August 2016

Jurassic Quest is coming to West Palm Beach, Florida for the FIRST TIME EVER! Experience living, breathing, even walking dinosaurs. Jurassic Quest is the largest dinosaur event in North America, featuring 80 animatronic life-size dinosaurs. The exhibit will have activities which includes: walking dinosaur rides and animatronic dinosaur rides, fossil digs, paleontology and fossil stations, science station, cinema, dinosaur bounce houses and bungee pull, crafts, face painting, green screen photo, dinosaur Jeopardy and much more. You can also meet the interactive baby dinosaur exclusive to Jurassic Quest.   Jurassic Quest will be coming to the Expo Center at South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach August 12, 2016 – August 14, 2016. This event…

South Florida's MIAMI Association of Realtors (including Jupiter/Tequesta to South Miami areas) celebrates a "milestone 90th anniversary and illustrious history of success and achievements."

 As a client of a Realtor, you can expect honest and ethical treatment in all real estate transaction-related matters. Using a professional Realtor is well advised and advantageous. They are competent members of the National Association of Realtors and here in South Florida, they are members of MIAMI as well. Realtors are not just agents. According to RealtorMag.com, Realtors make a significant difference for home buyers/sellers:

      "1). An expert guide. Selling a home usually requires dozens of forms, reports, disclosures, and other technical documents.

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Take a different type of hike through the Floridian wilderness on the Firefly Hike in the Pine Glades Natural Area near Jupiter. See the evening come to life with the gentle flicker of fireflies or lightning bugs as they light up the night sky. 

Join the staff at the Environmental Resources Management (ERM) as the sunsets over the surrounding environment. The Firefly Hike will take place this Thursday, August 4th from 7pm to 9pm at the Pine Glades Natural Area, 14122 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter Florida. Admission is free for everyone but reservations are required. 

5 Fun Facts About Fireflies from www.About.com 

• Fireflies, or Lightning Bugs are neither flies nor bugs. 
• They are the world’s most efficient light producers. 
• Fireflies

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If you intend to sell your home, it might be a good idea to do a couple of renovations before listing it.  It is also wise move if you have not updated the home in several years.

Remodeling Magazine publishes an annual “Cost vs. Value Report”. The 2016 report disproves most people’s first assumption – kitchen or bathrooms being the remodels that yield the most resale value. According to this report, adding fiberglass attic insulation is the best return on investment.  This simple improvement yielded 117%. 

Renovations that are at the top of the list are:

-         Add fiberglass attic insulation with a yield of 117%.

-         Replace bottom siding on the bottom third of the house with stone veneer at 93%.

-         Exchanging garage

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