Tampa Bay Homes

"Sugary-white sand, dolphins frolicking just off shore and eight major barrier islands make St. Pete Beach a postcard-perfect seaside destination."

Located in Pinellas County, Florida, it is an ideal place to experience the state's wild beauty and sunshine.

Florida's Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Daytona Beaches also made the top ten list.

Trip Advisors Top Ten Beach Destinations in the United States

GULF HARBORS, New Port Richey Fl

The Gulf Harbors area in New Port Richey has some great amenities, including an optional membership to the  Beautiful Private Beach Club.  You can Walk the white sandy beach, picnic, enjoy the wide spectactular Gulf views, and really live your Florida lifstyle.

Choose from three communities-FLORIMAR, WOODLANDS, and SEA FOREST. Find custom estate homes, perfect second and vacation homes, maintenance free condos, and many choices to fit your standard of living.

These waterfront comunities invite you to great neighborhoods and you can even choose your own rare deep water canal property.

Example of Gulf Harbors Condos at http://www.fastemailflyers.com/public/viewflyer.cgi?flyer_id=186727 or visit

 http://www.suncoastfloridahomesforsale.com/ for a complete list of estate waterfront homes.

Last April was the first North Pinellas Realtor All Star Panel.

Meeting at the Oldsmar, Fl Marriott, area Realtors heard from a top producer panel regarding real estate topics such as lead generation, systems and tools, education, networking, market conditions and distressed properties.

The panel guests were Bob McCaffrey - Century 21, Terry Tillung - Coldwell Banker, Linda Casuso - Keller Williams, and Mollie Gilliard - ReMax.

Ideas and business was exchanged and several dozen Real Estate agents attended the event.

Sponsors included Commonwealth Insurance, Pillar to Post Inspections, Star Title Partners, and Van Dyk Mortgage.

Stay tuned for the next All Star panel event location and time to be announced.

According to RealtyTrac and NAR, more than 700,000 homeowners filed for foreclosure and NEVER LISTED THEIR HOME in 2010. Could Real Estate Agents help more of those 700,000 homeowners and save them from foreclosure? 

 Keller Williams and CITI Mortgage present the national program "Short Sale Mastery" which is a One-Day Intensive Training for Real Estate Professionals on how to help the homeowner with their option to short sale their property. 

Discussions include:

• Market Opportunity    
• Mindset and Choices
• Lead Generation and Prequalification
• The Short Sale Process
• Building a Short Sale Team
• The local Expert panel

When a real estate professional brings the short sale as one solution to the property owner and their lender; the seller and lender can evaluate and move forward with their best WIN/WIN deal.

"Banks incur a lot of additional expenses when they foreclose- legal fees, security and damage issues, repairs, property maintenance, insurance, evictions, agent or auction fees, and more. A reasonable short sale is almost always going to net more money to them."                                  Josh Pomerleau, Minneapolis, MN

Professionals check out this link for more information and Attend the next tour in your area by contacting Resouces and a local KW market center sponsor.

It's a prime time to buy a home in Palm Harbor Fl.

I just read a great book called " 7 Reasons Why Now Is A Great Time To Buy A Home!" It's filled with positive, exciting information to help buyers seize the incredible opportunities available to them right now. Over the next seven weeks, I'lll be sharing key excerpts from this ebook with you in my blog. For a free copy of this ebook, contact me and I'll send it to you.

Right now, in Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Pasco Counties, Florida and across the country, buyer opportunities are historic and we haven't seen this kind of opportunity in generations.

Today Prudential Realty Clearwater hosted a very informative Social Networking class in Clearwater Florida. Professor Mike Smith of Hodges University at PHCC and his wife Carol Smith http://carolsmith.thewrittenblog.com/of Capstone Home Mortgage  affiliate of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, brought understanding to the marketing opportunities for a real estate agent through Social Media. Dozens of Social Media tools and platforms were presented. Topics included Search Engine Optimization, Developing inbound Marketing Strategies, Business Blogging, and measuring Results. Todays' Clearwater Real Estate Agents succeed in many ways through Inbound Marketing. Professor Mike Smith will be teaching a detailed curriculum at PHCC from "Marketing 2.0" by author Bernie Borges, "Bridging the Gap between Seller and Buyer through Social Media Marketing". Check out details of his presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/

Lake Minneola in Odessa Florida is a place to enjoy everything there is about lakfront living. Boating, jet skis, canoeing, water sports, or just relaxing in a couple of chairs with fishing poles, this area has it all. Buyers, sellers, and long time residents consider it golden. Enjoy the privacy of country living, and the closeness of the popular growing new Trinity Area. The Suncoast Parkway is only a short drive away to take you anywhere.