Marnie Matarese / DWELL REAL ESTATE

 You may not be a realtor but when your neighbor’s house goes on the market you have the opportunity to help get the home sold quickly. Curb appeal is very important and the seller can provide his home with the most beautiful entry imaginable but if your home is in close proximity and gives the b...

   You may not be a realtor but when your neighbor’s house goes on the market you have the opportunity to help get the home sold quickly. Curb appeal is very important and the seller can provide his home with the most beautiful entry imaginable but if your home is in close proximity and gives the...

There have been alot of responses to Fred's article about the rental scams on Craigs List.  Many people have remarked about the gulible people who respond to them.  One of my listings was hijacked from Trulia and I responded to it to be able to see why I was getting so many phone calls, people lo...

Desirable neighborhoods whose homes rarely come on the market can be a huge problem for buyers who want to live in them.  I have one home like this on the market right now, very fairly priced at $326,000 and the comps to support the asking price. Today I showed it to a buyer who just loves the ne...

The Whitfield Estates area is filled with beautiful homes built as early as 1948 up to now.  Sprinkled in with basic Florida ranch homes are Ralph Twitchell Estates and contemporary homes.  Tudors, Cape Cods and Key West style homes help to make this a most diverse neighborhood. It feels like the...

(Data provided by ActiveRain.com. ActiveRain is an online community of real estate professionals who exchange best practices, write real estate blogs, and get free education from the industry and their peers.) If your home has been languishing on the market, you might want to take a look at the ...

We have always been told that it is best to buy the worst home on a great street and turn it into a good one.  On most streets that might be true but if you want waterfront property in Sarasota, you often have to buy the best house on a street with few comparable homes.  When Florida was being se...

The readers of USA TODAY have chosen the Best Florida Attractions in this order: 1. Clearwater Marine Aquarium 2. The Ringling, Sarasota 3. Everglades Holiday Park, Fort Lauderdale 4. Discovery Cove, Orlando 5. Magic Kingdom, Orlando 6. St. Augustine Historic District 7. Seashells of Sanibel Isla...

If you are purchasing a home with a mortgage, you will have to have an appraisal for the bank to determine if it will give you a loan provided you have jumped through all the other hoops. However, if you are a cash buyer, the answer to this question most of the time is "It depends." If you want t...

As the flood insurance issue has continued to slow the sales of waterfront property in Sarasota, the good news is that the snowbirds are arriving and their purchases of condos and homes are not limited to waterfront sites.  Many come for golf, proximity to their favorite neighborhoods and haunts ...