WESTCHASE AREA
Vol. 3, Issue 5, May 2014
Neighborhood News & Lifestyles
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Your neighborhood. Your magazine.
The Premier “Shop Local” Community Magazine Directly Mailed To 16,000 Homes In Westchase & Surrounding Areas This Independent Community News, Business & Dining Guide Is Directly Mailed Once Each Month To: Arlington Park • Aston Villas • Bay Arbor • Berkeley Square • Calf Path Estates • Enclave At Citrus Park • Fawn Ridge Fawn Lake • Forest Lakes • Hampton Lakes • Highland Park • Lake Chase • Mandolin • The Eagles • Tree Tops Twin Branch Acres • Waterchase • West Hampton • Westchase • Westchester • Westwood Lakes • Windsor Place
Comprehensive Foot And Ankle Center Is A True Asset To The Community!
See “Foot and Ankle” on page 18.
Discount Real Estate Listing, Zillow’s Flawed “Zestimates” and the Flood Insurance Crisis
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ported by a highly-trained team of listing administrators and customer support staff, social media experts and proprietary software including advanced showing and offer technology.” Their system is 100% electronic which saves customers time and the planet, trees. “Our model is rather complex and a lot of work to manage because
we are maintaining many listings, dealing with hundreds of agents a week, and we are busy.” ADDvantage lists homes in almost every MLS in Florida and sellers control 100% of the listing process. Unlike traditional agents, sellers choose how much commission to See “GetMoreOffers” on page 20
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Real estate broker Keith Gordon is the co-owner of Florida’s largest discount real estate brokerage firm, ADDvantage Real Estate Services. Their website is GetMoreOffers.com. Keith and his partner, Erin Knorr, started ADDvantage in 2005 with the intention of building a “customer first” discount real estate brokerage. ADDvantage has grown to over 500 listings statewide with sales over $140 million in the past 12 months alone. With 475 homes sold last year, like many industry leaders, ADDvantage Real Estate and broker, Keith Gordon, are mavericks. Keith says, “Our business has grown 400% in the last two years, sup-
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Postal Customer
As a long-distance runner, my feet tend to take a beating, and unfortunately, last year they suffered a de-habilitating injury which left me unable to run, and barely able to even walk. I was heartbroken – in an instant all my
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Often over-looked and taken for granted, our feet are two of the most valuable components of our bodies. Yet, quite often enough they are something we tend to neglect – that is until, a problem arises.
hard work and training had gone down the drain. The only positive thing in all this, was that I knew exactly who to call – Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center (CFAC), located in the Oakstead Professional Center on St. Road 54 in Land O’ Lakes. I first met Dr. George Tjamaloukas, DPM, FACFAS and his wife Dr. Kathy Tjamaloukas, DPM, FACCWS, the owners of CFAC, a few years back when I wrote an article about their practice for the Odessa Area Neighborhood News – I was
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