Ramesh Nyberg's Real Estate Blog

The holidays are upon us.

Even with Christmas just five days away, I spoke on the phone today with prospective buyers actively looking for properties. That bodes well for the coming New Year.

But now is the time to be with family, and to count the blessings that cannot be measured in square feet or sales graphs.

I hope you'll be with me as 2008 unfolds, because I have some very exciting new websites and features designed to bring greater value to my customers.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

It is two hours from 2008 as I write this, and I want to wish all of you a very healthy and prosperous New Year.
One thing I'm pretty excited about is the launching of two new websites I created: PalmettoBayRealEstateNews.com and SoFlaForeclosures.com.

Both of these sites will be up and running by Jan 2, but soon afterward will feature podcast videos on the site so that my customers can have a quick overview of what is going on, and be able to save and send the podcast file to others.

I'm hoping that everyone who visits will give me some feedback on the sites, what they like or don't like, or how they feel they can be improved. They will exist to provide more value to customers, so I think customers should have input on what the product.

Tonight is pretty low-key in the Nyberg household. With a 4-yr old, it's not exactly conducive to party-hopping, which is fine-- I enjoy holidays like this at home just as well.
My 22-yr old son, Erik, was with us since the 23rd and just drove back to Gainesville earlier today. Our 19-yr old, Greg, is out with his girlfriend and a bunch of their cronies.

I have great optimism for the New Year, and I look forward to getting back to work on Wednesday and getting the first of the podcasts finished.

Are we really 21 days from 2008? This is nuts.
It hit me as I sat and labeled some 800 magnet calendars that I am sending out this week (thank God for Sunday Night Football--you can actually knock out about fifty in a quarter, once you get a rhythym going). You may already have one of these, especially if you live in north Palmetto Bay. Don't have one? Want one? Just let me know. Don't be shy if you want one for a friend or family member, I've got a bunch (maybe a hundred) left over.

I'm getting back into my writing now. I wrote a lot freelance stuff for years, and right now I may have a column in the Sun Post in the works. I've been talking to the editor there and sending some sample writing, so we'll see how they like the idea. Writing has always been a nice outlet for me. I've been able to express myself pretty well that way since I was a kid.

Business wise things have picked up this past week. I guess some people see it as their last buying/selling window of the year.

I was supposed to have a closing today, but it looks like we are now going to be made to wait until just before the end of the year. Everything is clear to close except the lien search, and the City of Miami Beach has told the title company it will take them another three weeks to get it done. There are just some bureacratic hurdles you can't overcome, when an entity like a municipality that has no stake in the transaction at all just decides to be obstinate, or is that way by policy. In the mean time, the sellers are waiting for their money, the buyer is waiting for his property, and the realtor is waiting for his commission.

Tomorrow is our office holiday luncheon. I'm looking forward to that. There is usually a very nice spread at a nice restaurant, and the company picks up the tab--not bad!
Be careful on the roads out there, and come back here again soon. I'm going to try and step up the updates to 2-3 days.