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Weird Times

We are still very recently into the latest Donald Trump administration, and already some reverberations are echoing throughout the distant US Virgin Islands, home to many a transplanted misfit. Some came on sailboats and just never went ho...

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Moving to the Virgin Islands

I've said it before, and here I go again. If you're moving to the VI from the States, and you're not from the VI - in other words, this is going to be a new world for you - be prepared to either love this place for the very reasons it frust...

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Rent or Buy?

There has been a lot of chatter in the media lately about the value of actually purchasing a home, vs. renting. Purchasing has always been the American dream – but number crunchers suggest that by the time you cough up the dough for a down p...

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Every Market Has its Strategies

When I started out in real estate in 2007, it was a Buyer’s market - a Buyer’s market on steroids. The strategy was simple – lots of homes out there, lots of eager Sellers. So…offer lowballs. Lowball until a Seller grabs the ball and ...

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Who Knew…!

As a veteran of the East End of St. Thomas, I now find myself happily, merrily, tropically nestled on the island's far West End. The plethora of restaurants, stores, gyms, groceries, ferries – all gone. Instead, I stare out at nuclear-sized...

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A Caribbean Get-Away for a Holiday Gift?

If you’re looking to buy more than the obligatory socks for the holidays, but are instead in search of a holiday home for your loved one – well, golly gee whiz, as a nearly 20-year veteran of the premier real estate agency on St Thomas, Sea...

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Moving to the Virgin Islands

I've said it before, and here I go again. If you're moving to the VI from the States, and you're not from the VI - in other words, this is going to be a new world for you - be prepared to either love this place for the very reasons it frust...

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