Merline Pennant - Port St Lucie & South Florida

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS In Port St Lucie FL .   Yes that's right the economy is picking up and as a result jobs are coming to the city of Port St Lucie Florida.    Brass Pro Shops, Burlington Coat Factory and Martin Health System are all having job fairs during the month of August.  These companies are ...

July Market Report For Port St Lucie  Zip Code 34984.   The number of listing in this zip code has reduced since January 2013 to the present.  In January there were approx. 170 homes for sale compared to July where approx.  130 homes were for sale.    The current price range  The average list pri...

We are again moving into a seller's market the way the market is moving.    In my office  zip code 34953 there are less listings on the market, hence prices are rising.    The absorption rate homes remain on the market have reduced from five and half months in January of this year to just over fo...

I am not a techy and I am on a learning curve as far as technology is concerned.  But I have to say my compass on my iPhone is a life saver.    I had a customer, that want to purchase homes only facing in a certain direction.  At first I just thought he was being weird and I knew his request was ...

I never thought it all the way through before my post The Purpose of My Garage, one of the contributors stated that they had a house  fire which started in the garage and it burnt their house and one of their cars. I never thought of it before but we need a smoke detector and carbon dioxide senso...

Many of use do not use our garage for our cars but for storage.  I see homes after homes loaded with stuff.  Stuff people don't use, forgot they had or no longer care to use.   Some use the garage as extra living space whether is it is permitted or not. My thought is if you use your garage for st...

My Teenager has the best life, he really does.  They say while your body is sleeping you grow or loose weight.  Well my teenage boy has spent his summer sleeping, and eating and sleeping and eating.  He eats but I am not sure where the food is going except his legs eleven and his long arms.  He i...

  Ten things from my past you don't know about me:- 1.  I have travelled to the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa -Tunisia 2.  While in the Sahara Desert I rode a smelly camel. One hump not two. 3. I travelled to Switzerland on a school trip and ate bread and chocolate every afternoon as a snack f...

Ten things about my present time:- 1.  I would love to honeymoon in Hawaii ( I watched the original Hawaii Five O with Steve Magarett aka Jack Lord and fell in love with him and the islands. I was sure I as going to marry him when I grew up.  He's dead now.) 2.  I would love to sail on a yacht an...

Contest: What We Have in Common, Getting to Know Each Other Better What We Have in Common, Getting to Know Each Other Better-Contest An August Challenge in ActiveRain   Ten things from my past you don't know about me:- 1.  I have travelled to the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa -Tunisia 2.  Whil...