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Florida Home Buying Process | Step By Step Guide to Buying A Home

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Click the link to download my FREE Home Buyer's Guide:  https://bit.ly/30UOIGY It'll be sent to your email address automatically! Are you thinking about buying a new home? Feeling a bit overwhelmed? You're not really sure what to do or even what the home buying process entails? Well, sit back, grab some popcorn, I'm going to explain it to you step by step. Hi, I'm Sarah Schwartz, a local realtor in Northeast Florida and I'm going to explain the home buying process for you from start to finish. Hopefully everything that we go over will ease your mind and you'll feel more comfortable.  First step, find a Realtor!   Ask your friends, search online, check google reviews, just make sure that you find one and you connect with them. You don't have to stick with the first one that you meet. Make sure you find one that you're actually comfortable with. If you don't feel a connection, keep looking. Make sure your Realtor actually listens to what you want a...

Important Factors That Determine The Market Value Of A Home

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Buying or selling a home is a major financial move. If you are in the market for St Johns Homes for sale, it is essential to keep up with how to determine the value of a home correctly. This is crucial to setting the right buying or selling price.   Coming up with the right market value requires some considerations and analysis of certain variables. For example, age, location, condition, size, and the state of the market all affect how you value St Johns, Silverleaf, or Shearwater homes for sale. You can either do this yourself or work with a reputable realtor in St Johns. Whether you’re looking for a realtor in Silverleaf St Johns, Realtor in Rivertown St Johns or any homes for sale in St Johns, consider working with the Sarah Schwartz Group, one of the best teams and top 1% real estate agents in St Johns. If you are taking the DIY route, below we have put together a list of these variables and how they affect a property’s market value.    Without wasting time, let’s get...

Living in Jacksonville Florida Pros and Cons | Moving to Jacksonville

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  Thinking about moving to Northeast Florida but you really don't know what it's like to live here? Well, hang tight. I'm going to share some pros and some cons about living in Northeast Florida. For those that are new here, I'm Sarah Schwartz, a local realtor in  Jacksonville Florida . Come on, let's get started! Wanna know something pretty cool about living here? There's water literally everywhere. What else does that mean? There are plenty of waterfront homes here! Most people don't realize this but  Jacksonville has a huge river , a big creek system that can accommodate boating, the intracoastal and the ocean. You can go surfing, paddle boarding, take part in boater skip day.. the options are endless! We even have neighborhoods with canals that go down the back so everyone can have their own boat lift and head on out when they want to have a good time. One really cool feature of Jax (that's what the locals call it) is the diversity. Because Jacksonvi...

Moving to Jacksonville | Mandarin Neighborhood Tour

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  Are you thinking about moving to Florida? Have you thought about the neighborhood of Mandarin in Jacksonville? Hi, I'm Sarah Schwartz, a local realtor in Northeast Florida and I'm going to show you around this quiet, scenic, nature-filled, food galore, riverfront neighborhood in south Jacksonville. Named after the mandarin orange in 1830, this neighborhood lies just east of the St. Johns River in between greater Jacksonville's I-295 loop and Julington Creek. Mandarin was once the home of famous author Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, famous painter Lee Adams and Alan Collins from the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. In the early 1800's Mandarin housed one of the most important river ports in Florida, known for shipping oranges. Citrus used to grow well in this area until the great freezes in the late 1800's. Today, Mandarin is characterized by its magnificent oak trees which hang dramatically beside Spanish moss and its breathtaking views of the St...