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Welcome! 💗 I'm Melanie - Tampa Bay area Real Estate Agent with Smith & Associates. Join me to learn about the ins and outs of real estate, home ownership, and living in the Tampa Bay area in sunny Florida.Looking to buy/sell a house? I specialize in the Westchase, South Tampa, and Downtown Tampa areas with over 11 years of [email protected]
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Melanie Atkinson connects Tampa property decisions to mortgage pressure, relocation patterns, rental restrictions, and the everyday texture of local neighborhoods.
Melanie Atkinson makes property markets tangible by asking how prices, mortgage payments, inventory, and rental rules affect an actual move. Conversations with other realtors widen the frame beyond Tampa Bay while keeping the discussion tied to decisions buyers and sellers face.
From condo rental rules to the spicy sausage order, Melanie knows what you'll wish you'd asked first.
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A loose Tampa restaurant guide with specific, lived-in recommendations.
Melanie Atkinson and Chantel Booth treat Tampa food like a neighborhood map instead of a polished roundup, with Hillsborough and Tampa front and center and no pretence of covering everything.
Three agents turn a volatile housing market into a clear, practical comparison.
The episode treats a messy housing market as a practical side-by-side look at California, Texas, and Florida. Melanie Atkinson talks with Jeb Smith and Levi Lassick, and the discussion keeps circling back to the last two to two and a half years: higher prices, bidding wars,…
A practical Florida buying guide for overseas buyers, focused on rental rules, condo limits, and financing expectations.
The episode treats Florida homebuying as a practical cross-border lesson, with Melanie Atkinson opening from a French country inspired listing and Annette Reeve adding the London angle.
A conversational look at Manhattan real estate through a Tampa Bay lens.
This episode frames a Tampa Bay realtor's curiosity about Manhattan as a neat market contrast, and Michael Holt keeps the conversation grounded as he walks through competition, broker life, his move to New York, and why the city still pulls people in despite the price tag.
Short-term rental lessons from the operator side.
Melanie Atkinson interviews builder and realtor John Skemp inside a 6,097-square-foot Tampa home listed at $3.4 million.
Tampa gets a food-loving moment here.
Melanie Atkinson brings three realtors together for a blunt housing-market check-in.
Melanie sets the conversation on location.
Melanie Atkinson sits down with Manhattan realtor Michael Holt.