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.

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

One of my favorite bloggers (and not mine only) Patricia Kennedy posted a clever post So How Much Will The Sellers Take? Agreeing with her on every point... when working with the Buyers, I do call first. Yep... I call and ask whether there is some flexibility on the price. Not that I expect the e...
03/09/2010
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Any activity you take, there is a history of success and failures. And it is always that for a lot of failures there are few successes. That's why they fascinate us. Of course, we all are successful in something. Even when it is something that is making people to say "Wow", like being a great dad...
03/06/2010
Lately I have been frequenting our county court in Deland, Volusia county seat, trying to understand the science of buying foreclosure.I must admit that this is a fascinating class to be enrolled into even if only as a spectator. The most interesting foreclosure (from the point of view of investm...
03/06/2010
Can the owner of a condo be forced to sleep on the beach? No? You sure? Let's see... Ownership gives you the most of the rights you can get. What can be more than "I am the owner?". But we never get absolute rights. Even as owners, there are things that we can do and there are things that we can'...
03/06/2010
It's been awhile since I last wrote about Marina Grande on the Halifax, a failed development by people with great vision, but who, as the rest of us, did not have the crystal ball. The towers are still there, and the sales are still not there. The legal issues have not been resolved. There are se...
03/03/2010
Change takes time, and often we get used to every increment and we do not really notice the magnitude of the change, the magnitude of the effect... And if we compress the time, then we are stunned with it. We know, but we are not shocked ... until we compress the time, and the shock is here. This...
03/03/2010
Fountain Beach Resort in 2010. Daytona Beach.The resort started 2010 with a surprise twist, when the Condominium Association Manager, who also  wore the hat of a General Manager, was let go without much ado. Why? We most probably would never know. The old company packed their stuff and vacated th...
03/01/2010