Christine Bohn, Gainesville, FL Residential Realtor®

Here is the latest news regarding the HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT CHANGES on November 5, 2009. The National Association of Realtors has provided this table showing the changes. This has passed the Senate and the House and NAR assumes the President will sign the bill within the next few days. UPDATED...as of 3pm on November 6, 2009 - The President "has" signed this bill.

The chart shows the "EXPANDED" features of the bill, that now includes current or previous homeowners. It will now provide credit to those buyers who want to "move up" or "downsize".

It's a great time to buy real estate in Gainesville, Florida!

Today is October 31, 2009 and it will be a great weekend. So here is what our family plans to do this weekend, so make these events part of your Family Fun Weekend in Gainesville!

Before we get to Trick or Treating tonight, we have the FLORIDA VS GEORGIA football game. A Classic rivalry college game with great fans and family fun in Jacksonville.

Some people have gone over to the game in Jacksonville, while others are having "get togethers" at their homes - kickoff is at 3:30pm this afternoon. The weather will be good for a great BBQ !

GO GATORS!!

After the game.......

Halloween Night brings the little trick or treaters!!

One of my favorite fall festivals is this weekend in Micanopy.

Both Saturday and Sunday you can go to the

MICANOPY FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL

With all the great family fun this weekend, it is just a great way for me to say "Gainesville is a Great Place to Live" !!!

And Don't forget to set your clocks back tonight - we get an wonderful extra hour of sleep.

So remember "FALL back" at 2am.

Our biggest fundraiser of the year was held last night and it was great fun.   RE/MAX Professionals Inc. makes this our premier event called " Art Through the Eyes of A Child".  This years theme was "Under the Big Top".

All the kids at Shands Hospital create wonderful peices of artwork, pottery, scupltures & more. These kids put their heart and soul into this artwork.  Each piece has a story of the child that did the artwork.   All of these pieces are displayed at become part of our SILENT AUCTION and LIVE AUCTION once a year.

There are so many volunteers that make this happen, not to mention all the hardwork. Our local celebrity Auctioneers were Storm Roberts, host of 98.5 KTK Radio Show, Ilene Silverman, of the Ilene Silverman Show, and Amanda Butler, Head Coach UF Gator Women's Basketball.

With wonderful music, a delicious meal provided by our fantastic Carrabba's Italian Grill, and beautiful setting at the UF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute all became a great evening to raise money for the local kids here at SHANDS HOSPITAL and Childrens Miracle Network.

All of us at RE/MAX Professionals are very happy to be a part of this event every year, and we are already planning for next year. !!  

Let's all have great fun for Halloween this year! We should have good weather, and it would be great if we had a touch of fall weather.....(come on cold front, send us a cool breeze).

I never get any trick or treaters at my home, so I will be at my mom's neighborhood, helping give out the treats to all the kids in South Pointe!

Watch out for all those little trick or treaters in your neighborhood!

And here is a cute HALLOWEEN FUNNY that I got via email today......you may have already seen this one but it just cracked me up!!

Yes, my blog is for my "real estate business"here in beautiful Gainesville, Florida - but I like to write posts about my business partners. Many of my clients own their own businesses too, and I will be starting to write blog posts for them for LOCALISM for our area.

So why not write a blog post about my HUSBAND'S business.

I'd like to introduce you to my wonderful husband, and his company PRIME STAKES, INC. (For all my ActiveRain friends, we get to call this blatant, shameless promotion......)

As Realtors we all know that any client getting a mortgage, MUST get a survey......

That professional surveyor will get it done for us. Have you hugged your surveyors lately? And other than their expensive instruments, equipment, software, and normal overhead expenses for "their" surveying business - they use those little pieces of wood called Survey Stakes.

My husband's business manufactures those survey stakes, survey lath, grade stakes, and more. One might say he owns a saw mill, but that's not quite true as his only product is used by surveyors, road builders, civil engineering firms that plan and develop subdivisions, airports, or golf courses. Anything being built needs engineering work, site prep, planning - and those are the customers he wants. His company will deliver anywhere in Florida, and will ship product all over the USA.

He has a company slogan too: GET OUR POINTS!!

Everyone reading this post knows about the real estate market. Our national real estate market has a significant trickle down effect on other business and manufacturers.

He trying to spread the word about his company and product on the Internet. His blog site is up and he's got himself a LinkedIn Profile.

So, if you have the opportunity - tell your local surveyor about PRIME STAKES.