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Blogging is something that has really blossomed into something that is truly a life of its own.  Many people still do not understand what a blog is and the power of blogging.  A Blog is an abbreviation of Web Log.  It is a persons point of view on whatever they choose to write about.  Blogs allow people to transmit news like nothing every before.  News was originally controlled by the news channels.  You had reporters that wrote the news, it went to the editor to scrub and put their own spin on it and then was transmitted to the general population, often only to those that were watching the program at the time.  Blogging puts the ordinary person in the seat of the reporter, with no editor so the information is un scrubbed and is given by the reporters point of view.  Many blogs have large readerships similar to the columnists of yesterday.  The wonderful thing about blogging is that it promotes interaction by the readership to give their point of view to expand on the topic of interest.

Blogs can also be used to report on events in real time streaming information live to blog sites to follow in real time.  For example, I am a big Iphone user.  I use it for my business and use it for my life.  I decided to see what was available to the Apple announcement today and there are bloggers streaming the event live via their blogs, almost like being there complete with photos as it happens.

Blogging can also be great for real estate.  Tampa Real Estate has its own set of challenges but by supplying information on a blog about a particular development, I can both promote the development, as well as supply information to potential clients interested in buying in that development.  In addition, the interaction goes beyond me and the interaction can occur between other people responding to the blog.

Blogging is a great way o identify yourself as an expert in a development, or expert in a field.  Either way, Blogging is changing the world as we see it and allowing others to comment and get involved in ways that were never thought of.

Here are some quick statistics for Hillsborough County Real Estate (Tampa is in Hillsborough in case you didn't know).

Active Listings	14660
Active Single Family Homes	10093
SFH under $100,000	828
SFH between $100k-$500k	7901
SFH between $500k-$999k	943
SFH Greater than $1 Million	421

So it looks like the sweet spot is the 100-500k.  The majority of the sub $100k homes have been gobbled up but there still are a few.  Hopefully you will be able to use this information to better help you in your future searches for real estate.

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Team Masse services the Tampa Bay Real Estate market and the following areas: Tampa, Apollo Beach, Riverview, Ruskin, Brandon, Lithia, Valrico, Gibsonton, South Tampa, and Channelside District.  Contact us at 813-546-5222 for more assistance.

We have been inundated by phone calls from clients who have received their tax bills and do not understand the assessed values indicated.  I must say, that I agree with them all.  Most of you out there have bills in the $130,000 range of assessed value which is a far cry from what the current value is of these condos currently.  There have been a few condos that have been repurchased by their lenders and placed back on the market for as little as $61,000.

My recommendation to all of you that would like to dispute your tax bill, get an appraisal done and submit the appraisal with your tax bill to the tax assessors office.  They do have a procedure to dispute your tax bill that requires you to submit a fee for them to process the paperwork.  I recommend you call them and ask them for the exact procedure and time frames to dispute your bill.  There should be information on your bill that discusses how to do that or you can call 1-813-272-6100 (Property Appraisers Office) or check them out online at http://www.hcpafl.org/www/downloads/appeal_process.shtml

As always, Looking for Tampa Real Estate or Tampa Foreclosures...look no further!