Always be sure to use licensed professionals!

We at Southern Roots Realty always advise home owners to only use licensed professionals. Doing any work to your home adds value but it’s important to shop around and do research to make sure you are getting quality work from licensed contractors for your hard earned money.  We highly recommend you verify any license information […]

Home Cleaning Tips & Tricks

This user friendly article gives 23 tips to keeping your home clean and sparkling! Stain removal is always a chore and no one likes to be ‘Mr. Clean’ but these ideas might help you work smarter, not harder. The idea is to use handy household items you already have, such as salt, baking soda, and […]

Dairy Inn

Open since 1947, the Dairy Inn has been a great place for food and sundries in the Crescent Lake neighborhood of St. Petersburg. It began as a Dairy Queen, and the first one in the country to have a Griddle. But after changing hands in 1969, the new owners decided they did not want to […]

Rent vs Own? The Time to Buy is NOW!

Wondering if you should buy vs rent your next home? ATTOM Data Solutions, which manages the nation’s largest property database, released its 2017 Affordability Report, which shows that buying a home is more affordable than renting in 66% of U.S. housing markets. The report found that making monthly payments on a median-priced home, including mortgage, […]

Crescent Lake/Crescent Heights

The Crescent Lake neighborhood surrounds a 57 acre park built around Crescent Lake, which was established in 1927, although a Native American canoe was recovered from the lake, dating its residents back to the 1500’s. After the 1920’s, the city built its water tower and baseball field, which has seen baseball greats like Babe Ruth […]