Nona Swann's Blog

I have a problem settling with just one iPad case. I have tried the Apple iPad case, an Encase and even just a leather case to slip it in. A few days ago I went to visit my son in Boulder, Co. and he had a "book" sitting beside me on the couch. I ignored it for several hours and then he picked it...

  In tough economic times every state and county government looks for ways to cut spending and try to balance the budget. My State of Florida has a constitutional requirement that our legislators must balance the budget. So the beginning of every year our legislators start sharpening the pencils....

As the Broker of an Independent Real Estate company in Brevard County there is always a need to create a good relationship with a Professional sign company. I used a company named National Sign company for many years and one day last year I went in to order new signs. It seemed that every year I ...

I will be the first to admit that I am an Apple junkie. I love my mac computers, my iPhone4 and my iPad. I also enjoy reading many different Mac magazines.  I was browsing the local Barnes and Noble and came across a UK magazine called iPad and iPhone User.  Under the Inbox section in the front o...

Several months back I wrote a blog titled " A day in a Realtors life with an iPad" . I had fun sharing how I use my iPad in every aspect of my business day. I really enjoy sharing stories about my iPad with my agents, the local Board and just about anyone that will listen! When I bought my first ...

  I am visiting my daughter' family in lovely Seattle this week. We are actually preparing her home for sale and of course Realtor mom can not let her handle it alone. We needed to head  down to the iKea store for those inexpensive staging items.Headed south on Interstate 5 we saw a huge plane pl...

  When you are getting ready to put your home on the market spring is one of the best times. Spring motivates people to be outdoors more. To think about changing from dark, dreary winter to the renewal of spring. Flowers and blooms start popping up from our gardens and we get invigorated to make ...

On March 26 and 27th Florida will be holding its 2nd annual open house weekend. This was first started by our Florida Realtors President, Wendall Davis.  Florida Realtors paid for advertisements announcing Florida was open for the weekend. We also enjoyed a ton of major networks reporting on the ...

I was watching Holmes Inspection today and the lady in the show said she bought her home without getting a home  inspection. She told Mike that she loved the home and it "looked" fine. After he did an inspection he found many electrical things wrong. Things that could cause a fire. He found a gas...

In Brevard County Florida today we had a perfect weekend day. The weather was 79 degrees with a cool breeze coming of the Indian River. I drove by the local boat launch and not one parking place was available.  Driving down US 1 I enjoyed watching the sailboats moving across the water. The kids w...