Friday, October 30, 2009

2009 KELLER WILLIAMS EAST BOCA'S HALLOWEEN PARTY



























































































































































Keller Williams East Boca’s Halloween Party was held at Marilyn Jacobs’ house in The Polo Club. Hostess was dressed as the Wicked Witch and so were two of the other guests, Kristin Stampini and Ana Lucena. Kristin's Mom, Nancy Racine, read the tarot cards, and she was terrific. Stephan Meyer showed up as Elvis (OMIGOSH IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO REALIZE IT WAS STEPHAN!), Stephan's beautiful wife Donna came as Marilyn Monroe (WOWIE!), Susie Smith was a fabulous Hillbilly with painted on freckles and blackened teeth, others were in assorted dress and we all had a wonderful time. Brian Pearl was dressed as a doctor, with a long name embroidered on his white jacket. Sergio Lucena had on a cape, and was Count Dracula. Tara Halko, wore a stunning motorcycle outfit.

Doris Behrens was a beautiful fairy godmother, complete with wand. Caron McGinley brought over decorations the night before, and was in charge and (as usual) well organized. Agents brought the food and it was good good good. Andrew and Ramona Barbar sang with the karaoke machine, and Bonnie Lazar, Judy Stern all glittered up as master of ceremonies, Lisa Cioffi in a fabulous red outfit from head to toe including a pretty hat, and others got up and sang. Barbara Clark was Snow White, and oh-so-pretty! Michael Engst appeared with long beard, big eyelashes... a scary sight... but was most helpful in the kitchen (thank you!). Among those who came were Scott Harmer in Safari outfit and Izel and Michael Venturelli who were in cowboy garb. Not enough room to mention everyone, but we all had fun.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

WEEK OF 10-12-09 PENDING SALES ROSE BY 2% IN SOUTH FLORIDA


Buyers are becoming aware that NOW is the BEST TIME EVER to buy in Florida, and the best properties are being bought up as you read this. Front runner Palm Beach County was up 3%. Have you been out looking for the best possible deal? Better hurry….

Saturday, October 03, 2009

HOW LONG WILL FOODS STAY OKAY IN YOUR HOME?






Keep it or toss it? Head over to http://www.stilltasty.com, and find out shelf life, and length of time it’s ok in the refrigerator or freezer. Search for the foods you want to know about. You might find some surprises!

Thursday, October 01, 2009

529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLAN CHANGES PROPOSED

Among recommendations from the White House Task Force on Middle-Class Working Families (Treasury Department) here are some proposals:

  • 529 plans getting greater availability of age-based index funds that shed equities and add fixed-income assets as beneficiary approaches college
  • eliminating a “home-state bias” for fee and state tax assessments which currently force families to use funds offered in their home state rather than in others
  • put limits on balances on a per-beneficiary bases rather than on state-by-state basis
  • Treasury should collect data from surveys re 529 plan participation and investments
  • Strengthen compliance and monitoring of Section 529 accounts and disbursements
  • Simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) which currently has 153 questions, some having no impact on student aid – over 1MM eligible students fail to fill out this currently complex form
  • Tailoring the form to individual students
  • Allowing students to electronically retrieve their tax info from the IRS and enter it into the online FAFSA
MARILYN FARBER JACOBS is a Licensed Advisor / Independent Insurance Agent – who has College Savings Plans to tell you about, using 529 plans, or term, universal or whole life plans, so that you or someone you know can make an educated choice.