Christine Bohn, Gainesville, FL Residential Realtor®

This is a very nice 2 minute video that outlines the important issues of the revised & expanded tax credit for HOME BUYERS.   It's a great time to be a home buyer in Gainesville Florida!

Opportunity Knocks !! 

Watch the video below to learn about: 

What are the revisions & changes?

           What are the earned income parameters?  

                      Who can qualify to use this tax credit? 

                                     When does this tax credit expire?  

Just take 2 minutes to find out.   And, just give me a call and we can start finding YOU a HOME!

My neighborhood is great. All of the homes in my area have 5 acre lots. It's a great neighborhood, and I have some great neighbors. But we have a NEW ONE....

There is a beautiful vacant lot across the street & one parcel up. The current owners live in Miami, and they have spent a good amount of money to fence it with high quality horse fencing, a nice gate, and put in a well.

They will eventually build a home. Someone comes to mow their property several times a year and it looks beautiful.

But for now..... there are some NEW tenants on that property.

A couple of weeks ago, while working in my home-office - I keep hearing this strange noise.

What was that noise?

I finally went outside to see what was making all that noise - I just laughed and went to visit them.

This city girl has never really known how loud a COW'S "moo" really is !!

It looks like we will have fabulous weather for a fun-filled weekend in beautiful Gainesville Florida! Saturday and Sunday brings us the 28th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show.

This is Gainesville's PREMIER FALL EVENT!

The event is presented by the City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs. It is also one of the nation's premier outdoor fine arts festivals.

Things will get started at 10am on Saturday morning, November 14th through Sunday at 5pm. So, get this into your weekend plans. Last year's attendance set an historic record of 100,000 attendees. The excellent weather forecast will make it a great family event.

There will be over 250 of the nation's most talented artists in original oils, acrylics, watercolor, jewelry, sculptures, unique pottery, ceramics and photography. The artists will be competing prize money too.

There will be plenty of "hands-on" activities for the kids at the Imagination Station!

The festival will have plenty of LIVE music on 3 stages.

Gainesville is a Great Place Be!!

Sitting in my wonderful mailbox on Saturday Nov, 7th - was my real estate tax notice. All of the tax bills & notices for property owners in Alachua County Florida were mailed last week.

If your real estate taxes are ESCROWED with your mortgage holder, you will still get a mailing about your taxes and down at the bottom you will see "DO NOT PAY". This is your tax notice. The original bill was sent to your LENDER for payment by November 30th, 2009. This will give you the full 4% discount.

IF your taxes are being escrowed and you have NOT received the notice in the mail this week, make sure to call the Alachua County Tax Collector office to make sure that your TAX BILL was sent to the proper place. THEN - call your lender immediately, and make arrangements to get your tax bill to them via email, fax, or snail mail.

If you received a real estate tax bill for property you NO LONGER OWN - please forward it to the new owner OR return it to the tax collectors office. The new owner will need that tax bill soon, to take advantage of the discount periods.

*** All of the ALACHUA COUNTY Tax Bills are ONLINE and you can get copies at http://www.actcfl.org

If this is your first tax bill or notice - double check the LEGAL DESCRIPTION too. Any error you find, please notify the county as soon as possible.

If your real estate taxes are NOT ESCROWED with your lender, you can pay your taxes ONLINE !!

There are (3) Locations of the Tax Collectors Office: OPEN 8:30 to 5:00 PM

Downtown: at 12 SE 1st Street, 32601 and phone 352-374-5236

34th Street: at 5801 NW 34th St, 32653 and phone 352-374-5236

Butler Plaza: at 3207 SW 35th Blvd (Behind Bonefish Grill), 32608