Photos from Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS
The Florencia condominiums in downtown St. Petersburg, overlooking Tampa BayLocated in: Saint Petersburg, FL
Signature Place condominiums in downtown St Petersburg - the cranes are gone, the shrouds have been removed, and you can now see this high landmark condo in all its glory. Notice all the walls of glass and imagine the views from within.
Most of the units in Signature Place are small, less than 2,400 sq ft. All have views of the water, most from inside the unit, some just from the balconies.
The building is complete, and closings are scheduled for June. Most of the purchasers are anxious to get inside the building and look at the views they purchased.
Signature Place looks different from different locations in downtown St Pete, and from different heights and angles. It's narrow face is to the waterfront, allowing more views to McNulty Lofts, in the block behind it.
The three models in the tower probably won't open until June, but there are two models in the lower west building so that you can see the finishes that will appear in the tower units.
Though not a waterfront condo, this has wonderful waterfront views.
Bayfront Tower in downtown St Petersburg has condos with great views, a convenient location, and a wide variety of amenities. This southeast corner balcony is the perfect place to watch not only boating activities but aerial activities. This 21st floor corner unit is owned by a former pilot who enjoy watching the takeoffs and landings at Albert Whitted Airport in downtown St Pete.Albert Whitted airport was the site of the first scheduled airline flight in history on January 1, 1914.
Though this isn't my listing, I've shown this condo several times, and think it's the best buy in the building. With 2,200 sq ft, 3 bedrooms and 3 baths, it's priced at $529,000 - and the amenities of Bayfront Tower go on and on.
It's the only building in downtown St Petersburg wih valet parking included, and with all the amenities at the TOP of the building, for the best views. All of the 28th floor, which is surrounded by a covered walkway, is common areas, and the 29th floor is the swimming pool, with an uncovered running track around the edge.
Aaron Auxier's been blogging about Link Splits and SEO techniques and what google does and doesn't recognize.
My pet peeve is that search engines, directories, etc. don't automatically merge into one place the various place names: Saint Petersburg vs St Petersburg vs St. Petersburg (which doesn't even count people who use berg instead of burg, or those who just use St Pete). There are lots of Saint cities around the country facing this problem. The same could be said for Mount and Mt. though I think there are less Mounts than Saints.
What about our close neighbor, St Pete Beach? Not only do they have to deal with Saint Pete Beach vs St Pete Beach vs St. Pete Beach, they also have to contend with St Petersburg Beach (with all the Saint variants) which is no longer a place name since the city officially changed its name years ago to St Pete Beach. Then you need the European perspective - they always call it St Petes Beach.
It's no fun to have to use all the variants in your search terms and your domain names. I particularly don't understand membership directories who don't make this self-correcting so that everyone from the same city is in the same place.
This style, typical in the 1910s in downtown St Petersburg and the Old Northeast, has much in common with the later bungalow neighborhoods such as Kenwood, but it typically larger, and has a higher roof pitch than the later bungalows.
The palm trees in the front add a Florida flair to the landscaping - just so you'll know where the house is.
The wide porch is typical of the Old Northeast, and is very conducive to neighborhood conversations - it's easier to chat between porch and sidewalk than behind closed doors - and sometimes you'll be invited to come and sit a spell.
Find our some of the typical characteristics of a St Petersburg bungalow. Once inside, you'll find other typical elements, but that's a subject for a future post on bungalows.
This is a rare single family home in the Downtown Historic District of Saint Petersburg - primarily downtown is commercial and condo. This old home is two blocks from the downtown waterfront.
Since our new ALVA International office is located in the heart of downtown St Petersburg Florida on Beach Drive, we get people stopping in to inquire about condo rentals in downtown.
For those who are looking for a rental for a week or a month - sorry, we can't help. Nearly all of the condos are residential, not vacation, and most have minimum rental periods of one year. If you want a vacation rental, you'll generally have to look on the beaches, and then drive 15 minutes to downtown St Petersburg.
You can rent a condo for $800 per month or for $5,000 per month - depends on size, view, and degree of luxury.
I've just posted a current market report on downtown St Petersburg condo rentals. I've even started using charts that show availability and leasing activity in particular condos.
Most of our luxury condo rentals have water views. Our downtown St Petersburg area is wonderful for walking. Just park your car in the garage and walk to work (or if you're retired, forget about the work part), to shops, restaurants, museums, parks and marinas. Choose from many festivals, music concerts, gallery walks, and a wide variety of activities.
To me, St Petersburg has the best of all worlds - lots to do, but leisurely. Enjoy life - come to St Pete.
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Representing buyers and sellers in St. Petersburg, Gulf Beaches, Clearwater & Tampa Bay area, Florida. Luxury, resort & international. Waterfront specialist. Downtown condos. New construction. 1031s.
The Simms Team is a mother, daughter, son team (Sharon, Tami Simms-Powel and Rob Johnson) with expertise and enthusiasm, backed up by a wonderful Strategic Execution Officer (Amy Grashel). Sharon has been a full time REALTOR® in St. Petersburg, Florida, since 1986. She started with Merrill Lynch Realty which became Prudential Florida Realty which became Arvida Realty, which was bought by Coldwell Banker. Sharon then moved to RE/MAX Metro for 5 years before starting her own real estate company, ALVA International, Inc. Sharon and Tami are also instructors for the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, and both are national speakers, often quoted in publications. Originally from Newport, Rhode Island, in her life before real estate, Sharon was a financial advisor, oil company executive (handling oil and gas leasing, investor relations, contracts and managing the office staff), teacher, innkeeper, and was in hotel sales in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
Our mission is to make a significant difference in our clients' lives by best meeting their real estate needs and providing a home base. Continuing education is very important to us and each team member has real estate designations as well as a college education. As a family, we bring unique talents to the team, but all share in serving all our clients, so each of us is familiar with every client and the status of their search and transactions. Sharon brings a background as a business owner and financial analyst, Tami owned a graphic design company and was head of Concierge services at a luxury resort hotel, and Rob entered real estate after retiring as a major in the United States Air Force, with many years living in Europe. Our varied ages, interests, families, and community involvements allow us to help our clients become part of the community.
We enjoy living in this beautiful waterfront community, which encompasses small towns with unique character; cities with dynamic activities, arts, entertainment and recreation; a warm climate with lots of sunshine, access to an international airport, a vibrant business community and a wealth of choices. Please let us share our community with you and help you with all of your real estate needs. Whether helping you buy or sell here, or work with selected colleagues throughout the country and internationally, we're here to counsel you and help you.
We sell real estate, and we're good at it. We listen carefully and talk straight - believing that's how we can best serve you. Visit our website to learn more about properties in this area, our team, our expertise and track record, and recommendations. We like matching nice people with nice properties.
We cover areas that are within a 45 minute commute of the main work centers of Pinellas County, from the Gateway/Carillon area to downtown St. Pete. Sharon specializes in luxury homes, waterfront (and waterview) homes and condominiums, including the exciting development of downtown Saint Petersburg and the Gulf Beaches.
Sharon, Tami and Rob are all Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialists, with many international clients. Sharon, Tami and Rob's wife, Paqivi, are multilingual. Rob is also very knowledgeable in new home construction, and has been the team expert in short sales. Sharon works with many empty nesters, local clients as well as second home and resort property owners. Tami has many clients who are young professionals, and Rob works with many families - but none of us are limited to those and we work as a team to offer a variety of skills and personalities to our clients. Amy is our Strategic Execution Officer, who is generally in the office in charge of our Command Center, keeping all of us in line, and making sure every deadline is met, and every detail of listings and contracts is taken care of.
Designations:
Sharon:
ABR Accredited Buyer Representative
ACRE Accredited Consultant in Real Estate
ASP Accredited Staging Professional
ASR Accredited Seller Representative
CIPS Certified International Property Specialist
CLHMS Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist
CNHS Certified New Home Specialist (earned but no longer current)
CRB Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager
CRS Certified Residential Specialist
CSP Certified New Home Sales Specialist
Ecobroker Certified
e-PRO e-PRO Certification
GRI Graduate, REALTOR® Institute
LTG Leadership Training Graduate
PMN Performance Management Network
RECS Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist
RSPS Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist
SRES Seniors Real Estate Specialist
TRC Transnational Referral Certificate
Sharon is a graduate of Salve Regina College (now University) with a major in English, and has done
post-graduate work in German at the University of California (Berkeley), the University of Wisconsin, and
Middle Tennessee State University.
Tami:
CLHMS Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist
CRS Certified Residential Specialist
Tami graduated from Eckerd College with a degree in Fine Arts.
Rob:
ABR Accredited Buyer Representative
CLHMS Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist
CSP Certified New Home Sales Specialist
RECS Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist
Rob attended Rollins College and subsequently graduated from Middle Tennessee State with a degree in
Mass Communications, and while serving his career as an Air Force officer, earned his master's degree.
Amy:
successfully completed all of her course work for the GRI
Amy graduated from Eckerd College with a degree in International Business
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Sharon Simms has been our realtor for the past 6 years, and has represented us on three occasions; she helped us buy two houses and sell one. We have used her and her team exclusively because they respond to us in a personal way and treat us in a professional manner. We first met Sharon through a search on the internet when we were living in Chicago and looking for a house in Florida. We were impressed by her website and contacted her. She was immediately responsive to our questions. ..Ultimately, she saved us thousands of dollars, based on her thorough understanding of the procedures involved in buying a home...She assisted us at every turn, and was immediately responsive to our calls long after our initial transaction with her was completed..Sharon and her team helped us to sell the house...the booklet they put together to represent our first house was beautiful, with pictures that truly captured the house's strengths...The help provided by the Simms team, during each of the closings, was significant. Because they informed us thoroughly of what we should expect, we were never caught by surprise. All the paperwork was impeccably prepared and so were we. We would not think of buying or selling a home without the help of Sharon and her team. Her knowledge of real estate in our area, and of the procedures required, has continually been of tremendous help to us. We remain grateful for all that she and her team have done on our behalf.
Lori and Linda
Sharon was great and earned out trust quickly. In selling she sold it in 24 hours - she had website set up with tons of info - unbelievable! She put all docs on CD, followed up to check on things.
Dave
We selected the Simms team based on Sharon's reputation in the St. Petersburg community. After our first meeting with Sharon and her team, we knew we had made the right decision. I am pleased to say we consistently experienced a team of professionals, well versed in their jobs and always on top of each situation that presented. The Simms team made the sale of our home seem effortless. Each and every detail was addressed promptly and with confidence. We actually found selling our home could be a "fun" experience. If you are looking for a team of professionals to sell your home, handle all the various issues that arise and have fun while enduring such an ordeal, I would highly recommend the Sharon Simms team.
Terri and John
Sharon and Team are A+ number 1! Very professional, prompt. Great attention to detail. Stay diligent in their efforts to market and sell your property. Would use and/or refer them again. Marketing of property on many fronts, technology. Great flyer! Property analysis!
Jim
We have bought and sold 6 homes over the last 19 years, dealing with 11 different agents/real estate companies. Not one of the realtors we did business with could hold a candle to the service you gave us from the very beginning. The fabulous visual tour and brochures, constant contact and availability, the work behind the scenes you had to do regarding inspections, lenders, etc to get everything in order for the closing date...You certainly earned your commission.
Bob & Peg
When we moved due to a job transfer, the only call we even considered was to Sharon. Once again, we closed the house long distance without any problem whatsoever. Sharon is the BEST!
Rip and Suzie
The Simms Team were devoted and dedicated time to me until transaction completed. Gave grand tour of area (St. Petersburg/Gulfport) to ensure knowledge of big picture - understanding of how local neighborhoods fit into city and their unique character. Took time to understand my individual "style" and incorporated it into search, saving time and providing quality service...helped me celebrate and were willing to share social time with me...Team approach made them always available with support throughout.
Barbara
Sharon did everything we expected in a professional and friendly manner...honest & straight forward - very attentive - always responded quickly to phone calls.
Hunter and Julie
Thank you for the superb job you did selling our home. We were really dreading the sale "process" - that is, until you arrived. From the very beginning it was evident that you and your staff are as professional as they come. You told us exactly what to expect, exactly what you would do and you did just that. It is just unbelievable that our house sold in 6 days for more than we had ever hoped! We thank our lucky stars that we called "The Sharon Simms Team" first.
Bob and Sue
Sharon is conscientious, pleasant and a joy to work with. Sharon is the best. Period.
Darlene
Sharon is the single most professional agent it has ever been my pleasure to work with. She is efficient, informative, prompt and courteous, very thorough and knowledgeable. I firmly believe that without Sharon acting as intermediary, the closing would never have taken place. Sharon's capacity for calm, reasoned and decisive words and actions, combined with her genuine caring for the welfare of her clients is on an extraordinary and exemplary level. Sharon has my greatest and most heartfelt recommendation for both her professional abilities and personal ethics.
Bill
Thank you for your professionalism in working with us, and also for your personal warmth and friendship during the "ordeal". You're a gem!
Rebbie and Dan
The deal would not have gone through without the help of Sharon. She was of immeasurable assistance.
Joy
Just a note to tell you how much we appreciated all the excellent service you gave us when we recently sold our home. We already knew it would work out smoothly, since you had sold our previous home. From the moment we called you to list the property on Tierra Verde, you showed us such professionalism. All our messages were returned promptly, and you answered our many questions completely. You took care of it all, which was very helpful to us, living so many miles away. All in all Sharon, it was a pleasure working with you. We would recommend you highly to anyone.
Randy and Rebecca
Signe and I are pleased with the outcome and remain impressed with Sharon's professionalism from the pre-listing conversation through the closing. Her presentation package and advertising plan, combined with your success, convinced us from the start that we wanted to work with you. Sharon's counsel about pricing and when we had an offer was also appreciated. If we had it to do over again, we wouldn't hesitate to list with Sharon.
Tom
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