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Real Estate How to Price and “Ready” Your Home for Sale This week I include a few articles on pricing and staging your home for sale, and  doing a pre-listing home inspection… Pre-listing home inspections: Real estate professionals are reporting a rise in home buyers getting cold feet before closing. A common culprit? A negative home inspection report. The number of canceled contracts has been ticking […]
Restaurants Restaurant Report Citrus County October 2025 In the last month we had some great dining experiences.      Learned of a new restaurant: The Three Musketeers,  in Crystal River: open Thursday to Monday .  We need to check it out.  310 Citrus Ave ( a recommendation from Nextdoor app) 352-586-2450.  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575355070454# Inverness Oscar Penn’s is one of our favorite dining venues.  […]
Home Maintenance Who To Call for Home Services  This week’s Blog: Eight things you should clean every month according to professional cleaners, and an updated who to call list that includes additions for landscape help and  painters. GOOD RESOURCE: The nextdoor app:  Join Nextdoor, an app for neighborhoods where you can get local tips, buy and sell items, and more . https://nextdoor.com/ Eight places […]
Home Maintenance Making A Home for “Aging” In Image: Freepik Key Features Aging Home Buyers Should Look for in a Home Built for Aging in Place Aging in place isn’t about giving up on change—it’s about controlling it. If you’re planning to stay in your next home for the long run, you need more than just charm or curb appeal. You need function, […]
TO DO Citrus County Annual and Upcoming Events What’s coming up “to do” in the Citrus County, FL area?  I include many of the annual area festivals. Some do not have definite dates for this year yet, but I tried to include an info link. The info link is  listed separately or click on the name of the event. to do link cc:  […]
Restaurants Restaurant Update Citrus County Fall 2025 We took a little time off this summer and, so have not been to many restaurants until recently, We returned for dinner at Bayside Kraft Kitchen,  Back Water Fins Grill and La Casa di Norma.  Our favorite places for lunch are still: Jimmy T.‘s New York Deli,  New England Café, Panera Bread and Cattledog  Coffee […]
Real Estate IS YOUR HOME READY TO BE INHERITED?  Hope things are going well in your life… I read an article last week in one of the Florida Association of Realtors magazines,  and it got to me thinking about a blog about taking over and/or selling an inherited property.    We’ve been here for more than 25 years, of course have aged, but several […]
Uncategorized Real Estate Update End of Summer 2025 Citrus County (Ridge area) Escaped the heat for a few weeks in Michigan and Ohio thought on my return blog I would give you a real estate update. Real estate continues to be slow…but NAR finance expert YUM predicts we will not have the real estate recession we had in the early 2000’s because mortgage financing has changed.  Watch […]
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Real Estate Early Summer Real Estate Update Citrus County FL  This week I am going to present to you  a few real estate thoughts: ordering a pre-sale  home inspection;  the current state of the real estate market,  and what is for sale and has sold in our area?   I am going to take a few weeks off from blogging… Real estate pros say having […]
Uncategorized Who To Call for Services Citrus County FL Homeownership is the American Dream but owning a home requires a lot of regular maintenance tasks to keep the investment in good shape. I am including a list of service companies and maintenance people who can help you, if you are not a DIY person. Hope you find this helpful info and PLEASE let know […]
Restaurants Citrus County Summer 2025 Restaurant Update Getting ready to take a couple of months off from blogging but wanted to update our recents restaurant visits.  We did return to several older Citrus County restaurants. DINNERS: Hernando Sauced hog;   Been a long time since we had eaten here. But found ourselves there twice in the last month or so. We do […]
Gardening Citrus County Flower Gardening It’s been a while since I talked about gardening and flowers in Florida. After having lived here for 25 years and gardened for all those years, I do have my favorites that I thought I’d pass those along to you. I also indicate to you where I can split some of my perennials that are […]
Home Maintenance How to Boost Your Home’s Charm Image via Pexels How to Boost Your Home’s Charm and Close That Sale Fast Selling your home is more than slapping a “For Sale” sign in the yard and waiting for the offers to roll in. It’s about capturing the hearts of buyers at first glance and making them imagine their future within those walls. […]
Real Estate Citrus County Ridge Area Homes Sales First 2025 Fast-rising mortgage rates have led to the slowest existing home-sales market nationally in 30 years. But National Association of REALTORS® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun tells NAR members attending the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings: There are plenty of reasons to believe that, when rates drop, the demand will be there   According to Florida Realtors Association and […]
Hurricane Prep Citrus County Hurricane info 2025 Hurricane season starts June 1 and typically peaks in early September, according to federal data.  Time to get supplies ready and the home ready.  I took most of this info from the Bay News  9 website.    Predictions: NOAA predicts above normal activity this hurricane season The forecast calls for 13 to 19 named storms, 6 to […]
Restaurants Citrus County May Restaurant Update We tend to eat dinners out twice a week and maybe a carryout also.  Lots of good meals this last few weeks… Dinners: Wallace’s at the Greenhouse (Homosassa) Delicious  entrees: Swordfish, grilled mahi fish and chips,  salmon, parmesan cod,   grilled  sandwich and corn chowder .  Unique menu and good food and service. Katch 22 […]
Real Estate This and That For Your Home/Who to Call ” list This and That for your house… Keeping your house in its best shape…paint colors?  countertops? granite, butcher block or quartz? The twelve remodeling projects that bring value to a resale.  I updated “Who to Call for Services” list. What the NAR says to remodel and the estimated return based on upfront cost: New steel front […]
Real Estate Retirement to Renovation: Seniors Turning Fixer-Uppers into Fortunes From my guest blogger… Retirement to Renovation: Seniors Turning Fixer-Uppers into Fortunes   Image via Pexels Retirement doesn’t have to signal a slowdown. For many older adults, it’s the start of an entirely new chapter—one driven by autonomy, fulfillment, and, yes, profit. Enter the world of house flipping: an industry long dominated by younger, HGTV-fueled […]
Real Estate Spring 2025 Real Estate Update May 2025 According to the National Association of Realtors…Home buyers this spring are locking in lower mortgage rates than they could a year ago, when rates pushed above 7%. But even with the latest decline—bringing 30-year fixed rates to a 6.76% average—many prospective buyers aren’t ready to take action. full article: Mortgage Rates Ease Slightly- Is It […]
TO DO Heading to Summer in FL…What to do… If you are looking for something to do this weekend, the Sugar Sand Festival on Clearwater Beach is awesome!   It’ll take you about an hour to go view all the exhibits (it is under a tent) and then maybe you want to spend the rest of the day at the beach… and/or the Clearwater […]
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