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[Music] I [Music] [Music] what is up Tampa Bay happy Tuesday we are excited to be with everyone excited to be back um with the crew here and going live on a Tuesday night coming into the holiday season to by the way so pretty excited about that if this is your first time joining us welcome we talk about all things Tampa Bay what it's like to live here what it's like to work here what it's like to play here uh tonight we're going to be talking about uh Christmas things happening in and around town the holiday season is upon us and uh lots to talk about there uh be talking about some real estate we're going to give you guys some Market predictions um not necessarily ours maybe we'll get into that I don't know we'll see we'll see what the community has to say about that Stacy but um definitely going to share with you guys what the what the banks are saying what they're forecasting on on what y all can expect um not only here in the greater Tampa Bay area but across the country when it comes to real estate so we'll get in the Weeds on that um I'm excited for that and U before I get moving along here let's just say hello to the hostess with the mostess uh good evening Miss Stacy aan up in Pasco County Florida good evening how are you tonight good evening doing well I can't believe though Christmas is right around the corner and the year is almost over it's just crazy how fast time goes by yeah and I am I gotta be honest with you guys there are very few years when I'm like yay can't wait for the next one I am ready to hit the e button in 2024 let me tell you right now so yes I had lots of highs and and a couple lows and some low lows but yeah yeah and uh I just want to take a brief moment and say thank you to everyone who reached out to to me and the team you know Stacy got messages I got messages um I know Marsha's family got messages uh people sent cards and asked me for addresses and um lots to be grateful there um grateful for there so thank you as a community you guys are incredible you know um the questions were were coming and like I said we we tried to um you know sit on our hands as long as we possibly could but you know I'm just so grateful that we have just amazing viewers a a wonderful community that that um y'all have really contrib contributed towards and uh I just want to say thanks again so thank you very much it put smiles on our face and I know it's going to put smiles on Mara's face her family's face as well so um thank you to every one of you and we'll uh if you know forgive me for for continuing to talk about her but I I think that that's just going to be part of the course so um I don't want to forget right so um and I don't think Stacy does either so we're you just have to love us where we're at that's the deal but yeah man excited to to get into this with you guys it's that time of the year you know today was a gorgeous day I think it was like 77 or 78 degrees I almost turned the air conditioner on in the RV was a perfect day perfect day it really was I was like oh it's so nice out here man I went on my walk and I uh I you know I broke a little sweat I think I had like two little beams of sweat I was like oh look at this this is so exciting um but it and it's supposed to be cool it's supposed to cool down again tomorrow so uh pray for us y'all us Flor radians are not built for 40 degrees and had a couple nights that had been that cool already and I think we're supposed to have another one coming up here so but uh I know none of you will be praying for us when you're under 12 16 inches of snow and shoveling that stuff out you be like you guys but yeah man Today's show is going to be pretty cool we're gonna get into the weeds we are going to talk about the on again off again continuing Saga with Ray stadium in St Petersburg Florida just depends on the week as to what's happening over there we're going to talk about again uh macro real estate what's happening across the country what you can expect here we're going to talk about holiday things fun stuff Happening Here in the greater Tampa Bay area and we're happy to share that with you guys let me just get in here and say hello also I want to invite you to connect with us if you're watching us live um you know let us know where you're watching from uh you know even if you're watching this later uh I think that that's a a great opportunity for us to connect and don't hesitate to ask questions in that chat section that's where a lot of our content drives from is what you guys want to know um you know what are you focused on what are your concerns we love to share those things with you guys so we just can help you better understand um you know the challenges the nuances of of the greater Tampa Bay area and of course all the wonderful things right the things that have have brought me here and have kept me here so excited to be with you guys hello to everyone over on Instagram this evening and on Facebook love connecting with you guys also um like I said we're uh we're live across all the streaming platforms good evening Desi um always nice to see um Des Ray she chimes in and um sent me some messages too so she's one of those rock stars that I really appreciate and just want to say thank you too um personally so thank you very much uh Corey and seus my man um he says y'all are looking like the Midwest with those temps uh yeah no we are not looking like uh Midwest those temps now those those uh evening temps they are defin they get chilly man the heat has turned on in that RV a couple times which kind of shocked me I was like what's that noise but it turned on and uh it worked well um and y'all like we are in in the crazy Saga of getting our home uh rehabed right now it is Stacy we fired the contractors after one week we already fired the contractor you're kidding why contractor did so that's how good it was going that he fired his own Crews yeah and there's like there's a whole another crew there right now allegedly fixing the ma at this point I'm just like Jesus Take the Wheel just that's really disappointing because you guys really had to work hard to find somebody and you got to be patient and wait your turn and then to get in and disappointed yeah yeah definitely um was a challenge to say the least but we're rocking and rolling like I said good evening Chris thanks for for connecting with us my brother um I love it do he say every time I shoveled snow this week I kept saying to myself I don't have to shovel Sunshine yeah love that that you have know how many times that's been brought up during a zoom call with with people who are are making the move that they say that to me that in the Cockroach story so those that's the one I'm not necessarily wanting to be known for but I said it out loud and people never forget they never seem to get forget Stacy so well on a couple of my zoom calls this week the first thing that was brought up was yeah it's cold I'm freezing I'm tired of this I'm dreaming of moving to Florida again so yep and that's how we got here too y'all happened for me yeah you're you're not the abnormal one that's what Stacy and I will tell you you are part of the the dream uh Clan if you will like that is that is absolutely um our our thought process that's how we got here as well uh Corey said what's the condo situation look like Corey you're gonna have to give me more specifics on that brother because um depending on what type of condo where it can be a hot mess it can be a flaming dumpster fire or it can actually be a really good situation um Stacy this week we had um clients flying from from uh Michigan and uh they're looking St Pete Beach you know uh between there in Indian Rocks Beach and uh man we saw a incredible condo three-bedroom two bath400 square foot all of the recertifications had been it passed its structural recertification nice yeah had everything ready to go and was completely renovated and I was like this is awesome sounds like a dream it was unbelievable water views good to go so like that was a great uh example of of what you can have and then there's the other side which like I said the Flaming dumpster fire yeah those exist too which is like hey come buy our condo because we owe $200,000 in assessments and we need somebody else to take care of it you know and that's the extreme version of that Corey is what I would say but it is possible right just like the homeowner in um specific houses that can't be insured anymore that's real life too you know so like it's all over the board man it just really depends on what you're trying to accomplish so great question though great question happy to answer that for for you and anyone else too you guys watching you got questions feel free to put that in the chat um that's one way to get a hold of us of course you can just Reach Out directly numbers there on the screen that takes you right to uh said device here which I get uh phone calls and text messages on all the time and also on our website so you can SK time to to chat with us if that's something you're interested in doing okay awesome Let's uh let's jump over to some quick holiday stuff um while we're rocking and rolling here um well let's let's answer Desi's question first then we'll hop over to okay to Holiday um okay do either of you know about the golf course in Palm Harbor that is taking a third of the property to build in a houses question mark my brother my brother mentioned it I did not see that in the news um the big Golf Course up in Palm Harbor is the one that they do the vbar the PGA Tour event at every year um is it that Community Desi I'll have to look into it I haven't I'm pretty dialed in on all the the news and notes but I'll look that up so good good question I'm not aware but I'll dig into it for you um it wouldn't surprise me everybody's looking for more and more real estate especially penis County there's nowhere to put properties right okay well let's get into some of the holiday fun that's taking place around town and then we will get back to [Music] um we will get back into some real estate news but let's start with that awesome so the Tampa River of Lights this is a pretty exciting thing we you know there's a uh boat parade a Tampa Boat light parade down the Hillsboro River every single year y'all that's a really really good time um and I think I'll share the map on that too Stacy just so everybody can kind of see it um and get perspective on on what's going over there because the Hillsboro River takes you right to downtown I know there are a lot of towns in the united or um like major cities off of rivers in the United States that's pretty common where I lived in Detroit before we had the Detroit River and it was a big thing but we never had an annual Boat Parade mostly because the the water was frozen hard to get a vote through there very can be very difficult Bo through there um so it could be a little bit of a challenge so that that didn't normally happen but for for those of you wondering where that take place you know like you you U definitely could have some questions around that which I know a lot of people do but here's a a map let me zoom out really quick so you can see this is the greater Tampa Bay Area you got panel's County over to the West over there that's the gulf beaches Clear Water St Pete and as you come in you got um Tampa Bay and then you come in to to downtown and you can start to see the river take shape there um right in the center of your screen and you go from Waterworks Park up here all the way through the river past um the convention center down in the sparkman's warf and there's just a really cool boat parade there every year annually um I know we talked about this last year um because it's a really cool event to get down to Stacey you went last year right no I think it was on my list to do I really wanted to do it and something came up and we didn't go I I think you had Sawyer's uh photos like didn't you have photos or something to do with with his senior pictures we did down there yeah that's what it was so you weren't you weren't able to make it that weekend because I remember U Marsha talking about they were going to see um um that show at the Str Center yes right yeah and uh so this goes right by the Str Center as well for you that's our Performing Arts our Museum all of the the art stuff is right downtown off the river there so it's a really cool situ down there but the the Tampa um uh River of Light Show um which is really cool um the other night they had snow they were doing snow at Amal Arena outside the hockey game right just fake snow they're making it in the parking lot which I think is pretty cool um which which is awesome you know that's that's a cool thing to see but there's lots of holiday activities going on down there so I wanted to share this with you guys um the River of Lights departs uh from the uh pirate Water Taxi dock outside of the this the sale Plaza at 333 Franklin Street y'all so if you want to get down there you can check that out um really cool thing and a lot of cool things usually we do that big event they got um the enchant at at uh Ray stadium at trop field but obviously not happening this year because there's no roof on that building all right so because that's really cool take the kids too yep and I I was really looking forward to that this year not going to happen obviously but you can't wi them all right so the cruise highlights for the the Tampa River uh light display is a 45 minute Scenic ride along the Hillsboro River which is really cool so um snow flurry finale brings the uh wintry touch again you can go down to Curtis Hixon park that's where the ice rink is down there y'all that we've shared with you guys a few times um the the shop Village down there it's just really cool place to go hang out and then you've got all the the tree lighting displays right there at Curtis xon Park and there's plenty of shops and restaurants to go hang out if you want something else to do down there um really good spot to go hang out and just have a really good time uh when it comes to to things happening here in Tampa Bay another really cool thing Stacy is Tampa was just named one of the funnest cities in America um love that knew that yep doesn't surprise me at all um you know again we're always buy us right but it's cool to see it actually show up so that um came from a nomination of of from a wallet Hub it said for the second year a row the the city has has uh ranked as one of the funnest cities it placed 17th this year overall which is cool out of 180 cities so you talk about fun apparently Tampa has lots of fun and we're not the only ones who think that so that's pretty cool here it talks about festivals per capita and listen y'all we have a pirate parade I mean like I mean how what else do you have to say that celebration lasts for weeks doesn't it yeah it's a month long right like it's a month long now there's a lot of debauchery and I don't necessarily it's the most family oriented event but there are it does have it its specific family type of things too but the but what I'm getting at here is like that's how you know how how much fun you can have in Tampa like they we literally have a pirate parade right so it is very unique and respect obviously it's a Foodies Paradise here the amount of restaurants that has grown has just been unbelievable you know you start talking about Bush Gardens the Florida aquarium Clearwater Aquarium you know John's Pass you know you can go to a Bucks game of course you can go to a Lightning game um Stacy Alabama and Michigan are playing um at the real Quest Bowl uh in at Raymond James Stadium so that's on New Year's Eve nice yeah pretty cool I'm we're heading out of town to go see family I'm going to try to make it back by then and take my son to see um University of Michigan play um Alabama in in Tampa so that's pretty cool that be fun yeah I'm excited for that for sure but lots of cool stuff so Tampa named one of the funnest cities in America also a nice thing to to have in your back pocket um we're talking about things um popping off all right let's say hello to uh everyone who is also made comments here B says Juan hope all is well at least improving house to house love Indian Rocks area um house is coming along slowly my friend um there is progress we were just talking about that way the first crew already got fired um unfortunately but that's the reality of our world that we're living in right now um but it's okay we are making positive uh D movement that's what I'm looking for right now but thank you for asking and Indian Rocks is is awesome um went down to the beach the other night and had had some dinner and it definitely is still a little bit slower um but this is that time of year too we're making that transition in the holidays and things are picking up I can see it in our calendar um with the amount of people already reaching out and traveling in town so it's coming we're only a few weeks away from um crazy Madness again so uh it is it is the best time of year we're going to take advantage of that okay cool let me get into the other thing I wanted to share with you guys okay so all these housing predictions every single year at this time um you you know they they start the the the sites and the government agencies and the Mortgage Banking and all the fancy guys start coming out with all of their um predictions about what's going to happen in the economy and real estate in the in the uh upcoming year um and last year we went over some of these we didn't get too far in the weeds um there and just like last year there is you know people on the low end of appreciation and then there are people I think with outrageous numbers that I just I don't know how they get to I see their argument but I think it's um aspirational at Best in terms of where where people are positioned um I'm going to share this with you guys remember this is a a macro view meaning this is like the entire United States and then we're going to talk about specifically what's happening here at home right here in the greater Tampa Bay area and what what we expect to see for this coming year because they're they're not going to necessarily be the same all right and uh good evening to Kevin out in Lakeland so shout out to Kevin's always always sliding I love that uh he is the man we appreciate it okay so this is redins 2025 housing market forecast and uh they do pull in some other sources on this so I'll share this with you guys I'm going to put um several forecast in the description of this video after it's over so I'll I'll put zillow's forecast in there and red fins and realtor and um a couple other sources that that you guys may be familiar with um so you can dig into that if that type of content interests you because I like to look at it and just get a sense for what's going on here but um as we get into this specific article let me see if I can dial it in perfect get a little bit bigger for you guys um you know people always want to know what to expect from the upcoming year right what what can they expect in in in housing and I think we've shared this with you for the last two years essentially real estate has been recessed okay um and when I say it's in it's in a recession I'm talking about the number of sales not the price because we all have seen real estate continue to increase in value across the United States right but what hasn't happened is we haven't been selling nearly as many homes as we do on an annual basis okay on an average annual basis um it has been much slower to the tune of just over four million when we typically sell somewhere between five and five and a half million so that's a lot a million to a million and a half fewer home sales a year that is a tremendous amount when you consider that four million is what the expectations uh are for the upcoming year 4.4 um is the range here so between 4.1 and 4.4 uh this year we're coming in somewhere around that 3.9 I it's really going to depend on how this last month kind of shakes out um but it depends on what analyst and what company you're looking at and I know this stuff can sound dry here guys I get it but like this is what people always want to know they always want to know where the puck is going or where the money is moving so I think that these these can help all right so um here are uh the 2025 home sales forecast right now this is the number of sales not not the percentage that of of of either up or down on on value that we're going to be we'll get into that here in a second but the National Association of Realtors is saying we're going to get close to 5 million at 4.9% for those of you who can't see that um Fanny May is saying we're gonna get the 4.4 bright MLS which is a multiple listing service that Services the Northeast that's areas like Massachusetts and um uh Philadelphia those areas up there they're saying we're going to do 4.4 million the average across all of the the channels here comes in at 4.35 so again we're coming in on the lower end still of what is um a normal average range which is over five million redfin's predicting between 4.1 and 4.5 Goldman Sachs says 4.2 million housing wire which is one of the industry um uh magazine says uh 4.2 and then realtor.com coming in at a straight 4 million home sales okay now let's get into what that means for appreciation if there is any okay this is what's important now appreciation means what is your home how much more is your home Worth next year than it is this year that's what appreciation is I know most people do understand that but I just want to make sure I give some clarity on this specifically okay Goldman Sachs is is projecting a 4.4% increase in housing values um I'll pull up today here in a minute so you guys can see it where we are year to date uh Wells Fargo is predicting 4.3 redin has it at 4% so it seems like they're 4% um and 4 million so like their number is 4 and4 Stacy you can kind of keep keep that in line real.com has got 3.7 housing warre at 3.5 and then as you go through the list here it gets lower and lower all the way down to Moody who's saying basically the Market's going to be dead flat at 03 right so like that's pretty low just 310 of one percentage is what you can expect in in return in real estate value is what they're saying Freddy Max got it down at uh6 Nar which is the National Association Realtors has it down at 1.9 and Zillow coming in at 2.3 so um some of the bigger names in the industry are are suggesting that we're going to be on the lower end but some of these larger banks are predicting on the higher end of appreciation still and for those of you who aren't familiar if if you go back back and look at United States real real estate go all the way back to the Great Depression a 4% steady state increase is basically what you see 40% increase over a decade is pretty normal it's pretty normal and there's variances I've showed you guys this on on it before but that is like if you just think of like can I count on you know three to five% annual appreciation should I be able to put that in the bank on a regular basis over a 10-year period the answer to that is yes okay so these guys are kind of falling in line with some normaly we've seen abnormal appreciation for the last five years in a lot of areas and depending on where you live this is still taking place there are still areas that are multiple offers that don't have enough properties to sell like there's some specifics around it that can make it challenging but um I think this is good to put our eyes on from time to time Stacy and again this is that time of year where um you know they're getting into why and and this is a chart showing what their number is you can get into and the reason I want to link those resources the chat for everyone or in the description later so you guys can go through and see the methodology that they use to get there right because just throwing out a number when you don't have any any data to back it up doesn't really do any good right and we're seeing that here in Tampa where you know you look at these home prices and I'm going to pull up real-time home prices I just said I would um so if we go to red fin and we go to um housing prices in the US year-to date this is United States year-to date all homes home types um were up 5% year over-year in a in a time period when they swore swore up and down we would be down right I mean people predicting the Doom of real the crash of real estate for years and years and years and it still has yet to happen now I'm not saying it can't I just want everybody to be aware that that's not a fact today right wi another 12 months with s% interest rates on average and we're still up 5% year-over-year appreciation so that number beats every number that you guys just saw um this number here beats every single number that we just looked at on our chart right here right so what they're saying is that appreciation is going to be down if these guys are right now if we look back at last year's number most of these guys weren't anywhere near 5% again either so just keep that in mind as you're kind of like reviewing this content I'm not here to say that it's going to continue to appreciate okay it totally depends on your Market this is what I want to get really focused about um so in 2025 what I would recommend to anyone is that you pay more attention to your local market than you do the market because they are going to operate very independent of each other usually okay depending on on what areas you're in Northeast hotter than than the Southwest right Northeast is hotter than the South that's because they just do not have the demand I'm sorry the uh the supply to keep up with that demand all right so let's get into Tampa specifically remember this is not the um uh Tamp Tampa metropolitan area this is Tampa City Limits when we when we pull up data like this but this is a a good one to check out so um Tampa year-over-year again 21% wow wow it's ridiculous right it's it's ridiculous and in a market where we're seeing falling home in prices right so Stacy here's the unique thing right here's the unique thing now Tampa let's get into Tampa specific Tampa has a lot of older homes right has a lot of older homes and anything that is new means that it was most likely a tear down and rebuild so they call those a scraping build in the business right so you got to buy something for a couple hundred $300,000 tear it down pay for the demo and then build it back up so Builders are are asking these are what we call speculative home builder so they're buying single Lots or specific properties and they're rebuilding these properties and Stacy we hardly ever see those go for anything lost than a million yeah right rarely ever right you some 800 thousands I know people point to that but like once the the the checks clear and everything's all said and done people are usually in over a million dollars on something like that and area where the median sales price is only $485,000 right so keep that in mind you know you can still find $250,000 $300,000 properties in Tampa but they are rough rough areas right and I mean like yall better be bringing the heat if you're coming around those kind of places right so keep that in mind and again this is just one of our markets we've talked about this before you know we've gotten other cities know look at clear water which I think is a really good um you know litness test for what's going on in in the marketplace right now y'all 12% year over-year after just experiencing tragic hurricanes right Devastation across the coast and we're still up 12% you this isn't my numbers this is coming from red fin y'all so I want to make sure that everybody public resource okay and I'm not here telling you it's going to continue to do that it's just fascinating when you see it right it's fascinating when you see it so those 4% predictions could they be accurate I think we're going into a much more um stabilized Market uh we have more inventory here in the greater Tampa Bay area and again I'm I'm pulling on cities that are older that have limited inventory right so I'll give you let's pull another one that we know is in really rough shape let's go to St Petersburg um this is one of the hardest hit areas in all of Tampa Bay when it came to hurricanes um and here's a great example down 13.9% year-over-year for the last month okay will it end that way for the end of the year don't know it's hard to say but I I think it's fair to say that um that you know the the hurricane impact is real in St Pete and when you see all the devastation and damage down there it's pretty clear um but even in September I mean they were still tracking in on um you know close to some Peak numbers so you know just keep your eye on that what's going on over there but I think that that's a good example um and then we we get into areas that have more inventory like Wesley Chapel um this is where we're seeing a lot of value a lot of value buys but it also is creating a lot of pressure for resale properties okay so you know we have home sellers who have built home in the last year or the last five and they're having to compete with these new construction properties where the builders are blowing these things out and giving great deals we talk about these deals all the time right Stacy um and ultimately they put a tremend amount of pressure on that existing inventory in the marketplace so when you look at um let's look at s family homes as an example and Wesley Chapel still up almost 4% 3.9% year-to date um which is good considering um that that that they are in that type of competitive market here's something that is positive to see you're actually up in home sales and this number has been down for everyone for two years and to see the number actually go up you know 50 or 5% you know we're talking about two houses but hey positive is positive and you'll take it right like in ter terms of Direction there but it's another one of those areas that is you know again lots of demand in the Wesley Chapel Lando Lakes um you know those types of areas up up in Northern Pasco you know again Lando Lakes up seven and a half percent year-over-year that's a great number um they're flat in terms of their home sales again they sold 48 last year during this four-week span and you're back there again let's go to single family and see what's going on there um not as much appreciation so it looks like they're selling more uh a healthy amount of condos and town homes out there too right which is adding to that mix but something something to keep your eye on right these communities that are growing um they're continuing to to push incentives you're going to see a lot more of that um we're coming into that time of the year where everybody's going to start coming in and that inventory is going to start to thin out a little bit right like I said Stacy we you know we've got calls lined up all this week we've got people traveling in again the holiday season this is our this is the beginning of our um real estate sales Market here in the greater Tampa Bay Area I know if you're if you live up north or maybe you're out out west you may have a little bit more seasonality where that doesn't usually take place till the spring months you know as you go into the spring summer that's technically the real estate uh selling season and if you look at the charts they always show that right if you go back five years and you look at the peaks in The Valleys the Peaks will be in the summer that's July July right July July you see how it's just always in the summer there and then they tend to fall off that's called seasonality that's not abnormal um but for us here in in the greater Tampa Bay area we start picking up in January okay so we're usually about two months ahead of that that spring summer push that happens up north as the thaw uh takes place right so just wanted to share some insights with with everyone here for those who are interested in What's Happening Here in in Tampa Bay real estate you know if you're looking for a good ultimately new construction is offering the some of the best value we're seeing here right um that ultimately is is where where you want to keep your head out if you're interested in living closer to the water then that usually changes things for people unless you have an unlimited budget then you can get new new properties near the coast but for everyone else um that's in that that average range of somewhere between 400 and 800,000 on average which is what we usually see um you know those new construction properties are going to be in areas like Lando Lakes Wesley Chapel Parish you know um Pasco County manate County Riverview Brandon uh Lithia out out east um and not a whole lot of new construction in in penel county in that clear water St Pete area like I said if you're doing that it's usually a speck home and they're kind of pricey so just keep your eyes uh peeled and and uh and you'll you'll find what you're looking for okay let's uh get into some of these comments before we into some things that Stacy has brought to the table U what do we got here we got Vlad says Hey Y'all sorry about Marsha um sister in Christ um good on you for keeping around of course man yeah um thank you and vlad's reached out also and thank you brother I appreciate you reach and uh it means the world to us um yeah and we we don't plan on uh like that that that piece of me will always be there so I'm I'm grateful that U that we had that opportunity in that time so thanks brother appreciate that yeah Andis Brook okay so that's what I thought it was I just didn't I didn't know for sure uh Desi yeah we've sold some condos up there there's great neighborhoods up there um said it's in Brook Golf Resort yeah and I'll dig into that that is a really nice area great um highly rated schools up there highly schools up there so and it's really close to East like high school which is like one of the bangers if uh right everybody's like oh I love to go Eastlake but uh inisbrook is a really nice Community it's right off of 19 um and they're about to open the uh the Trader Joe's up there that's exciting news it is everybody's like big day you you get the uh the the the new grocery store open you know you get excited Stacy we had our our floors get delivered I was I was very excited um the trim got delivered today I'm like o look at all this stuff and and ultimately it's not it's not close to being put in yet but like it just got me excited because it's one step closer right right to being back in the house but it's really I had a moment I'm like I can't believe I'm excited about this like my kids are going to Legoland and I'm getting excited about baseboards being delivered because that's just one more step to that normaly yeah know getting back in into a normal routine knowing where all your stuff is normal is always relative in these conversations that's for sure but what do you got for us I know you wanted to take us on on some some we're gonna talk about some fun things happening around town what do you got yeah so you know we're always talking about U these master plan communities and all the fun events they have so I thought I would mention some of those for the holidays that'll be a good example of what these communities cool bring each season so actually out at the crate at um The Grove they are having holiday movies under the stars um so there we go I think every Saturday until um Christmas they're having like family fun events there at the Grove so they're going to have um How the Grinch Stole Christmas on the 21st and which I know is one of my favorite Christmas movies but yeah so it's a free event yeah yeah so family bring their chairs and blankets and get all cozy and watch movies Under the Stars yeah that's really cool they they got a sound stage set up there so they'll they'll play the screen on there and there's all kinds of restaurants and shops right around if you uh go back and watch our Wesley Chapel videos about about the crate and Grove it's really really cool place but that's a um that's a banger of a lineup right there if you can get the Grinch and L fall in one night um you know the uh the four food groups which are like what candy candy canes candy corns and syrup right there'll be some food Comas for sure um after that event so make sure you stock up on on all the sweet treats before you get hit those movies which you know the kids will love that and it reminds me of when my kids were little we lived up in Indiana and and they would have movie Nights at the school but we would have to be in the gymnasium watching our movies on the hard floor yep so being out under the stars will be a lot of fun very cool yep and then um out at erson Lagoon which is one of the master plan communities they are having a fun Grinch brunch coming up here um this Sunday here's the whole schedule yeah so um yeah they're going to have photos with Grinch and then they're also going to play a How the Grinch Stole Christmas show there as well in a brunch menu so that'll be a fun event for the kiddos and erson is also having an ugly sweater party and it's for residents only but um they're also having a golf cart decoration contest so what's really fun is you know I just moved to erson here a couple weeks ago and there are golf carts all over the place and they have them decked out let me tell you it is really fun to see so that'll be a fun of it yeah looks like they've got movies on the turf they got all kinds of stuff here too so they're doing Grinch um I'm sorry Elf on the 22nd there Stacy mhm that's pretty cool and for those of you like wondering those types of amenities because Stacy brought up we talk about it all the time but like um here's an example this weekend they're doing bucks uh that's the Buccaneers by the way um bites and beer at 4M so they'll be showing the Bucks game at the Lagoon they've got a huge projector projector and a screen out there so if that's your Vibe and they got the tiki bar I don't know that a whole lot of people be swimming when it's 60 deges but there are those crazy Northerners that come and visit because the pool's heated so you get to uh go hang out in there but it's cool to see these types of events in the communities that you live in and and have access to those type of amenities so I think that that's pretty cool um def definitely some um some stuff they're doing home alone on the 28th that's pretty cool and the Pirate Invasion on the fourth yeah you know when families move here one of the things they're always anxious about is how they're going to meet people and um these events really bring people out of the house and bring people together and gives you lots of opportunity to meet people just not through kids you know because when you have your kids it's a lot easier to meet people but they also have adult events as well so um but the marada which is connected to um erson they're also having um some fun events as well I think they're doing movies under the stars as well this Saturday they're having a gifts and Farmers Market where they're going to have local vendors fresh food live music and they're going to have pictures of Santa and then um see there's another adult event a holiday Paint and Sip so oh man yeah but this one cost you cost you $20 to paint a tropical penguin and sip on some wine so that that'll be fun that' be a good way to meet neighbors I have yet to see a tropical penguin in Tampa but you know hey I I'm sure I'm sure they exist somewhere um Flamingo maybe I don't know about the penguin thing but hey either but yeah and then they're gonna have a Christmas and trivia or Christmas trivia and s'mores so another family event okay and that will be residence only and it's free for them is that what the green one is that the the residence only do you know CU they got cigar night with um live music um this is all going on out at the Lagoon y'all so there's some cool stuff that happens out there I know they have some A Mixology um night too I mean they have all kinds of stuff hashtag for our livations friends like the sauce that's okay but I mean they got stuff going all the way on next week you got trivia night Christmas and trivia with s'mores uh Santa Mary meetup on the 21st which is cool then like I said elf and then F right following Christmas they're going right back at us you got trevia United Again karaoke um Home Alone some Bingo action for those of you who need it you know events all the way through the new year so that's cool to see yeah that'll be nice because you know the kids are out of school for two weeks so yep you know after a week we're all like pulling our hair out wanting them to go back so somebody got cage those heathens yeah yeah so um another fun event at the shops at Wiregrass mall they have a symphony in lights um they have a nightly show so every night until Christmas um it will start every hour on the hour at 6 PM so it's a nice little show if you go have dinner and then see the show it's F love it there's Santa there I think they're gonna have um like pets with Santa and all kinds of fun stuff that's awesome and then the uh the peace delay resistance right the the fancy stuff what got some really cool stuff happening out in Pasco we've talked about this multiple times but I think uh this is we got to get out here I know me too I the last two years I've said I'm gonna go and we haven't gone but it looks like so much fun I drive by it all the time so snowcat Ridge out Dave City we do have snow in Florida believe it or not well hold on hold on let's let's temper that we have snow indoors they make snow indoors right there's a 400 foot uh sliding uh Hill which is awesome all this takes place in in Pasco County just west of Wesley Chapel there um it it looks great for we tried to get out there last year with some clients that were in town and we didn't end up making it kids got sick um but this year we have definitely we've already prepaid so we're getting our butts out there um I'm excited to go injure something because that's what's going to happen to my old butt um I ice doesn't really it's been so long since I put on skates Stacy pray for me I have no idea what's happening there yeah that's been dangerous I would not be putting on ice skates helmets shoulder pads you know knee like I I need to go out there looking like Stay Puff Marshmallow Man that's that's the most safe way to to do that but I'm excited to go down the hill man I think that'll be fun that'll be a good time be fun they have iglo that you can rent out for private parties and it's a fun thing yeah we went to a couple years ago we went to an event in Vegas and we went to this like Ice Bar I hat it everybody's like I I can't like we were in there and I we must have spent an hour in there I was like why are we doing this why like the novelty wore off real quick when you walk in and they give you like a like legitimate goose down coat that's like goes to your ankles that's a problem yeah I don't that's not fun I don't like to be cold yeah and the cups were made out of ice too that's how cold it was in there yeah that why did you go EX I could say I did and never do it again ultimately that's what was but hey I I mean it was a thing you know like it was a whole event um but yeah definitely not for me but this is awesome like I can't wait to get out there report back to you guys I'm GNA take my cameras so you guys can uh get in the action I'll take the GoPro so you can like see point of view like what's going on uh check out all the events out there I think this is great thanks for sharing this stuff Stacey it's awesome next week we'll have more Christmas um activities for you guys kind of talk about about what's going around um downtown couple questions here um oh we did we already addressed that yeah Desi said that her brother said it's inisbrook Golf Resort which is where they do the valpar the PGA um event every year um that comes every year great Community beautiful Community out there checking that out Miss Jack U Mr Jackson says good evening good evening sir um where are the best areas suburbs in Tampa to rent an apartment for a couple starting out 32 okay so you gave it ages Mr Jackson as much as I would love to just give a blind recommendation I I'll say the same thing to you that I say to everybody else totally depends on your ideal lifestyle it also depends on where you're going to be working um and Stacy the video we're making this weekend I'm talking about one of the mistakes that people make and they're like they start picking houses before they do anything else yeah um and this isn't to chastise you Mr Jackson it's just to to kind of help you better understand like if if you know where you're going to be working that'll that'll help to begin with because now you know like geography and now you can start working on commute times if you don't have to go anywhere awesome right like that'll then now you can really pick you know as long as everything kind of fits in your budget um but I'll just say a couple things here the the average rent payment for a two-bedroom two bath on a um apartment in the greater Tampa Bay area that's not in a shaky environment let me put it that way way that's because I can't tell you what's good um legally I we just can't say that um but what's not in a shaky environment where I don't feel like I'd have to carry my um my Armament every day is going to cost you somewhere between $1850 on the lowend to as much as three grand you can spend way more if you move downtown of course um but on average somewhere between 18 and $2400 depends on the amenities depends on how new the building is um those types of things so that's the first thing I could give you the other thing I would say is again what's your commute going to look like where do you have to go and then based upon that then you can start looking at the different areas because there a lot of great suburbs or um urban areas that you might want to consider but without us knowing exactly what your ideal lifestyle is what what your you know what are you into what are your hobbies are you active like what do you have to have by you are you Costco or Sam's person like these things matter and I don't I don't want to just blindly give you bad advice okay so forgive me I'm not trying to beat around the bush I just want to make sure that I don't give you poor ADV you know I heard this guy say it was good no we're not doing that right we want guide you to the perfect Community That's it man that's it and in the apartments though like for the most part I I understand the ass there Stacy because usually apartment living is temporary it's a temporary situation not a permanent right so like yeah anybody can do anything for a year we say that all the time right you can do anything for a year you can make it work but you also I don't want to live anywhere where I gota like worry about every single you know my car being locked up all day long I just don't and I'm not saying that I I lock my car every day anyways but I don't want to have to worry about coming out and finding my my window smashed out right and I'm not saying Tampa is bad like that but every metropolitan area has nonsense and um just be careful if it looks like a really good deal it ain't there why it's a lot cheaper there's a reason why yeah exactly that is the best advice I give anyone if it looks cheap it there's something something is off because it's cheaper isn't always better no I just gave you the range right you know and I mean areas like St Pet cost like $1,000 $1,100 to rent a room you know so if you start seeing you know I got a whole house for 1,200 bucks time out right you and who you you and the bugs you you and the you and the crew I I don't know man like just be be careful um Mr Jackson says I totally understand he laughs yeah exactly all right man just make sure we're on the same page I know I'm beating that to death but I think it's important um y'all it it is coming in a holiday week I wanted to just kind of get on the same page at everybody um Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve both fall on a Tuesday this year so we will um as those two weeks we'll be taking those two weeks off from our live stream so if you are with us on a regular basis you're watching this later just know we won't be here on the 24th or the 31st all right those uh we're going to be spending time with our family Stacy's got clients flying in um she's not going anywhere this year I am apparently my wife is tired of living in an RV so we're gonna go up North and freeze pray for me because I know you know I was wondering that because you always said I do not go back to Michigan in the winter forist but I was like I bet the RV is to be a yeah I trust me man I here's I I love listen I love seeing my family right there's something to be said for like being around you know you want to be around your loved ones like that's why we try to host but um you know I get it you know my my wife ultimately I go wherever she the boss says we're going right so we have I've been very fortunate we've been able to stay home for the last few years but this year she has no interest in putting the gifts under the Lego tree that we built on the RV table so we'll be traveling and doing it that way but yeah it'll be cool hopefully the kids can um see snow and I will just hide inside with a uh with house shoes on um for for everyone else they call those slippers I know most people don't know what those are in the South um house shoes and uh praying for warmth that'll be what's happening there but we um I just want to say this if we don't connect with with you guys next week um just know that um we we'll be here but if we don't we don't connect with you guys we just want to say Merry Christmas happy holidays all the things you know we're coming into that time of the year and um it's been a a b and we've had an incredible Year from serving clients oh my God you know Stacy Alone um had I mean one of the best years uh she had a a a better year this year than I ever had as as an agent in the 12 years leading up to this um so I'm so proud of her uh and so proud of of you know Marsha and and and Dennis and everybody in our team back home and Eric and Sophia and um and Kate in the in the in the background serving all of you guys and just thank you um for your trust in us and our team God we love doing this right so um and you guys make it special those messages and the DMS we got over the last few weeks just letting us know that you you guys were there for us and um you know um the condolences and and everything it's just it's been one of those years like I said I'm ready to hit the eject button um just from from the pain stuff but there's been a lot of Joy too and uh we're grateful man and we look forward to serving you guys in 2025 and Beyond um and you know making those you know those uh um those days when you don't have to shovel Sunshine Desi you all like that making those become a reality for people and um even with all of the the headaches and the heartache that we've had this year man like it's still still just been an awesome awesome opportunity to make new relationships and help you guys on your journey and your dream so thank you for trusting us and uh we look forward to serving you in the future Stacey any uh final words this week uh remember we're coming back next week y'all but uh yeah holidays will be off any final words well it's definitely a team effort I mean all of our success we've had has been because we have such a strong team and we all work so well together and um I love all the support from you know coming on here and meeting people and seeing this same names and I feel like we have a a really nice uh community and I'm just very grateful thank you yeah absolutely you guys are great um like I said if you're watching this later throw questions in the comments we we'll get them together and bring it back to you guys next week we'll come with answers that's where a lot of these questions come from that's where a lot of this content comes from we appreciate you guys and as always go out and live that Tampa life y'all you guys have a great evening God bless we'll see you on the flip side later