Sarasota Real Estate Blog

We just got back from the National Association of Realtors Conference and Expo in Orlando Florida. The Event was titled Destination: Success. Thousands of Realtors from around the country came to hear the best real estate trainers and coaches in the industry.

The Expo hall also had booths of hundred of companies involved in real estate. We had the opportunity to visit with representatives of companies like Trulia, Zillow, Google, Yahoo, Lowe, Wells Fargo, and many, many more.

Friday morning we had the opportunity to hear Lawrence Yun, the Chief Economist for the NAR. Mr. Yun gave some very interesting insights into the current real estate market. He also went into great detail about the federal bailout plan.

We choose to focus mainly on classes…

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We just listed 132 Bishopscourt Road in the maintenance-free Oaks Preserve. This meticulously designed Mediterranean residence is the largest home in the neighborhood with 3801 square feet of air conditioned space.

For more information and photos, go to MLS A3897209 - 132 Bishopscourt Rd. This page will soon be updated with many more photos and virtual tour.

This one-of-a-kind, custom home is loaded with features and finishes. 

• Built in 2001
• Extensive crown molding
• Gas fireplace
• 2 granite wet bars (upstairs and down)
• Surround sound system
• Central vacuum system
• Whole house generator
• Separate his & her master baths downstairs
• Extensive paneling and built-ins
• Huge…

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Inventory levels have remained fairly steady on Bird Key. There are 41 properties for sale as of November 3, 2008. Prices start at $529,000 for an older 1800 square foot ranch style home at 223 Seagull Lane. The most expensive home is also located on the same street. 232 Seagull Lane is a spectacular Mediterranean estate on Sarasota Bay. The home is priced at $12,900,000. It was recently built in 2006 and has over 300 feet of seawall frontage. For information and photos of all active listings, visit out Bird Key real estate page.

Recent sales on Bird Key

There have been 13 sales on Bird Key in the last 90 days. Sale prices run from $500,000 to $2.8M.

If you are considering buying or selling a home on Bird Key, contact me at 941-544-6467.

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Most people that follow the online real estate community know about the case of the Sarasota Association of Realtors (SAR) vs. one of its members Marc Rasmussen. If you are not up to date on the case, take a moment and visit the link above. There are many outraged real estate bloggers posting about this injustice. In this post, I want to bring to light the Sarasota Association's infringement on my brand name and trademark.

BuySarasota.com vs. Time2BuySarasota.com

It is interesting that the "SAR CEO" was quoted in several blogs and social networking websites. Regarding the case against TheSarasotaMLS.com, she said that it was "in the best interest of the membership of SAR and of the public that SAR protect its rights in the trademark." 

Last year,…

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For those of you not up to speed on the "TheSarasotaMLS.com" controversy, I will do a quick synopsis. There is a buzz all over the real estate community on the Internet about the dispute between the Sarasota Association of Realtors (SAR) and Marc Rasmussen. Marc is a member of SAR and has been using the domain name "TheSarasotaMLS.com" since August of 2003.

This year the SAR decided to go after Marc's domain because in their view he was not "the" Sarasota MLS. They recently won a split decision with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The ICANN Decision was a majority decision and it went against Marc. It was ordered that the ownership of the domain be transferred to the Sarasota Association of Realtors.

What is the Big…

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