone would regulate the time for banks to respond on short sales; by the time the buyer gets an acceptance or a denial, they may have moved on to another house and we have wasted significant time. If they wait as I am on one for almost two months and what if they don't get it - start all [Read More]

According to Doug Casey, investor, best selling author and head of Casey Research, when crunching the numbers of all of the government bailouts, the total number comes to 8.5 trillion dollars! Let me say that again, 8.5 TRILLION dollars! At the risk of sounding stupid, why was this money given to [Read More]

It appears as if with every solution to the repair of the mortgage crisis, there is a downfall to accompany it. Some experts believe that by lowering the interest rates to a historical low of 4.5% will lure the homebuyers out of hiding and back into the market. However, many homebuyers are scared a [Read More]

That is the question. In a normal market the State Department of Revenue rules advise county property apraisers to ignore foreclosures and "distressed" sales in favor of arms-length transactions between buyers and sellers. But that's only the case when foreclosure sales are rare, not [Read More]

To express that there is a flaw in the Pinellas County school system is to understate a growing problem in our schools. I know there are excellent teachers in our school system, I'm privileged to have meet some. My children have been taught by them, I even dated one for a while. I'll also be the fi [Read More]