The Bonnie Barbieri Team

I leave day after tomorrow for New York City to attend my daughter's wedding on Saturday.  My daughter is 37 but has taken a long time to walk down the aisle.  I never thought I would be making this trip.We have family from Texas coming up.  My Mother's youngest sister and her husband will be att...

I am a 4th generation Texan and very proud of it.  As Jason Crouch mentioned in his blog on Texas, its amazing what people who have never been to Texas think they are going to see when they arrive.  In the 1970's, I worked for Braniff Airlines.  I was always amazed at the people who got to Dallas...

I am in the process of getting my GRI designation.  This is my second session.  In this session, we are learning about condos, land, negotiating and counseling and other things I haven't studied yet.  They told us that a GRI designation is worth 70% more money than someone not having that designa...

This great 2/2 end unit villa is ideal for snowbirds or  a full time resident.  This is a gated 55+ community with 3 golf courses, tennis courts, bocce ball, gym, woodshop and all kinds of activities.  This community is well maintained and for a small monthly fee, you can play as much golf as you...

There are some great things happening in Spring Hill.  They are great to me anyway.  We now have a Carrabas, a Starbucks, Panera Bread and a Marshalls.  It just doesn't get any better than this.  Of course, we have the complainers who say there is to much traffic.  They don't give a senior discou...

Florida is still a great place to buy a house.  The economy is what it is but the interest rates are great and you can find some great deals.  As for hurricanes that scare some buyers, there has only been six Cat 3 or greater storms that have landed on Florida's mainland from 1950 - 2003 although...

Spring Hill Florida is on Florida's west coast, 40 minutes north of Tampa.  We are called the Nature Coast.  We have lots of birds, manatees, black bear (although I've never talked to anyone who has seen one.) and of course tortoises.  I love the Sand Hill Cranes.  They are so regal looking and t...

My partner and I are spending a lot of money marketing our listings and ourselves.  But even more important, we are spending money on our education.  It didn't stop the day we took our state exam.  In fact, we have been doing more studying than we ever thought.  Our first designation we are worki...

It is so easy to get depressed over the state of the real estate market if you listen to all the media spins.  The sky is falling seems to be their mantra these days.  I am a real estate agent on the west coast of Florida - The Nature Coast - 45 min north of Tampa and while our market has slowed ...