port orange real estate: Fools' Day... 55-Days Long - 05/09/09 01:14 AM
We recently had a closing of the transaction, that took us on a 55-day far from joy ride full of surprises. The mere fact that we finally closed was a pleasant surprised and was not a given even hours prior to closing.
I wanted to write about it, but I was so boiling, that … (4 comments)
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port orange real estate: 4 bedr Beauty in Port Orange, FL - 10/04/08 11:08 PM
This 3-year old waterfront home is in perfect shape and ready for new owners. Dining area with 14'-high ceilings, 12'-high ceilings in Living Room, 9' ceilings in bedrooms.
Located on the prime lakefront lot it has a direct view of the lake with fountain out of Living, Master and Guest rooms. … (2 comments)
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port orange real estate: Daytona Beach Resort. Condo-Hotel Market Snapshot - 06/08/08 11:37 AM
Daytona Beach Resort
2700 N Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32118.
Daytona Beach Resort is one of the largest condo-hotels in the area, if not the largest with its 322 studios and one-bedroom units.
Property that took the longest to convert. If I remember correctly, they started converting in 1999, and … (0 comments)
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port orange real estate: How You Want To Be Seen? - 06/08/08 03:44 AM
As many others, I sometimes write for Localism. This is something that I expect the customers to read if they are looking for properties in the area. Listings and Market reports go into this category. I mark them as for Customers only and do not place them with any group. Straight to Localism.
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port orange real estate: Daytona Beach Club Condo-hotel. Market Snapshot - 06/07/08 11:47 PM
Daytona Beach Club is a condo-hotel in Daytona Beach at 800 North Atlantic Ave..
12 units for sale today on MLS with prices for a city view studio starting from $59,000, and a direct oceanfront studio for $75K and all the way to $175K for a one bdr oceanfront unit.
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port orange real estate: Castaways. Market Snapshot - 06/07/08 11:32 PM
Castaways Resort is a condo-hotel in Daytona Beach Shores.
16 units for sale today on MLS.
Prices for an oceanview studio start from $74,900 and up to $159,900. One of only few condo-hotel, where you can claim homestead and live full-time.
Since January 2008 only one unit sold in the resort, Asking … (0 comments)
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port orange real estate: Property Tax in Florida. Part 1. - 05/30/08 06:00 PM
People moving to Florida often complain that the taxes are high. At least the majority of them. Then there are always people who say it is low compared to their place, so we are not the cheapest, but not the most expensive.
However, we need to keep in mind that the … (0 comments)
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port orange real estate: NAR Settles With DOJ. Now What? - 05/28/08 12:39 AM
The latest news is that NAR settled with DOJ (http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2008052701?OpenDocument)
NAR claims it a victory. Yes, no money to be paid, no wrongdoing to accept.
A lot of brokers would not consider this a win. We are dreaming of the green pastures of the past. The past where we had the exclusive access to the … (8 comments)
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port orange real estate: My Good Boy, My Grandson - 05/27/08 12:31 AM
New Page 7
Two weeks after we came to the US from the Soviet Union, my daughter learned that she was pregnant.
She
brought this news to our hotel room without an AC in 104 F July heat of summer
1991. No money, no food, no English (except for me), … (12 comments)
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port orange real estate: 20 Year Ago Today. Worlds apart - 05/25/08 11:17 PM
It was 20 years ago today.
I worked as a military instructor at a local high school. This was mandatory for boys in 9th and 10th grade. 2 hours in class a week, and after the first year at the end of May 10 days of field training with living in … (15 comments)
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port orange real estate: Bigger Than His Own Mind - 05/24/08 01:09 AM
On Fox News on Hannity and Colmes tonight one of the guests was Jesse Ventura, former Navy Seal, former professional wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota.
Has 3 years of active duty behind his belt. Big guy, looks very impressive...
Hannity asked him about his conspiracy theories regarding September 11, he … (20 comments)
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port orange real estate: The President... And The American Idol - 05/22/08 01:31 AM
I have just turned off the TV after watching the finale of American Idol. David Cook became the American Idol, and I agreed with Simon that it did not really matter who won this year, as both were brilliant.
Of course, after yesterday's Simon's statement to little David "you came here … (15 comments)
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port orange real estate: It Is Not For Me To Judge... - 05/22/08 12:24 AM
After I posted Ted Kennedy Is Fighting For Life. And It Is Not A Bullet... , I have received a number of comments form both Ted Kennedy's admirers and critics.
I usually respond to each comment, but I couldn't do it this time.
When I wrote this post, I reacted to the … (8 comments)
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port orange real estate: How Much Chutzpah Is Too Much? - 05/21/08 12:24 AM
Conservationist group returned to court to challenge the administration's effort to help save the polar bears by trying to push the administration to include steps against global warming.
The groups challenging the administration, allege that greenhouse emissions are to blame for rapid melting in the Arctic, which is a threat for … (0 comments)
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port orange real estate: Ted Kennedy Is Fighting For Life. And It Is Not A Bullet... - 05/20/08 11:43 PM
Just got the news that Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, specifically a glioma, an especially lethal type.
Senator was taken to the hospital after he suffered a seizure over the weekend, and the doctors have discovered the tumor.
Some experts give Kennedy less than a year to … (26 comments)
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port orange real estate: Who Cares? This Is Not My Money... - 05/18/08 11:08 PM
My client, a couple from New York, is buying a condo. They liked the unit priced below any other one bdr. unit in the building. On a $230K unit we submit a $200K offer. They counter at $225K. We are trying to figure the trajectory, where we can get it. My … (18 comments)
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port orange real estate: It Is Over. Got It Sold - 05/17/08 12:10 AM
I got that Closing yesterday. A small restaurant, the deal was very simple. The Buyer was buying a company, he is from Canada and he is working on his L-1 visa, so he needs a company that was in business for some time.
The agent, who called me, was very knowledgeable, … (18 comments)
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port orange real estate: Have You Ever Seen Bad Apples? - 05/15/08 09:30 PM
I remember the times when if got the listing, you got the money. And it would only take very short time. There were a lot of agents with minimum skills, knowledge, demeanor... but it all didn't matter. THere was a lot of business, and not a lto of competition.
Times have … (17 comments)
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port orange real estate: Fires In Brevard County - 05/15/08 01:43 AM
Since Sunday the fires in Brevard County on the East Coast of Florida have destroyed about 20 homes and a lot of other homes damaged. Estimates are at $9.6 Mil. 15 sq. miles are scorched, I-95 closed causing major problems for cars and trucks, schools are closed.
Yes, nature has unpleasant … (0 comments)
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port orange real estate: Talking To Ourselves - 05/14/08 07:05 PM
My first and only "real job" in the US was a resettlement coordinator in the in the North-East Bronx in the largest Co-Op in the world, called Co-Op City. Natalie was a volunteer receptionist.
Her husband and herself were both retired, and were thinking about moving to Florida. Recent immigrants, we haven't yet ventured … (6 comments)
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