Originally, posted on Sarasota Real Estate Blog by Annette Smith
I mentioned on my Active Rain blog this morning that I revamped a video CD that was an old slide show prepared by my graphic designer, Debbie Zaroba. The original CD was done about four years ago and four months ago, I took it apart, shortened the tour and now the short version has been seen more than 1000 times on YouTube. The Sarasota video tour is about 4 minutes and the longer version on my website and Active Rain blog is about 6 minutes.
If you aren't familiar with Sarasota, take our video tour and enjoy and discover Sarasota's barrier island of Siesta Key, Bird Key, Casey Key, Lido Key and Longboat Key Florida. You'll see why buyers plan to make South West Florida home.
For more information about Sarasota Florida real estate, contact Annette Smith at 941-504-3922 or send an email. You'll get a prompt answer!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sarasota Video Tour Seen More Than 1000 Times on YouTube
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Ever Heard of the Embers, the Tams?
Yesterday, I wrote an article on my Active Rain blog about favorite beaches and the music of the Embers, the Drifters and the Tams asking what's your favorite beach music. It was fun to walk down memory lane and get comments from other bloggers about their favorite artists singing beach music through the years. Jan Chilton of Myrtle Beach, wrote how she was a real Embers groupie:
My little group of 60's hippies always went to North Myrtle Beach and Ocean Drive. There was shag music all around and I love it to this day, but none of us ever learned to shag...:-( In the 70's and early 80's I became an Embers groupie. I went all over the place in NC...). The Embers broke up, and now the only good part left is the Craig Woolard Band. He received the best male singer award in the National Beach Music Awards this year!
There's a new Embers group, which sounds nothing like the real ones. Jackie Gore just started a new band called the Legends of Beach. What a phenomenal voice he has!
Johnny Hopkins, who was my real crush back then,
is with some other band I wasn't even aware of till I just looked!
Anyway, much as I still love them, it makes me feel SOOOO old to see them now...
I told Jan, we are never too old to dance! Fran Vernon of California, of course, loved the Beach Boys.
On MySpace I added my favorite beach music a few days ago and now I can turn up the speakers and do a little shagging every day.
So do you like the music of The Embers, the Beach Boys, Buffett, or is there another group that comes to mind.
If you go to Siesta Key beach, what's your favorite beach music? Maybe you like Longboat better so what's on your Ipod? The self-portrait toes in the sand are mine on some Casey Key real estate.
For more information about Sarasota FL real estate and its beaches of Siesta Key and Longboat Key, contact Annette Smith.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Downtown Sarasota Condos Update
A customer from up North called yesterday about downtown Sarasota condos. He wanted me to send him the current MLS listings in Tessera, Beau Ciel, Plaza at Five Points, 1350 Main and Grande Riviera specifically. Since I pulled the information, I thought I would share it.
Downtown Sarasota Condos UPDATE
Tessera
Building Type: Highrise
Built in: 2000
Active: 4
Pending: None
*Sold: 1
Price Range: $1,180,000-$5,950,000
Pets Permitted: Yes
Beau Ciel
Building Type: Highrise
Built in: 2003
Active: 10
Pending: None
*Sold: 3
Price Range: $1,295,000-$8,500,000
Pets Permitted: Yes
Plaza at Five Points
Building Type: Highrise
Built in: 2005
Active: 5
Pending: None
Price Range: $749,000-$2,999,999
*Sold: 1
**Pets Permitted: Yes
1350 Main
Building Type: Highrise
Built in: 2007
Active: 19
Pending: 1
*Sold: 4
Price Ranges: $349,900-$1,695,000
**Pets Permitted: Yes
Grande Riviera:
Building Type: Highrise
Built in: 2005
Active: 2
Pending: None
*Sold: None
Price Range: $2,595,000-$3,950,000
**Pets Permitted: Yes
All of these downtown Sarasota condos buildings are located close to shopping, restaurants, galleries, downtown bayfront and the cultural venues of Sarasota Florida.
If you are searching for downtown or any other Sarasota Florida real estate, contact Annette Smith for photo galleries, listings, and virtual tours.
*Sold data is pulled MLS report of the last six months. Appraisers use comparables of properties sold in the last six months.
**Check with your Sarasota real estate agent regarding pet restrictions
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
Sarasota Real Estate Just Reduced
If you're in the market for Sarasota real estate and want a Gulf to Bay property, there are great reductions on Casey Key. The value is in the land for some of these properties.
New owners can possibly enjoy a beach cabanas on the Gulf and on the Bay side a boat dock on some of the area's best boating water.
Take a break from football today and search Sarasota FL real estate before seasonal buyers arrive. Call Annette Smith at 941-504-3922 for a listing appointment or with help searching real estate in Sarasota.
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Shopping in Sarasota FL
In our blog article yesterday, we mentioned Sarasota's best shopping spot, St. Armands Circle. Coastal Living Magazine's online site, points to Sarasota shopping hot spots on the Circle citing "paths lead to stores with rare jewelry, designer clothing, and gourmet treats. Shoppers find familiar names such as Lilly Pulitzer, and surprising boutiques such as Cuddlebugs, which sells children’s clothing and toys."
Coastal Living's Favorite Stores on St. Armands Circle
St. Armands Gifts and Winery
Scoopdaddy's
Optional Fine Art Jewelry
Dream Weaver Collection
Sports Edition Gallery
Wet Noses

If you are interested in Sarasota shopping, check out our recommendations. Excellent cafes and restaurants are plentiful on St. Armands Circle and hotel accommodations on Lido Key or mainland Sarasota are located close to the Circle.
Contact Annette Smith for all Sarasota FL real estate.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Lido Key Home Sold
Lido Key Home Sold within walking distance to St. Armands Circle
This tiny beach cottage listed at 181 Whittier is one house back from the beach and just blocks from famous St. Armands Circle. The new owners are anxious to move into this two bedroom, two bath cottage and enjoy the beach, walks to St. Armands and the cultural activities of Sarasota, FL.

This Lido Key real estate sold for $575,000 and is adjacent to many muli-million dollar homes and waterfront estates. The new owners will eventually tear it down and build their dream home. Lido Key is a wonderful location which is close to shopping, restaurants, parks, the beach and mainland Sarasota. Most of the cottages on Lido Key have made way for larger houses, but some cottages similar to the one on Whittier remain in the area and are available for purchase. Many homes on Lido Key are on canals with easy access to Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Homes Available on Lido Key and St Armands:
There are over 40 homes for sale listed in the Mid-FL Regional MLS (formerly Sarasota MLS) and prices start at $449,000 for a 1220 sq.ft. house with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths and go up to $11,900,000 for a newer waterfront homes on Westway Drive.

If you are searching for a home for sale on Lido Key, whether it's on the water or close to St. Armands Circle, call Annette Smith at 941-504-3922 to be added to our showing schedule. We know Sarasota and the Keys!
Contact us for all Sarasota Florida real estate.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Longboat Key Real Estate
Every week Snuffy Smith and I head out to Longboat Key to check on a property at Bay Isles for one of my Longboat Key real estate customers. We take the locals short cut before going into St. Armands Circle and enjoy the beautiful homes on Washington St. along the way. Since it is very cold up North, Sarasota's streets are getting busier. I noticed the same thing on the Circle yesterday as well as Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key.
My security card for gate entrance to Bay Isles comes in handy now with the added traffic. Snuffy and I don't have to wait at the gate to be admitted, however, Snuffy and one of the Bay Isles security guards are quite friendly and no more cookies for the Snufster!
If you are looking for a secure gated community, call us to show you some homes or condos in Bay Isles. The grounds are lush and tropical and there is a beach club with security coded entrance. Shopping, salons and restaurants are a short drive from Longboat Key at St. Armands Circle. You can check out Bay Isles on our website and search for properties for sale.
Annette Smith is available to show you homes and condos, market your Longboat Key real estate or help you prepare a plan for your next Sarasota real estate move.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Voting and Living in Sarasota
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If you are a Sarasota resident, you know how wonderful it is to vote and live in Sarasota. The entire process took me approximately 25 minutes from "door to door". When you live in a Sarasota home that is centrally located most of your daily routine can be accomplished in minutes.
The poll workers yesterday were polite and helpful. Everything was very organized and nothing like the reports I heard on television about long lines. It's nice to live where a huge percentage of the population votes and not be stressed!
For Sarasota FL real estate information, give us a call.
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Saturday, November 01, 2008
Recap of Sarasota Real Estate
With over 10 Sarasota real estate marketing blogs and an additional number of websites, October tends to get a little hectic as Sarasota real estate agents prepare for our winter season. Traffic on all our Internet sites is building each day and more and more questions come from your emails and telephone calls -- keep them coming. Although we can't give you that oceanfront condo on the beach for $200,000, there are some nice prices in the Sarasota real estate market.
Sold:
Sandy Whitehead of 41 West Realty sold the home in South Gate that I mentioned a week or so ago. What a quick sale, and I'm sure the seller is pleased that her house was priced correctly. This South Gate house was completely redone, and the new owners got a beauty for under $300,000.
We're currently working with buyers from New York, Delaware, Maine, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, England, France and the Sarasota area just to name a few areas. Our phones and Internet lines are busy, but we get back to you quickly and that's a promise.
For more Sarasota Florida MLS features on homes listed in this article, visit our website or email us your preferences. To make an appointment to view any of our listings, contact Annette Smith at 941-504-3922. We can show you any property in our area listed in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS. View all Sarasota real estate on our sites.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
South Gate Home for Sale, Close to Downtown Sarasota
Looking for a Sarasota affordable home for sale in South Gate? Sandy Whitehead with 41 West Realty just listed a jewel of a redo! Sandy called me a few weeks ago and asked to check out the house with her. The owner took us on a tour and for a house under $300,000 completely redone, this is a must see.
On popular Sunnyside Street, this home, reduced to $265,000, is just east of Tuttle and is only 20 minutes to downtown Sarasota. The house offers 2 bedrooms and two and 1/2 baths and a third room off the garage that would be a fabulous space for your college student or a mother-in-law. There isn't a closet in this room so technically it can't be called a bedroom. A closet would be an easy addition.
Across the back of the house is a huge family room with a wall of windows looking out to a peaceful quiet setting. Go make an offer! The owner has painstakingly redone everything, and the house features include wood floors, tile and granite kitchen countertops. Oh yes, there is also a two-car garage!
For more Sarasota Florida MLS features on this South Gate Home, visit our website or email us your preferences. To make an appointment to view this South Gate listing, contact Annette Smith at 941-504-3922 or call Sandy directly at 941-928-3435.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Fall TV Season in Sarasota Florida
Balancing Sarasota Real Estate with Fall TV Schedule
It's that time again -- football season and the new lineup for fall TV. Between watching SEC and LSU footballs games on the weekends, awaiting tonight's star-studded Dancing With the Stars three night premier, Grey's Anatomy this week and the new HBO hit True Blood, it's hard to focus on all the new Sarasota FL real estate on the market.
I wasn't so sure I'd like True Blood, even though my son's childhood friend, Sam Trammell, is one of the lead actors in the show. Sam plays Sam Merlotte, the bartender who protects or seems to protect Sukie, one of the waitresses who works at Merlotte's. True Blood is a world of vampires with the show's setting in Louisiana. Sam Trammell's entire family hale from Bayou Country, and his mother, the former Betsy Foote who was an LSU beauty, and I went to LSU together. Sam's Dad and I were in a wedding together in the late 1960s when my roommate married Carl Jory, Sonny Trammell's best friend. Such a small world!

Sam and Bill, my oldest child, played on the Berry Hills Country Club golf team together in junior and senior high school. They both attended George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, and at some point during those years Sam met Nick Nolte who was married to the former Becky Linger of Charleston. The Noltes were neighbors of the Trammells, and Sam and Nick became friends. Somewhere along the way the acting bug bit Sam.
In 1998, Marsha Albert, a Sarasota resident, whose daughter, Lesli Kay of the Bold and Beautiful, invited me to visit her Princeton, NJ home. Marsha and I took the train into the city to have lunch with Lesli and attended Sam Trammell's performance in the Eugene O'Neil remake of Ah Wilderness. Sam received a Tony nomination for his outstanding performance. Since 1998, Marsha and I have followed Sam's career. Congrats to Sam as True Blood has just been renewed for its second season. View video clip from YouTube below:
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
St. Armands Circle for Lunch
Recently, I met friends whose home is near St. Armands Circle at Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafe for lunch. It's always fun to visit the Circle and a treat to have feast at Tommy Bahama's.
Before joining my friends, I always browse the shop below the restaurant and can't seem to get out without purchasing one of their fabulous shirts for my son. For island wear, the inventory in the shop on St. Armands is outstanding.
Tommy Bahama's offers a relaxed atmosphere and excellent cuisine. One of my favorites is Crab Calloway, yummy! Try the Trinidad tuna for a mouth watering experience too.
Tommy Bahama's is located on John Ringling Blvd. on luxurious St. Armands Circle. We stop at Tommy Bahama's often when showing Sarasota FL real estate.
After lunch, the shops of St. Armands await!
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Sarasota Real Estate - Bird Key Homes for Sale Update
In our June real estate update on Bird Key homes for sale, we reported 53 homes available on the Key with homes priced from $592,000 to $14,900,000.
This week we have customers in town from England and did some research on Bird Key when scheduling showing appointments for our customers. Currently the Sarasota MLS, now the Mid FL Regional MLS reports 53 listings on Bird Key. Pending sales on the Key total 7. Activity on this barrier island has been quite active in the last few months with a burst of international customers taking advantage of the Sarasota real estate market. Sales in the last six months total 20!
Have we hit a bottom in the Sarasota and Bird Key real estate market? Who knows? I do know that our website traffic has tripled in the last two months and the phones are ringing and the emails are clogging up my computer. We are once again answering questions about Sarasota, its real estate market and referring questions about mortages, insurance and taxes to the appropriate professionals. Our showing schedules are filling too so give us a call if you plan to visit Sarasota and want to check out one of the 53 homes for sale on Bird Key.
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Sarasota Florida Real Estate Searches
If you've been searching for Sarasota Florida real estate on our blogs and sites in the last few weeks, I'm sure you've noticed the process is different. Sarasota Realtors are now included in the Mid Florida Regional MLS and searching is very different. In the basic search area, you will see many more cities included for your Florida search.
If you are considering a move to Florida and need research on South West Florida cities, it's easier than ever to explore Florida online! Click on our video tour of Sarasota on our home page to see Sarasota photography.
We're always available to do searching for you should you get a little confused. There is also a map search link too. You might consider clicking the map search for Siesta Key. Add your price range and once your map loads click on a link to check a listing.
If you need would like an appointment to view property in Sarasota, please call us to be included in our showing schedules.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Venetian Golf & River Club Homes
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Reporting from Hurricane Central Sarasota
Tuesday Morning Update: 5:15 am
Update: 1:00 pm Check out Channel 10 Tampa Bay to track Hurricane Fay.
Schools will be closed tomorrow according to local Channel 10 news. The hurricane track looks like it is headed for Sarasota, but this could change over time. For the time being, there are no mandatory evacuations. Temperature is 87 degrees, and it is getting a little cloudy. I just spoke with Sandy Whitehead who is on her way back to Sarasota. She's near Naples and was in pouring rain. Tomorrow will be a messy day. Don't panic and be prepared.
Early this morning, about 6:15 am, Snuffy Smith and I took a long walk. We may not be able to walk in Paradise if Fay hits Sarasota this week. I noticed that my yard needs to be cut and hope that the landscaping company shows up as scheduled on Mondays. Our Sarasota neighborhood is quiet as it's barely dawn -- our best time to walk.
Okay, I'll make that hurricane run to the grocery store. It's unFloridian not to do this and just plain stupid not to be prepared! My next door neighbor is outside, and we chat about all the hype in the news about Hurricane Fay. She works and is worried her employees won't show up. My customer from West Virginia just cancelled our showings of Sarasota real estate because he didn't want to be stranded in Paradise. I understand, not really! Who wouldn't want to be in Sarasota a few extra days.
Publix was not crowded at all at 7:45 am, and I got all the hurricane items I needed, water. I'll fill the car with gas after Snuffy and I walk tomorrow. At 9:45 am, I'm delighted to see the landscapers mowing my yard. I'm thinking about bringing in the furniture from the lanai -- still have plenty of time.
The best part about a hurricane forecast for Florida is all my friends around the globe check in to be sure I'm okay. My cousin, Teegie, one of the MS Maes, called this morning and our conversation turned to SEC football and the grandkids. Hurricane Fay, who is she?
For information on Sarasota FL real estate, contact Annette at 941-504-3922.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Viewing NBC Olympic Studio from Sarasota FL Home
Inside NBC Sports' Olympic Studio from Sarasota, FL
After Snuffy and I took our morning walk near our Sarasota FL home, I turned on CNBC and was mesmerized by coverage of the Olympics. Carl Quintanilla of MSNBC had a short segment at the NBC Sports Olympic Studio. The studio is NBC's headquarters in Beijing. If you've been watching Olympic coverage, I'm sure you know that Mark Phelps won yet another metal -- he's now a household name. Would be nice if he needed a Sarasota home! It would look great with his Ralph Lauren attire. Hope you didn't miss the Opening Ceremony.
Since 1984, when Mary Lou Retton won her gold medal, I've followed the Olympics closely. When buying kitchen utensils for my gourmet kitchen shop at the Dallas Home Show later that same year, I had the pleasure of seeing Mary Lou and other Olympians who were staying at the Anatole Hotel also. One of the coaches of the USA Diving Team gave me two Olympic diving team pins for my sons. He told me that the pins would be collector's items one day because the rings were manufactured upside down. I still have the pins but they are not collectors items as far as I can find. In fact, most of my Olympic pin collection has gone down in value considerably. The pins are part of the merchandising package of the Olympics and great fun when you are in the midst of a collecting frenzy!
Even though the Olympics are consuming households across the country, our phone is ringing and emails are still coming in with questions about the Sarasota FL real estate sale. Yes, Florida is on sale folks, come on down! Or if you'd like us to merchandise your Sarasota home, give us a call and we'll create a frenzy in Sarasota!
For more information or if you are selling your Sarasota FL real estate, contact Annette Smith for a marketing presentation prepared specifically for your property.
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sarasota FL Real Estate Market
The Sarasota real estate market is definitely offering some wonderful properties at huge discounts these days. I contacted several of my Internet marketing partners and asked them about their local real estate markets to see if this was true in other areas. Since CNBC has something different to say every day, I thought I’d get comments from realtors in my referral network about their areas.
State of the Market From Realtors in My Referral Network:
The Myrtle Beach condostore people urge anyone who is looking for the rock bottom deal or foreclosure homes to act soon. Prices have pretty much bottomed-out and inventory is going fast. Oceanfront condos in Myrtle Beach can be had for prices equal to 2003-2004.
Like many of the smaller residential areas, Greenville SC home sales were not that much affected by the 2005 boom, and therefore still offer a good market for both buyers and sellers. Greenville has something for everyone, from downtown condo living to gated senior golf communities.

North Texas Realtors report sales from Flower Mound Tx real estate and Frisco Texas real estate are remaining very affordable and offer a great alternative for retirement or suburban living. Prices there are stable and great deals can be found.
The consensus in Myrtle Beach, Greenville, SC and from my Texas network is "great inventory and affordable prices won’t last forever". When real estate hits the bottom, it will be too late to know. If you are buying Sarasota FL Real Estate I would agree with my network. Affordable prices, a great selection of inventory with these interest rates won't last forever. Once interest rates rise, prices may go a little lower but over the long run, buyers will pay more -- unless of course, it's a cash purchase.
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Friday, August 08, 2008
Taking a Break from Sarasota Real Estate

Remembering the 1996 Olympics
It's hard to believe that 12 years have passed so quickly. In the 1990s, I went to work at King & Spalding, one of Atlanta's premier law firms. My boss, Charlie Shaffer, was one of the 9 men responsible for all the hard work that preceded Atlanta winning the 1996 Olympic Games. Seeing all the television coverage of Beijing brings all the memories back. I'll be glued to the TV for the next three weeks pulling for our athletes and enjoying all the sites and venues of the 2008 Olympic Games. Sarasota real estate will be taking a break in the evenings.
Highlights from 1996:
King & Spalding represented corporate customers who passed out Olympic pins: UPS, Delta and Coke. I got a pin at Johnny Rockets, my favorite hamburger joint in Buckhead too. Pins were everywhere. I still have a little bag with a few I didn't give away.
My friend and Sarasota attorney, Stanley (Corky) Sergent, got permission from his wife, Connie, one of my best friends, to go solo to the Atlanta Games and stayed at my Atlanta home. We went to Olympic Park and checked out the bricks. Prior to the Olympics, you could buy a brick with your name engraved on it. Later the bricks were built into the walkways of Olympic Park. Corky and I left the park the night of his arrival and had dinner in Buckhead. Since I lived in the area on Lenox Road, I knew a little place that wouldn't be crowded with our international visitors.
Early the next morning, my mom called from Mississippi delighted to hear my voice on the phone. She told me about the bomb in Olympic Park and just knew that Corky and I were there. The bomb exploded about an hour after we left.
We were scheduled to see track competition the morning after the bomb. The security was very tight, and we waited for what seemed like hours under a tarp at the new Olympic stadium with other spectators as it was raining heavily. The mood of the crowd was uplifting!!!

Officials closed Olympic Park for several days after the bomb exploded while every newspaper in Atlanta pointed a finger at Richard Jewel -- poor guy, and law enforcement investigated the area. The park reopened with a ceremony featuring Billy Payne and Andrew Young. Charlie Shaffer, his daughter Emi and I attended a moving, tearful ceremony and once again the park was open for business.
The second week of the Olympics my friend and colleague, Gloria Blessing, from our office in Houston, TX arrived for a visit. Gymnastics and women's a men's basketball were on our Olympics agenda and The House of Blues! We lost Gloria shortly after the Olympics to cancer. She is missed and remembered.
Mary Anne Walser, a King & Spalding attorney, and I attended the final festivities of the 1996 compliments of Charlie Shaffer! Mary Anne is now a real estate agent with Keller Williams in Atlanta. I snapped this picture on closing night of Mary Anne with members of the Canadian team.
Mary Anne and I enjoyed these highlights: Charlie along with the original nine Atlanta Olympic organizers carrying the Olympic flag out of the stadium, rockn' to Little Richard, and enjoying the beautiful Georgia native Tricia Yearwood's performance. With flashing fireworks and a bright sign that said "Good Bye from Atlanta" -- it was over in a flash. Now it's 12 years later, and we're ready for Beijing. "Let the Games Begin."
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Cher's Home in Sarasota, FL
Cher's home in Malibu is for sale so for fun I searched the Sarasota MLS, the Mid-FL Regional MLS, for a 6 bedroom house in the Sarasota area with 7 bathrooms just to see what would be comparable to Cher's $45 million estate in Malibu, CA.
I found two houses searching Longboat Key, Casey Key real estate and Siesta Key. Cher's home also has a pool which these all do and a tennis court, gym, theater and guest house. These two Sarasota homes are priced at $17,500,000 for the one on Siesta Key and $18,500,000 for the Gulf to Bay estate on Casey Key. The Casey Key estate has a gym, with an indoor lap pool, billiard room, staff quarters, a pool house, a covered boat house on the Bay side, tennis court and putting green. Cher should buy a home in Sarasota, FL for a bargain! Stephen King might enjoy a new neighbor on Casey Key.
For more information about Casey Key FL real estate, contact Annette Smith.
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