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A real estate colleague of mine asked if I'd like to go bike riding the other day on a Hernando County Florida bike trail followed up by kayaking on the Withlacoochee River. Not wanting to appear like a wimp and due for a new regimen in exercise, I told her sure, and showed up for our adventur [Read More]

Short Sales are tough. But most difficult for buyers who are unaware. In a very real sense, it's almost like chasing rainbows, or dreaming about a National Geographic safari, places where few rarely go. Here in Hernando County Florida, the real estate market is riddled with short sales. Short s [Read More]

Land in Hernando, Pasco, Citrus County and all the rest of the central gulf coast of Florida has not been this inexpensive in years. The price of farms, groves, ranches and land has gone down so much, that now is the time to live out your fantasy. You can pick your own fruit, ride your ho [Read More]

Real Estate is helping Florida recover from bad economy. Homes have begun moving at a brisk pace in Hernando county and Pasco county are finally able to begin dealing with drop in price of many homes and successfully move them into the hands of new owners. Manatee county according to my sources has [Read More]

According to Warren Buffet, one of the world's most successful investors, although he agrees with the Obama Administrations' response to the economic crisis he also believes that it will lead to inflation. He claims that the best way to fight this next economic situation is to invest your [Read More]

In a recent conference it was said that Hernando County had the largest population of government paid retirees bringing the average per capita income to some of the lowest in the country, about $28,500 per year. Our County Department of Economic Development needs to step outside the bounds of the N [Read More]

At a recent seminar at the Hernando County Association of Realtors facility in Brooksville Florida, citizens and Realtors were given some economic facts about the county that were rather startling. The seminar leader pointed out that Hernando County had perhaps the largest retired contingency of go [Read More]

Adversity equals benefit or so I learned years ago in all of my positive think training. It came from Napolean Hill's Think and Grow Rich, the grandfather of all modern day motivational teachings that was prophetic and almost biblical in content. Look around here in Hernando County Florida and [Read More]

Ever wonder why they call these transactions short sales when they take sooooo long. Maybe a better word for a short sale should be a "Long Sale" You would think that the banks would be eager to move these homes a bit faster, but after a while I am beginning to wonder what in the world [Read More]

USDA vs. FHA vs. Conventional USDA is up to 102% Financing of the APPRAISED Value of the home NOT the purchase price! There is a 2% up front Funding Fee that they charge but even though you are over 80% loan to value they do not charge a monthly mortgage insurance premium (PMI).You can only financ [Read More]