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I represent a buyer who put an offer in on a "repaired sinkhole home" in Pristine Place, Spring Hill, Florida. It is a gated deed restricted community with very nice amenities and a beautiful subdivision in Hernando County. I was told that the seller's lender is accepting the offer, w [Read More]

When I become president, one thing I will take a hard look at is the enourmous cost of keeping criminals, losers, and deadbeats happy, safe, and healthy. As a productive tax paying member of society I have a really hard time with paying for prisoners with a life sentence. I believe that if someone c [Read More]

The Treasury Department announced that they are planning to rate mortgage companies on how they treat customers regarding the $75 billion foreclosure relief effort. This report is suppose to come out in July. There are more than 100 companies involved in this program, which was designed to help up [Read More]

As a Realtor one of my jobs is to make the process of buying or selling a home as smooth as possible for my clients.  By not insisting that home buyers get pre-approved I am creating a disservice to not only the home buyer but also to home sellers and other buyers that I may be working with.&n [Read More]

You can explore as little as two counties on US Hwy.19 through Hernando and Citrus counties, and see immediately the lack of traffic, no six and eight lane expressways here.  Just the Suncoast Parkway running from Hwy 98 in Citrus County to the Tampa International Airport and points [Read More]

I remember the days when you could rely on your Title Company to make sure every document was precisely what it needed to be and every figure was exact. Like so many other aspects of daily life, the work of Title Companies of late has become unreliable. In just the last 3 closings I have had 2 whe [Read More]

The SB 2210 bill requires that all Appraisal Management Companies (AMC's) that currently operate in the State of Florida must register with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR). The bill will now visit the desk of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for approval. According to [Read More]

The Adopt-A-House program uses volunteers from Volunteer Hollywood to renovate and provide practical restorations for qualified homeowners that typically are in violation of code restrictions, completely free of charge. Generally Adopt-A-House will provide restorations such as painting, landscaping [Read More]

Lazy Lakes RV Resort in Sugarloaf Key, Monroe County, Florida was an endangered 28-acre campground not too long ago! The property was set for condo construction, but due to the recession, construction has been halted!  Many campgrounds in The Keys are looked upon as the perfect property for de [Read More]

Beware of mortgage fraud, especially in Florida where mortgage fraud ranks number one in the nation, according to Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARI). With an index reading of 292, Florida had almost three times the expected amount of mortgage fraud, when compared to the amount of loans issued [Read More]