Jon's Real Estate ramblings

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408
Living in Daytona Beach area is more relaxed and easier than in more humid Miami, and it is also the most affordable living by the Ocean.

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2009 

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Reading Orlando Business Journal (of course, online edition) and ran into this article Daytona Beach on Forbes list for falling home values. "Three Central Florida areas landed on a Forbes top 10 list of cities throughout the nation with the highest declines in residential property values since t...
12/22/2009

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This is the question I got in the e-mail. Is it true that there is no income tax to state residents in the State of Florida?Yes, this is true. But it does not mean that you take home everything you earn. For example, if you make $36,000 a year, it does not mean that your monthly take home income ...
12/21/2009

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It is a Holiday Season, and with all the joy we may forget that there are more drivers out there, who had one too many drinks before hitting the road. I was coming from a Listing Appointment from New Smyrna Beach, our southern neighbor, when I saw a Police officer steering traffic into one lane a...
12/20/2009

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Every time I am going north to Ormond Beach or Palm Coast, I check this construction site, just a couple of hundred yards from the I-95 interchange in Holly Hill. The building is not finished and the construction crew is rushing trying to complete the project, but the sign Vince Carter's is alrea...
12/20/2009

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After coming to the United States in 1991, I thought I came to paradise (even though we went through hunger, and a lot of difficulties), and I was eager to cut throat to anyone who said a bad word about the US, and at that time I did not care who the President was, and what was his party affiliat...
12/19/2009

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It is very common for a real estate community to demand the Lenders to be more submissive (check Force Banks to Modify Their Behavior ) Let us replace the word Bank with the word Lender. Fair? Here's the story. A couple bought a commercial property. They have a mortgage for about $250K. Later the...
12/19/2009

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We have tried different closing gifts, and one of those is inviting the Buyers to a restaurant. Here is a story of one of the dinners we had through the years. Actually these were our buyers and sellers. We sold 3 of their condo-hotels units in one resort and helped them buy another unit in a dif...
12/19/2009

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I am showing units in Ocean Walk Resort, the most luxurious condo-hotel resort in Daytona Beach area. Great amenities, relatively new (South Tower was built in 2001). This is a warm but gloomy and very windy day, and the outdoor pools are empty, no kids on the so popular slides on in the lazy riv...
12/18/2009

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Hawaiian Inn Resort2301 S Atlantic AveDaytona Beach Shores, FL 32118Hawaiian Inn is a very popular family resort in Daytona Beach Shores with guests coming year after year for over a decade or more. Of  course, there are newer or nicer resorts, but it holds its grounds ... or held it pretty well ...
12/14/2009

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So, you have chosen a nice vacation condo unit on the Beachside, submitted an offer, got it accepted, and now it is just a waiting game. A long one if this is a short sale, or a much shorter if this is either a regular sale or an REO. So, the times goes, everything looks OK. Can you go to the clo...
12/13/2009
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