With the market as slow as it is right now, many people wonder about doing flat fee MLS listings to help sell their house and save on their bottom line. During a buyer's market, sellers need all the marketing exposure they can get. In spite of all the marketing that a good real estate agent can
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09/02/2007
As expected, my Seminole County TRIM notices reflect very similar increased taxes. Many people do not realize that they have a right to contest their assessment. If the "just value" that the property appraiser is assessing to the property is higher than the value that you think it is worth you ha
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09/01/2007
Oh boy am I fired up! I received my TRIM notices from Orange County over the weekend. All of my property tax bills increased since last year except for 2 of them. I did get a $21 break on one and a $207 break on another one. I did get a $1600 increase on 1 bill though. All I can hear is governor
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09/01/2007
The market continues to slow down according to the July 2007 MLS statistics for Orange/Seminole Counties. The number of active listings appears to have flattened out in July at 26,018. However, this leveling off of inventory is not because more properties are selling. Instead it is because there
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09/01/2007
Despite all the doom and gloom in the headlines, I want to discuss something a little more upbeat. I want to talk about the deals to be had in this current market. While a lot of sellers, Realtors, and lenders are going down in flames, there is a fantastic opportunity for qualified buyers and rea
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09/01/2007
The latest real estate article in the Orlando Sentinel dated 7/30/07 is that the small guys are being shafted in the property tax cuts because the big corporations like Disney, Universal, and Progress Energy are getting the bulk of the tax breaks. What they fail to point out in the article is tha
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09/01/2007
According to the latest MLS statistics for Orange and Seminole Counties for the month of June 2007, there are 25,923 active listings for sale but only 1,431 listings sold during that month. Or to put it more bluntly only 1 out of every 18 listed properties actually made it to a closing. In light
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09/01/2007
