Crystal Haas - Realtor

I wanted to add another congratulations to another couple who are a sell/buy combo. This delightful couple asked me to list and sell their gorgeous 10 acre farm as a life status change. The farm closed on the 10th and next week they are closing on a gorgeous pool home in Rainbow's End.

Congrats to my sellers on this beautiful condo (currently pending and due to close in a few weeks) as they are also buyers of this terrific villa that closed just yesterday in the same community, Regency Park! If you are looking to buy & sell and coordinating is tough to navigate, just reach out and I am happy to help!

Congrats to my buyers & seller on this Lake Tropicana property. I sold it 3 years ago, and the then buyer, who wasn't my client, recently reached out to me to list it for him. He had previously used me to list another property he owned shortly after buying this home, too.

He found himself needing to sell, to relocate to Texas. I was able to secure a buyer in a matter of days and see it close in just a couple of weeks. This transaction helped my buyers find another property after giving up their search sometime ladt year. I was able to pair them up to match up their needs. Wishing both my seller & buyers the absolute best with their new journey!

This will likely become an Equestrian airbnb rental in it's not so distant future.

ACTIVE LISTING!!!
$550K
Affectionately referred to as "Adobe Hacienda"
Two private owner's suites! The primary suite shares a gas fireplace with the living room and also includes a private 15 X 12 office. Beautiful covered lanai with outdoor kitchen!
This home is SUPER energy efficient due to the limited windows and the solar panels which provide an inexpensive electrical bill of $30/month!
Video walk-thru below!
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Check out my beautiful new farm listing. Had a great offer within 2 hours. Waiting on proof of funds. Still time for you to see it and get your offer submitted.

Farm is ready just put the horses on the property and you are ready to go!

10650 SE 138th Ter, Dunnellon, FL 34431 | MLS #OM675967 | Zillow This 1296 square feet Single Family home has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is located at 10650 SE 138th Ter, Dunnellon, FL.

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8482 SW 203rd Ct, Dunnellon, FL 34431 | MLS #830099 | Zillow This 1232 square feet Single Family home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is located at 8482 SW 203rd Ct, Dunnellon, FL.

I have a friend selling in Maine if any of you have sellers relocating to that area.

35 Maple Street, Corinna, ME 04928 | MLS #1580833 | Zillow This 1568 square feet Mobile / Manufactured home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is located at 35 Maple Street, Corinna, ME.

Most homes the pictures look better than the home, this one, not so! Congrats to my buyer who scored this lovely home on such a beautiful street first day on market! Looking to buy or sell? I will help you!

Congrats to my sellers on these going so fast one in a few days one in a few hours. Needing to buy or sell? Let me know, I'm delighted to help you step into that next chapter!

My best Christmas gift was "unshopping."

Returning everything that didn't fit them or wasn't as described. We decided not to replace anything. :-)

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Please spay, neuter & ADOPT!

WRITTEN BY A VET - I have been writing this post in my head for nearly 3 years and until today I've never been brave enough to post it. But recently some people doing similar work and facing much the same reality have used social media to speak up about a topic that for so long has not been discussed. Their bravery has given me the courage to finally share my thoughts and experiences about something that I’ve needed to for so long.

Today I euthanased 5 dogs. This is not an uncommon task for a vet to perform and getting into the profession you are well aware of the fact that this is something you will have to do in your chosen career. However, the dogs I put down today were not sick, they were not injured, they were not old and they were not unhealthy in any way. They were not untamed and they were not aggressive. They were perfect, healthy and normal dogs. There was no reason for them to lose their lives today other than that they were failed by humans because of the current overpopulation crisis of domestic animals particularly dogs that so few people are prepared to accept and try to understand.

The euthanasia of healthy animals by animal welfare organisations and shelters across the world is something that we need to start talking about but it is not an easy topic for someone who is in this line of work to discuss. One, because how can you possibly put into words something that is so deeply personal and difficult to come to terms with in your own mind and two, how can you risk the possibility of losing such important funding that keeps welfare organisations and shelters alive by drawing attention to something that the public at large simply know very little about and so few people understand.

The dogs that I put down today were so excited to see me. How lucky they were to have someone in their kennel giving them attention and maybe just maybe they'd even be so lucky as to be taken out for a walk - their tails were wagging and everyone was jumping for joy. One of them was nervous and scared of me. This was a dog that had likely never had much in the way of attention or love from a human being. I have tried everything possible to make the task easier for myself and for those who assist me. I have tried doing it in their kennels, I’ve tried doing it on the grass outside so that the dogs can walk for a bit to experience one last bit of freedom and fresh air. I’ve fed them last meals, I’ve done it in the clinic and nothing makes it easier. The only thing that makes it bearable for me is to sedate them first so that they are sleeping when their lives end and not wagging their tails looking at me – I know this is a luxury that many other people doing this work do not have access to.

Today I chose to put them down in their kennels after I’d sedated them. Letting them leave on a bed and blanket that they have used for comfort for the past few weeks or sometimes even months. I take care to make sure that no other dog or animal is a witness but still the others around them must know. Usually the dogs bark endlessly at any small movement or sound but there is nothing more deafening than the silence of nearly one hundred dogs while ending the life of one of their neighbours or friends. They must know and I so often wonder if they are thinking if they are next or when their time will come.

In their final moments I tell each of them that I am sorry and for those who leave behind friends, puppies or siblings I promise them that I will take care of them and do my very best to find them homes or see that they are cared for properly. These are trivial words compared to what I should be saying to them but it’s hard to give them the apology they so deserve in the short time it takes for the life to leave their little bodies. What I should be saying to them is that I’m sorry you never got the opportunity to experience what it’s like to sleep on a couch and I’m sorry that those who did get to sleep on a couch once have ended up being unwanted and failed by the humans who took them into their homes in the first place. I’m so sorry that they were born into a world that didn’t have space for them and so many others. I’m sorry that they weren’t pretty enough or the right breed to be one of the chosen ones and I’m sorry that for months or for some of them nearly a year countless people walked past their cage and decided not to choose them or to leave and rather choose to buy a puppy somewhere else instead.

I have tried my best to cope with it as I know many others do too - by doing what I believe is everything humanly possible to find unwanted dogs and cats homes. I spend hours of my time holding them while they pose for photos, writing posts for Facebook, advertising them and putting their stories and personalities into words as best I can all in the hopes of someone deciding to choose them. I talk to people and encourage them to adopt but this does not always work. I have spayed until 10pm at night before because if I can just do one more spay it might help. Like so many others in this line of work, I have done hours of work behind the scenes and out of the public eye for no benefit other than hopefully having to euthanase one less healthy animal. I have done my fair share of adopting too having adopted 8 dogs and regularly contemplate whether I could take on another one or two despite my home already being near overrun.

But it is still not enough and the burden of this crisis and war that we are fighting against over population is not to be borne by only a small group of people across the world who are prepared to sacrifice so much because they are not ignorant to the reality of what is going on around them. It is something that everyone who has ever loved an animal has to accept as their fight too. Which is one of the reasons I am writing this post and have been trying to write it for so long.

Everyone has a way in which they can contribute to this fight and many are simple.
- Volunteer - spend time at a local animal shelter or organisation so you have a better understanding of what is happening out there. The animals in shelters love attention and walks even if it is only to make their time there more comfortable until it must come to an end.
- Donate if you can and especially towards sterilisation programs. We must stop these animals at their source – the more puppies and kittens we can prevent, the fewer healthy dogs need to be put down.
- Adopt if you are in a position to get a new pet. There is no reason to go out and buy a dog or cat when there are such perfect ones looking for homes. If everyone who could did choose to adopt, the world would be a much better place for it.

Thank you to those who continue to support me and my work especially through donations towards my sterilisation programs. Every donation that helps me do a spay gives me the strength to face another day and I have a lot of hope that we can change the world one spay at a time. I only wish to create more awareness about the crisis we are facing and I hope that those working in this line of work feel that my words here have done this important topic justice.

I do hope that in my lifetime I could live in a world where no healthy animal is euthanased due to lack of space, lack of homes or lack of resources available. I’m not sure if I will ever get to see that be a reality but I think we all know by now that I will never give up trying!

📷 : Photo by Kate Jackson-Moss

The dog featured here was a dog I euthanased last year. I was very fond of him but sadly had to let him go. I still think of him often and wish things were different for him and so many others.

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Crystal Haas
352-615-0242
Bricks & Mortar Real Estate Development - Dunnellon

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Congrats to my buyer and my seller on this adorable home in the high demand 55+ Crystal Pointe property on Windy Hill Pointe. This home went pending first day on market. It was an absolute pleasure working with both sides of this transaction that closed quickly without a kink!

I hope everyone is delighted with their new transitions! If you are looking to buy or sell, I am here to help.

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Crystal Haas
352-615-0242
Magnolia Homestead Realty, LLC

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