Opinion

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]

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]

In today's St Pete Times I read an article about the value of the appraisal process.  In my opinion, between the inexperienced appraisers, the foreclosures and short sales, lack of knowledge of the area,  many appraisals are doomed from the get go.   It seems we've gone [Read More]

A new bill called the Homeowner Relief and Housing Recovery Act is trying to be passed in Tallahassee. It would allow the banks to foreclose without the homeowner having his/her day in Court. What is happening to us? The banks, who are supose to be helping people, will now be afforded the opportuni [Read More]

Buying a home is hard enough but trying to do it without a Realtor can be a nightmare. There are three reasons someone might try to sell their home themselves: 1. They don't want to pay a real estate commission 2. They think their house is worth more than it is 3. They have something to hide Mo [Read More]

Typically in a real estate transaction, the seller chooses the Title Company they wish to use to close the transaction and pay for the owner's title insurance policy. The buyer is always free to name the title company but usually is asked, then, to pay for their own title insurance policy. The [Read More]

Homes are again selling in the state after a few years hiatus. I kind of have a sneaky feeling that it might have to do with the value of these homes being about 50% drop in the sales prices. Cash sale for homes in central Florida accounted for over 50% of sales in February. This is partially due t [Read More]

The last several years have seen a huge change in the attitudes of the American people towards home ownership and money.The last 5 years has seen a dramatic drop in Americans faith in the real estate as a good investment. Unemployment , bank collapse, foreclosure and the many cases of greed, graft [Read More]