Currently there are 55 homes and condominiums available in Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club ranging in price from $162,615 to $499,000.  The dues for the golf and tennis as well as all other country club amenities is $3270 per year.

If you have any interest in this gated country club community, please give me a call at 941-650-4626.

The Mooring at Edgewater are very nice condominiums in Lakewood Ranch located on Lake Uhlien and next door to Main Street.  This is a great place to take advantage of all the activities, shopping and restaurants that are located at the heart of Lakewood Ranch.  The hospital is located just across the street.  The Moorings are a gated community with amenities that include boat docks, fishing pier, club house and community pool. 

Maintenance Fees at the Moorings are currently $1,364 per quarter. This fee includes insurance, maintenance of the buildings and common areas and cable television. There is a also a community development (CDD) fee of $516 per year for the bond covering the development and infrastructure of the surrounding community.

We look forward to serving your real estate needs.

La Firenza on Longboat Key is home to some of the island’s finest beachfront residential condominiums. These luxurious homes feature breathtaking views of the pristine beaches and the Gulf of Mexico, privates entrances, resort pool and much more. The community is gated and private with a beautiful and quiet beach.

Available properties at La Firenza include:

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Longboat Harbour is a wonderful choice of condominiums if you enjoy boating. It is one of the most reasonably priced condominiums with boat docks. The community features an impressive array of amenities including beach access and multiple pools.

Available properties in Longboat Harbour are listed below.

If you want to know more about this beautiful condominium, give me a call. I would be happy to show them to you.

Click here to view the properties I have selected.

In the pictures above are My wife and daughters enjoying downtown Sarasota.  We  love it here and think you will too.

The Center for Disease Control recently spent untold amounts of money to conduct a four year study involving 1.3 million people, resulting in in the shocking conclusion that people who live in “sunny states” are the happiest. Wow! I could have shared that secret with them offer coffee and would have even paid for my own coffee.

On days such as today when the temperature in Chicago is 9 degrees the benefits of “sunshine” should be patently obvious but wait a minute could it be that culmination of a lifetime’s work punctuated with retirement in Florida could be the reason for such joy. Maybe all this happiness comes with the realization of the long-held goals. Maybe climate does not have so much to do with it after all. But then again this morning it really was 9 degrees in Chicago and here in Sarasota, the man standing in line in front of me at Starbucks was wearing flip-flops and had happily arrived in a convertible.

According to the study, the places where people were found to be the happiest was Louisiana.  Really, after Katrina? Could it be possible that they are just happy to be alive. Hawaii came in at number two. Now  let’s face it. Everyone who moves there once having arrived knows that the way back home is it just  too far for one to admit that it was a mistake to move there in the first place.) Florida ranked number three on the list for all the right reasons. I dare say that of all Floridians, Sarasota residents are the happiest.

I recently spent some time with one of my clients discussing some fo the reason he is so happy here in Sarasota. Take a moment to watch the video below and you may find your self enjoying the sun very soon.

Click here to see why some of Sarasota residents love it so much.

HAPPIEST RANKINGS

The state-by-state list (including Washington, D.C.), from happiest to least cheery:

1. Louisiana
2. Hawaii
3. Florida
4. Tennessee
5. Arizona
6. South Carolina
7. Mississippi
8. Montana
9. Alabama
10. Maine
11. Wyoming
12. Alaska
13. North Carolina
14. South Dakota
15. Texas
16. Idaho
17. Vermont
18. Arkansas
19. Georgia
20. Utah
21. Oklahoma
22. Delaware
23. Colorado
24. New Mexico
25. North Dakota
26. Minnesota
27. Virginia
28. New Hampshire
29. Wisconsin
30. Oregon
31. Iowa
32. Kansas
33. Nebraska
34. West Virginia
35. Kentucky
36. Washington
37. District of Columbia
38. Missouri
39. Nevada
40. Maryland
41. Pennsylvania
42. Rhode Island
43. Ohio
44. Massachusetts
45. Illinois
46. California
47. New Jersey
48. Indiana
49. Michigan
50. Connecticut
51. New York

If while you are there, you develop an interest in buying a condo at the Ritz-Carlton you can come back and view the available condos by clicking here.