...Before the closing.  Finally, after four months of heavily marketing the home at 718 Shadow Bay Way, in Sarasota Florida. I have a great contract to purchase this beautiful piece of Real Estate!  However, the buyer somehow got in touch (by phone) with the seller and asked her if he could move stuff into the garage BEFORE the closing.  She told him YES.  Then she asked me if it was okay.  I told her NO WAY and immediately contacted the agent for the buyer.  I told him to PLEASE sit down with his buyer and explain that in no way, should he be contacted the seller directly.The buyer's agent said he would do that and that these folks haven't bought a home in many, many years and just didn't know how things worked.Then today, my associate, Joe was driving by the house and discovered THE B... 08/15/2007

I've been on vacation now for two weeks, but took some time the other day to write in my other blog about the community of Osprey, which is in South Sarasota Florida.  I live in the town and therefore have a lot of listings in the area.Just a short re-cap:  Osprey is only 3.8 Miles to Nokomis Beach and about 10 miles to our beautiful Siesta Key Beach. Osprey is an up and coming community because of its close-in location between the towns of Sarasota and Venice.I hope you'll visit my other blog site and learn about the town of Osprey, FL. 07/18/2007

Nature is Your Neighbor Here's a lovely home, built by Lee Wetherington, one of the finest builders in Sarasota Florida.  It's a newer home located in the town of Osprey which is an up and coming area of Sarasota.  This is the formal living room with an acquarium glass window and hardwood floors.The home has 2832 Square Feet of air conditioned living space.  Outside you have a paver brick driveway and walkway and Mediterranean architecture with barrel tile roof and arches.  In the back, the views of the Oscar Scherer State Park are phenomenal.  You won't believe how peaceful it is here.Stepping inside, there is a formal living area and to the left, a formal dining room, both with beautiful, gleaming hardwood floors.  The right wing has a luxurious master suite with two huge walk in clos... 06/25/2007

I'm not a bird watcher, but since I've had the Oscar Scherer State Park in Osprey FL in my backyard, I've become increasingly aware of birds.  I'm fascinated by them, so maybe someday, I'll become a full fledged "birder".  Yesterday evening I saw this crazy looking bird.  Kinda looks like a cross between a Heron and a puffin.  Here's a picture.Has anyone ever seen such a funky bird?  Look at that wierd think coming out of its head.  WHAT IS THAT?  I was so fascinated by this bird.  He/she was so intent on catching the fish that he never moved.  He stood perfectly still and didn't budge an inch.  This went on for a good two hour period, and who knows how much longer...I got a little bored with it, to be honest with you.  I went to http://www.WhatBird.com  and put in all the criteria for ... 06/04/2007