This Post is for 2nd Home Buyers Only

I am serious.  I am talking to those people who have the money to purchase a second home right now today.  I know you are out there.  I sold second homes to people like you 15 years ago on the Gulf of Mexico when the market was not what it is today. 
You are in better shape [...]

Bailing out the Housing Market Makes Us Mad But

Once again I am here to share with you why we as Realtor’s have behind us an organization that is determined to turn this housing market around.
I know and understand being in the 92% of the people who pay their mortgages on time, that a housing bail out sticks in the craw.  We all work hard [...]

The Positives of Buying a Home in Florida

Are you as tired of hearing all the negatives about real estate these days as I am?  If you are then read on because this is a 15 point collection of the positive side of living in the Sunshine State.
1.      Let’s start with Fantastic Prices.  Over the entire state of Florida home prices have fallen about 20% [...]

This is why you SHOULD be using a REALTOR

I am sharing with you here the letter we Realtors received from our President of the National Association of Realtors.  I am a Realtor, everyone at Castle Dream is a Realtor.  There is a difference -why would you choose a real estate agent and not a Realtor?
 
 

 

 

Dear Fellow REALTOR®,
Here’s our take on the Stimulis Bill [...]

How Do I Work With Buyers in this Market?

Ben Franklin once said “You may delay, but time will not.”  Time does march on and when a buyer is in step with the marching music that buyer realizes that it is a very safe and sane time to purchase your castle.
I am a believer in being prepared when I begin to work with any [...]

HUD at Work For You!

RESPA – has a nice sound to it, but do you know what RESPA is?  RESPA is the abbreviation for Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.  Now you know what it is, right?
No?  Well here is an abbreviated legal definition of it:
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is a consumer protection statute, first passed in [...]

Drywall Imported from China, Big Stinky Problem

South Florida Business Journal – February 2, 2009
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/othercities/southflorida/stories/2009/02/02/story1.html?b=1233550800^1769884

This past weekend we here at Castle Dream Real Estate began to hear the buzz about the complaints coming in regarding the use of dry wall imported from China starting in 2006.  I started to do my research on this immediately because I sell a lot of new [...]