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Showcase Properties Presents | Ask the Agent Vol. 6

Mar 27, 2023 | All, Ask the Agent, Showcase Properties of Central Florida

This series highlights each team member’s unique experiences, recommendations, perspectives, and advice. We hope it will help you get to know your REALTOR® and our support staff with a little more familiarity, and maybe you’ll find you have something in common...

Breyer Horses – Forever in Our Hearts, Part 2

Mar 20, 2023 | All, Discover Ocala, Equestrian

Forever in Our Hearts: Breyer Model Horses with Ocala Connections (Part 2) by Cynthia McFarland Since releasing its first model horse in 1950, the Breyer Molding Company has become an icon. The demand for that first model caused the Chicago-based company to launch the...

Alachua County First Time Homebuyers Guide

Mar 14, 2023 | All, Buy

Buying your first home is an exciting milestone for anyone. You’ll finally have a place to call your own, put down roots in Gainesville and Alachua County, and start building equity in real estate. But whatever your life circumstances are, buying a home for the first...

Showcase Properties: More Than Just Horse Farm Realtors

Feb 20, 2023 | All, Buy

At Showcase Properties, we’ve built our reputation on our outstanding service to the equestrian real estate market, with our first office located in Ocala, the ‘Horse Capital of the World.’ But with years of experience buying and selling a wide array of properties,...

The Ins and Outs of Virtual and Traditional Staging

Feb 20, 2023 | All, Buy, Sell, Technology

The tech we have today makes it possible for us to see and interact with people and environments hundreds or thousands of miles away. That includes homes and properties, and for sellers to spruce up or even reorganize the rooms for online showings. Virtual staging is...

Community Spotlight | Sara Lefils and the Southeastern Youth Fair

Feb 11, 2023 | All, Community Spotlight

For Sara Lefils, taking on the role of Executive Director of Ocala’s Southeastern Youth Fair is a dream job. “I absolutely have a passion for kids and for education and for agriculture and I love everything about the Fair,” she tells me. “There is just no atmosphere...