Somebody You Need To Read

I want to pass along a blog site that everybody ought to read from time to time. It's James Thorner's site, www.blogs.tampabay.com/realestate. Thorner, in case you don't already know, writes a column called (Un)Real Estate for the St. Petersburg Times. Both the blog and the newpaper column are always interesting, informative and factual -- or at least as factual as you can be given the ups and downs of real estate today.

What I like about Thorner is that he approaches things like a trained news reporter -- A/K/A a journalist. He looks at the facts, attempts to put them into proper perspective and tells you what the facts really mean and how they might affect you if you are a buyer or seller. That's important. That's worthwhile.

Now, I'm not going to say that I always agree with what James Thorner writes or the conclusions that he draws, but most of the time I think he's right on the money. He's certainly a lot closer to being correct than those who have been saying that "there is no real estate bubble", "the market has bottomed out", and that real estate activity will improve "right after the next election", "right after the special session", "right after the first of the year", or "right after hell finishes freezing over".

Keep up the good work, James!

For more information on real estate in the Tampa Bay area, visit my website at http://www.thestpeterealestatesite.com/.

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