Buying Opportunities: Three Ways to Play the Market

Ø Trading up. If you're longing for a larger home or a house on the water, this could be your chance to trade up on the cheap. Like any thrifty shopper, you want to buy when there's a sale -- and that is what today's market offers.
Ø Doubling down. Instead of trading up, you might be eyeing a vacation home. The bottom line: If you think you'll get a lot of use from a second home, go ahead and buy.
Ø Helping hand. You might give your kids an advance on their eventual inheritance, so they have enough money to make a down payment. Yes, that means they will start to incur the housing costs, including property taxes and maintenance expenses. But your children will also replace their monthly rent check with a monthly mortgage check, and that will allow them to start building home equity.
-- “Playing the Housing Slump: Is It Time to Make Your Move?,” by Jonathon Clements, RealEstateJournal.com, March 11, 2008.

Fun in the Sun

We are going to miss you! My nephew Issac is moving to Hawaii, how fun will that be!
Hope you enjoyed your day on the island. Oh, to be young again, not a care in the world.
The weather is beautiful................

Come join us for Habitat for Humanity!

Coldwell Banker Wikle Properties is requesting your help! Give back to the community of Tarpon Springs! June 4th 2008 Location: 624 E.Center Street, Tarpon Springs: Time: 8:00 a.m -2:00 p.m. If you would like to join us in helping others, please give me a call @ 727-692-0098. We would love to see you there with a hammer in hand!!!


What is Habitat for Humanity? At Coldwell Banker®, we’ve partnered with
Habitat for Humanity® for a great cause. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to building simple, decent and affordable homes for
families who would not be able to afford them on their own. Yet this isn’t a
giveaway program. Participating families invest hundreds of hours of their
labor to build their own Habitat house and those of others. As sponsors,
Coldwell Banker affiliates raise and/or donate funds for materials. The homes
are then sold to the families at no profit, financed with affordable loans.