Joe Dallorso's (joedallorso) Blog

   Well October isn't exactly fall here in Ocala Florida. We do however begin to cool down. The day time temperatures are now in the mid 80's and the nights in the 60's. Later in the month we can leave our doors and windows open for fresh air and to escape the cost of running the central air.  On...

   Barkitecture is a combination of my two favorite subjects, dogs and of course houses. Barkitecture is an art exhibit of custom dog houses to support the Marion County Humane Society. It is another project of the Marion Cultural Alliance similar to their now famous Horse Fever exhibition.   The...

 OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT Homes Sold SEPTEMBER 2007 ..216*$100,000.00 or less..........................42$101 to $200,000.00......................110$201 to $300,000.00........................37$301 to $500,000.00........................20$500,000.00 Plus..............................6Acti...

   One day a couple of weeks ago I was reading the blog of one of my favorite AR members, Cheryl Johnson. It was about the Wayback Machine, which I hoped would take me back to some childhood cartoon memory or something. The blog turned out to be about this great site where old web pages are archi...

   What's selling in Ocala?  What's HOT :       Houses under $100,000.00 are hot and accounted for 20% of sales in August. The $100-200,000.00 range is hot accounting for 56% of sales in August.  The 55+ communities are doing well especially south of Ocala. The area of Southeast Ocala adjacent to...

   As you may know the Florida Gopher Tortoise has been in the news lately. There has been a certain amount of controversy about the way real estate developers have been burying the poor little guys alive. It seems up until yesterday if you owned land that you wanted to develop and it was populat...

   As you may know if you're read my previous weather posts, I don't actually predict the weather. After all no one gets paid so much to be wrong so often as a weatherman. Instead I give folks thinking about relocating to Ocala Florida a general idea of what the weather is like month to month. In...

   I'm not a Blogging star, I may never get a 100,000 points. I've never had a featured post. I'm not high tech, none of this comes naturally to me. I'm not a frustrated author, I don't really like to write all that much. So why do I plug away here on Active Rain? Just one word, RESULTS.  Way bef...

 OCALA REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORTHomes Sold AUGUST 2007 ............254*$100,000.00 or less........................50$101 to $200,000.00.....................141$201 to $300,000.00......................43$301 to $500,000.00......................12$500,000.00 Plus............................8Active ...

   A great way to get to know an area that you're considering relocating to is to read the local newspaper. Newspapers are going the way of the horse and buggy but most are on-line now. The newspaper for Ocala and surrounding Marion County is the Ocala Star Banner. By reading it every day you can...