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Who Are You? An Article About Finding Your Voice
2007-03-16 03:54:00
I don?t consider myself to be a blogging expert. I don?t even know what credentials a person would need before he/she could reasonably be considered an expert. Is it Carnival wins? Is it blogging for 2 years consecutively without taking the infamous ?bloggers hiatus?? Is it generating 200 unique hits per ...
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Buy a New Home, Get a Rebate in Tampa
2007-03-15 21:24:00
Team Greene has a theory:  We don’t need 8% commission (currently being offered by Standard Pacific Home s at Asbel Creek) to live.  We only need 3%.  We’d be exceedingly happy with 4%.  So, that being said, we’ll offer a buyers rebate for any commission payed over 4% of the price of the home. So, if you ...
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Tough Times for Military Relocations to MacDill
2007-03-15 14:52:00
We know how hard it can be to pack up the family from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and lug everything down to Tampa and Mac Dill. The PCS process doesn’t get any easier as life goes on. Kids get attached, school gets complicated, and everybody loses out on something. To add injury to insult, military PCS ...
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Tampa Area Info: Best Night Spots
2007-03-15 14:48:00
I suppose, in the spirit of localism, that I can write a blog about anything I want so long as it is related to Tampa. In a perfect world, everything would be about Tampa Real Estate, but then you probably wouldn’t read the blog. I suppose we’ll have to compromise. I may have done some partying ...
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Sell Your Home FSBO. It?ll Work Out Fine.
2007-03-14 23:34:00
You really shouldn’t hire a Real Estate agent.  They make too much money anyway.  Plus, they’ll charge you 6% commission and do virtually the same things that you could do yourself:  Put a sign in the yard, place an ad in the paper, and wait.  Right? This home selling thing is simple.  You can just have ...
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How To Sell Your Home Fast and Look Like A Genius
2007-03-14 22:28:00
Trying to sell a home in this market can make even the smartest guy look like a window-licker. We mean that in the nicest possible way. It’s interesting to watch people flail around sinking money into different advertising mediums only to be continually upset when their dollars don’t result in a sale. So, if your ...
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Top 5 Tampa Suburbs
2007-03-14 22:25:00
I thought that I might make a list of the top five Tampa Suburbs. In my opinion, these are not only great places to live, but also great places to invest in purchasing Real estate. 1) Brandon: Brandon has something for everybody. It can accomodate the first time home buyer looking for a condo or ...

Tampa Bay Asks: What is a CDD fee?
2007-03-14 22:23:00
I’ve heard this question 10,000 times, and it keeps creeping up in google searches on my site meter. Google says I have the answer to the question “What the heck is a CDD fee?”, but I haven’t actually written that article yet. Up until now it has just been a fluke….the blogging gods shining down ...
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Tampa Skyscraper Gets Redesign
2007-03-14 22:20:00
When it opened in 1973, it was the First Financial Tower. Now, it’s been sold and renamed the Park Tower. Tampa residents affectionately know it as “The big brown box.” No matter which name you know it by, it was the first skyscraper to break the treeline in Tampa. Now, after years of ...
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5 Best Real Estate Reads
2007-03-13 23:26:00
I’m writing this post because I want to. I’m naming 5 blogs that I read daily. That makes them the best. I have absolutely no empirical data to support that claim, but it matters not. Read them now, or suffer the wrath of my killer band of real estate ninjas! 1. Steve ...
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I?m A Land O Lakes Realtor
2007-03-13 22:34:00
I try my best to write blogs every day. During my efforts, I try to highlight the goings on in Land O Lakes Real Estate because that’s the area of Tampa Bay in which I most desire to work. Why? Because I live in Land O Lakes, and I don’t like to drive. Just kidding. ...
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Top Questions to Ask A Tampa Area Realtor
2007-03-13 22:31:00
I got this question from a potential client today. This is what I would ask: 1) Are you a full time Real tor ? There are two parts to this question. The agent must be full time, and the agent must be a Realtor. Part time agents can’t expect to do a full time job, selling ...
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PCS to MacDill: Buying Homes Sight Unseen
2007-03-13 16:06:00
Over the past couple of years, Team Greene Realty has had the opportunity to represent many military relocations clients, most of whom have received PCS orders to Mac Dill Air Force Base. And, while I never recommend buying a home sight unseen if it can be avoided, in many cases these officers and enlisted men and ...
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Are You Moving to MacDill Air Force Base?
2007-03-13 16:01:00
If so, let me be the first to welcome you. My name is Jonathan Greene, formerly Staff Sergeant Greene from the United States Air Force . I’ve transitioned from a life as an NCO in the Air Force to a Realtor because of an injury that I sustained during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. You’ve probably gotten PCS ...
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Tampa Area Neighborhood Profile: Asbel Creek
2007-03-13 15:58:00
Believe it or not, there is a lot to be said for the up-and-coming Land O Lakes area. The schools are good, the neighborhoods are friendly, and the place is growing rapidly. The drive can be a bit of a put-off, but it’s no worse than driving to Valrico or Apollo Beach from downtown Tampa . Asbel ...
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Tampa Area Neighborhood Review: Wilderness Lake Preserve
2007-03-13 15:51:00
Land O Lakes is one of the up-and-coming Real Estate markets in the Tampa Bay area. One of the best new housing areas is Wild erness Lake Preserves. It’s literally got something for everybody. Situated on over 680 acres, Wilderness Lake puts the “Preserve” back into preservation. Over 310 acres of the total acreage is set aside ...
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Tampa Area Neighborhood Review: Connerton
2007-03-13 15:30:00
Connerton is to Land O Lakes what Fishhawk Ranch is to Lithia. A juggernaught. A community in itself. Throughout this enormous 8,500 unit community and over it’s grand 4,800 acres, beautiful landscaping and master-planning abound. Every square inch of space that’s not essential to the habitability of the property is devoted to nature. It truly ...
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Tampa Area Neighborhood Review: Tierra Del Sol
2007-03-13 15:26:00
Land O Lakes- Tierra Del Sol sits aside the increasingly busy US 41 corridor in Land O Lakes. It’s setting sun style sign greets you as you drive along the road, and compels you to drop in for a look. Once you make it past the entrance, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by neat, tidy, ...
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Top 5 Reasons to Move to Tampa Bay
2007-03-13 13:20:00
Ok…so you want to move somewhere but you don’t quite know where to move? That makes you the only person in the world with that problem….but that’s ok. This post is for you, Mr. I-Don’t-Know-Where-To-Move Guy. 1) Location, Location, Location. Tampa has a great spot here in the middle of Central Florida. You’re only an ...
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Land O Lakes Home Sellers: Your Other Competition
2007-03-13 13:18:00
Since I’m a Land O Lakes Realtor, and you’re a Land O Lakes Home Seller , I thought I might invite you over for a little chat. How did I know that you’d come? I’m psychic. No, seriously, I just wanted to let you know what’s going on in the Land O Lakes real estate market ...
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Consumer Content Real Estate Carnival
2007-03-13 13:08:00
I hate carnies. They make me feel all weird in a disgusting sort of way….so, when we got word that we’d be hosing this weeks Consumer Focused Real Estate Blog Carnival we knew that we had a problem. I just don’t mix well with carnies….ask the bartender at Joe’s about the unfortunate incident ...
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10 Things About Me, 9 of Them True
2007-03-13 02:29:00
It’s a game. Try to guess which one isn’t true. The first one to guess it correctly can have $300 in closing costs if you use Team Greene to buy your home. The blogging gods will see to it…. 10) I am equally proficient with all of the following: handguns, paint brushes, ...
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Real Opinionated Gets Reprimanded
2007-03-12 15:46:00
I received the following email from a fellow blogger and soon to be Tomato Blog man, Daniel Bates: …..I noticed in two of your articles that I read that you hinted that Real tors would not show a property if the commission was low or non-existant. You may want to check your Realtor bi-laws, if you ...
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What You Get: $200K Homes in Tampa Bay
2007-03-12 15:12:00
Here’s a new series that I’ve been dying to write:  what do you get for your Real Estate shopping dollar in the various communities in the Tampa Bay Area?  I’ll put three or four different home on each post so you get an idea of what’s available in your price range.  Here’s what you can ...
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Shopping Cart Etiquette or Stay In Your Lane!
2007-03-11 21:20:00
You walk into the busy shopping center and eye the handy-dandy signs that say “This Isle: shampoo, hygeine, toothpaste, pain killers.”  After a cursory glance at three or four signs, you find your destination:  Pinto Beans, isle 8. You feel the exhilaration of knowing that you’re going to complete your task, please your wife, and save ...
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Dare to Dream?.Osprey Run in Riverview Gets Paint
2007-03-11 20:56:00
I couldn’t believe my eyes.  I rolled up to my investment property in River view and, to my surprise, Osprey run has finally received a much-needed coat of paint.  And, it looks good.  Maybe now I can get this townhouse rented out. Combine the new paint job with the new Target going up practically across the street ...
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False Hope and Inflated Prices in Land O Lakes
2007-03-11 00:26:00
Real estate in Land O Lakes is pretty much the same as real estate in the rest of Tampa Bay. A certain house is worth a certain amount, period. You might get a Realtor who tells you that he can sell it for more, but he’s probably just trying to beat other agents ...
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Buying a Home in Tampa is Like Buying Underwear?.
2007-03-10 23:48:00
If it doesn’t fit, it just won’t feel right.  You could look at 100 otherwise “nice” homes and never find the one that grabs you just right around the love handles, if you know what I mean.  In Tampa , you can find cute bungalos and enormous mansions.  In Land O Lakes, mostly new block and ...
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Qualified Buyers: The Holy Grail of Tampa Real Estate
2007-03-10 23:02:02
Can I be honest here? When I first started in this business I didn’t exactly revel in the opportunity to work with buyers. You see, I was fresh out of combat in the Middle East and pretty much resigned to my working mantra of “People Suck.” Looking back, it’s amazing that I even survived in this people-centric business. Besides, my broker told me that taking listings was the key to survival. So, I took listings. Ohhh….how the scenery has changed! Qualified buyers have turned into the pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow in this juiced buyers market, and I’m trying to adjust fire to learn how to get them to ride the Greene express. To say that my attitude has been sufficiently amended would be an understatement. Buyer s: we want you. We need you. We worship the ground you walk on. We like you more than the President…..uh, forget that one. We like you so much that we will represent you at absolutely no cost! It’s free. We ...
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Top 10 Ways You Know the Market is Bad in Tampa
2007-03-10 05:00:07
10. Even Realtors tell you the market is slow. 9. If Realtors have time to write multiple blogs per day. 8. If top producing Agents AND their assistants play golf together. 7. If you walk into your Realtors office and he immediately knows where your file is. 6. If you ask to see more than 3 properties and your Realtor doesn’t throw you out on the curb. 5. If your Realtor calls YOU and asks to schedule an open house. 4. If your agent agrees to show any home on Nebraska Ave. after dark. 3. If your Realtor has lost more than 20 lbs in the last 6 months. 2. If they’ve formed a special line for Realtors at the welfare office. and the number one way you know if the market is bad in Tampa : 1. If you’ve ever made a client cry with a CMA. Bookmark this article:
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