Markets go up, and markets come down... Right now, the market is crazy. Within 8 showing hours of going on the market we had 30 showings. 13 strong offers came in and this never lived in Palm Bay, FL home went under contract.The home has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, a beautiful kitchen with quartz counters and stainless appliances, large yard, 2 car attached garage and waterproof plank flooring throughout!Good luck to the new owners! It closes in a few weeks and they will be happy with the impact windows and 200 mph wind resistance of the steel frame construction, especially in the middle of hurricane season!If you are looking to buy or sell a home here on the Florida Space Coast, contact me at 321.223.6253 or Jeff@WavesRealtyFL.com I would love to help you navigate the waters during a dif... 06/19/2021

 from July 22, 2018 If I Had a Million Dollars When I was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s a million dollars was a lot of money. On Saturday night one of the TV stations in Denver would host a million dollar movie - a feature that was so special that it cost over one million dollars to film.Years later when I first moved to Key West a million dollars could buy a big important house - a restored home with a pool, parking, and a great Old Town location.  I have written several blogs over the years about the continued price escalation of housing in Key West. For years the rising prices enriched the lives of those who either inherited properties here or who bought and renovated, or even those who bought and lucked out as prices continued to rise.Two events changed things in the past thirte... 06/24/2021

Most of America is breathing a sigh of relief these days. We are getting back to normal after months of quarantine, face masks, social distancing, not touching other people, and so on. I actually shook hands with potential buyers yesterday afternoon. The Key West  real estate market so brisk that there are few properties to write about. Many properties go under contract within a day or two of being listed. which makes blogging nearly impossible. I was looking through my old shoebox searching for subjects to write about when I found a collection of photos I took just before, the day of, and after Hurricane Irma including the one below. The photo shows a woman talking on a telephone with cord on it standing behind a trash can while other people watched her.  I was fortunate to stay at the... 06/20/2021

As always this is a true story. The names have been changed to protect me from lawyers. It was perhaps 12 years ago that I got a phone call from a gay man I will call Herb who wanted to buy a place in Key West. He found me on my blog and learned that I was also gay. He thought, I think, it would be a good fit. He was wrong on many points.  We began a telephone and email dialogue to find the best place for him. I can share a bit without sharing too much. He was older. He was a hair dresser. (That's what he called it.) He wanted to be near Duval Street so that he could meet people. His brother was a surgeon and would be the actual buyer. We began our search.As I write this I remember countless phone calls from Herb who rambled on and on. I sensed, no knew, Herb had a drinking problem. I l... 06/22/2021