David Barr's Sarasota and Venice Real Estate Blog

Here's an update on my YouTube channel: Over 400 HD video tours; 80,000+ views; Playlists for homes in Sarasota, Venice, and Lakewood Ranch; Videos cover 2 of the top 4 selling master planned communities in the country. My YouTube channel dashboard Wh y is this important? I'm able to showcase our local real estate markets to the vast majority of potential home buyers who come from long distance to live here. Question: What good is listing with a "luxury broker", when one of them, over the past 90 days, had 7 out of 26 (27%) expired listings on Siesta Key and Longboat Key in our MLS? If you like how I market myself as a Realtor and our market area to attract buyers, you'll love how I market your home or condo for sale. And I don't do any of it with assistants, "buyer's agents", or an unlicensed spouse. A high tech Realtor like myself will attract the right buyer for your home using the latest tools and technology. ...

I've added a very useful, exclusive tool for Venice FL home sellers on my website, www.davidbarrhomes.com .  It will also be extremely useful for home buyers as well. Home buyers today are highly educated and ask a lot of questions before deciding to make a real estate purchase.  I now provide an on-line questionnaire for home sellers, based on the most common questions buyers ask.  In case you want to go old-school, I also provide a link for you to download the form. The more information a buyer has, the faster they can make a decision and the faster your Venice, FL property will sell. Visit  http://goo.gl/oZSMzO  and see the new, exclusive tools for sellers.

We don't seem to see many of these in Florida, but a pergola can add curb appeal to your home and make even a simple ranch home more inviting. A pergola adds architectural appeal to a bland facade Pergolas can be added to liven up a bland facade, to emphasize a walkway, or provide shade in the back yard.  Used in any of these ways, a potential buyer for your Venice FL home will remember your property as "the pergola house". Taylor Morrison's new homes in Arbor Lakes feature a pergola This backyard pergola has a retractable fabric shade You can really make your Venice FL home for sale stand out from the rest by adding a relatively inexpensive pergola.   Please contact me if you'd like to discuss a staging and pricing analysis for your Venice FL real estate.