The Quiet Wisdom of Jim: A Tribute to a Remarkable Life Well Lived
A story from the heart about a true friend by Ray Collins.
Back in the early 1980s, I flew...
Author: Ray Collins
Inside Sarasota’s Most Unique Bayfront Condo: Two Units Seamlessly Combined Into One
A friend of mine asked me to help him sell his condo on the bayfront. I knew it would be...
Sarasota Home Sellers Face Reality Check in Today’s Cooling Market
There’s an all-too familiar conversation happening repeatedly over the past year or so in the...
Ray Collins Travels to Buenos Aires: Argentina’s Paris of South America
Every time people go on international vacations—it seems its usually England, France, Italy,...
Discovering Central Florida’s Winter Park
I love small towns with cute villages. I thought I had seen—or at least, was aware...
Best-Kept Secret in Sarasota Real Estate: Central Park II
People often ask me about the ‘next great’ area of Sarasota—and I point out the up-and-coming...
How to give a good tour of Sarasota
When you live in beautiful Sarasota, invariably you wind up giving a lot of tours to visiting...
A great new hotel option between Tampa/St. Pete and Sarasota
People in New York and Los Angeles sometimes condescendingly refer to the rest of the country as...
Ray Collins: I Reluctantly Began Pickleball—And Am Glad I Did!
Tennis is part of my DNA. I grew up playing tennis year-round in Buffalo. (Yes, we...
Is that a statue or a real person?
If you’ve been around downtown Sarasota, you may have seen it. A life-like statue drawing...
You’ll get a ‘kick’ out of this interview!
Steve Christie kicked for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but is best known for his work with the...