Debra Spadafora's (debraewm) Blog

FAR is happy to report that your messages to the Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission (TBRC) were heard. In just over 30 hours Realtors from around the state sent over 50,000 messages to the Commission! Today, the TBRC formally adopted CP 002, which if passed by voters in November will elimin...

Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25, the Tax and Budget Reform Commission (TBRC) will be meeting to decide whether significant property tax relief will appear on the ballot in November.  Because of political fighting, diverse opinions, and disagreement, members are struggling to reach the 17 ...

 Florida Proposed Property Tax Changes  Your probably wondering with all the talk and media campaigns on the proposed tax reform, how or does it contain anything that will help commercial properties?  I hope your sitting down when you read this because it is shocker. The legislature is actually p...

CORFAC International is looking for a Driector of Professional Development and asked me to pass this along. The requirements are listed below. If you are interested please contact  Tom Bennett Tel 954-923-6160, Fax 954-925-7170, tmailto:tom@corfac.com, http://www.corfac.com/CORFAC INTERNATIONALCO...

Florida International University's library has an on-line resoruce page that links to hundreds of internet-accessible reports on South FLorida from Monroe County to Palm Beach County.  Links include many areas of interest, demographics, education, transportation and more.   http://www.fiu.edu/~bb...

Bloggers Connect SF 2007Tuesday, July 31 - Wednesday, August 1Real estate bloggers from around the world will gather in San Francisco for a two-day real estate blogging networking event. Enjoy face time with your colleagues in the real estate blogosphere including ample party and networking time ...

Citizens will start to write commercial policies on September 1. Citizens will provide coverage up to $2.5 million on properties with values up to $20 million in Florida.  Also, starting June 1,Citizen's will also begin to write windstorm only policies for commercial properties. Citizens will off...

Commercial activity strong in stateORLANDO, Fla. - May 2, 2007 - The 2006 price tag for commercial activity in Florida: $18 billion, or 6 percent of the nation's transaction volume, according to a 15-page state research study commissioned by the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR) and conducte...

Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseSeptember 28, 2005Washington D.C.FBI National Press Office(202) 324-3691TELEPHONE FRAUD INVOLVING JURY DUTY Washington, D.C. - The FBI today is providing a warning to the public against an ongoing scheme involving jury service. The public needs to be aware that i...

West Palm Beach DDA plans project updateThe West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) said it will host a downtown community summit on May 8 to update residents, business owners and other downtown stakeholders on the status of certain projects in planning or under construction. The mee...