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  • Greenovation Saves You Money Now and Later
    While there’s a general belief that choosing greener products and alternatives will cost you more money, that’s not always true. In many cases, the greener alternative costs no more than or even less than the traditional option. In nearly all cases, you’ll make up any additional cost over the course of a few years.
  • Living a Greener Life on a Shoestring Budget
    It doesn’t take a big investment to reduce your impact on the Earth – just a little bit of forethought and attention to the choices that you make. Here are fifteen simple things that can make a major difference in how much energy your family uses around the house.
  • Green Dragons, White Tigers, Black Turtles and Your New House
    Feng shui, for the few folks out there who havent heard about it, is the ancient Chinese science of determining and altering the effects of the environment on our lives. If you listen to some of the claims made for feng shui, it holds all the secrets to health, wealth and happiness wrapped up in a few coins and some wind chimes.
  • Florida's Proposed Super-Exemption is Only a Start
    Tax reform is one of the hottest topics in Florida real estate these days. In the past month, we’ve heard a lot of politicians applauding themselves for the passage of important new tax reform bills. They deserve the applause – but only if they continue on the path they’ve begun. This is not the time for them to rest on their laurels. It is important for all of us to remember that the lawmakers have only partially addressed the inequities in the tax situation.
  • Protect Your Home from Florida’s Storms and Hurricanes
    There are some very good reasons for investing in storm and hurricane protection for your home, not the least of which is saving your life in the worst storms. Here’s a quick rundown of storm protection and other safety items that may reduce the premiums on your homeowners insurance.
  • Yard And Garden: Home Shows
    Alright, let's face facts. Homes get sold on first impressions. Well maybe not sold, but the first impression goes a long way to making up the minds of buyers. So what is the average buyer's first impression formed on? The home's exterior. So it stands to reason that the yard and gardens will play a huge role in helping to form a buyer's first impression of the home.
  • Tampa Luxury Homes
    There are a few places in this country that naturally lend themselves to the construction of luxury homes. In past years we have seen the emergence of Tampa as one of these elite locations. Luxury home markets can be a finicky thing to deal with as people are expecting the utmost in services and amenities as well as unparalleled views and scenery.
  • Trading Up In Tampa
    Tampa Bay is an area that is full to the brim with amazing homes and with new homes being built all the time there is pretty much an endless selection to choose from. However, this may be a moot point as the newly proposed property tax laws may severely affect the average home owner's ability to purchase a new home in the Tampa area.
  • Florida Property Tax Reform
    There is a lot going on in Florida right now concerning the issue of property taxes. Recently a new property tax bill was proposed and has been received with mixed emotions by Florida residents. Some think that this new bill looks great and indeed for some it will be quite nice, however, some sectors believe that the bill is not broad enough to solve some of the past inequalities in the home tax system.
  • Florida Real Estate, Why Do You Buy? The Question that Realtors Should Be Asking
    It’s a buyers’ market in Florida housing. That’s a fact that no one denies. Sales are slow. Prices are stagnant. The projections, if you believe them are gloomy. The question, of course, is “Gloomy for whom?” The fact is that when you step back from the housing sales figures and take a look at the big picture, what you see is far different.
  • Tampa Job Market
    One major concern for home buyers in today's market is jobs. Where can they relocate to an area with a great and proliferating job market? Traditionally buyers have looked to major market cities to provide employment opportunities that will be both profitable and long-term. To some extent this still holds true.
  • Smart Home Buying
    It's a sorry sight when you see so many homes being repossessed. Repo's and foreclosures and more prevalent than ever before as first-time home buyers are making some cardinal mistakes during the buying process that are leading to problems later on. One of the biggest mistakes people are making is not having their finances completely in order and arranged before buying a home.
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