This is “Relocation Season” in Tampa!  Many families, with school-aged children, are busy “house-hunting” in the Tampa area, so they can get settled in time for the new school year, which begins in August. This is a busy time of year for a PCS TO MacDill AFB, as well.  Moving to Tampa with children involves, not only finding the best neighborhoods, but it also requires some research about best schools in Tampa. If you are moving to Tampa, or looking for a home in the Tampa Real Estate Market,... Read Full Story

The Latest News on Tampa Real Estate, Moving to Tampa, The Best Tampa Neighborhoods and MacDill Air Force Base Relocation, every day… MacDill AFB is one of the largest employers in Tampa, with many military and civilian employees, who live all over the Tampa Bay area. It is “relocation season”…the time of year when many families with children are planning their move, or PCS,  to Tampa. The top priority for those families is always the school district.  With... Read Full Story

When buyers are looking for Tampa Real Estate, many of them tell me they have been searching on “Zillow”, a website originally designed to estimate property values. The problem with Zillow, or any other “automated” property value site, or home search site, is the information can be  inaccurate about 30% of the time. To put it bluntly, the data is WRONG on nearly one-third of the properties. Why? Because “Zillow” is not a real estate agent…i... Read Full Story

If you are looking for the latest information about the Tampa Real Estate Market, moving to Tampa, relocation to MacDill Air Force Base, or what’s new in the International Real Estate Market, you can get the latest posts from The Real Estate Sizzle in a variety of ways! Get a daily email of the latest articles, on The Tampa Real Estate Sizzle, or sign up for an RSS feed! Use Twitter? Go to my Twitter page and Follow Me! Unlike many people on Twitter, I don’t “tweet” al... Read Full Story

With the strength of the Euro in the past few years, and the decline in Florida Real Estate prices, Europeans have been able to buy Florida real estate at historically low prices. Over the past few months, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.  On this date last year, One Euro was 1.47 US Dollars. Today the Euro will cost us 1.29 dollars, just about the same as the value of two years ago, and a 12% increase for American Currency over the past year. The Euro was tradi... Read Full Story

If you are moving to Tampa, or anywhere in the world, you are likely among the large number of homebuyers who begin with an “online” search for homes.  Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia and many of the other home search sites are often the “first stop” for homebuyers who are new to an area. They are a good “starting point”, simply to gauge the prices in a particular neighborhood, but they are NO substitute for the knowledge obtained from a local re... Read Full Story

If you are moving to Tampa, or anywhere in the world, you are likely among the large number of homebuyers who begin with an “online” search for homes.  Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia and many of the other home search sites are often the “first stop” for homebuyers who are new to an area. They are a good “starting point”, simply to gauge the prices in a particular neighborhood, but they are NO substitute for the knowledge obtained from a local re... Read Full Story

It has been an interesting week in the NFL, with a major impact on Tampa, which hosts the Superbowl on February 1. Welcome home to Tony Dungy! Enjoy your retirement and your return to  your family in Tampa. The community  has sorely missed you.  You have taught us that being a great coach begins with being a great person.  You are an inspiration to every athlete, coach, parent and child. Your personal values and respect for others have proven to us that outstand... Read Full Story

It has been an interesting week in the NFL, with a major impact on Tampa, which hosts the Superbowl on February 1. Welcome home to Tony Dungy! Enjoy your retirement and your return to  your family in Tampa. The community  has sorely missed you.  You have taught us that being a great coach begins with being a great person.  You are an inspiration to every athlete, coach, parent and child. Your personal values and respect for others have proven to us that outstand... Read Full Story

If you are moving to Tampa, or anywhere in Florida, a new program to provide affordable health insurance to Florida Residents has just become available. Depending on the city in Florida where you live, the available plans will vary, but “Cover Florida Health Care” aims to provide health insurance to all Floridians. Moving to Tampa?  Contact me today to find the perfect home, or for more information about relocation to Tampa! Bookmark It Read Full Story