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Feature Friday: 10620 Pontofino Circle October 14, 2011
By Judy Olinger

This remarkable listing at 10620 Pontofino Cr dons 4,679 sqft, 4 bedrooms & 3.5 baths. The luxurious Trinity home is listed by Belleair agents, Brandi Gabbard & Christine Knighton and is part of the Smith & Associates Signature Collection. Let’s see some of the home’s details:

Q: What distinctive features set this home apart?

A: Campagna Homes designed this custom residence with a feeling of grandness and attention to detail. As you step into the home your breath will be taken away by the spiral staircase and stunning chandeliers featured in the entryway. The decorative ceiling details throughout, two story stone fireplace in the formal sitting room that can be overlooked by the bridge style corridor to the upstairs living quarters, the relaxed open floor plan family room with gourmet kitchen, media/billiard room, formal study and additional den all make this home a true one of a kind.

Q: What are the advantages of the location & neighborhood?

A: The Champions’ Club is located in the midst of the tri-county region, only minutes away from the culture, commerce and conveniences of downtown Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. Just a short drive from home you have access to everything from beaches, sporting events, airports, shopping, theme parks and more. Residents will find that Trinity offers some of the best schools in the area, retail stores and restaurants, a multi-million-dollar YMCA, a performing arts center and leading medical facilities.

Q: Does the community have any amenities we should know about?

A: At the heart of The Champions’ Club is the exclusive resident’s only clubhouse. The “Club” features a versatile Club Room with a catering kitchen and pass-through bar for indoor or outdoor dining. There’s a tennis pavilion as well as a fully equipped fitness center including a spa and treatment room with men’s and women’s locker rooms. The pool area features a lushly landscaped sundeck and resort pool lined with chaises and umbrella tables. Access to everything The Champions’ Club has to offer can be orchestrated by the concierge who will handle every detail.

Q: Can you tell us a fun fact about the home?

A: The grand homes of The Champions’ Club wind along the tree-lined Fox Hollow Golf Club and the Trinity home on Pontofino overlooks the 11th Fairway. This was the last course ever to be designed and built by legendary golf course architect Robert Trent Jones.

10620 Pontofino Cr, Trinity, FL 34655 is packed full of luxurious amenities. Between that & the perfect location, this luxury home will not stay on the market long. To take a tour of the property, contact Brandi & Christine.

About Brandi & Christine:

Not only do Belleair Realtors Brandi Gabbard & Christine Knighton bring a wealth of Real Estate, mortgage & banking experience to the table, but their #1 goal is to help you achieve your hopes and dreams during your next home buying or selling adventure. These two local residents stay up-to-date on the entire Bay Area market, from Pasco to Pinellas to Hillsborough and are committed to making every transaction better than the last.

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First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit to an END?? November 4, 2009
By David B Moyer

Despite all of the pleading, proposals, demands, and increase of real estate sales & activity … the First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit is still expected to come to an end on November 30, 2009. If you have been looking for homes and want to take advantage of this incentive, time is of the essence to get under contract on a home that is capable of closing this month. Extend Tax Credit

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USF’s Small Business Development Center Adds Pasco Presence October 7, 2009
By Smith & Associates

The Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida has established a Pasco County presence.

Small Business Development Center

The SBDC is part of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide service network of 35 centers. It is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and accredited through the national Association of SBDCs.

The new SBDC office in Pasco will be staffed by Jerry Karp, a certified business analyst, according to a release. Karp will be providing one-on-one counseling to new and existing business owners in the area, among other services.

Karp’s expertise in business, especially marketing and sales, is a great asset to the organization, said Eileen Rodriguez, Small Business Development Center regional manager, in the release.

For 13 years, Karp owned a business that specialized in selling business to business. When it was sold to a large corporation, he remained at the company for seven years as manager, the release said.

The SBDC office in Pasco will be housed in the county’s Economic Development Corporation building at 16506 Pointe Village Drive, Suite 101, Lutz.

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Opportunities On The Horizon In 2010 October 6, 2009
By Dave Traynor

New Construction Condominium Development Opportunities On The Horizon In 2010

As we watch the market towards the end of 2009 we are beginning to see that lenders and developers are working together nation wide to re-energize sales and marketing programs for new construction condominiums.

In fact, last week a group of investors led by Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group are emerging as the winner of an auction by the government of the failed Corus Bank’s condominium -development loans. If Starwood is successful, it will be the latest sign that the firm is emerging as a major force in the purchase of ailing condominiums. (Wall Street Journal 10-3-09 by Lingling Wei) Many of these acquired loans were in condominium developments in Florida and also locally within the Tampa Bay market.

New Construction Tampa Bay

Locally in Tampa Bay we have also seen progression with developers and lenders together to put together pricing of new condominiums to more realistic pricing to what the market will bear in 2009 / 2010. We at Smith & Associates will continue to have an active watch on these new opportunities within Tampa Bay and provide details on progress of the best opportunities in real estate in Clearwater, St Petersburg and Tampa in new condominium developments.

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Captains promote Florida fishing, state films waterfronts
By Smith & Associates

Fishing boat captains from the Discovery Channel’s reality series “Deadliest Catch” will participate in a multimedia campaign to draw attention to Florida’s fishing industry in late 2009.

Sig Hansen of the Northwestern and Johnathan Hillstrand and Andy Hillstrand of the Time Bandit will appear in print and Web-based media as well as statewide TV public service announcements airing in December.

The captains also will help Florida mark National Seafood Month in October.

Cheap seafood imports, rising fuel prices and the hurricanes of recent years have impeded the fishing industry, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said in a release. The captains will help raise public awareness about the contributions of Florida’s fishermen, Bronson said.

In addition to promotions featuring the celebrity captains, the agriculture department is producing a series of documentaries about Florida’s working waterfronts in extended-length high-definition video format.

The first documentary, which features Sebastian, will be released in October. Documentaries featuring Cortez, Tarpon Springs, Jacksonville, Destin and Apalachicola, and Miami and the Keys will follow, the release said.

Florida’s commercial fishermen harvest more than 83 million pounds of seafood and fishery products with a dockside value of more than $168 million each year, the release said. Florida is home to roughly 500 seafood processing businesses and 800 businesses that buy and sell seafood as dockside fish buyers, wholesale brokers, importers or exporters.

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Poll: Florida ranks No. 2 for wannabe residents
By Smith & Associates

High unemployment and housing crisis be darned: Florida is still among the most popular states when it comes to where people want to live.

Only California is more popular, taking the No. 1 spot for the sixth year in a row in the Harris poll by Harris Interactive as the place Americans would like to live if they didn’t live in the state they now live. Hawaii came in third.

“The most popular states and cities where large numbers of people would like to live tend to attract tourists and business,” according to a Harris media release. “They are places where people like to take vacations and where companies like to have their offices and factories.”

Oddly enough, however, no Florida cities were among the top destinations for resident wannabes.

New York City topped the list of cities people would most like to live in or near, followed by Denver and San Francisco.

The other most popular states were:

Texas (No. 4), Colorado (No. 5). Three states tied for sixth place: Arizona, North Carolina and Washington state.

The other cities on the top 10 are San Diego (No. 4), Seattle (No. 5), Chicago (No. 6), Boston (No. 7), Las Vegas (No. 8), Washington, D.C. (No. 9), and Dallas (No. 10).

The poll of 2,498 U.S. adults took place Aug. 10-18.

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