What a wonderful year! 2010 has restored my faith in many things and I just wanted to share a few of those events with the people that mean the most to me, my family, friends, and customers. My success is directly related to many of you who will read this and find yourself in at least one of the lines here.

I learned so much this year, as you often do in challenging times. One of the most valuable lessons learned early in the year was on transparency. I’ve always been an open book, but the lessons of transparency learned from a social media mentor opened my eyes even further. Truthfulness, clear motives, appropriate context and trust, those are the qualities of transparency I am talking about. With that said, and sitting in a few moments of quiet reflection, I thought I’d recap a few details about my year, about business and about relationships in 2010. (more…)

I love social media. When browsing the not so small world that we live in, where we are all probably a little more connected than we realize occasionally you stumble on things that surprise you. Sometimes these are welcome surprises such as realizing that your friends are friends with your other friends and you never made that connection until you see them holding the babies of your loved ones, or enjoying parades or parties together. Those are the feel good moments of our social media world.

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Just because the Federal Tax Credit for first-time home-buyers ended earlier this year, there are still assistance options for Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida first time home-buyers.

One of the options is the Leon County SHIP Program. SHIP stands for State Housing Initiative Partnership. SHIP is funded from Florida Housing, Community Development Block Grant, and Housing Finance Corporation. When buying a home in the Unincorporated areas of Leon County. To access these funds, buyers must qualify and meet eligibility requirements for Income, by Definition and Home Criteria. (more…)

Real Estate values are available, but how do you find them?  That is the question everyone seems to be asking. I hear from folks all the time who say to me, “If you come across a great real estate deal in the Tallahassee area, the Quincy area, the Gulf Coast area, or a foreclosure, a fixer-upper, a bank-owned property, call me!”  I’d be happy to,…but there’s a catch. You need to hire our Tallahassee real estate team!

This is my full-time job. Looking for real estate deals, scouring property records, driving neighborhoods, meeting with home or property sellers, making contacts with people who need or want to sell their Tallahassee area real estate is my life, every day, nearly 90 hours every week. I have an organized real estate team that helps me coordinate real estate buyers. Their biggest job is determining who is a SERIOUS buyer and who likes to ride around in a car and sight-see. My team only work with serious buyers, who know how much they can spend, who have a

budget, who need a certain rate of return on their investment and who have time-lines for accomplishing their purchases.  The sooner we begin working together, the sooner you will poised to purchase. If you think that you will luck up on a bargain on your own, think again. You are very likely to get caught in legal quagmires that you can not understand or do not have time to deal with, or at the very least waste precious hours and hard-earned money by making mistakes that will  ultimately sour you on your real estate purchase. Don’t be one of those consumers.

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