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Do You Know Your Credit Score? Why You Should and How to Repair It…

Hi everyone, Hope your week is off to a great start and you’re enjoying the holiday season! I’d like to discuss a topic I discuss every day with my clients. A topic that everyone should have a basic knowledge and understanding of as not only does it impact what is likely the biggest purchase of […]
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Interesting Facts About Halloween…

Hi friends and neighbors! Hope your week is going well. We’re on the cusp of some beautiful weather!!! A few interesting facts about Halloween that maybe you didn’t know… wait until you read #8! Halloween is more than 2,000 years old. Some traditions included those of women hoping to find a husband by throwing apple […]
Real Estate Licensing & Education

I am… At Home With Diversity®

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! For those of you that know me well, you know what I’m about to share is very important to me. Recently, I successfully completed my At Home With Diversity® (AHWD) designation facilitated through the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). Here’s a few things I bet you […]
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Happy National Good Neighbor Day everyone!!!

Happy National Good Neighbor Day everyone!!! A little history for you… National Good Neighbor Day was created by Becky Mattson (of Lakeside, Montana) in the early 1970s as a way to encourage neighbors to be good to one another and then President Jimmy Carter made it official with Proclamation 4601 on September 24th, 1978. How […]

Financial Do You Know Your Credit Score? Why You Should and How to Repair It… Hi everyone, Hope your week is off to a great start and you’re enjoying the holiday season! I’d like to discuss a topic I discuss every day with my clients. A topic that everyone should have a basic knowledge and understanding of as not only does it impact what is likely the biggest purchase of […]

Uncategorized Interesting Facts About Halloween… Hi friends and neighbors! Hope your week is going well. We’re on the cusp of some beautiful weather!!! A few interesting facts about Halloween that maybe you didn’t know… wait until you read #8! Halloween is more than 2,000 years old. Some traditions included those of women hoping to find a husband by throwing apple […]

Real Estate Licensing & Education I am… At Home With Diversity® Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! For those of you that know me well, you know what I’m about to share is very important to me. Recently, I successfully completed my At Home With Diversity® (AHWD) designation facilitated through the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). Here’s a few things I bet you […]

Uncategorized Happy National Good Neighbor Day everyone!!! Happy National Good Neighbor Day everyone!!! A little history for you… National Good Neighbor Day was created by Becky Mattson (of Lakeside, Montana) in the early 1970s as a way to encourage neighbors to be good to one another and then President Jimmy Carter made it official with Proclamation 4601 on September 24th, 1978. How […]

Home Buyers Today Was an AMAZING Day For my Clients! Hope everyone had a super day and Happy Taco Tuesday!!! Today was an absolutely AMAZING day for my clients… a day that has been in the works for weeks and came to fruition today! Here’s a little backstory as there are three transactions involved. #1 – I met my clients, Jonathan and Sherly, while I […]

Uncategorized How to Train Your Puppy. Hi everyone, Hope you had a super weekend! I was talking with one of the agents in my office the other day and she told me she had just bought her kids a new puppy – SO EXCITING!!! She’s a dog lover… I’m a dog lover so we started talking about dogs and training. […]

Uncategorized Triskaidekaphobia… The Fear of The Number 13… and The 13th floor. When was the last time you were in the elevator with a building that had more than 13 floors? Did you happen to pay attention if there was a 13th floor? Well, it is still considered in some parts of the world bad luck to have a 13th floor and has been the subject of […]

Uncategorized Need Help Getting Your Home Ready for Hurricane Season? Hurricane season is once again upon us… If you’ve lived in Florida for any amount of time, you’ve become accustomed to hurricane season and maybe you’ve been through a hurricane or two. If you’re relatively new to Florida, you may be a little concerned about hurricane season. Rest assured you have nothing to worry about […]

Safety & Security Harbor Hope International and Human (Child) Trafficking 101. Orlando, Florida is the #1 family vacation spot in the United States according to U.S. News and World Report and at the top of other lists by Today, Good Housekeeping and other venues. Florida is a melting pot of a variety of peoples, cultures and ethnicities. We have virtually everything for everyone… Theme parks. Restaurants. […]

Home Buyers Fantastic News for First-Time Home Buyers!!! If any of the following apply to you, you’ll want to read this article in its entirety: You have never owned a home. You are renting and tired of throwing away money on rent. You don’t have enough money for a down payment and want to buy a home. You think home ownership is […]

Dr. Phillips Foxtail Coffee Opening Monday, March 20th at The Dr. P. Philips YMCA!!! In Dr. Phillips, we have virtually everything we need without leaving the area from schools and churches to golf, shopping and a smorgasbord of restaurants. The one thing we don’t have is a community hub… Well, The Dr. P. Phillips YMCA is fast becoming the hub for our community. The Y not only provides countless […]

Home Buyers An Exceptional Home Buying Experience for Eddie and Ciara by Going The Extra Mile… A follow-up to a post two months ago… My apologies as I meant to publish this earlier, but it’s been very busy. However, I’m STILL excited for Eddie, Ciara and their kids having closed on this beautiful home two months ago!!! I thought I’d detail this home buying experience should anyone want some insight into […]

Safety & Security I Was The Target of an Online Scam… Tips for Protecting Yourself From Cyber Fraud. Technology is a wonderful thing and has given us many things… The ability to communicate more efficiently… though I do like hand-written letters. Advances in agriculture for efficiencies and feeding the hungry. Creating globalization by bringing together countless countries. Education has been made more fun and engaging. The availability of knowledge 24 hours a day. […]

Financial How to Build Your Children’s Credit History so They Are “Loan Ready” to Buy a Home Sooner Than Later. Hope you’re enjoying your weekend! I’m quite certain some of you know about this financial tip, trick and life hack. However, I’m equally certain that a large majority of people do not. You can actually start building your children’s credit history while they are still “children.” They can ride on the coattails of your long-established […]

Selling Your Home. I Genuinely Respect You for Wanting to Sell Your Home on Your Own… I genuinely respect any homeowner who wants to sell their home themselves. After all, the homeowner lives in the home… who knows the home better. Let me give you a statistic. Only 8% of For Sale By Owner (FSBO) homeowners are able to successfully sell their home themselves and do so for the price they […]

Selling Your Home. Do You Know The Real Reason Why Your Home Listing Was Cancelled? I absolutely love talking to homeowners whose listing was cancelled with a REALTOR®. This is a genuine teaching (or should I say learning) moment as we’re always learning right? Some of the reasons may elude the homeowner and some they may be aware of and frustrate sellers. It is the REALTORS’s responsibility to guide our […]

Selling Your Home. Do You Know The Real Reason Why Your Home Listing Expired? I absolutely love talking to homeowners who let their listing expire with a REALTOR®. This is a genuine teaching (or should I say learning) moment as we’re always learning right? Some of the reasons may elude the homeowner and some they may be aware of and frustrate sellers. It is the REALTORS’s responsibility to guide […]

Selling Your Home. You’re Doing Yourself a Disservice by Not Considering Coldwell Banker to Sell Your Home. It’s safe to say that right now it is a seller’s market… One could make the observation that all a REALTOR® has to do is place a For Sale sign in someone’s yard and sit back and wait for the offers to roll in. Let me pose two follow-up questions. If you are selling your […]

Dr. Phillips My Home Away From Home… the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA. I absolutely love writing! I love the excitement of finding a topic that intrigues me, the research in educating myself on said topic and the writing process itself. My hope is that you’ll able to take away one thing from any blog you read and use or adapt it into your own life… Enjoy! If […]

Real Estate Licensing & Education ORRA Statistics About Lack of Professionalism in REALTORS®. I spent this past Thursday at the Orlando Regional Realtors Associations (ORRA) attending a continuing education class taught by ORRA past President, Beverly Pindling. She was very engaging and it’s clear why she’s a pillar in the Orlando Real Estate community. Also, I might add that she is the first minority President of ORRA and […]