Posts about Tri-State Real Estate (FL, GA and AL) as of October 2, 2009

Everybody knows that buying a real estate property is one of the major personal investments anyone can make. In a fairly competitive market, not to mention a buyers market, such as the Tampa real estate market, being strategic and organized will significantly contribute to make certain getting the most suitable Tampa real estate deal on the market. Planning significantly contributes to alleviating the stress associated with such a major decision.

Developer John Ryan’s home sites in Tampa, Florida are under various stages of foreclosure procedures . In 2007, Ryan’s company Metro Development Group purchased parcels of land across Florida, with majority of them located in the area of Tampa Bay. The acquisitions were done while Florida’s real estate market was starting to fall into pieces. In December 2007, Metro Development purchased about 8,300 land sites from financially-struggling homebuilding company, Lennar.

America, Are You Listening? – brownpelicanla.com 10/02/2009 The Democrats’ Secret Plan to Pass the Public Option by Next Thursday ….Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, told the liberal “Bill Press Radio Show” yesterday that Democrats “comfortably” have the remaining votes to reach 51 and pass a public plan once the debate moves to the House floor . . .

Many Kash-4-Klunker customers may in fact be due additional funds, read on…The radio quote goes “GM was a car company that occasionally leant money and now it is a bank that makes cars.” After all when you can make a car at a 2% profit, or finance it for a 25% profit the math stands out. I remember as a child my mom or a neighbor saving a car payment monthly and after three years would go buy a new car. I am from the day of a new model by American Motors called the Gremlin costing $1776.

Reports of a successful Nassau Coliseum lease deal between the Islanders and local government seem somewhat premature as Isles owner Charles Wang voices his frustration at Town of Hempstead officials for not trying to meet his Oct. 3 deadline for rezoning approval of his arena-related real estate development. If Hempstead officials do not approve by Oct.

Saturn dealers plot a future without GM — again Options include shutting down, selling imports Chrissie Thompson and Jamie LaReau Automotive News | October 1, 2009 – 12:01 am EST   Some Saturn dealers say they will look for other franchises now that Penske Automotive has canceled its plans to buy Saturn from GM, while others say they’ll wait and see whether Penske revives the deal.

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  To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends, We sort of got accused of using our newsletter to hype our clients, and that’s largely true.  Yes, we like to say nice things about our clients who are doing well, but we have many clients, if not most of them, who bring us in because they’re not doing well.  We never mention them since it wouldn’t be very polite.

October 2, 2009 New Home Sales Rise SlightlyFollowing four months of solid gains, sales of newly built, single-family homes edged up by less than one percent in August 2009 as the window for an important buyer incentive began to close.According to data recently released by the U.S. Commerce Department, sales posted a meager 0.7% gain to a seasonally adjusted, annual rate of 429,000 units for the month.“With the $8,000 home buyer tax credit set to expire at the end of November, prospects

Felicia Robinson lives with her six-year-old cousin and has to drain their toilet with water buckets of water in their apartment in Miami, Florida. Whenever apartment buildings owners fall into foreclosure , the consequences get dire for the left-behind renters. After working full days and tending to three children, the very last thing that Latasha Jones feels like doing is making apartment complex rounds to gather contributions for the water bill of the building. However, she doesn’t have a choice.

If you have the heart and soul of a gambler or love extreme sports and activities such as skydiving or bungee jumping then you may be the ideal candidate for pre-construction real estate investing. Pre-construction profits are often among the highest in the industry. At the same time so are the risks. You will find the greatest highs and lows that can be found in the field of real estate investing lie beneath the umbrella of pre-construction profits and many of the big names we know so well in the real estate investing field have made much of their fortunes through speculation and pre-construction sales.

Held in Ponte Vedra Beach Florida. This home was sold at a Live Auction by Nicholas Varzos of Exclusively Auctions. www.MyNextAuction.comTagged as: absolute, auction, Clip, estate, Live, Nicholas, real, Varzos, video

The elements of the weather as well more aggressive and severe winter time conditions will weather even the best cared for outdoor entertainment deck and decking of your home , condominium or summer lake vacation real estate property. Take the time and effort to protect your deck and decking against the coming winter conditions. This applies if you are going to endure a cold Winnipeg , Manitoba wintertime or a Florida spring like winter time spell.

Fully-Managed IT Solution Will Support Firm’s Rapid Real Estate … IT Business Net Smithfield & Wainwright LLC is a Florida-based, full-service real estate appraisal andvaluation firm that provides services nationwide. … and more »

Understanding how to avoid foreclosure is really important if you’ve ended up missing – or suppose you are coming to end up missing – your mortgage paying . If you end up missing even one mortgage paying , you will be in real danger of home foreclosure . Home foreclosure can make a bad financial situation even worse. Nevertheless , the reality is that lenders and banks really do not want to foreclose on you. This simple fact will assist you if you plan to finish foreclosure now .

“Earn More Selling Real Estate — The Charles Rutenberg Way” to be offered on Long Island. PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 30, 2009 – Real Estate Agents who would like to see more money in their commission checks may register for two upcoming lectures presented by Charles Rutenberg Realty titled “Earn More Selling Real Estate — The Charles Rutenberg Way.” Lectures will be held at the following dates and places: ● October 14, Bob’s Place Restaurant, 230 Jericho Turnpike Floral Park, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

The link between opulence and spirituality has been eternal. People need spirituality to appreciate what they have got. The more you gain, the more you need an understanding of life to enjoy it. Otherwise, you always feel unfulfilled and unsatisfied. I was deeply struck when I read last week about a Florida real estate developer [...]

Even in these tough times, there are still plenty of motivated and passionate people taking risks and starting new businesses. One of these folks is Lester Hutt, who is the founder of BevShots.com , which takes microscopic photos of your favorite drinks and turns them into beautiful art. The piece shown above is English oatmeal stout. I know Lester through a long-time friend, and he agreed to share some of his business experiences as well as how it has affected his family’s personal finances.

Movoto.com Serves Westchester and Putnam County Real Estate Buyers in New York Real estate buyers in Putnam and Westchester Counties in New York can now access homes for sale listings from the local multiple listing service (MLS) and contact Movoto for help from a local real estate agent on Movoto.com. YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Movoto.com announced today that it expanded its unique service for real estate buyers to include active homes for sale listings in Putnam and Westchester Counties in New York.

This message on how Florida and Ecuador connect can help you enjoy everlasting wealth. See how going from this view in Hong Kong from Bowen Road… to this… brought us more than a fortune. The leaf change has begun here in the Blue Ridge and autumn’s glorious message can help us improve our investing and business. I explain below. Yesterday’s message, Ecuador Gold ,  was about gold, good value real estate and the power of incorporating a PIEC ( P ersonal I ncome E arning C orridor) in your life so you can: 1.    Do what you like.

At one of Florida’s largest land sales in years, Miami based Fortune International Realty and Sonesta International Hotels Corporation of Boston sold a 10.3 acre site for $7.5M per acre or $1,738 per square foot to Argentine Developer Consultatio S.A. in what was previously ready for a 300 room eight story Sonesta Beach Resort. This superior oceanfront land sale located in Key Biscayne, contains over 500 linear feet of coastline. This reinforces how the International community views greater Miami as a very strong venue for long term real estate investments.

Our introduction to creating a niche store on Ebay will include the basics, which will be followed by a more in depth look at making money on Ebay.. When you consider”eBay” and “money” in the same phrase you perhaps think of being a eBay seller. You place product listings in the eBay marketplace, buyers bid, you pay your eBay seller fees and what you have left is your profit margin. There is, however, another way to create a business which still revolves around eBay but which doesn’t entail you selling a specific item in the eBay marketplace.

Federal Loan Modification Program Will Help 4 Million The Obama backed Federal loan modification program that will bring $75 billion for homeowners who are facing foreclosure is said to be able to help a lot of homeowners. Specifically, the plan is slated to help 3 to 4 million homeowners, and the $75 billion will go directly to homeowners to help them with avoiding foreclosure through loan modifications. Loan modifications or mortgage modifications allow homeowners to drastically reduce their interest rate, drop their principal, and even halt foreclosure proceedings.

Members of the Green Party work daily recruiting candidates, educating voters, lobbying their local and state governments, serving on local boards and city councils, and lately, challenging obstructive and unequal election and campaigning laws in court.  Below is a round-up of some the latest legal moves and victories won by state Green Parties across the country.  Your  support  of the Green Party on all levels is vital if we are going to continue to work for better election laws and candidate recruitment.

Charlotte first-time homebuyers: get up, get out and get going this weekend to see all the available homes on the Wells Fargo Affordable Home Tour . With less than three weeks left to write a contract on a home and still get the $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit , time is running out. In order to make it a little easier, Wells Fargo has teamed up with over a dozen real estate companies to put on one of Charlotte’s largest “Open House” events. Savvy + Co.

Get your big hat out and prepare for a storm of huge economic development ideas to come ripping through Northwest Florida October 29 with the Annual Fall Leadership Summit being held at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa.  There are tons of presentations on the board with big-name speakers such as Jerry Ray from St. Joe, Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos, Alabama Speaker of the House Seth Hammett, Mel Ponder of Coastal Vision 3000 and many others.

National Park Service Parktips – October 2009 Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service.   A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm .   Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips.   You can view past issues of Parktips.   You can also receive a personal copy of Parktips, via e-mail or fax, by registering at our website.

I don’t have a very good nose, but even mine has been curling up at the bad-fish smell rising from the rural real-estate market. Financing for many types of properties — some farms, second homes, undeveloped land, timberland and recreational property, among others — is either hard to get or only available on out-of-whack terms. Credit is not fully stoppered, but it sure is clogged. I asked two dozen readers of Country Real Estate to give me their impressions of how such properties were moving in their areas compared with two years ago.

The Cash for Clunkers Program and an eight thousand dollar tax credit for first time home buyers pushed state revenues more than 40 million dollars above estimates in August. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, there are also some other positive revenue signs. The state saw more money than expected from alcohol, cigarettes, home and car sales and even the sale of building supplies. The almost 41million dollar surplus has economists cautiously optimistic. 12 million of the cash came from real estate sales.

These hard financial times have created a lot of would-be investors jumpy . One can’t turn on the television or open a magazine or web browser without coming across even more unnerving news. A down market, nevertheless , also suggests a number of investment options for those who are not feeble of heart. Now is the time to have advantage of these opportunities. The foreclosure opportunity? Now? Yes.

Sherri Strazz is a commercial real estate agent with the firm of Klein & Heuchan Inc., in Clearwater Florida.  Sherri is a member of the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors (FCGAR) and a recipient in 2007 and 2008 of the FCGAR Pinnacle Award for outstanding achievement in commercial real estate sales and leasing…  Sherri completed over 15 million dollars in commercial real estate transactions in the Tampa Bay area.  Sherri thrives in helping others applying her knowledge, communication, attention to detail and problem resolution skills.

Sherri Strazz is a commercial real estate agent with the firm of Klein & Heuchan Inc., in Clearwater Florida.  Sherri is a member of the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors (FCGAR) and a recipient in 2007 and 2008 of the FCGAR Pinnacle Award for outstanding achievement in commercial real estate sales and leasing…  Sherri completed over 15 million dollars in commercial real estate transactions in the Tampa Bay area.  Sherri thrives in helping others applying her knowledge, communication, attention to detail and problem resolution skills.

Newly listed for only $65,000!  This 1998 built 2 bedroom 2 bath condo is ideally situated in Brevard County, Florida’s very popular planned unit development o f Viera. Located in the  The Greens at Viera Eas t, this 1,092 square foot ground floor is very livable!  With open parking outside your front door, a short walk across the parking lot to the clubhouse, pool, and the fitness center provide conveniences most look for in their Florida condo! All appliances stay, including the washer and dryer!

The upside of Florida real estate: 15 market positives Let’s take a look at some of the opportunities for today and the future of Florida’s real estate market. 1. Great prices. Statewide, the existing-home median sales price was $161,200 in the fourth quarter of 2008; a year earlier, it was $216,600 for a decrease of 26 percent. 2. The time is right. Home sales volumes are rising again – a clear signal that today’s “buyers market” may be changing soon.

Thanos Papalexis, a Greek-born property developer who split his time between London and Florida, has been sentenced to life in prison for murder . What motive did Papalexis (who also happened to be a major booster for Hillary Clinton) have to murder a tenant? Apparently the tenant refused to move out of his property, and he was worried that the lone holdout would torpedo a major transaction. Insane.

Preliminary September 2009 sales data for the Brevard County real estate market as captured from Brevard MLS system, October 1, 2009. [Data may change as additional sales are entered however the overall numbers should change very little]. During September 2009 there were 490 single family homes sold in the Brevard County market. This is a bit lower than the August 2009 sales figure of 562. The average sales prices for Brevard County in September 2009 was $153,876 compared to August 2009’s $159,324.

Scott Conroy pays the mortgage every month on his one-bedroom condominium in San Diego, even though it’s worth 33 percent less than what he owes and it may take more than a decade to break even. Homeowners like Conroy who can afford their monthly payments are weighing whether to sell and pay the difference, stick it out until housing prices recover, or walk away. In the U.S., 26 percent of borrowers owe more than their home is worth, said Karen Weaver, global head of securitization research for New York-based Deutsche Bank Securities.

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Source: sxc.hu Photo: ctoocheck One of the things that can eat into your retirement funds is taxes. No matter where you live in the U.S., you will have to pay federal taxes. However, state income and sales taxes are a completely different matter. These taxes vary according to where you live, and can make a big difference how much money you have to use at your disposal during retirement. Kiplinger offers a really great interactive map that offers insight into states where the tax situation can make retirement more desirable.

Opportunity to benefit from the Florida real estate market is looking a little sunnier – for buyers, for savvy Florida real estate agents and sellers who can find the silver lining. According to a report released by Zillow.com this month, of the 25 cities with the biggest median discounts in August, 14 of them were in the state of Florida. The Florida city where sellers offered the most significant price reductions was in Vero Beach, where buyers negotiated prices down by 10.2%, a savings of $23,500.

New Cato Institute study suggest various real estate zoning regulations contributed to the housing bubble and its ensuing crash. Cato’s Randal O’Toole writes … Between 2000 and the bubble’s peak, inflation-adjusted housing prices in California and Florida more than doubled, and since the peak they have fallen by 20 to 30 percent. In contrast, housing prices in Georgia and Texas grew by only about 20 to 25 percent, and they haven’t significantly declined.

Right now I’m in advertising, it’s kinda cool. But I have a job offer from one Cushman & Wakefield to do commerical real estate in up and coming commercial districts like Fort lauderdale and Miami. Big bucks. Would you do it? I would be a broker, I’m a sales guy =) Tags: Take, Florida, [...] Related posts: Best Real Estate Investing Market In South Florida? I want to be a real estate investor and would like to know what city has the highest selling rate in either broward or palm beach county florida Tags: South, Estate, Market, Real, Best, Investing, Florida …

Broadway Real Estate Services is a new player to Lakeland’s office real estate market, making its presence immediately known with a portfolio of over 400,000 square feet of prime office space.  Ron Clark started the company together with his son, Matt Clark, and son-in-law, Tom Anderson.  Broadway also includes a commercial real estate brokerage business, Broadway Brokerage, LLC, which is headed by one of Lakeland’s best commercial brokers, Patricia Hendler.  Together, the Broadway team has over 60 years of commercial real estate experience in owning, leasing and managing office properties.

Michael Saunders & Company MSC BEST OPPORTUNITY – 1143 CASEY KEY RD, NOKOMIS, FLCan you effectively introduce a business unit which is counter-intuitive to the very foundation that your company was built on? The answer is an emphatic YES! Michael Saunders and Company started in 1976 as the premier luxury real estate firm serving the Sarasota elite and expanded over the years to meet the demands of the affluent along Florida’s Gulf Coast.For years, their sales price has been significantly higher than the MLS in all areas serviced and $1MM+ sales were the norm.

Home buyers are finding that the battered real-estate market offers just as many opportunities for headaches as for bargains. Seth and Crystal Grotzke, both 25 years old, recently bought a bank-owned two-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse in Edina, Minnesota, for $110,000—when similar homes in the same development were selling for as much as $131,000. But exactly one day before the scheduled July closing, the Grotzkes learned there was a second, unpaid mortgage. Because of the foul-up, the couple was forced to live in Mr.

This month’s issue of “Florida Realtor” arrived last week and true to form since I am spending  a lot of time on line studying for my Broker license I did not open the magazine until today. I was greeted on Page 5 by the “UPFRONT” page and a survey entitled “Who Are You?” It seems the National Realtor’s Association Research Division compiled a profile of the “typical” Florida member. The “typical” Florida Realtor is a woman, 55 years old and maintains a home office.  OK 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.

Even in these tough times, there are still plenty of motivated and passionate people taking risks and starting new businesses. One of these folks is Lester Hutt, who is the founder of BevShots.com , which takes microscopic photos of your favorite drinks and turns them into beautiful art. The piece shown above is English oatmeal stout. I know Lester through a long-time friend, and he agreed to share some of his business experiences as well as how it has affected his family’s personal finances.