Archive for February, 2012
Clearwater Florida Homes – 10 Things You Need for Homestead Exemption
February 24th, 2012 Categories: Clearwater Florida, Pinellas County, Real Estate News
Clearwater Florida – Just wanted to remind everyone who purchased Clearwater Florida homes or changed your status’s last year (i.e if you purchased a new primary residence in 2011) then you have until March 1st to apply for Florida’s Homestead Exemption. This exemptions saves the typical Clearwater home owner $500 to $800 however most people are excited that it caps how much taxes can rise in a given year.
I was showing a Clearwater Beach condo for sale at Mandalay Beach Club last week and because units at the Sandpearl Residences had sold for over $2 million last year this condo saw it’s “just market value” (the amout the Pinellas County Property Appraiser calculates your property taxes) go up 30% – YIKES!!!
For those that bought Clearwater Florida homes – you can apply for the exemption (1)online or (2) at any of the Pinellas County Offices.
10 Things you Need for Homestead Exemption
This is a list of items the Pinellas County Property Appraiser will want you to have when you appl:
- driver’s license number and expiration date,
- place of birth,
- where you lived prior to here,
- date you became a resident,
- date you purchased the property,
- social security number,
- are you employed and location,
- phone contact info and permission to gather information like phone or utility records to show you live here,
- also asked if you own or lease a vehicle
- The address you used on your last federal income tax return
And remember if you are looking to buy or sell Clearwater Florida homes or condos, Jack and I welcome the opportunity to discuss the market with you and your particular situation. Just give us a call for the most up today information that’s happening in the Beach real estate markets along our 26 miles of beaches.
Clearwater Beach Real Estate
We are passionate about being your real estate advocate. We’re committed to delivering Results daily based on Integrity, Knowledge & Experience – helping you buy or sell your Beach condos in Clearwater Beach to St Pete Beach.
We’d like to be YOUR Clearwater Beach Real Estate Team!
Call Cyndee @ 727-710-8035 or Jack @ 727-710-8036
Warmly,
Cyndee and Jack Haydon, Realtors
Charles Rutenberg Realty
1545 S. Belcher Rd
Clearwater Florida 33764
727-710-8035 (Cyndee’s cell)
727-710-8036 (Jack’s cell)
About Cyndee Haydon
Cyndee Haydon, Premier Sotheby's International Realty - Realtor | Estate Agent specializing in selling Luxury homes and beach condos from Clearwater Beach to St Pete Beach - 26 miles of paradise. (727) 710-8035 Cyndee's Google Profile
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Madeira Beach Florida | Service Does Not End with the Sale
February 22nd, 2012 Categories: Tampa Beach Living
Madeira Beach Florida - We have helped hundreds of people buy and sell beach houses and condos from including Madeira Beach area over the last 7 years. Our approach and philosophy has always been to treat our clients the way we like to be treated. To empower, educate and advocate for them when making one of the bigger financial decisions. We enjoy sharing the Florida beach lifestyle with others and our relationship and service doesn’t end at the “closing table”.
We appreciate when past clients like Frank and Sally who now own a waterfront home in Madeira Beach Florida and are comfortable sharing their experience with you because we know sometimes it’s hard to filter through all the “Realtor marketing” and decide who you can trust. We are equally excited that on March 5, 2012 we have clients that will be closing on their piece of paradise in Clearwater and we’ll be posting what they had to say about their experience of “shopping for the perfect home”. They finally found it and it’s a lovely 2500+ sq ft custom pool home in Clearwater Florida. While that’ may not sound like what Realtors do everyday – yes and no. One of the things that makes this one special is that we started helping them with their desire to relocate here from New York over four years ago. There were circumstances beyond their control that took a long to resolve but no worries because we’ve been there keeping them updated on the market and what was available in their price range until the time was right.
Many people interested in buying or selling today want to understand their options and digest all the information on their schedule first and then when the time is right they move forward. We understand this, so you can be comfortable giving us a call or searching for beach condos and homes for sale on our site because we go at your pace with no pressure because when your focus is on customer service you know that if you do the right things day in and day out – the rest will fall into place.
If you’d like to know more about buying or selling your Clearwater Beach condo (and surrounding beaches) give us a call at 727-710-8036 or email us at info@sandbarstosunsets.com
And if you’re looking for a Madeira Beach Realtor we’d like you to know that we are passionate about being your real estate advocate. We’re committed to delivering Results daily based on Integrity, Knowledge & Experience – If you are looking to sell your condo, today we have over 8768 buyers – ask us about how that helps you in today’s real estate market – And if you’re looking to buy then we can help you find the perfect Beach condos for sale.
We’d like to be YOUR Beach Real Estate Team!
Call Cyndee @ 727.710.8035 or Jack @ 727710.8036
Warmly,
Jack and Cyndee Haydon, Realtors (R)
Charles Rutenberg Realty
Clearwater Beach Real Estate
1545 S. Belcher Rd
Clearwater Florida 33764
727-710-8035 (Cyndee’s cell)
727-710-8036 (Jack’s cell)
About Cyndee Haydon
Cyndee Haydon, Premier Sotheby's International Realty - Realtor | Estate Agent specializing in selling Luxury homes and beach condos from Clearwater Beach to St Pete Beach - 26 miles of paradise. (727) 710-8035 Cyndee's Google Profile
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Elegant Clearwater Music Jazz Series – An Evening with Eric Darius
February 21st, 2012 Categories: Clearwater Florida, Things to do
Clearwater Florida - Clearwater is known for it’s Jazz and this past Saturday we had the pleasure of attending the dynamic Inaguaral Clear Music Jazz Series event to benefit youth music education in Pinellas County . It was held at the stunning Water’s Edge Condominiums on the waterfront in Downtown Clearwater. Jack and I were lucky enough to be guests of one of the leading local social media companies, Head of Lettuce Media (@HOLMedia on Twitter). A big shout out and Thank you goes to co-founders, Antony Francis and Amber Osborne (@Antony511 and @MissDestructo) who you can easily connect with on twitter when they’re not out helping local clients. Lucky for us, they practice what they teach and held contests on Facebook and Twitter to promote this unique event through social media…and guess who won – me!!! We had a wonderful time and wanted to share some of the fun with you – in the video below you’ll hear Top 10 Billboard Artist and Tampa Bay native, Eric Darius and get a feel of what a magical evening under the stars it was:
The evening kicked off at 5pm sharp at the Water’s Edge so we could all get prime spots for that evenings sunset. We pulled up to see 3 beautiful red, black and silver Ferrari’s out front and beautiful majestic palms were painting artistic shadows onto the building, all of this was just foreshadowing of what was to come – an evening for the senses, nothing but the best including enjoying one of the best Clearwater sunsets I’ve seen in a long time.
We actually got the VIP treatment which means we were personally escorted to the Water’s Edge Penthouse with breathtaking panaramic views overlooking Clearwater Harbor out to the Gulf of Mexico on one side and magical cityscape views of downtown Clearwater with vistas from St Pete all the way past Dunedin – what a great place the Water’s Edge would be to live. Eric Darius, Top 10 Billboard Jazz artist, arrived and mingled with the VIPS while hor’ derves and champagne were served – he was even kind enough to take a picture with Jack and me. We enjoyed the view, the people and the impressive art exhibited by local artists, Robert Neff (@5wa) and Scott Menual.
At 6pm the party moved down to the Liquid Level on the 5th floor poolside for amazing food, a wonderful setting where the energetic and emotional Jazz music of Eric Darius filled the air as the palm trees danced in the wind and night lights. The plan is for this to be the first of many to help support local Jazz youth.
And as if this wasn’t all sweet enough, at 7:30pm on the ground floor in the community room was turned in to the “Sweet Spot” – complete decadence and no sweet tooth was left unsatisfied. Here take a quick peek at the video below…
Also going on this weekend was the Sea-Blues Festival which we missed this year – just not enough hours in the day but that’s definitely one of the things we love about living in Clearwater – there are so many fun things to do and what’s not to like about Clearwater in the winter. Thanks again to Antony and Amber for having us as their guests – it was a night to remember for sure.
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Cyndee Haydon, Premier Sotheby's International Realty - Realtor | Estate Agent specializing in selling Luxury homes and beach condos from Clearwater Beach to St Pete Beach - 26 miles of paradise. (727) 710-8035 Cyndee's Google Profile
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