The Tampa Fl homes for sale industry is undergoing a shift. From the first time my husband and I began even thinking about buying a house 5 years ago until now, we have witnessed a market of ups, downs, and all-arounds. Unfortunately, our hopes and dreams of owning a househave mirrored those real estate shifts. We began our marriage not being ready to own, then felt trapped in the massive movement to buy out of fear of ever-rising prices, buying a home just to lock in the existing price. Knowing that it was morally improper to take a loan that would deem us “house poor”, we decided not to buy anything, revolting against the seller’s market. From there, we gave up hope of ever owning in the Tampa Bay area.

Move forward to 2009 and Tampa Fl homes for sale is once again affordable to us lowly first time homebuyers and great properties are now very much worthy of our Tampa loan payment. Our aspirations and dreams of owning a slice of real estate in Tampa are rekindled.

Our genuine search for real estate in Tampa began almost two months ago with the help of our realtor Rick Durand from Kings Realty & Property Management. In the beginning, we thought that a townhouse would work best because we are not the “outdoorsy” type that will make time to cut lawns or landscape. We would rather just pay someone else to keep our lawn under control. A townhouse also seemed typically larger and more solid than most condos in the Tampa Fl homes for sale market. Tampa is filled with apartment to condo conversions, which in my humble opinion seem more akin to weakly constructed gingerbread

houses. Our search for a respectable townhouse proved prosperous and our agent showed us all the deals in our desired area of Land O’ Lakes. The townhouses are newer and built in underdeveloped areas where wilderness conservation lots are the norm.

In this Tampa Fl homes for sale market the buyer can be picky. We wanted to see all our options and our agent was glad to help us with that request. Continuing in Land O’ Lakes, we found a neighborhood of villas in our desired price range and quickly made an offer on a short sale property. We loved the solid block construction and no lawn work that the villa offered as well as the great open floor plan and established area. We are obtaining everything we wanted without having to give up any of the things on our wish list. Traditionally, purchasing a piece of Tampa real estate meant sacrificing at least one of your wants and desires like location, a bigger master bedroom, or lots of closet space. We gave up nothing and frankly are obtaining everything we wanted and more. This was made possible only because of a savvy Tampa Fl homes for sale realtor like Rick Durand who navigated around this saturated market where the well-qualified purchaser is king, or queen, and is helping us purchase a home. He knew when a property’s listed price was not so much of a deal but rather an attempt to drum up offers that would return nothing but a long wait with a “no” at the end of the line.

We have watched the Tampa Fl homes for sale market evolve more in the last five years than it has in the 20 years prior which just confirms, much to the chagrin of some, that shift does indeed happen.

Sincerely,

Anna W.

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