central florida homes for sale: Orlando, Step Up To The Plate - It’s Time To Buy Your Next Home!!! - 04/23/08 04:13 PM
Yes, Orlando, it is time to get off of the fence and purchase a home.  Let me qualify that.  That is if it is within your means to do so financially.  The previous mentality that we’ve seen has hopefully stopped, but unfortunately, once things get better, people tend to forget.  … (9 comments)

central florida homes for sale: The Fed Rate and Mortgage Rate – What Does This All Mean? - 02/09/08 03:16 PM
First a little history.  The Federal Reserve System (commonly referred to as The Fed) is the central banking system of the US and is made up of 12 regional banks.  The Fed manages the nation's money supply via its use of monetary policy.  This refers to The Feds ability to influence … (46 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Orlando & Central Florida, Orange and Seminole County – Education - 01/31/08 04:23 PM
Education in the Greater Central Florida area and the City of Orlando including Orange and Seminole County as with any area has numerous public and private schools available to you. 
We have a wonderful education system and with anything else some are better equipped than others.  That is not the point … (17 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Orlando, Orange County, Florida – Arts & Culture - 01/30/08 06:58 PM
This possibly should be titled Central Florida - Arts & Culture because the Greater Orlando area encompasses more than just the City of Orlando when you talk about a subject such as this.  We ain't New York City, but we do have culture and attractions here other than Mickey Mouse, Shamu … (18 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Real Estate – What Is It To Me? - 01/29/08 11:50 AM
This is a great business.  There is nothing really simple with buying and selling real estate because of all of the complexities involved in what many of us may feel is a simple transaction.
The rewards that we acquire are bringing all of these individual facets together successfully for all of those … (28 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Orlando, Orange County, Florida - The City Beautiful - 01/22/08 08:09 PM
The City of Orlando, Orange County, Florida is known as The City Beautiful and comprises over 100 square miles.  When people think of Orlando and Central Florida, the first thoughts that probably come to their mind are Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort and Sea World.  But there is so much … (18 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Foreclosure Plan – Is this a Panacea or a Step in the Right Direction? - 01/11/08 09:47 AM
There was an article in this morning's Inman News Headlines by Glenn Roberts, Jr. entitled "Foreclosure fix: "'The Last Chance Mortgage' - How we got into this mess and how to get out."  (You will only be able to access this link for free on 1/11/08.) 
The article was in regard … (12 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Central Florida – Now is the Time to Buy! - 01/10/08 04:27 PM
Yes, you heard me correctly.  Now is an excellent time to purchase that Central Florida home that you've been dreaming about!  You don't believe me, well then read on.
If you look historically, you will note that the real estate market is cyclical, but this can also be said of many facets … (11 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Life and Real Estate – What Do You Want and Where Are You Heading? - 01/08/08 06:59 PM
What do you want out of life and real estate?
This is not meant to be a personal blah, blah, blah, but it's also the only way I know how to relate the way I see things.  Call it Marc's semi-educated outlook, if you wish.  I've been mulling this over in my … (23 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Vacant House Safety - 01/03/08 07:35 AM
This is about vacant house safety because of a situation that I had to deal with over the last several days.  Obviously, this person was quite tenacious. 
With all of the homes on the market, many are vacant and we need to be more aware of our surroundings than ever before … (39 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Real Estate Contract – Right of First Refusal – Who Benefits? - 12/18/07 10:30 AM
This post came about because of one by Jessica Horton entitled, "Why put a carton of milk on layaway when your old dairy cow doesn't have any takers?"  In it she discussed about receiving a lot more real estate contracts as of late with contingency clauses for the sale of a … (22 comments)

central florida homes for sale: Keywords & Search Engine Spiders - 12/09/07 11:10 AM
We're all concerned about where our posts will show up and I've been researching many aspects of better rankings, etc.  One of the items I came across has to do with keywords.  Unfortunately, when I just went to look for the article I did not bookmark it - go figure! 
Anyway, … (27 comments)

 
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