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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2010 

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We have submitted an offer on a condo-hotel unit in Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach on behalf of our anxious Buyer. The listing agent is out of the area. The price shows that they do not really know the market, as they greatly undervalued their listing. But this is an opportunity for my buyer...
03/15/2010

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I was on my way to work today, and when I turned on the music, I heard "Gone Fishing" by Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. I love this song. It stuck to me and the whole day I hear it playing in my head. Either the song is so good, or the head is so bad... It reminded me another fishing. GM of Oce...
03/13/2010

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After the roaring sound of Daytona races subsided, a different sound started filling the air, and again, a welcome one... the sound of thousands and thousands of Harleys. Camps went up, tents went up, vendors assembled the tables, hotels started filling up with a black lever-clad crowd, cash regi...
03/13/2010

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Lately I am avoiding politics. The show before our eyes so often leaves me speechless. Last time I listened to Barak Obama, he praised himself for doing something so big in such a short time. He was saying that it was unprecedented. I agree. Dismantling the country at that pace is unprecedented, ...
03/12/2010

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When the Real Estate market in Daytona Beach area was basking in the sun and money, we got some nice condominium buildings popping up on the self proclaimed Most Famous Beach in the World. New developers came to town, new ideas made waves, new levels of luxury got realized in several condominium ...
03/11/2010

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I have read that 60% of Condo-Owners Associations in Florida are hurting because of some owners not paying their monthly association dues. Daytona Beach area is not the exception. When there is not enough money for services, Associations have to assess the paying members for those, who do not pay...
03/11/2010

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I read Michael Mersola's post Where people should start when facing foreclosure or a short sale The advice that "the first step for home owners is to ask the advice of a tax attorney to what the ramifications of a home owner choosing this road to go down." sounds great. On the paper. But in my ma...
03/10/2010

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Tuscany Square Condominiums in Venetian Bay - New Smyran Beach. Venetian Bay is the first and so far the only Neo-Traditional style development in Volusia County. Administratively in New Smyrna Beach, it borders Port Orange on the North, and residents have a choice of going north to Dunlawton Ave...
03/10/2010

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Leo Tolstoy's "War & Peace" is not an easy reading. When describing his style, researches use the word "periods" instead of "Sentences", as they were very long, elaborate, and required some effort. Leo Tolstoy did not blog. He died in 1910, 100 years ago, at the age of 82, mainly of the grief tha...
03/09/2010

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Interesting... President Barak Obama, who is the strongest proponent of the government control and ownership of whatever he can put his hands on in the history of American presidents, makes one exception, where he favors private sector. So, what business would he give to private sector, while he ...
03/09/2010
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