Summer is here

Holy cow; I love it here, but it is hot right now! The upside is that the water is just stunning in the summer. That's why I really should not work at all and just be out on the water at all times ... Nah, I'd go crazy without working.

Check out what new listings we have:
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and this is what has sold since my last post:
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these properties have gone under contract:
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I have three price reductions on three listings; both of them are a great buy at the new price:
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If you are a buyer this is a good time to make some offers. 'Season' is over and some sellers are highly motivated because they were hoping that their property would sell during season.

I hope you are well and thank you for reading my blog!

I DO have an excuse

for the lack of posts lately: I actually went on a little short vacation; flew to NY drove to Boston and Cape Cod and spent half of the time on the phone saving a deal. Yes, the deal went through and I congratulate Ray and Daniela on the ownership of their beautiful new home:
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It is so enjoyable to sell Real Estate in the Keys: Buyers are excited and happy, usually fulfilling a long time dream of owning property here and the 'kind' of person who enjoys the Keys is usually a laid back type with a strong sense of joi de vivre.

These are the properties that have sold from MM74 to MM110 since my last blog:
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and here are the new listings:
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and these listings have gone under contract: Click'>http://www.flexmls.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?20070615204953203015000000&s=6&id=1">Click

Have a great weekend and please let me know when you are ready to purchase your piece of paradise!

Great Deal!

Hello everybody,
if you are a mom I hope you had a pleasant Mothers day! I was lucky and had showings on Friday, Saturday and Monday but not Monday which allowed me to go to Cheeca to the Brunch with my son and my 'adopted' mom.

Are you looking for a deal? Here it is:
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And this is not my listing so I am not just trying to sell off something from my inventory.

and here is another one:
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This one is my listing but it truly is a great deal and more than 100K less than the next listing in the complex.

These are the properties that have sold since my last post:
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The properties that have gone under contract:
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and these are new properties that have come on the market:
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Please keep me in mind if you are looking to sell your property or have friends that are looking to purchase something in the Keys.
And thanks for reading my blog!

It's been a while

and I apologize for that!
It's been a busy time getting settled in the new office and working with new customers. I just love my new office! How lucky I am to get to work at a beautiful place like Cheeca. I can see the Ocean from my desk! This is the first time ever that I wish that I could spend more time at the office. Most of my time is occupied being out showing property of course and that is a good thing.
Please call me and tell me if you'd like to come and see my new office; I'll make sure that I am there and I will show you around!

If you have been reading this blog regularly, here is what you really want to know: This is what has sold since my last blog:
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and these properties have gone under contract:
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and these are the new listings:
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Please let me know if I can help you or answer any questions you might have regarding Real Estate and thanks for reading my blog!

I have moved to Cheeca Realty

Hello everybody,
I am no longer with Century21 and I am now with Cheeca Realty and am looking forward to serving you with the same professionalism and commitment that you are accustomed to from me.

As you all know I was with my former company for ten years and I am leaving on good terms with everybody there. I would not have made a move if I did not feel that this move is of great advantage to my customers.
Cheeca Realty is a full service Real Estate company that is affiliated with the Cheeca Lodge & Spa and Watermark Properties whose main office is in Vero Beach, Florida. The office is located at the Cheeca with an additional location in Islamorada to be announced soon . For over sixty years the Cheeca has been a well-established , trusted name in the local community and I feel privileged to have been invited to join the company and be involved from the very beginning.

Cheeca Realty is a boutique Real Estate Company with many services that go above and beyond the regular services you expect from your Realtor. From high-end brochures to a great web presence and advertising in all local Real Estate publications and a corporate Helicopter to show property, Cheeca Realty will also provide all guests in their room at Cheeca with information about the Real Estate office located in the heart of Islamorada.

I am looking forward to continue working with you and would love to show you my new office when you are in town.

My phone number remains the same: 305-393-0923 and my website will remain the same as well: www.Veepka.com

If you know of anybody who is interested in purchasing Real Estate in the Keys or wants to sell their property please pass my name, number or e-mail on to them. I am ready to get to work!

It's been a while

I apologize for not having written for a while; soon I'll tell you what is keeping me busy these days. The good part about not having written in a while, there are a lot properties that sold since my last blog; here they are:
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and these are all new listings that have come on the market since my last blog:
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All these properties have gone under contract:
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and all the new listings that have come on the market:
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Let me know if you'd like any information on any of these properties and I hope you are all having a good start into the new week.

Good deals!

Maybe you are a buyer and are looking for a good deal/good value. These are the best values in condos in my opinion currently on the market:
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In my next blog I will give you the best values for homes.

These are all listings that have come on the market since my last blog:
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and these are all properties that have sold since my last entry:
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all properties that have gone under contract:
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Don't wait if you are in the market to buy! Please call me if I can assist you in any way in your Real Estate needs and as always: Thanks for reading my blog!

March, 5th and the sun is shining

This is THE best time of the year to be here; you can keep the windows open at night and not run the AC, and during the day it warms up and is perfect pool or boating weather.
It is also busy in Real Estate which makes this an even better time for me.

Lok at all the closings since my last blog:
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and all the pendings:
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and all new listings:
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Please check out my new listing in Executive Bay Club. This is the nicest unit I have ever seen in EBC. It is true Island living in style:
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Buy now! It's the right time!
If not, have a great week anyway!

Offers, Deals and Foreclosures

Hello everybody,
It's been very busy, I've been showing properties, writing offers, getting listings ... the usual in a normal market in Real Estate. The weather is absolutely beautiful but I have not been able to enjoy it much. But that's good, I am happy! I love my work and am happiest when I am busy. (Other than spending time with my son of course).
Something a bit new down here: We are seeing a few foreclosures. That was bound to happen with the many creative ways of financing available in the last few years when the market was so hot. There are still far less foreclosures than in most other areas.

These are the properties that have closed:
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and these properties have gone under contract:
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and these are the new listings:
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Please contact me if you are wanting to find out more about foreclosures or any other happenings in the Real Estate market.
Until next time ... thanks for reading my blog!

The sun is shining here!

I don't know if it is the cold weather up north or simply that season is in full swing now or the fact that Monday was my Birthday but it is as if somebody turned a knob on Monday and got the Real Estate market going. I have received more e-mails, phone calls and written more offers than in the past few months combined!

These are all properties that have closed since my last blog:
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and look at everything that has gone under contract:
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and all new listings:
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If you are heading down to the Keys anytime soon and would like to see some property please call me and I will gladly show you around!

New listings, pending and solds - lots of them

I apologize for having been a little slow posting on here, but it is getting busier and so am I.

So here are all the new listing since my last post:
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Look at all the pendings:
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and here are all the properties that have closed:
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I promise that my next post will be longer and sooner; until then I wish you all a great weekend!

The pleasure of working in Real Estate in the Keys

One of the reasons why it is so enjoyable to sell Real Estate in the Keys; are the buyers! Most buyers in the Keys are buying property as a vacation home or an investement or if they move here full time they are fullfilling a life long dream. That means that they are happy people and excited about their purchase. I put a property under contract today with some buyers I have worked for over year with; they had been waiting for the right time and the right price and this was it! I like it very much when I get paid at the end of a deal but it is also a great feeling when I can tell buyers "Congratulations; they took your offer!" and I can hear or see how happy and excited they are!

These are the new listings since my last post:
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and these are the properties that have gone under contract:
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and these properties have closed:
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Now let me help you find a deal! Have a great weekend!

Look at the price changes!

Hello everybody! It's cold! But that's a nice change sometimes here in the Keys!
Look at the price changes that were entered only for today in the MLS:
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These are all properties that have come on the market since my last post:
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This property has closed:
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Now I will have to try and stay warm and do a little more work; I wish you all a great week!

This is the time for a good deal!

Buyers are here and buyers know that it is a Buyers market! I have told you several that we have a flooded market and buyers are now making offers letting the sellers know that they are 'shopping' for the lowest price. Even though we do not have a lot of sellers in distress, some sellers are willing to take a considerably lower price (sometimes because they want to buy something somewhere else and can get a good deal somewhere else right now) and sometimes because they bought their place a few years back and are still making a considerable profit and are just ready to move on. Whatever their reason is, buyers are in a great position to purchase right now.

In the past couple of days many sellers have lowered their asking price; I am assuming that the reason for that is that it is season and sellers are trying to have the most marketable price in order to sell in this season.
These are two great deals:
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Please call me if you'd like any more info on these 'deals' .

These are the new listings since my last post:
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and these are the properties that have sold:
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and these properties have gone under contract:
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Please call me if you'd like to see any of these properties or if you'd like further info.
Have a great weekend and stay warm!

A busy weekend

Hello everybody,
I had a busy weekend, showing property and even writing an offer but we could not come to a meeting of the minds unfortunately.

I will keep this blog short but I know that some of you check on the new listing, so here they are:
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These are the properties that have gone under contract:
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and these properties have closed:
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I hope you had a great weekend!

Nice news for me!

We received 'the numbers' for 2006 and I was the second top producer in our Islamorada office and am amongst the top 10% of all Realtors in the entire Keys. I am telling you this to let you know that I am a full time professional with results and not just a blog and a website.
I have to be honest though and admit that I am looking forward to a busier year than last; it was slower than usual for everybody, that's for sure.

Quite a few new listings as usual:
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and three closed:
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Please continue to check my blog; I will continue to keep you up to date!

A long weekend

and the Keys are a busy place with many visitors this weekend; the weather was perfect. I showed property every day in the past three days and am anticipating a busy week.

Many new listings have come on the market:
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These properties have gone under contract:
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and these properties have sold:
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Please excuse that this is a shorter post but I have been busy as I mentioned above.
I hope to see you soon in the Keys; this is such a perfect time to visit weatherwise!

The house to buy!

Many customers of mine ask me to tell them when there is a good deal. There is a great deal out there right now and if you are looking for a waterfront home in a great neighborhood you should really take a look at this one:
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The house has been on the market for a while but the owners just reduced the price by 400K!

These are all new listings that have come on the market since my past post:
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and these listings have closed:
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and these are the properties that have gone under contract:
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As you can see more properties are selling and going under contract ... season is beginning.

Please let me assist you if you are ready to make a purchase in the Florida Keys. I'd love too help you!

What's new

Hello everybody. Another beautiful day in the Keys today, the weather could not have been better. There is more activity in general in the Keys, US 1 is the busy road it always is from January through May. A friend of mine just remarked how everybody here seems to go the speed limit (she is from New York); I think hardly anybody is in a rush once you see the water and it does its calming effect it just does on people.

Get ready for a lot of new listings since my last post:
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and these properties have closed since the 2nd of January:
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these properties have gone under contract:
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I have had a lot of phone calls in the past few days, mostly from snow birds who are back and are now ready to purchase something.

Today I showed a beautiful home in Buccaneer Pointe. It is just gorgeous but one would expect that from a 3,25 Million Dollar home. In case you are wondering what 3,25 Million gets you:
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Now I am off to working a bit more and wish you all a great new week!

Good Deals!

Happy New Year everybody! I hope you got a good start and have been able to stick to your new years resolutions thus far.

I will start this blog with the updates and after that I will provide you with some links to some good deals right now.These are all new listings since my last post:
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These properties have closed:
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Nothing has been entered as having gone under contract in the past couple of days.

I know that I keep on telling you that prices remain stable in the Keys because we do not have a lot of distress sales. Sellers hold on to their properties before selling it for a low price because they are confident that they will be able to get their price in time.However there are some properties that are truly priced to sell. Sometimes a seller wants to buy something somewhere else and needs the funds to purchase another property; in that case a seller is more motivated to sell his/her property.We do have a flooded market right now and if a seller needs to sell quickly pricing is essential.

These are some properties that I consider to be a good deal. These are not necessarily my listings but properties listed in the MLS:

This is a home in Venetian Shores. Venetian Shores is considered to be one if not the most prestigious residential neighborhoods in Islamorada. Venetian Shores is located on the Bay side right by Snake Creek Bridge. The canals are deep and can accommodate a boat up to 60 feet. The only other neighborhood that can accommodate boats of that size is Port Largo. Ocean access could not be any closer via Snake Creek Bridge. This is a link to the listing:Click'>Click'>http://www.flexmls.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?20070103010002788695000000&s=6&id=1">Click

This is a condo in Mariners Club located in Key Largo on the Ocean side:
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Mariners Club is for the discriminating buyer; everything is upscale in this fairly new complex.This unit is approx. 1700 Square Feet and has a fabulous ocean view. Take a look at the pictures you'll be impressed! Mariners Club has on site rental management and the units generate a great rental income. Daily rentals are permitted which make this a good investment purchase.

If you are looking for something lower in price, this is a 2-bedroom/2 baths condo in the Landings of Largo for 340K. The Landings is a beautiful complex at MM98 on the Bay. There is a great marina; two tennis courts, two pools and the grounds are in the process of being entirely redone. This would be a great property to get your foot in the door or to have a little getaway place:
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I will tell you about more deals in the next blogs. If you have any questions regarding any of these properties please don't hesitate to call me.I hope this will be a good year for all of us!