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Got watch? I feel the need as I get older to constantly know what time it is, (it also

A Guest Commentary by Darryl Diamond

tells me what day of the week it is). Got cell phone? My kids call me sometimes during the

required pictures of the land,

Come with me on a magic trip

day. Probably to make sure I found my way to work. I swore ten years ago I would never use

and I am off.

Last week I received a call from

a cell phone, but now I can’t imagine life without one.

On the way back I stop

woman working for a Texas bank asking me to

Got lunch? It isn’t a good feeling to get to work and realize you left your lunch bag

in to look at the 22 acres for sale

do a BPO (Brokers Price Opinion) which is

on the kitchen counter.

located at #19 and #121 in Leba-

essentially my opinion of value for a re finance

Got billfold? It is important to carry your driver’s license and also a couple of bucks

non Station. I knew that the

loan. It ends up being a landlocked 155 acre

in case you leave your lunch on the kitchen counter.

back woods people in Gulf Ham-

tract with some frontage on the south side of

Got keys? Nothing is worse than getting to work only to find that you have left your

mock would help me. I knew that it would be

the backwaters of the Wacasassa river in Gulf

store key at home. I remedied this by putting the store key on the same key ring as my car key.

entertaining, educational, and just plain fun,

Hammock.

Now the only danger is locking myself out of the house without the car keys. I have only done

and it was.

When I submit

I accept, and my first call is to the

this once and rather than banging on our bedroom window to wake up my sleeping wife, I

my BPO, I include a reconciliation page which

property appraiser in Bronson. They are a

fumbled around in the dark and found a house key we keep hidden outside the house. The

explains the unique character of the subject

great help in ascertaining that this parcel is 38

danger there is having a neighbor wake up and call 911 to report a prowler trying to gain

property, including the fact that only one land

acres high, and 117 acres wetlands. As a

entrance to the Johnston residence.

sale occurred in south levy county in the last

boater, and fisherman up and down the na-

Got shoes and do they match? I learned my lesson on this one. I always leave home

six months. The 38 acres comes in at $4,000.

ture coast, I personally know that this stretch

with shoes that match. As Joan Townsend once told me; “Growing old aint for sissies”.

Per acre with the 117 acres worth approx. $500.

of backwaters has a tidal flow that is about 1

Man Identified in Pedestrian Accident

an acre predicated on the fact that wetlands

foot deep at extreme low tide and about 4 feet

are only good for growing trees, and for some

deep at high tide. This means any potential

A 48-year-old man, Israel Martinez, who had recently moved from Mexico to Floral

hunting uses.

My reward a $150

buyer not owning an air boat, would consider

City, was struck by a car, April 1st, and died at the scene. According to the Florida Highway

fee and the promise that when this bank gets

the navigable value of this part of the river as

Patrol, the incident happened around 9:02 p.m., when Israel walked across U.S. Hwy. 41, into

any foreclosures, any where in Florida the list-

minimal.

the path of a 2009 Toyota Camry driven by 60-year-old Lee V. Green of Floral City and was

ings will be offered to me. Operating on the

With map in hand, I hop into my four

struck by the car. A passenger in the Camry was Anna L. Green, 60, also of Floral City. The

nature coast, the day to day real estate trade

wheel drive jeep and drive up #19 to the blink-

Greens were both wearing seatbelts. The report stated that no alcohol was involved on the

may take me four wheeling into the woods on

ing light at Gulf Hammock, then west on #326

part of Mr. Green and that alcohol testing was pending on Mr. Israel. The report stated, that as

a hundred acres, showing a high end water-

along the north side of the river. I walk down

the incident is under investigation, details are subject to change. Anyone who may have

front property, sending a package on a local

the drive of one of my friends homes on the

witnessed the crash is asked to contact Corporal Clarence Williams at (352) 754-6767, ext. 172.

commercial property, or just giving advise

north side of the river, and take some pictures

No further details were available.

over the phone to someone in town. You never

of the subject property from that vantage

know what each day brings, and I hope you

point. Then I drive back to #19 then south to

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79th place then west towards the property.

Darryl, Vicki and Shirley are "The

I know from the public records that

We Service All Major Brands

Diamond Team" We are the seasoned pro-

there is a right of way to the land. At the end

Sales

vice

fessionals at Diamond Investments Inc., and

of 79th place is a home which I know from

we are available for all of your real estate

public records is shown as owned by Daniel

needs. If you are a buyer, we would appreci-

Yearty. I catch him home, and he very gra-

Water

ate the opportunity to serve you. Please call

ciously jumps on his ranger buggy to lead me

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us at 352-447-4442. I’ll see you around "The

down this four wheel drive path through his

Campus"

ranch to his neighbor’s property. I take the

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