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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Dennis Smith</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61019.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2008-09-02T14:45:00Z</updated><entry><title>Health Insurance for Realtors</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2009/10/06/health-insurance-for-realtors.aspx" /><id>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2009/10/06/health-insurance-for-realtors.aspx</id><published>2009-10-06T18:26:00Z</published><updated>2009-10-06T18:26:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Realtors today face a great challenge with health insurance.&amp;nbsp; Pre-existing conditions eliminate just about everyone who has seen a doctor in the past five years.&amp;nbsp; Age and other characteristics push this business comunnity to the limit.&amp;nbsp; Premiums are completely out of control.&amp;nbsp; This is true if you are talking about quality coverage with a reputable company. (oxy-moron)&amp;nbsp; Lack of regulation, misreprepsentation, and no&amp;nbsp;continuity are just a sample of business as usual.&amp;nbsp; Most Americans are in good health.&amp;nbsp; Most Americans are not self employed.&amp;nbsp; Seniors have Medicare.&amp;nbsp; The poor have Medicaid. Therefore why do we as a nation need to do anything!&amp;nbsp; Well... I will leave that up to you.&amp;nbsp; California Realtors have a good but expensive coverage.&amp;nbsp; Oklahoma Realtors have a plan.&amp;nbsp; North Carolina Realtors have a lousy plan but it is better than&amp;nbsp;the Core Plan endorsed by NAR.&amp;nbsp; This Core plan does not allow for creditable coverage on pre-existing conditions.&amp;nbsp; All in all, the whole thing is a mess.&amp;nbsp; I hope for America that the health care bill passes.&amp;nbsp; Then and only then will all of us have an equal opportunity!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=553591" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>232829</name><uri>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/members/232829.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Price Reduced on 5577 Oakridge Drive in Oakridge Estates</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2009/05/20/4e70365e3fb743f6ac98b68a558c9048.aspx" /><id>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2009/05/20/4e70365e3fb743f6ac98b68a558c9048.aspx</id><published>2009-05-20T19:16:00Z</published><updated>2009-05-20T19:16:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="LeadIn" style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Oakridge Estates, Palm Harbor&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Announcing a price reduction &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on 5577 Oakridge Drive, a 2,381 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm single story. Now&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="width:34px;position:absolute;height:20px;" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10px;font-family:Verdana;"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$295,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- Huge Reduction. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/Palm_Harbor/Florida/Homes/Area_497/Oakridge_Estates/Agent/Listing_1957887.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=470975" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>232829</name><uri>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/members/232829.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="For Sale" scheme="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Now is the time to buy!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2009/04/08/now-is-the-time-to-buy.aspx" /><id>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2009/04/08/now-is-the-time-to-buy.aspx</id><published>2009-04-09T01:25:00Z</published><updated>2009-04-09T01:25:00Z</updated><content type="html">Many clients in the marketplace are seeing a reduction of inventory.&amp;nbsp; Rates are at a all time low with mortgage money available to those who qualify.&amp;nbsp; Our lender of choice is Dolphin Mortgage.&amp;nbsp; The 30 year fixed rate of 4.75% is an estimate.&amp;nbsp; Homeowners insurance rates have stabilized and county taxes have dropped recently as home prices declined.&amp;nbsp; These conditions are favorable at his time while we are still in a buyers market!&lt;img src="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=451304" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>232829</name><uri>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/members/232829.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Price Reduced on 5577 Oakridge Drive in Oakridge Estates</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2008/09/02/bf6865d29d99475497a4e2b430fd4a1e.aspx" /><id>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/2008/09/02/bf6865d29d99475497a4e2b430fd4a1e.aspx</id><published>2008-09-02T19:45:00Z</published><updated>2008-09-02T19:45:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="LeadIn"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oakridge Estates, Palm Harbor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Announcing a price reduction &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on 5577 Oakridge Drive, a 2,381 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm single story. Now&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$317,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- Priced on the Money $$$. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/Palm_Harbor/Florida/Homes/Oakridge_Estates/Agent/Listing_1957887.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=352425" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>232829</name><uri>http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/members/232829.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="For Sale" scheme="http://www.pinellasgulfproperties.net/blogs/dennis_smith/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>