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As a realtors in Hernando County, one of the first things Julie and I do in the morning, is check the number of available listings.  They are dwindling.  For the first time, I saw the number go below 2000 homes.  If my recollection is correct, when the market was falling, we had clos [Read More]

As a realtor in Hernando County (Spring Hill, Brooksville & Weeki Wachee) for the last five years, I often question why I do this, especially recently. Let me tell you a story and why I know it is worth the aggravation.  I had a young couple with three children come to me in January [Read More]

At Tropic Shores, we list many HUD homes.  The buyers need to be made aware of the potential expenses associated with this and the steps of purchasing a HUD home.  It can be a bit complicated. First, when a contract is submitted and accepted, they send us the contract with the addendums, [Read More]

Woodland Waters had their Spring Fling this past weekend (4/16) and it was a lot of fun!  It was open to residents and resident/vendors so Julie and I had a table.  They had it catered from Sioux City and they had ribs that were better than Texas Roadhouse ribs, and they were my favorite, [Read More]

In today's market, Sellers need an 'edge' over the compitition.  Here are a few tips that could put you out in front of the action. Homes show better when well lit.  Turn on ligths.  Open or remove heavy curtains. Define Rooms:  Dining Room or Kitchen are not [Read More]

BUYERS - MARK YOUR CALENDARS - THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 6:30 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M.TEAM TROPIC HERNANDO (ELSIE KEMPSEY & JULIE LUDOVICO) WILL BE ON HAND TO GIVE YOU FREE LISTS ON AVAILABLE HOMES IN HERNANDO COUNTY (SPRING HILL, BROOKSVILLE, WEEKI WACHEE) WHICH INCLUDE FORECLOSURE HOMES, HUD [Read More]

My husband andI live in Weeki Wachee (Hernando County) but love to get in the car and drive to Tampa which is only about 45 minutes and NO TRAFFIC. Coming from Long Island, NY this is so nice. If you are a Long Islander, you are familiar with the longest parking lot known as the "LIE" and that's no [Read More]

There are more and more HUD homes coming on the market every day and there is quite a bit of confusion about them.They are homes that were acquired by the Department of Housing and Urban Development,as the result of a foreclosure on an FHA-insured mortgage. HUD homes are listed on our Mulitple Lis [Read More]

We are so fortunate to live in Florida; there are so many different and fun things to do! One of them is the Plant City Strawberry Festival that runs from March 3rd through March 13th. If you love strawberry shortcake, you need to go to the Strawberry Festival. Besides the best strawberries, there [Read More]

It is still very tough in today's market to get a short sale or foreclosure to go smoothly.  I will say it depends on the company managing the short sales or foreclosures and the individuals involved. Given the vast majority of foreclosures and short sales, I can understand that this is a [Read More]