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June 25, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

The buyer’s best buddy

I love learning new words, and I love applying those new words to anything in real estate. My new word is chimera, which is from Greek mythology and is a fire-breathing female monster. Now before you…
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June 18, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Real estate selling for the smartphone generation

If your smartphone has become an extension of one hand and the TV remote an extension of the other, then iBuying may be the next logical step in selling your home. There have always been people wh…
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June 17, 2019
By Cindy Lane
County to consider record high tourism budget

County to consider record high tourism budget

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Tourism officials voted to recommend a record $13.2 million marketing budget for the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) today for fiscal year 2020-21. The budg…
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June 11, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

What’s in a color

Did you know there is an entire segment of psychology devoted to color? Color can dramatically affect moods according to experts in color psychology, so what effect does color have on the color of…
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June 4, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

We may be getting older, but we’re not stupid

Did you know that every day 10,000 baby boomers turn 65? Just to refresh your aging memories, baby boomers are defined as those born between 1946 and 1964, therefore, baby boomers will be impacting o…
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May 28, 2019
By Joe Hendricks

Fire & Stone taking corrective actions

CORTEZ – Fire & Stone Pizza owners Radka Watson and Peter Ross are working to address the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and Manatee County Code Enforcement vio…
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May 28, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Home ownership and the millennials

It pains me to say this, and I hope it’s not true, but there are signs that the face of home ownership is starting to change. Housing was always the driver of the economy, both purchasing homes and t…
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May 21, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

What’s in a hurricane name?

Every year at this time we steady our nerves and go forward into hurricane season which tortures us from June 1 to Nov. 30. Not all storms during hurricane season are actually hurricanes; some of the…
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May 14, 2019
By Joe Hendricks
Unregistered Airbnb being fined $250 per day

Airbnb compliant; will not be fined

ANNA MARIA – The city of Anna Maria has concluded that the Airbnb at 302 North Shore Drive does not have to be registered as a vacation rental because it is owner-occupied and has onsite management…
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May 14, 2019
By Louise Bolger
Castles in the Sand

Falling in love with a second home

Last week we had a conversation about financing second homes and some updated government regulations about renting. We even touched on the pending Florida legislation regarding short-term vacation re…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting