Why is the New Port Richey Florida area So Attractive to Gay Homeowners?

Home ownership is important for many

reasons. Owning a home gives you the piece of mind and security most of us want. You can also look at owning a home as a way to secure your financial future and although the New Port Richey Florida area real estate market is on the rise, you can still find an affordable home in the area.  Being your gay realtor in the western Pasco county area it is my job to help you find the right home. New Port Richey is on the Gulf of Mexico and offers many waterfront dining choices as well as boating along the Cotee River and the Gulf.  New Port Richey also has gay nightlife with local clubs and many gay owned businesses.

With St. Pete and Tampa just a short drive away, many gay couples and single gay people are taking advantage of the affordability of the New Port Richey area whether you are looking for a gated 55+ community or not, you can find a home to fit your budget in our area.  Lets look at the affordability. Right now interest rates on home loans are low. Lets say you find a home in the New Port Richey area and after your down payment you finance $90,000. With an interest rate of 4.5% on a 30 year mortgage your monthly payment for principle and interest would be about $456.02.  I just did a quick search of homes priced between $75,000 and $95,000 from New Port Richey, Port Richey and southern Hudson and found 1,327 homes active on the market. 307 of these homes have private pools in the back yard. 

Affordability and the quaint location of New

Port Richey is why my partner and I live here. I am close to the communities I serve as a Realtor and we can be at the Flamingo Resort in St. Pete in under an hour. Our property taxes annually are under $500 after homestead exemption and we live in a modest pool home in Port Richey. 

You can relay on my experience and knowledge to help you or anyone you know who may need the services of a gay real estate agent in the western Pasco county area. Contact me online 24/7 and I will respond the next business day.

US Supreme Court Rules on Marriage Equality June 26, 2015

Where were you the day the US Supreme

Court ruled that same sex couples have the right to marry under the law in all 50 states? It was a work day for me, your gay real estate agent and having a TV in my office I was watching Wendy Williams when the president interrupted the broadcast to announce that SCOTUS had ruled in favor of marriage equality.

It is a wonderful day for all people of America who supported the fight to allow couples who have been together for decades to marry. Being a Realtor(R) I have a deep rooted belief that all people deserve to own a home if they so choose and now many gay couples who already own homes together have legal protection under marriage. I'm happy for the gay youth in America who will be able to marry whomever they love and live their lives as a legally married couple.

My partner and I are genuinely happy for everyone who is planning on getting married in the near future and to all this who have had to wait decades for this day to come....your fight is over. 

What Do You Mean "Gay Money" Honey?

There are many occasions when I am polled

by my straight friends and colleagues about gay topics that they do not understand or just have no knowledge about and since I am one of those chatty open book kind of bears it happens quite often. The pop quiz for today was about "gay money".  Someone asked me what it was because they received a call from someone looking for a gay mortgage person and some time during the conversation used the term gay money.

So here is the T on gay money. We do not have our own currency. Gay money is just regular old money and some people use the term gay money to refer to a gay persons money.  It's like when we hear "shop local" to keep the money in our community. Some people want their hard earned gay money to go to another hard working gay person to keep the money in the community. The other side to that is knowing that the person you are working with understands you and you can be comfortable with them. My gay customers know that they do not have to edit their words around me or feel the need to pretend they are "friends" or "roommates". I know the T and it makes for a more pleasant all around gay real estate transaction for them.

This particular person came at me with "It's

Steering". No. No, it's not. Steering is when people of a protected class are directed to purchase or live in a neighborhood with people who are primarily of the same class. Steering has nothing to do with how or why someone uses a particular real estate professional. Realtors and mortgage people are not protected classes. Steering is a discriminatory act by a licensed professional and is punishable by law. That is not the case with a non licensed home buyer choosing a gay realtor because they are more comfortable with a gay realtor. When people contact me and their primary language is Spanish, I refer them to a Spanish speaking agent who can help them to understand the contract and real estate process better then I can.

So there you have it. Gay Money is just keeping the money in the community by supporting gay owned and operated businesses or business professionals. If you or someone you know is in need of a gay real estate professional, contact me and fill out my brief online form and ask any questions you have. I will reply within 24 hours.

written by Michael J. Gallo