Opinion

When deciding what to offer on a home, you need to take into account several things: 1. The value of the house based on comparable recently-sold properties 2. Whether you are dealing with a foreclosure, short-sale or regular sale 3. The history of price drops 4. The condition of the house 5. The va [Read More]

I watched a very interesting video this morning: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/05/03/cb.tea.party.racism.cnn?iref=allsearchIt gave this ape pauseyou should watch it. What if indeed? Tim Wise, the author in the video, mentions their behavior. He makes a very good point I believe. How many [Read More]

As many of you are aware, the prices of homes have been dramatically decreasing month after month. In recent years, the foreclosure homes have been the homes that were the anomaly and their low prices were basically discarded by the appraisers due to the distress situation where the bank just wante [Read More]

A recent quarterly survey by the U of F has determined that our market is finally on a rebound as I am sure all of you will be happy to hear.Private capital from abroad as well as domestic is entering the state looking for quality investments. The loosening of of financing by banks will help in the [Read More]

Well, it appears that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has changed his mind and decided that off shore drilling off the coast of Florida seems to be a bad idea..again.Let's take a look at the history of the Florida's Governor many different views on the subject of offshore drilling since coming into offic [Read More]

This one will get you apes going.....We have all heard ofNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) we count on them to warn us of hurricanes, floods, tidal surges and other things weather related. We trust them to provide us with information that may save our lives and those of our loved [Read More]

The oil spill continues to spread toward the eastern Gulf, Hernando County's top emergency official said Tuesday. We must brace ourselves as many communities are on the shoreline and could be affected.(Hernando Beach South and Hernando Beach North and the Weeki Wachee River which is connected t [Read More]

Do you wonder how bad this spill is? Here is a video from CNN:http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/05/04/marciano.oil.spill.fly.over.cnnHey Tony - Here is an example of the type of person you tried to advantage of last weekend:http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/05/04/marciano.oil.spill.fly [Read More]

Over the weekend, news emerged that BP was circulating settlement agreements among coastal residents of Alabama and possibly other states, essentially requiring that "people give up the right to sue in exchange for payment of up to $5,000," the Alabama Press-Registerreported. Alabama's Attorney Gene [Read More]

So, the blame game has started, the smoke screens are puffing up and there is enough finger pointing to poke several peoples eye's out. The distract and hide session of this disaster is now in full swing. Everybody agrees on a few key points though.According to the LA Times (http://latimesblogs.lati [Read More]