Hurricane Sandy shut down Wall Street and disrupted business activity throughout the populous Northeast but it’s not expected to have a significant impact on the nation’s economic growth.
Economic losses from the storm will likely exceed the $12 billion to $16 billion in damage from Hurricane Irene, which battered the Northeast in August 2011, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics,
Peter Morici, an economics professor at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, estimates Sandy will result in $35 billion to $45 billion in total losses. Eqecat, which does catastrophic risk models, projects $10 billion to $20 billion in total economic damages, about half insured.
But property damage will be repaired, and lost economic output will largely be offset by other increased activity as residents rushed into stores to prepare for the hurricane.
“Assuming the storm creates havoc for no more than a few days, there should be little impact on fourth-quarter” gross domestic product, Zandi says. He hasn’t revised his forecast for annualized growth of 1.9 percent this quarter.
The storm forced the New York Stock Exchange to extend Monday’s closing to Tuesday – the first unplanned shutdown since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Port of New York and New Jersey, whose terminals make up the third-busiest container port in the country, also was temporarily shuttered and evacuated. And a Phillips 66 refinery in Linden, N.J. and a Hess refinery in Port Reading, N.J., closed.
The potential damage to homes from Hurricane Sandy-driven storm surges is likely to be greater than it was last year for Hurricane Irene, says Tom Jeffrey, senior hazard scientist for real estate market watcher CoreLogic. All told, nearly 284,000 residential properties valued at almost $88 billion are at risk for potential storm surge damage among the coastal Mid-Atlantic states, CoreLogic estimates.
Many people are not insured against such losses. But many homes in flood-prone areas are required to have flood insurance to get a loan.
The hurricane also means lost wages, production and sales for businesses throughout the region, which makes up about 15 percent of the nation’s economy. Business lost by department stores could be made up in coming weeks but lost restaurant sales will not be recovered, says Diane Swonk, chief economist of Mesirow Financial. At the same time, grocery stores and home-improvement outlets are realizing net gains as customers stock up on water, generators, flashlights and batteries.
Retailers did see an uptick in online sales during Hurricane Irene in August 2011, says Vicki Cantrell, executive director of Shop.org, the National Retail Federation’s online division. Any increase, however, was likely more than offset by the decline in in-store sales during that storm, she says.
Swonk says homeowners forced to repair damage will likely make further renovations that they’ve put off, boosting economic growth.
The storm is “unleashing pent-up demand,” she says. “It’s the most perverse stimulus to the economy.”
© Copyright 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc., Paul Davidson, Jayne O’Donnell and Julie
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
How To Avoid Getting Spam Email
• Don’t respond to an email from someone you don’t know, not even to “unsubscribe” from an email list that sends you unwanted information. It only confirms that your email address is a good target
• Don’t download any email images that weren’t initially displayed by your email program. That also confirms that your email address is available to spam.
• Don’t sign up for any online service that says it will remove your name from spam lists. Chances are, the site is run or monitored by spammers.
• Don’t respond to attention-grabbing emails, such as a “delivery failure message” for an email you didn’t send, or a message that says you requested something that you didn’t. They’re just bait.
• Don’t let an automatic email response go to everybody. When on vacation, set your email to respond with an “I’m-not-here” message only to emails from people already in your contacts list. Otherwise the automatic response may confirm your email address to spammers.
• Don’t be fooled by phishing emails that urge you to use an email link to a website where you can correct or confirm something about your email, bank account, credit cards or other personal material. These people are trying to steal your personal information.
• Don’t participate in online contests that offer cash prizes or free trips in exchange for your email address. This is a bit like giving out your street address and telephone number whenever you buy a lottery ticket, something most people would never do.
• Don’t use your main email address in online forums. Spammers scan these forums with programs called “Web crawlers” that copy email addresses (typically they copy anything that contains the “@” symbol.) Protect yourself by adding phony details to your email address, such as inserting the phrase “delete(UNDERSCORE)this” in the middle of the address. You won’t fool any people, but you might trick an automated Web crawler.
Don’t give out your real email address without considering two alternatives. You can set up a secondary free email address to give to websites; if that account becomes clogged with spam you can close it. Or set up “disposable email addresses,” temporary addresses that forward email to your real address. See http://www.tinyurl.com/youhjr/.
About the writer: Steve Alexander covers technology for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Copyright © 2012 Star Tribune (Minneapolis). Distributed by MCT Information Services.
• Don’t download any email images that weren’t initially displayed by your email program. That also confirms that your email address is available to spam.
• Don’t sign up for any online service that says it will remove your name from spam lists. Chances are, the site is run or monitored by spammers.
• Don’t respond to attention-grabbing emails, such as a “delivery failure message” for an email you didn’t send, or a message that says you requested something that you didn’t. They’re just bait.
• Don’t let an automatic email response go to everybody. When on vacation, set your email to respond with an “I’m-not-here” message only to emails from people already in your contacts list. Otherwise the automatic response may confirm your email address to spammers.
• Don’t be fooled by phishing emails that urge you to use an email link to a website where you can correct or confirm something about your email, bank account, credit cards or other personal material. These people are trying to steal your personal information.
• Don’t participate in online contests that offer cash prizes or free trips in exchange for your email address. This is a bit like giving out your street address and telephone number whenever you buy a lottery ticket, something most people would never do.
• Don’t use your main email address in online forums. Spammers scan these forums with programs called “Web crawlers” that copy email addresses (typically they copy anything that contains the “@” symbol.) Protect yourself by adding phony details to your email address, such as inserting the phrase “delete(UNDERSCORE)this” in the middle of the address. You won’t fool any people, but you might trick an automated Web crawler.
Don’t give out your real email address without considering two alternatives. You can set up a secondary free email address to give to websites; if that account becomes clogged with spam you can close it. Or set up “disposable email addresses,” temporary addresses that forward email to your real address. See http://www.tinyurl.com/youhjr/.
About the writer: Steve Alexander covers technology for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Copyright © 2012 Star Tribune (Minneapolis). Distributed by MCT Information Services.
Architects join the Fight Against Obesity Through Design
The push to reverse the obesity epidemic and promote physical fitness is spilling into design and architecture and beginning to target one of the nation’s most sedentary environments: the office.
“Active design” – the architectural principle of creating spaces that encourage healthy lifestyles – is gaining popularity as more cities and companies join the fight and embrace healthy initiatives and “green” measures.
“How do you get people moving?” asks Rick Bell, executive director of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects. “If exercise and everyday activity is the mantra, how do you, through design, get people to exercise? There is a direct relation between the built environment and people’s lifestyles.”
History has proved it. Architecture played a major role in defeating infectious diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis in the 19th and 20th centuries by designing better buildings, streets, clean-water systems and parks.
Today, obesity is the threat. More than a third of American adults, teens and children are obese, or roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight.
“It’s very new to people,” says Joan Blumenfeld, an architect at Perkins+Will who has worked on active interior design in offices and public buildings. “Now interior designers are getting interested in it and in health in workplaces. … It makes (workers) feel valued, and a lot of this stuff doesn’t really cost anything because it’s where you locate things.”
Aside from obvious incentives such as on-site health clubs, some of the features of “active design”:
• Stairs, stairs, stairs. In most buildings, they’re hidden in stairwells behind fire doors because they are designed primarily as emergency exits. Exposed staircases that connect to different parts of a building encourage people to use them, Blumenfeld says.
Studies show that if the average American adult climbed stairs for just two minutes a day (six to eight flights), enough calories would be burned to prevent average annual weight gain, says Dr. Karen Lee, director of built environment and healthy housing for New York City’s health department.
Brightly colored signs showing a figure climbing stairs have gone up near elevators in buildings across the city, she says. The message: “Burn Calories, Not Electricity.”
Some clients are paying to upgrade stairs. New buildings are being designed to make the stairs more prominent than elevators when people enter the lobby – a feature that is more adaptable in low-rise buildings.
The new Queens Elmhurst Library will feature a grand staircase and emphasize stair use throughout the building.
• Get up and walk. In offices, the push is on to remove printers from individual desks. That forces workers to get up and walk a few paces. Coffee machines are also being moved to central pantries that may require walking to another section.
“This is not just to annoy people but to also add value,” Bell says. “They can socialize with co-workers.”
• Shared space. When workers are in a communal space rather than a cubicle or office, it “makes people get up and encourages people to be more collaborative,” Blumenfeld says.
• Outdoor space. Trails or stairs to outside work areas encourage workers to be as mobile as the electronic devices they do their work on.
“Providing an outdoor space of some sort, whether it’s a plaza or a deck, encourages you to walk around on a nice day,” says Barry Hersh, associate professor at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Office furniture company Haworth rebuilt its global headquarters in Holland, Mich., under the principles of active design. Besides environmentally sound features such as energy efficiency, natural light and clean air, Haworth wanted to open spaces to encourage movement and interaction, says Kurt Vander Schuur, corporate brand director.
Before the redesign, “We had 90 percent individual space,” he says. “In the new building, we have 55 percent individual and 45 percent shared.”
Before, less than a third of workers had access to natural light and now 90 percent do. “Having daylight encourages more movement in the office,” Vander Schuur says.
The central feature of the 300,000-square-foot building is a three-story atrium, an open stairway and a big public space that is designed like a pit or sunken living room. The Starbucks is there and so is the “tech bar” to help workers with their computer problems.
“We’re trying to attract young workers,” Vander Schuur says. “Everybody cares about the health and wellness of their workers.”
Caring for workers also can help to reduce health care costs for employers.
Bell recounts vivid illustrations of the connection between design and physical activity he saw at a presentation years ago. One slide showed an escalator – not stairs – leading up to a second-story health club in a Southern California strip mall. Another slide showed a man driving alongside his dog, holding the leash out the car window, in a neighborhood without sidewalks.
“Design and obesity are interrelated,” Bell says.
“Active design” – the architectural principle of creating spaces that encourage healthy lifestyles – is gaining popularity as more cities and companies join the fight and embrace healthy initiatives and “green” measures.
“How do you get people moving?” asks Rick Bell, executive director of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects. “If exercise and everyday activity is the mantra, how do you, through design, get people to exercise? There is a direct relation between the built environment and people’s lifestyles.”
History has proved it. Architecture played a major role in defeating infectious diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis in the 19th and 20th centuries by designing better buildings, streets, clean-water systems and parks.
Today, obesity is the threat. More than a third of American adults, teens and children are obese, or roughly 30 pounds over a healthy weight.
“It’s very new to people,” says Joan Blumenfeld, an architect at Perkins+Will who has worked on active interior design in offices and public buildings. “Now interior designers are getting interested in it and in health in workplaces. … It makes (workers) feel valued, and a lot of this stuff doesn’t really cost anything because it’s where you locate things.”
Aside from obvious incentives such as on-site health clubs, some of the features of “active design”:
• Stairs, stairs, stairs. In most buildings, they’re hidden in stairwells behind fire doors because they are designed primarily as emergency exits. Exposed staircases that connect to different parts of a building encourage people to use them, Blumenfeld says.
Studies show that if the average American adult climbed stairs for just two minutes a day (six to eight flights), enough calories would be burned to prevent average annual weight gain, says Dr. Karen Lee, director of built environment and healthy housing for New York City’s health department.
Brightly colored signs showing a figure climbing stairs have gone up near elevators in buildings across the city, she says. The message: “Burn Calories, Not Electricity.”
Some clients are paying to upgrade stairs. New buildings are being designed to make the stairs more prominent than elevators when people enter the lobby – a feature that is more adaptable in low-rise buildings.
The new Queens Elmhurst Library will feature a grand staircase and emphasize stair use throughout the building.
• Get up and walk. In offices, the push is on to remove printers from individual desks. That forces workers to get up and walk a few paces. Coffee machines are also being moved to central pantries that may require walking to another section.
“This is not just to annoy people but to also add value,” Bell says. “They can socialize with co-workers.”
• Shared space. When workers are in a communal space rather than a cubicle or office, it “makes people get up and encourages people to be more collaborative,” Blumenfeld says.
• Outdoor space. Trails or stairs to outside work areas encourage workers to be as mobile as the electronic devices they do their work on.
“Providing an outdoor space of some sort, whether it’s a plaza or a deck, encourages you to walk around on a nice day,” says Barry Hersh, associate professor at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Office furniture company Haworth rebuilt its global headquarters in Holland, Mich., under the principles of active design. Besides environmentally sound features such as energy efficiency, natural light and clean air, Haworth wanted to open spaces to encourage movement and interaction, says Kurt Vander Schuur, corporate brand director.
Before the redesign, “We had 90 percent individual space,” he says. “In the new building, we have 55 percent individual and 45 percent shared.”
Before, less than a third of workers had access to natural light and now 90 percent do. “Having daylight encourages more movement in the office,” Vander Schuur says.
The central feature of the 300,000-square-foot building is a three-story atrium, an open stairway and a big public space that is designed like a pit or sunken living room. The Starbucks is there and so is the “tech bar” to help workers with their computer problems.
“We’re trying to attract young workers,” Vander Schuur says. “Everybody cares about the health and wellness of their workers.”
Caring for workers also can help to reduce health care costs for employers.
Bell recounts vivid illustrations of the connection between design and physical activity he saw at a presentation years ago. One slide showed an escalator – not stairs – leading up to a second-story health club in a Southern California strip mall. Another slide showed a man driving alongside his dog, holding the leash out the car window, in a neighborhood without sidewalks.
“Design and obesity are interrelated,” Bell says.
© Copyright 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc., Haya El Nasser
Sunday, October 28, 2012
2012 Fall Home Show
Spent a few hours yesterday helping out the RAPB (Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches) spread awareness to the public on the importance of using a Realtor for buying and selling a house at the 2012 Fall Home Show.
I was in GREAT company and met some other incredable Realtors.
And I even got some extra help spreading the word from my assistant!!!
It was a really fun afternoon
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Homeownership Benefits Children!
Three California professors conducted a study on how homeownership benefits of children. Working under the Research Institute for Housing America, an independent arm of the Mortgage Bankers Association, they found that the homeowners’ children stay in school longer and face a lower risk of teen pregnancy than renters’ children.
The study did not offer a reason why homeownership helps children, but one author has an opinion:
“Does buying a home make you a better person?” asks Richard K. Green, director of the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center for Real Estate. “No, but the discipline associated with saving for even a small downpayment and subsequently managing a house is, on average, associated with the discipline needed to promote better outcomes for children.”
To focus on the value of homeownership, the study attempted to back other influences out of the equation, such as the education level of parents or their marital status, income, race and age. Their goal was to look specifically at homeownership’s influence on a child’s development.
The study did not offer a reason why homeownership helps children, but one author has an opinion:
“Does buying a home make you a better person?” asks Richard K. Green, director of the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center for Real Estate. “No, but the discipline associated with saving for even a small downpayment and subsequently managing a house is, on average, associated with the discipline needed to promote better outcomes for children.”
To focus on the value of homeownership, the study attempted to back other influences out of the equation, such as the education level of parents or their marital status, income, race and age. Their goal was to look specifically at homeownership’s influence on a child’s development.
Major findings
• Children who live in owner-occupied homes have higher graduation rates. The dropout rate was 2.6 percent lower than renters’ children.
• The teen birth rate for homeowners’ children was 5 percent less than renters.
• The length of homeownership seemed unimportant. Some critics suggested that it wasn’t homeownership per se that influenced children, but instead, the length of time a family lives in a neighborhood. However, the study suggests that even relatively recent homebuyers’ kids had the same benefits as long-time owners.
• The size of the parent’s home downpayment made little difference, even if it was relatively low. All children benefited when their parents owned the home. However, the authors noted one exception: Parents who bought a home with no downpayment saw no advantage.
• For both renters and homeowners, a parent’s education level was a strong predictor of their child’s success.
• Buying a home has the strongest benefit for children 12 to 17 years old. While a home purchase helps younger children, the study found that it had the greatest benefit around the teen years.
© 2012 Florida Realtors®
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Would You Buy a Haunted House?
Maybe for a Good Deal?!?!?!
According to a Realtor.com poll, nearly a third of prospective home buyers would not rule out buying a "haunted house" or a property where some sort of paranormal activity is said to have to occurred.
However, 29 percent of those house-hunters said they would expect a discount of at least 20 percent for stigmatized property.
Warm or cold spots in a house, possibly from a supernatural source, are deal-breakers for 62 percent of those polled. Strange noises and/or voices, flickering lights or appliances, eerie sensations, ghost sightings, and levitating objects are other occurrences that are likely to put a buyer off from going through with a deal.
About 35 percent of those surveyed, meanwhile, signaled that they would not even consider buying a haunted house in the first place. At the other end of the spectrum, meanwhile, 2 percent of poll participants said they would pay a premium for a haunted property.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Singer Island = Paradise
SINGER ISLAND, FLORIDA
As a resident of this beautiful island I can't say enough of how beautiful it is to live here.
If you are interested in finding out more about Singer Island located in West Palm Beach, Florida please call or e-mail me, I would be happy to show you around my paradise!!!
Michelle Rinaldi (561)371-6224
Egret Landing, Jupiter 33458
Egret Landing, located in Jupiter, Florida 33458 is a wonderful community of single family homes located just Northwest of Abocoa off Indian Creek Parkway with easy access to I-95 & the Florida Turnpike. This community continues to shine as one of Jupiter's best communities filled with great neighbors and families. Egret Landing is popular with families for so many reasons, one of which being it's great school assignments and very kid friendly atmosphere. There are over 600 homes in Egret Landing surrounded by swaying palm trees and shimmering lakes. The homes are midsize to large ranging from 1,750 and 4,000 square feet, and vary in design and style from a single story 3 bedroom to a 2 story 6 bedroom home. Egret Landing also has low HOA while being high in ammenities. Abacoa is Egret Landing's closest neighbor, just minutes away and provides the Abacoa Golf Club & Town Center.
If you are
looking to buy or sell a home in Egret Landing or any other of the great Jupiter
area communities, feel free to comtact me anytime. I will do everything I can
to make your real estae purchase or sale is exciting and fun the way it should
be!
Call
Michelle Rinaldi: (561) 371-6224
Egret Landing Ammenities:
7 Tennis Courts
Children's Play Area
Basketball Courts (with one child height net)
Heated Swimming Pool
Community Clubhouse
Fitness Center
Boat Storage / RV Parking
Monthly Newsletters
Lakes for Fishing
Egret Landing A-Rated School District:
Elementary School: Jerry Thomas Elementary School
Middle School: Jupiter Middle School
High School: Jupiter High School
Egret Landing Drive Time:
5 minute drive: Beach, Abacoa Golf Club, Abacoa Town Center, Roger Dean Stadium, host to the Florida Marlins
10 minute drive: Gardens Mall, Downtown at the Gardens & Legacy Place
"Floppers" are getting BUSTED!!!
Some Sellers Seek Lowball Offers on Homes?
The latest mortgage fraud scam known as “flopping” has sellers who actually make their home look undesirable so that they can attract low offers from buyers.
Here’s how it works: The seller is underwater on their mortgage and wants to get the lender to agree to a short sale. The seller, working with an accomplice, seeks to get a super low price to sell their home in the short sale by making bogus damage claims. Once they get the bank to agree to a short sale, the home is sold to an accomplice who then quickly cleans up the home and resells it for a profit.
“Floppers,” as they’re known, average a $55,000 profit from the quick flips.
To get the low home price, some sellers will go to great lengths to make their homes look undesirable, even spreading possum urine around the house or turning up the heat and closing all the windows for several days, says Ann Fulmer, a mortgage fraud specialist with Interthinx. Floppers also have bene known to remove appliances and cupboard doors and even paint the ceilings so it looks like there’s been water damage in he home. When no sellers want the home due to the flaws, the sellers will point out to the bank the problems with the home and why the sales price needs to be lowered. Some scammers have even claimed their homes were contaminated as crystal meth labs in order to get a lower price.
Freddie Mac is cracking down on floppers, investigating suspicious cases, and has opened up a toll free number for others to report suspicious activity: 1-800-4fraud8.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Another Reason to Sell Your Home...
Couple Willing to Sell Home to Find Lost Dog
A couple in Warren, Texas, has listed their home for sale in order to be able to offer $50,000 as a reward to find their missing dog.
Charlie Parker says his missing chocolate Lab, named Sir, means everything to the family and they’re willing to give up the roof over their heads in order to find him.
“He plays such a great role in our lives,” says Parker, who has had the dog for five years. “Whatever it takes, just bring me the animal and I’ll pay you.”
The chocolate Lab disappeared Sept. 15 while Parker was mowing the lawn. The family is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who returns the dog safely. In order to offer the $50,000 award, the family put their home on the market.
Parker told reporters that he’s willing to do anything to find the missing dog, except give up his wife and horse.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Vote YES on Amendment 4
The stagnant job growth of the
last several years has erased any doubt that Florida's housing market is the
heartbeat of our economy. When home values are at healthy levels and
responsible growth is encouraged, stable jobs are created and working families can
keep more of their hard-earned money.
But, for the first time in
generations, the dream of homeownership is under attack by catastrophic drops
in value and neighborhoods overrun by vacant, deteriorating foreclosures.
We deserve better than this. Our
children deserve better than this.
Amendment 4 is a multifaceted,
market-driven solution designed to get Florida's economy back on the rise. The
bipartisan amendment, endorsed by major newspapers across Florida, does three
main things:
2.) Reduces the
assessment cap on small business properties so they can better plan
reinvestments in your community by creating thousands of new jobs.
- 3.) Provides a way
to stop the punishing tax assessment increases you experience even when
your home value declines.
The choice is clear. Join me and
the thousands of working Florida families who are voting "YES" on
Amendment 4.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Traits of People With High Credit Scores
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, October 19, 2012
To have a high credit score, individuals tend to keep revolving balances low to their available credit, not max out credit cards, and consistently make payments on time, according to the company behind the FICO credit score.
FICO recently released findings from a study about the habits and behaviors of those who have the highest credit scores — 785 or greater. These high-credit scorers tend to qualify for the best mortgage rates, saving thousands of dollars over the life of a loan.
Nationwide, 25 percent — or 50 million people — are considered “high achievers” with their credit scores.
“High achievers” tend to exhibit some of the following behaviors, according to FICO:
- 96 percent have no missed payments on their credit report. For any who have a missed payment, it occurred, on average, about four years ago. (Payment history makes up 35 percent of a person’s credit score.)
- They tend to have a well-established credit history and rarely open up new accounts. On average, the oldest credit account was opened 25 years ago. Overall, according to FICO, these “high achievers” tend to have credit accounts that are at least 11 years old.
- They’re not always debt-free: They average about seven credit cards, including both open and closed accounts, and have an average of four credit cards or loans with balances. One-third of “high achievers” have balances of more than $8,500 on non-mortgage accounts. The remaining two-thirds have total balances of less than $8,500.
- About 1 in 100 have a collection listed on their credit report. What’s more, 1 in 9,000 has experienced tax liens or even a bankruptcy.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Canadian Real Estate Investors
PROPERTY TAX FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS: There are often
rumors, especially in Canada, that non US citizens have to pay higher property
taxes than US citizens. Please understand this is NOT the case. Property
taxes have nothing to do with your nationality or even your state of residence
but whether or not you actually live in the property you own. Florida residents
have to pay the higher, non homesteaded rate on any property we own that is not
our principal residence. It doesn't matter how many properties you own or where
in the world you own property, you can only have one official, legal, permanent
residence. Your official residence is usually considered to be where you spend
at least 183 days of each year. This is where you declare yourself a permanent
resident and where the government recognizes you as a legal resident and where
you file tax returns on your worldwide income.
If you are looking to invest
in the Florida real estate market or if you are looking for a second home to
escape Toronto winters (which I know can be long and cold) then call me:
(561)
371-6224
Friday, October 5, 2012
Keep Your EYES on KEYES!!!
I love how a simple marketing campaign makes a very common pronunciation mistake go away!!!
Say the word EYES...
Now say KEYES (hint, it rhymes with eyes)
Love it... Super simple!!!
Say the word EYES...
Now say KEYES (hint, it rhymes with eyes)
Love it... Super simple!!!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Crazy Day!
Today was a crazy day... crazy traffic on I-95 due to a crazy accident (even with my rubber necking all I could see was the truck for the local news blocking two lanes).
This set me back about 40 minutes, but I'm crazy about time (I call it "time anxiety") so I give myself a crazy about of time to get places. Crazy enough, I ended up being on time with a minute to spare.
I attended a technology training class in Boynton Beach, which literally drove me crazy trying to keep up.
Then I had to rush back to Singer Island to show a condo for rent. The views from this place are crazy beautiful.
And now after a long day I am crazy tired.
This set me back about 40 minutes, but I'm crazy about time (I call it "time anxiety") so I give myself a crazy about of time to get places. Crazy enough, I ended up being on time with a minute to spare.
I attended a technology training class in Boynton Beach, which literally drove me crazy trying to keep up.
Then I had to rush back to Singer Island to show a condo for rent. The views from this place are crazy beautiful.
And now after a long day I am crazy tired.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Welcome!
Welcome and Hello!!!
Thank you for visiting my new blog.
My name is Michelle Rinaldi and I am a licensed Realtor in the state of Florida.
I wanted to start a blog and let you know about the real estate market and all about life as a Realtor!!! Two exciting topics... visit daily and you will agree!Here's the Reader's Digest version of my life so far:
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**Born in Queens, NY but grew up in Rockland County
**Moved to South Florida, where I plan to stay!
I graduated from SUNY Oswego with an honors degree in Communications and worked in finance mostly until I decided to start a new career in real estate.
Recently at a Woman's Business 2 Business seminar I learned that generally people will only read 7 lines of information at a time and then tune out so I'm at my max... Enjoy the blog!!!!!
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