Florida Homeowners Need Shoes, but Government Bought a Ferrari

As a real estate agent, I see people struggling with the cost of homeownership every day. When I began selling real estate in Tampa in 1991, the average home sold for approximately $89,000, and Florida’s homestead exemption was $25,000. That exemption represented a meaningful portion of the value of

The #1 Thing Tampa Area Home Sellers Should Do Before Listing Their Home.

One of the best pieces of advice I can give anyone preparing to sell a home in the Tampa Bay area is simple: have a professional home inspection completed before the property is ever listed for sale.  Most sellers know their homes pretty well, but they may not know about a slow plumbing leak, an ele