Hal's blog

As part of our weekly office meeting we discuss and review homes that warrant a "HOTLIST" status. Good price, appealing property, set apart from the rest, value wise and/or otherwise. Low and behold there were two homes very much like one of the investment properties I own, both located within a ...

The third annual Taste Of South Shore will be held from 5 pm to 8 pm on Monday, October 27 in the Main Banquet Room of the Resort and Club at Little Harbor, 611 Destiny Drive, Ruskin, Florida. Once again, The Resort & Club at Little Harbor has generously donated full use of their facilities for t...

The Friends of the South Shore Library will hold a Giant Book Sale at the South Shore Library on Saturday, November 1st. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a large selection of books sold in the "Buck A Bag" sale format. You can fill a bag with your choice of books for $1.00! ...

The Manatee Viewing Center, Tampa Electric's environmental education facility in Apollo Beach, Florida will open for the 2008/2009 season November 1. The viewing center is a State and Federal manatee sanctuary and gathering place where manatee's gravitate when the temperatures of Tampa Bay fall b...

Sun City Center Realtors meet twice a month, on the second and fourth Friday, to network. The events are hosted by local businesses such as Assisted living facilities, local builders, etc. The host provides a breakfast, which could be a light continental or a full course meal. We usually have a g...

Pinch A Penny, the largest franchised retail pool supply company has opened their newest store in the Sun City Center. Located at 1505 Sun City Center Plaza. Pinch A Penny opened their first family owned discount pool supply store in 1975 and has become the largest franchised retail pool, patio ...

There is justice in the system. Countrywide Financial will provide Florida homeowners up to $1 billion in mortgage relief under a settlement reached with the state's attorney general over alleged abusive lending practices.The relief will include loan changes for an estimated 52,000 Floridians who...

Back in New York, I had a summer home with a beautiful summer garden.  I used to love to putter around in it. It always gave me such joy.  After selling the winter home and moving to Florida, I used to really enjoy going up north for the summers.  I would spend 2 - 3 months there depending on th...

Today is my lucky day!  A terminally ill widow of a very successful business man paid a source  “handsomely”  to find my e-mail address for her.  She is desirous of bestowing 3 million British Pounds (just over $5.2 million USD) upon me.   The downside (catch) among many others, she wants the mo...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about Murphy Oil Company opening a gasoline station on the new Wal Mart Super Store property. Today I will share the positive effect it has had on our community. Less then a month ago gasoline prices in our community were $.15 to $.30 per gallon higher then th...