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Vero Beach Realtors

Vero Beach Realtors: How to Pick the Right One (From a Guy Who Is One) Indian River County has far more licensed agents than it has agents who close deals regularly, and nothing on a business card tells you which kind you’re talking to. The real test of a Vero Beach Realtor is specific local […]

Vero Beach vs. Jensen Beach

Vero Beach vs. Jensen Beach: A Treasure Coast Comparison Vero Beach is a complete town with its own hospital, airport, and arts scene. Jensen Beach is a small waterfront village that borrows the big stuff from Stuart and Port St. Lucie. Jensen usually costs less to get into, especially for oceanfront condos on Hutchinson Island. […]

Vero Beach vs. Wellington

Vero Beach vs. Wellington FL: Beach Town or Horse Country? Vero Beach and Wellington sit about 80 miles apart, but they’re built around completely different lives. Vero is a coastal town organized around the ocean. Wellington is an inland planned community organized around horses, schools, and master-planned neighborhoods. Housing is the biggest gap. Homes in […]

Vero Beach Pickleball

Vero Beach Pickleball: Where to Play, What It Costs, and Where to Live If You’re Hooked Pickleball University at Pocahontas Park is the center of Vero Beach pickleball, with 12 lighted courts, daily open play from 8 am to 8 pm, and a $10 day pass for non-members. The iG Center offers cheap indoor, air-conditioned […]

Homes With Land For Sale Near Me

Homes With Land for Sale Near Me: Where to Find Acreage in Vero Beach and Indian River County Most pages ranking for “homes with land for sale near me” are automated MLS feeds that tell you nothing about where the land actually is or what to watch for. In Indian River County, real acreage lives […]

The Quickest Way To Sell A House

The Quickest Way to Sell a House (From an Agent Who Does This Weekly) The quickest way to sell a house is selling to a cash buyer, which can close in 7 to 14 days, but you will typically give up 20 to 30 percent of your home’s value for that speed. The quickest way […]

What Is A Villa?

What Is a Villa? Villa Style Homes Explained In Florida real estate, a villa is usually a one-story attached home that shares at least one wall with a neighbor, though detached villas exist too. “Villa” is a marketing term, not a legal one, so the same home can be deeded as a condo, a townhouse, […]

Home Inspection Checklist For Buyers

Home Inspection Checklist for Buyers (From a Florida Agent) A home inspection is a visual, non-invasive review of the home’s structure and major systems, and it usually costs somewhere around $300 to $450 and takes 2 to 4 hours. This post includes the full room-by-room checklist you can bring with you, covering the exterior, roof, […]

Boynton Beach vs. Vero Beach

Boynton Beach vs. Vero Beach: Which Florida Coast Town Fits You? Boynton Beach and Vero Beach sit about 75 miles apart on I-95, and on paper their median home prices look surprisingly similar. The real difference is what that money buys and how each town feels day to day. Boynton Beach is a city of […]

Stage A Living Room To Sell

How To Stage A Living Room to Sell The living room is usually the first room a buyer really reacts to, so it does more selling than any other space in the house. Start by removing furniture and personal stuff, not by adding decor. Most Vero living rooms photograph better with less in them. Float […]