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The Home Buyer’s Guide: A Practical Roadmap & Purchase Planner
Ken’s practical guide to buying a home.
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From setting your budget and comparing properties to making an offer and preparing for closing. Organize your priorities, understand key decisions, and approach each stage with a clearer plan.
The Home Seller’s Guide: A Practical Roadmap & Sale Planner
Ken’s practical guide to selling a home.
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From preparing your property and planning your listing to evaluating offers and preparing for closing. Organize your priorities, understand key decisions, and approach each stage with a clearer plan.
Planning in Tampa
Explore Tampa homebuyer assistance
Ken is an approved Realtor for the City of Tampa’s “Dare to Own the Dream” (DARE) Homeownership Program and the Tampa CRA Down Payment Assistance Program. He can help you plan your home search and coordinate with the program’s housing counseling agency and approved lender.
Talk with Ken about your homebuying plans“Dare to Own the Dream” (DARE) Homeownership Program
The City of Tampa’s DARE program offers down payment and closing cost assistance to eligible first-time homebuyers purchasing within Tampa city limits. Start with a participating housing counseling agency before entering a purchase contract; the City requires a reservation number first.
Explore the City of Tampa’s DARE programCRA Down Payment Assistance Program
The Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency’s program offers down payment assistance to eligible homebuyers purchasing within a Tampa Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) boundary. Location matters: confirm that the property falls within an eligible CRA and begin with a participating housing counseling agency.
Explore Tampa CRA down payment assistanceEligibility, funding availability, assistance amounts, and loan terms are determined by the program. Use the City’s official pages for current requirements and application steps.
Understand flood exposure
Check property-specific flood information before making a decision. Flood zones and evacuation zones describe different risks.
City of Tampa flood informationCheck an evacuation zone
Use the City of Tampa’s hazard tools to look up evacuation information for a specific address.
Find an evacuation zoneThese resources support your research. Confirm details for the individual property with the relevant authority and qualified professionals.