New Sarasota County Flood Maps, Part 2
Friday, February 20
As a follow up to my last post about flood zone changes in South Venice, here is an update for 2016 proposed flood zones for the greater Venice area.The darker green is the existing AE flood zone, which requires flood insurance if you have a federally-backed mortgage on your property. The lighte...
New Sarasota County Flood Maps
Tuesday, February 17
Sarasota County has come out with new flood zone maps that have everyone talking.Take a look at how the new preliminary flood zones affect the South Venice area: The darker green shows the existing FEMA AE zone, and the lighter green shade shows the preliminary changes to the 2016 AE flood zone...
New Exclusive Buyer and Seller Tools
Wednesday, February 11
Home buyers today are very educated and ask a lot of questions before deciding to make a real estate purchase. I now provide an on-line questionnaire for home sellers, based on the most common questions buyers ask. In case you want to go old-school, I also provide a link for you to download the...
My Analysis of a Recent Home Flip in Sarasota
Wednesday, February 11
I recently saw a home come up for sale in Sarasota in the South Gate area as I was searching for clients. The home is a renovation, and the seller did most things right and a couple things that could have been done better. Here's my analysis.The color palette is perfect. The light gray walls a...
10 Years of Sales Data
Wednesday, February 11
I just updated my website with 2014 median sales price for condos and single family homes in my 3-county service area: http://www.davidbarrhomes.com/#!real-estate-prices-venice/c198a2004-2014 median sales prices by property type and county If you have been looking since 2012 and still haven't p...
Garage to Bedroom Conversions: A Good Idea?
Wednesday, February 11
In Venice, a lot of homes have 2 bedrooms. Since so many buyers and investors come from out of the area, they are conditioned to believe that converting a garage space to a 3rd bedroom creates value and increases demand.That's not necessarily the case.3br home with garage conversion in South Ven...