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Calum and Kathy MacKenzie are experienced and professional Tampa, Florida real estate agents who specialize in helping families relocate to the Tampa area. They've lived and worked in New Tampa for eleven years, and their extensive knowledge of New Tampa real estate can help make relocation a breeze.

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Trading Up in Tampa
Tampa Bay is an area that is full to the brim with amazing homes and with new homes being built all the time there is pretty much an endless selection to choose from. However, this may be a moot point as the newly proposed property tax laws may severely affect the average home owner's ability to purchase a new home in the Tampa area. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 26/07/2007 | Real Estate
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Florida School Grades Confusing Issue for New Residents
Here in Florida, the state’s A+ school reporting plan is supposed to give parents an easy way to compare schools with one another at a glance, but many question whether the system really reflects the situation accurately. When the Florida Department of Education released the school grades for 2007 a couple of weeks ago, there seemed to be more confusion and controversy than information in the published reports. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 20/07/2007 | K-12 Education
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Florida Real Estate, Why Do you Buy? the Question That Realtors Should be Asking
It’s a buyers’ market in Florida housing. That’s a fact that no one denies. Sales are slow. Prices are stagnant. The projections, if you believe them are gloomy. The question, of course, is “Gloomy for whom?” The fact is that when you step back from the housing sales figures and take a look at the big picture, what you see is far different. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 13/07/2007 | Real Estate
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Dallas Flat-fee Mls
Alright. So you have chosen to sell your home yourself. But how to get the exposure you need for your home? That, of course is the tricky part to FSBO selling. For many years people have tried to sell their homes without the benefit of a listing agent only to see their homes languish and eventually end up being listed with an agent. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 05/06/2007 | Real Estate
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Dallas Real Estate Rebate
VIP Realty of Dallas has once again set themselves apart from the masses of real estate companies in the Dallas market. They have done so via the "real estate rebate" program, which offers home buyers up to a 1.5% rebate on the purchase price of a home. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 05/06/2007 | Real Estate
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Smart Home Buying
It's a sorry sight when you see so many homes being repossessed. Repo's and foreclosures and more prevalent than ever before as first-time home buyers are making some cardinal mistakes during the buying process that are leading to problems later on. One of the biggest mistakes people are making is not having their finances completely in order and arranged before buying a home. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 05/06/2007 | Real Estate
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Tampa Job Market
One major concern for home buyers in today's market is jobs. Where can they relocate to an area with a great and proliferating job market? Traditionally buyers have looked to major market cities to provide employment opportunities that will be both profitable and long-term. To some extent this still holds true. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 05/06/2007 | Real Estate
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Flipping Real Estate Tips
The time has never been better to make money in the real estate market. The country has fallen in love with the concept of buying low and selling high. It takes little effort to see the fruits of this national love affair. TV is laden with shows that detail how to properly flip a home and the stories of the people that are making a great profit doing it. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 07/05/2007 | Real Estate
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What Do you Mean It’s not My House? - Why Title Insurance is More Than Just Another Good Idea
Tucked in among all your other closing costs when you buy a house you’ll probably find a charge for “title insurance”. If you’re taking out a mortgage to buy a house, your lender will insist that you take out title insurance. This is more than just one more nuisance charge levied by people who are determined to make a few extra bucks on your home purchase. Title insurance offers you some real, tangible security in the event that there’s ever a problem with the title to your home. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 05/04/2007 | Real Estate
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Why Don't Some Homes Sell?
It's an unfortunate thing, homes that are listed on a given real estate market and do not sell. This can be a huge cause of anguish and stress for the owners as they have to reduce their price to eventually sell the home. Read
By: Calum MacKenzie | 03/04/2007 | Real Estate