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    'Private Beach' sign in Seagrove

    This correct. To be legal in a court of law the land would have to be surveyed daily to get a 100% legal property line. The beach is the only place were the legal property line changes daily. I guess one could hire a survey daily 365 days a yr.
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    For Rent New furnishings - fresh paint 3 bdr.

    that's what amazes me. March is a huge rental month and most people can make 1 1/2 - 2 times what they make form jan-march end renting long term with less wear and tear and one gets to work on there unit during those times. Only advantage is if your unit only attracts spring breakers during march.
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    Florida Legislature is discussing changes concerning short term rentals

    What about the $100's of millions in sales tax these 3 million vistors spend a yr. if they screw with rentals and these people don't come millions of jobs will also be lose
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    Florida Legislature is discussing changes concerning short term rentals

    I think, its a bunch of bs. from what I gathered is gov'ts who had laws in affect before 2011 were never hurt by this law which went in affect in 2011 and cease all new municipalities from having new ruls but having no affect on older ones ,like Walton county. one of the examples the new...
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    St. Joe Club & Resorts private membership club

    I assure you very few rentals on 30-a have 80% of there spring and summer rentals booked. go and ramdom pull up 10-20 rentals on 30-a. if they have 6-8 weeks total they're doing good
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    What's Up at Prominence?

    lol what happened to shelly? reading some of his or her old notes of Armageddon he must be crying he didn't load up 2 -3 yrs ago at the bottom as many places like watercolor or at or near breakeven even if they bought at the highs when they were down 50% and more. amazing come back
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    Who Has the Best Shrimp Po Boy on Scenic 30A?

    I've tried 10 or more on 30-a and I always come back to the red bar as the biggest and best. the French bread is awesome and the shrimp is the biggest and tastiest
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    FIRE Restaurant is gone gone after Sunday 12/15/13

    outside the equipment there wasn't much to sell as they didn't own the building. most restaurants that sell like that just want to break even and get out.outside a few restaurants on 30-a that do very well its a tough tough business with 4-5 months of very little business as the seasonality is...
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    FIRE Restaurant is gone gone after Sunday 12/15/13

    The last 5-10 times I drove by there over the last 6 months I rarely saw many people in there.Personally I've never eaten there because the menu never appealed to me as i'm more a basic red bar or shades type guy and most of there entrees seemed like roasted duck type items so the mkt is more...
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    St. Joe Club & Resorts private membership club

    I just reread st joes press release and this could really hurt the property managers at the top end who already charge 25-30%. does this mean for rental guests to use watercolor ameneties they must rent threw st joe or they can't use the amenities? if this is so then all, will have to go with st...
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    Best place for tires?

    I actually just bought tires this weekend. i'm in Atlanta and competition fierce. but I checked everywere from discount tire to peb buys to ntb to firestone to tire rack an after comparing everything buying locally beat tire rack threw the mail when adding in all the mounting charges and...
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    St. Joe Club & Resorts private membership club

    So st joe is going to be doing property rentals for any nice house along 30-a and and allowing the home owners and guests the right to use the golf courses and amenities of places like watersound and watercolor if they join st joe resorts and allow them to rent out there homes? If i'm not...
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    SANDDOLLAR ONE Vacation Rental Management -Personal Attention for homeowners !

    I looked at your site last year as I was pondering moving from my my property manager and it looks like you raised your rate from 12% to 18%. that's a big jump
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    Is Crabby Steve's open through September?

    I'm a little confused. its says under the reviews i have to park somewere like rosemary and go on the beach and walk to high pt to get there? Can't i park near locacina and walk thew front gate at high pt or they won't let me in?
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    Thanks SoWal!

    bobby whats your opinion on sowal real estate? Were 2 yrs off the bottom and i'm speechless as places like watersound west and watercolor phase 4 are up almost 100% and even natures walk are hitting $280 a square foot. people are flipping like crazy again and many areas like watersound and...
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    Century Link or Mediacom?

    i've had century tell which was called embarq untill 3 yrs ago for the last 5 yrs. i've never had any problems till the last month were they had to come out twice and fix something. each time they came out the next day and fixed it. they've been great
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    2013 Bed Tax Collections

    Kirk I know this isn't the board, but I've seen no monthly reports of the bed tax increases or decreases for 2013.I'm sure since 2011 and 2012 were records and up 10-20% yr over yr the % increases this yr have ben 5% to maybe even negative so no headline grabbing news to report. Do you have the...
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    Flooding and Sinkholes

    i also have flood insrance at the beach and am not in a flood zone either but i don' reacll being able to get sinkhole coverage as many insurers have taken it off there policies
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    Feedback on Watersound North Development

    wow abby i don't know if i agree on that. I drove threw there 4 months ago and i didn;t see much activity. The problem is even from hwy 98 it seems the houses are a good mile to 2 miles in.I know anyone who wants to short term rent should stay away as its a good 4 miles to the beach. maybe if...
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    Real "Rental Type" Beach umbrellas

    you can buy them online as several vendors who cater to beach chair vendors are in south fla. i looked a few yrs ago and as i remember and umbrella with 2 chairs and foot rests was like $350-$400. but remember if you're more than a few min;s walk to the beach they're very heavy and ackward to...
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    Johnny McTighe's Irish Pub NOW OPEN

    Truth is mctiques has been a local dive since day one. I went when it first opened in 2009 and a few times after and I never saw more than 4 tables taken ever.Its simply a bar that caters to locals. How appealing is it to take a family there with people 1/2 drunk and smoking outside .I think...
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    Wanted: Used 4WD Jeep

    I'll give you some advise for free. you're going to spend at least 8-10 k for a fair jeep unless you know somebody. jeeps are well known for breaking down all the time and costing alot of money to maintain. I also live in atlanta and i bought a 1985 mint jeep for 12 k and put 10k in it so i...
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    Beach Chairs all the way up to the water

    blssls this must have been a yr or more ago. so what did the deputy say was needed to prove the property line? i'm sure to be legal it must be a survey daily. none of this is enforceable.in my area we also have a condo that trys to enforce private and i'll say 99% of renters obide by it as its...
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    What will you do if you were in my shoe

    Well marie based on public information you or your landlord bought that whole building for a song and dance or about 80% cheaper than the last owner paid. So to think you could buy a building that cheap and not put a few hundred k in renovations was naive
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    New Business - Scooter Rentals on 30A

    scoot you won't get much love on this board as most people who live on 30-a hate golf carts and scooters. I know theres several bike shops on 30-a that rent scooters but overall 30-a is a huge bike area
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    Its almost Vacation Time, how's the water conditions?

    somebody told me the water temp is usually 80 degrees by now and last week it was 71 . nationwide and in the south its been an incredibly cold spring. it was in the 50's in atlanta yesterday which is unheard of this time of yr. Maybe with colder weather less hurricaines this yr
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    Slammed! Best market since 2005! (For sellers)

    In my neighborhood a few lot prices have tripled off the bottom and the house i bought in 2010 is up 80%. i'm getting postcard mailouts from agents begging for inventory. Pricing got crazy low 2 yrs ago and its coming back to the middle ground and hopefully rises 5-10% for the next 5-7 years to...
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    South Walton History - High Rises and Rednecks

    Actually one seagrove and beach crest might have started building in 1983 but they all were sold in foreclosure in 1986 for i believe 60k or so. It seems all the condo's mentioned and more all sold in 1986, The first yr i stayed in one seagove was 1991.i think the condo's were at least 120-140k...
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    Wanted Room in Seagrove/Seaside area for months of June-July

    macey thats the busiest time of the yr at the beach and i highly doubt you'll find anything that near the beach. you might have to look a few miles off the beach or even south of 98 to freeport
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    Squirrels in my soffit! Help!

    buy a 1/2 hart trap at lowes and use peanut butter as bait. it traps them but i'll be honest unless you do away withg them they'll go back yr after yr. or you can take them 10-20 miles away.
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    Interesting Market Dynamics??

    homeboy i don't agree with you 100% I've got almost every sale from 30-a the last 18 months. I'll agree than new home prices in waterolor and rosemary are getting within striking distance of the bubble highs in 2005 but thats not true in tons of lower cost neighborhoods. Lots like in lakeside...
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    WaterSound West Beach is Red Hot

    chicago just curious what motivates someone to pay 150-200k more than could have bought for 2 yrs ago?Its like the stockmarket. nobody would touch hewlett packard stock at $11 about 5 months ago and now all want to buy at $23. its human nature not to buy when things are bad and to get caught...
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    Wanted 3bd rental for April 4-7

    If you could get anything march 30-april 6 itwould be a full week no doubt an as i think the whole world is coming that week and for most renters its the easiest booking week of the yr. come in mid april as its not crowded
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    For Sale SHARP AQUOS 52" 1080p LCD HDTV LC-52D64U

    from the thickness of the tv it looks a few yrs old. I was out yesteday at some big box retailers and was shocked at how cheap tvs are. $400 for 50 inch tv's. I think you might have to drop the price to $200-$250 for any interest, used tv's don't bring much
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    Stock Market V Real Estate T MINUS ONE MONTH TILL BOOM!

    zac i can assure you i know more in my pinky than do you about the stk mkt and economy. If zero interest rates worked then why is japans mkt down 80% from 24 yrs ago still down 80% as there rates have been zero for 15 yrs.go look at all the exon #'s the last 2 yrs. payroll monthly growth is...
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    Stock Market V Real Estate T MINUS ONE MONTH TILL BOOM!

    zac your article is 100% correct. The stk mkt has been running 4 straight yrs and the economy is as dead as it was 3 yrs ago yet real estate is still down pretty big although on 30-a its way way off the bottom.inventory is super low and all the good stuff is long gone. the real time to buy was...
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    Brace yourself for Spring Break

    april 6th -13th will be a dud. 8 out of 10 of atlanta area counties spring breaks are march 30-april6th. 85% of the united states has spring break match 30-april 6th. Thats the huge week
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    Who has the best pizza in South Walton?

    Enzo's was my favorite. I know they closed there shop near gulf place and they were going to reopen on 98 but i've never seen them reopen.
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    South of Philly in Seagrove Opens Feb. 4th

    One of the better cheestakes i've had and its big and filling
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    Village of South Walton Condos

    If my memory is correct some of these hotel like units were 40-50k 2 yrs ago. Also I'd like to see were they brought in 15k unless they're renting yr round with snowbirds
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    Grace Pointe Development

    bobby please explain how places like watercolor phase 4 are selling at $250 plus a square foot now and are 1.5 miles to the beach? Even natures walk which was left for dead and is 2 miles to the beach is selling at over $200 a square foot.phase 4 watercolor sold many homes at $425 k 18-24 months...
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    Nervous Property Owners

    what i can tell is some of the mkt actually bottomed in 2009-2010 and other parts actually botomed 12-18 months ago. but it looks like the top in sowal was late 2005 early 2006. i actually bought my house right before the stk mkt bottomed in early 2009 and there were several paniced people just...
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    For Sale 4 mo old flawless white IPad 2 wifi $325

    the ipad 2 has been $359 brand new from microcenter in atlanta for the last 10 months and i see more and more doing $359. the new ipad 3rd generation is $399
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    The best bargain on a 30A lot?

    Lets not confuse words. 30-a went threw a total and complete meltdown. Tons and i mean tons of lots fell from 550-600k to to 50-100k. I'll never forget looking at a home in seacrest for 550k in 2003 or early 2004 for 550k. I knew i could flip it in the next yr. i didn;t buy it and it had sold...
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    Posted on yahoo. PANAMA CITY AREA PREDICTED TO BE #2 AREA IN NATION OVER NEXT 5 YRS .

    for price appreciation. so if you're thinking of selling hold on a few yrs as prices predicted to fly over 9% a yr http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-15-best-housing-markets-for-the-next-five-years-200056059.html
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    Scenic 30A now 25 MPH between Watercolor and Grayton

    so from were to were is it 25 mph? many parts of seagrove to alys beach are 35 mph. so all of 30-a is 25 mph? thats crazy
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    Carrier with best Cell Phone Service Coverage for South Walton?

    i've had verizon for 13 yrs now. whats funny is verizons service was shaky back in the early to mid 2000's. but since they bought alltel yrs ago its been great. i can't even recall the last time i had a dropped call. its been a long long time
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    Washer/Dryer Repair

    I'm almost sure a@e (the name for the old sears) works on samsung as they came out to repair my samsung microwave a few months ago or even clarks appliance who are in seagrove. Any repair company no matter who it is will have to order parts anyway as no one carries thousand of parts in...
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    Canceling AT&T Service with no early termination fee

    for last 10 yrs verizon works spotless in grayton and as far as internet century tel is super fast and never a problem
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    Christmas at Old Grayton

    i'll bid $57,500 sight unseen if its near pandoras on in to red bar
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