About Lithia's Fishhawk Ranch

FishHawk Ranch is having a fund raiser for Feeding America, which is helping those in need. This "fun raiser" is being held on October 15th. It will be fun for everyone with great food, live music, and lots of fun and games. The fun starts at 9 AM with Pumpkin carving and from 10 AM until 2 PM there is a tennis tournament. Call 813.681.4000 for details. At 3pm - 7:30pm: there are lots of fun activities and games for kids of all ages including hay rides, face painting and more. Then at 5pm - 8pm there is a free concert featuring The Go Daddies. The evening concludes at 8pm with a pumpkin lighting.

Please bring a non-perishable food items for the Feeding America food drive. Food, Drink and game tickets available for cash purchase.The event will start at 9:00 AM and last until 8:00 PM at FishHawk Ranch's Town Square. Come and help out raising money for those in need! See you there.

The contents of this posting are the property of Pam Joffe and Solaris Realty of TampaBay. Pam Joffe is a broker working in the Pinellas and Hillsborough area helping buyers and sellers buy and sell homes. Contact Pam at 813-245-0316 to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Hillsborough, Pinellas or Pasco County area. Information is provided in this blog with the intent to educate homeowners and buyers about Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, Wesley Chapel, Lutz, Valrico, Odessa and other communities in the Tampa area. For more information on different communities and subdivisions go to my website by clicking on Tampa Homes. You can also call 813-245-0316.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

3:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Starling Neighborhood

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• Over 500 pumpkins to test your carving skills
• Pumpkin Carving Begins at 9am
• Pumpkin Festival Tennis Tournament 10am-2pm (Adult/Child Teams)
• Games, hay rides, face painting, and treat street beginning at 3pm
• Concert featuring The Go Daddies from 5pm-8pm
• Pumpkin Lighting 8pm
• Proceeds benefit the YMCA & Feeding America,Tampa Bay
• Bring non-perishable food items for the Feeding America food drive.
• No Pets Please

Come on out and bring the kids.

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Overall in the Fishhawk Ranch market area of Lithia, FL, homes have become more affordable, listing prices are increasing, and homes are selling much faster than a year ago. Do not be fooled by the median values decrease. This means most of the homes selling are simply shifting to a lower price range. If you are planning on buying, selling, or refinancing give me a call. Florida’s Beautiful Homes is your one-stop shop for your residential real estate needs.

“There is no better time to buy a home or refinance in the FishHawk Ranch Market”

Jon Tipton, Realtor/Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser

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As my partner Heather Jenkins grows her business, Rent In FishHawk .com, the single greatest source of new business is personal referals. These come mostly from clients that have used other property managers, and had some sort of trouble with the previous property manager, and hired Heather to take over the property. The beauty of these clients as referals is that they know first hand some of the pitfalls owners can face if they choose the wrong property management company.

Rent In FishHawk .com is high service, with intense attention to the details that will allow an owner to maximize the profit, minimize the headaches, and have happy, satisfied tenants.

One of the ways Rent In FishHawk .com pulls this off, is by regularly scheduled visits to the home. Better to know there is a landscaping issue by seeing it yourself, than by getting the nasty letter from the HOA! Rent In FishHawk .com, will, on a scheduled basis, make visits to the home, with internal and external inspections, clearly documented in photos, so that you can rest easy that your investment is being maintained at a high level.

Is your current property manager making scheduled visits to the home?

Are you getting reports on the interior and exterior condition of the home?

Does your property manager live and work on the other side of the city? Is the traffic in the picture going to influence the number of times during the lease that the home is visited by the person that is most responsible for it's well being?

Rent In FishHawk .com does not take listings that are outside of the area in which she lives and works. This allows her to continually monitor the status of the home, educate tenants when needed, and protects the investment her owners have made. She often does unscheduled drive bys, just to satisfy her desire to know that she is doing the best that she can for her owners.

If you are an owner of a rental property in Lithia, Valrico, or Brandon Florida, and are not happy with your current property manager, Rent In FishHawk .com can help! If you would like to discuss your property with Rent In FishHawk .com, or maybe you would like to speak with one of her owners, (Raving Fans!) give Heather a call at 813-506-7476.

As I work with renters in the Lithia and Valrico area, a LOT of people have the question of how important is the credit background when applying for a rental. While credit is certainly one of the factors considered, there is no blanket approach to someones credit scoring when they are being considered. Low credit scoring can come from multiple situations, some will indicate a poor renter prospect, others will not. What is really important is a strong rental history, with good references of ontime rent payment. Another important part of the equation is good utility bill payment. Most landlords understand a late payment or two on a cell phone bill, but nobody wants to see a collection fee from the electric company. Evictions will complicate things greatly, but foreclosure or short sale history really does not. At the end of the day, every prospective renter is judged on the big picture of whether or not they will be good tenants for our owners. If you are interested in renting a home, or need a full service property manager in FishHawk, give Heather Jenkins a call at 813-506-7476.