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Moving to the Tampa Real Estate Market? Yes, We Have Alligators!
I have lived in Florida for over 25 years, and have been selling Real Estate for nearly 15 years, so I am pretty familiar with “avoiding alligators”. It’s common sense, really. Where do alligators live? Aside from the Everglades…wherever there is water.
Many of the newer subdivisions in Tampa, have natural, or man-made lakes. Plenty of Tampa golf communities are filled with “water hazards” along the golf course. You can find them in Westchase, Cheval and Avila, just to name a few. I remember the first “pond front” house I sold in Cheval. We were doing the “walk through” the day before closing, just as the neighborhood gator was out for a swim. The buyer, from Missouri, was stunned to see the mammoth creature just hundreds of yards away! We don’t have penguins in Florida, but we do have alligators! If you are moving from outside of Florida, and spent your summers enjoying a swim in the local pond, or lake, then you need to understand one simple equation:
Fresh Water = Alligators= NO SWIMMING
Yes, Alligators will come out of the water to sun themselves on the banks, or in search of food. That leads to the second equation about alligators:
Feed The Alligator = Alligator Views Humans as a Food Source.
This article was prompted by Seth Godin’s blog today…Tips To Avoid Alligator Attacks. Common Sense, but pretty funny!
Bottom line? If you want to swim in Florida…head for the pool, or the beach!
Looking for the perfect home in any Tampa neighborhood, or a “bargain” in the Tampa Real Estate Market? Contact me today…we can chat about how to avoid alligators!
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 11:36 am and is filed under Florida Real Estate, Gated Communities in Tampa, Golf course communities in Tampa, Tampa Foreclosures, Tampa Home Search, Tampa MLS Listings, Tampa Neighborhoods, Tampa Real Estate, Tampa Real Estate Agent, Tampa Real Estate Market, Waterfront Homes in Tampa. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I see the gators at the zoo, at the aquarium and in the wild. Here people will eat them if they get too close to man so they tend to stay in the swamps. They may also want to miss alligator hunting season as Louisiana does have one.
They are much more active at nite so that is your best chance to meet one.