Ric 's Blog

Every year for as long as I can remember we have had Christmas Boat Parades.  Anywhere from 10 to 25 plus boats get all decorated up and cruise up and down canals and the harbor.  They sing and Santa waves and some throw candy.This is the only year I did not bring my camera.  This year the Boot K...

So,  here I waited several weeks after the 'official' end of hurricane season to say how lucky we where.  Guess what.  It ain't over...  Just yesterday bingo, another hurricane.  Miss "OLGA" is out in the caribbean basin and churning to the west.  Will it come close to us?  Very doubtful.  But wh...

My life seems to be controlled by the water temperature...During the summer the water temp is well into the 80's and it is just perfect to go diving.  No wet suit that always seems to get in the way.  Have you noticed that most wet suits are BLACK.  When you get out of the water and the temp is i...

   I waited an extra week before posting that the hurricane season is over...We really do not have much control over the weather,  all we can do is sit back and see what happens.  This makes two very good years for the Keys.  Although the Atlantic basin did develop 7 good size storms none of them...

November is here...  Shopping days are numbered til the BIG one.  Marathon Real Estate is on its way back.  Although we are seeing more listings coming on-line, we still have the same aggregate number of listings in our MLS.   We had our big parade for Veterans Day, about 5 vehicles and about the...

  Okay, so sometimes we do not pay much attention when we leave the house and go to work or play.  One would think that in a vast ocean you could miss the only thing in the way?  It is like driving down  I -95 and you know that if one of the road rage Miamians  should  force you off the road, you...

Here we are in mid Sept.  You got it, sales have slowed to a crawl.  It is truly a BUYERS market and will remain so until December.  One would think that all agents would 'hunker' down and do what needs to be done to sell inventory.  Not happening.What is happening is the good agents are still se...

Has anyone watched this movie.  I'm talking to those of you that are deciding to take the 'money' at 62 or wait til 65.  Do we work till we die or do we take that road trip?  I am very active in real estate, between selling, yes we are selling things here in the middle Keys,  and handlings over 3...

No, this is not the joke about throwing out the baby and keeping the bath water...  I am referring to the water temperature of the Atlantic Ocean.  Last weekend we sailed out to the reef (Sombrero Light) for a little snorkeling.  The waters were clear and inviting.  And the temperature of the wat...

We are now in the middle of summer in the keys.  The weather is nice and warm and the water temp is in the mid 80's.  Great time for diving and snorkeling.The 4th of July came and went but the memories of the fireworks live on.  In little ol' Marathon we had an awesome display right over the beac...