The Tampa homes industry is undergoing a shift. From the very first time my husband and I started to begin thinking about purchasing a home 5 years ago until now, we have seen a market of ups, downs, and all-arounds. Needless to say, our hopes of owning a homehave mirrored those real estate shifts. We started our union not being ready to own, then felt caught up in the large movement to buy out of fear of ever-rising prices, buying a home just to lock in the current price. Us knowing that it was morally unacceptable to take a Tampa mortgage that would deem us “home poor”, we decided not to buy anything, revolting against the seller’s market. From there, we gave up plans of ever owning in the Tampa Bay area.

Move forward to 2009 and Tampa Fl homes for sale is once again reasonable to us lowly first time homebuyers and great homes are now very much worthy of our Tampa mortgage payment. Our hopes and dreams of owning a slice of real estate in Tampa are rekindled.

Our genuine search for real estate in Tampa started almost two months ago with the help of our realtor Rick Durand from Kings Realty & Property Management. At the beginning, we thought that a townhouse would work best because we are not the “outdoorsy” type that will make time to mow lawns or landscape. We would rather just pay someone else to keep our lawn under control. A townhouse also seemed typically larger and more solid than most condos in the Tampa homes market. Tampa is inundated with apartment to condo conversions, which in my honest opinion seem more akin to weakly built gingerbread houses. Our search for a decent townhouse proved well-off and our agent showed us all the great deals in our desired area of Land O’ Lakes. The townhouses are newer and constructed in underdeveloped areas where wilderness conservation lots are the norm.

In this Tampa Fl homes for sale market the home buyer can be picky. We wanted to see all our options and our agent was glad to oblige us with that request. Continuing in Land O’ Lakes, we found a neighborhood of villas in our desired price range and quickly made an offer on a short sale property. We liked the solid block construction and no lawn work that the villa offered as well as the great open floor plan and established neighborhood. We are getting everything we wanted without having to sacrifice any of the items on our wish list. Conventionally, purchasing a piece of Tampa real estate meant giving up at least one of your wants and desires like location, a bigger master bedroom, or plenty of closet space. We sacrificed nothing and truthfully are getting everything we wanted and more. This was made possible only because of a savvy Tampa Fl homes for sale realtor like Rick Durand who searched around this saturated market where the well-qualified purchaser is king, or queen, and is helping us acquire a home. He knew when a home’s listed price was not so much of a deal but rather an attempt to drum up offers that would yield nothing but a long wait with a “no” at the end of the line.

We have watched the Tampa Fl homes for sale market change more in the last five years than it has in the twenty years prior which just proves, much to the chagrin of some, that shift does indeed occur.

Sincerely,

Anna W.

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