The Sandberg Team @ Ponte Vedra Key Realty
Real Estate Sales & Service in Nocatee, Ponte Vedra & Jacksonville, Florida
It’s no secret that REALTORS® have a bit of a perception problem. The conventional wisdom is that we’re paid too much for doing too little. I guess that’s one thing we have in common with Wall Street CEOs.
But the similarities end there. [Read more…]
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The Today Show this morning ran another quick segment on real estate and Realtors with Barbara Corcoran. On the one hand, I’m thankful that The Today Show goes to a qualified expert for their real estate questions, but I’m uncomfortable with the way the segment portrayed Realtors in general.
Sure, as Ms. Corcoran stated, there are a few bad apples out there (as in every industry), but I feel compelled to rebut at least of few of the statements in the segment and clarify the way that I, and, in my experience, the majority of my colleagues here in northeast Florida do business. [Read more…]
Today, as a blizzard hammers Chicago, I’m sitting with the windows open and a warm breeze blowing in down here in Jacksonville, Florida. I’m not gloating. I grew up in the Chicago area and have so many wonderful memories of my time there. I went to high school on the North Shore, where much of the John Hughes cannon was created. I met my husband in Chicago. And my daughter was born in the western suburbs. I even have fond memories of the last great snow event, the Blizzard of ’79. Though that phrase doesn’t pack a fraction of the apocalyptic appeal of “Snowmageddon”.
Again, my point isn’t to gloat about our great weather here in Florida. Rather, I’m thinking about how easy it can be to let nostalgia cloud our vision of the here and now. Because right now, here in Ponte Vedra near Jacksonville, things are pretty good.
I’ll always miss Chicago. But let me tell about a few of the places and things I’m finding here in northeast Florida that make living here great. You know, besides no snow and lots of sunny weather… [Read more…]