About Jim Steele
Jim has extensive experience with buying and selling properties in the Tampa Bay area. He is professional and strives to exceed his client's expectations. His lending background gives him additional expertise as he has 15 years experience with originating mortgage loans. Jim is a Multi-Million Dollar producer and has been successful in today's challenging market.
He utilizes cutting edge technology to market and sell homes. He lives in the Trinity area with his wife Lori and children Ryan and Sydney. He is active in the local community theatre circle and can be seen on stage at any given time.
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Homebuyer Tips
The Ultimate Home Theater Room
Don’t you feel that the days keep getting shorter with every birthday? Time seems to fly so fast, especially when we are doing what we love or when we are involved in a pleasurable activity. Humans have always been looking for ways to make time pass in a pleasant manner, so as to fill the void and silence it leaves behind. A home theater room is like a time ...
Homebuyer Tips
Buying A Home In Scottsdale Vs Building Your Own Home
So, you’ve found the best place to live in and you already face a huge dilemma - should you build a house from the ground up or buy an existing home? Scottsdale is definitely a great city to live in, preferred by students and retirees alike. With plenty of vacant land around, building your own house in Scottsdale, AZ might be a solution for your housing needs. One ...
Agent Advice
Client Gifts: Creative Closing Gifts For Home Buyers
Who doesn’t like to receive gifts? Gift giving is so rewarding and such a great experience not only for the giver but for the receiver, too. When we were little kids, we used to be so possessive that the only joy we had was when we received a gift from someone. No matter how small, gifts make a child happy. Coming of age, though, we realize that there is ...
Agent Advice
How To Take Advantage Of The REA Directory Listing
Online directories have been around since the early 90s when the father of the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, compiled a simple list of web servers. Soon after that, Yahoo and Google took off. Yahoo started its services in 1995 while Google was founded in 1998. Before that, phone books were a very popular form of directory. Don’t you remember the Yellow Pages? Nowadays, ...
Home Seller Tips
How To Rebuild Your Life After A Foreclosure?
When one chapter ends, another one begins. Foreclosures are simply that: fresh new beginnings. Of course, it can bring you down for a while, it may have a negative impact on your credit score for years and even on your relationships, but you can rebuild your life and live happily ever after. Foreclosures are like a bad dream that for some homeowners becomes a reality. ...
Real Estate Glossary Terms
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Assumption Fee
Charge assessed a mortgagor by the mortgagee when assuming a pre-existing mortgage. The assumption fee is often included in the closing costs when purchasing property. ...
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Functional Deficiency
Negative characteristics about real property which do not meet the needs of the usual occupant. Examples are inadequate lighting in the rooms and a one-car garage when a two-car garage is required. ...
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Gross Estate
Sum total of all assets owned by the decedent to include personal property, real property, and trust property. ...
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Keogh Plan (hr-10)
Act first passed in 1962 that permits the self-employed individual to establish his or her own retirement plan. This individual can make nondeductible voluntary contributions and tax-deductible contributions subject to a maximum limit of 25% of earned income up to $30,000 for a defined contribution ...
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Underwriter, Lay
Individual who works in the home office of an insurance company and performs the function of underwriting to determine if an applicant is insurable at standard rates, substandard rates, insurable at preferred rates, or is uninsurable. ...