TAMPA - Real estate agent Tony Rojas loves his job. But there's one thing that drives him crazy: unrealistic sellers who insist on asking buyers to pay boom-year sales prices despite profound drops in area home values. ...more

January 22, 2008

Early voting is under way, but I'm still waiting for the translation. We received a sample ballot last week from Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson, but unfortunately it was incomprehensible. And I'm waiting for a replacement. ...more

January 20, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to market by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property online and in local newspapers. ...more

January 19, 2008

Kelli Ackett has tried all the usual means to sell her house. She tried to sell it by herself. She held yard sales to try to attract buyers. She listed it with Zephyrhills real estate broker Bill Nye, who has put the property on the Internet and in local newspapers. ...more

January 18, 2008

Sean Hayes has barely had a chance to sit down in the comfy lounge area of the Four Seasons Hotel when a man nervously approaches him. ...more

January 7, 2008

South of the border? How about north? Second-home shoppers who want something more exotic than their friends' mountain bungalows and beach condos have two easy options: Mexico and Canada. ...more

January 5, 2008

AVON PARK — The sales office for Water's Edge at Lake Anoka was heavily damaged early Sunday, and the State Fire Marshall declared it the second arson in three days for the Avon Park area. The fire at 1200 S. Florida Avenue comes two days after a Friday morning blaze that struck the New Life Ministries at 25 S. Verona Ave. ...more

December 30, 2007

Drive through any subdivision and the sea of "for sale" signs swims across your vision like a row of landlocked vessels. ...more

December 24, 2007

This is in response to a column written by John Herbert in Hernando Today on Dec. 18 titled "Gated Communities Often Like Jails." ...more

December 23, 2007

A real estate agent by trade, Debra Benoit finds time when she can to try her hand at another profession: publisher. ...more

December 19, 2007