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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2015 

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When we say "Daytona", we usually mean 7 municipalities. They are Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, South Daytona and Holly Hill. Today we are discussing beachside condo market and we will be using MLS data only for the part of Daytona Beach, which is be...
02/28/2015

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I have a request for more information about a unit in a Daytona condo-hotel, and then yet another one, and then yet another one. All 3 come for one unit in Daytona Inn Beach Resort. I know why. This unit is $37,500 and the remarks say it is a one-bedroom unit. This is how it sounds. I am checking...
02/25/2015

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I use Creative Commons on Flickr.com for all my images for the blog. Couple of days ago I was searching different keywords trying to find something to reflect what I had in mind. I typed “Irrelevant” in the search and …  saw this photo of our President. Could it be Rudy, who took the photo? After...
02/23/2015

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Tammie White posted “If You Can't Say Something Nice, Don't Say Nothin' at All”. And like in many other situation, she inspired me to write this post. It was something I thought abut before, but did not formulate it, and Tammie pushed me, without knowing it, of course, to a pen and paper, AKA my...
02/21/2015

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This 20-story condominium, built in 2001, is close to the main Beachside Shopping Center – Bellair Plaza with Publix Supermarket, numerous shops and restaurants… 2 bedroom/2 baths - 2,040 S.F., and two corner units are 3-bedroom/3 bath - 2,433 S.F. There are only 3 units per floor until the 16th ...
02/21/2015

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Inspired by Lenn Harley’s post “Selling A Home? Don't Forget The Personal Property.” Condos are interesting animals, and I have stories about working in condos, that can make you laugh or cry. Here is one. We were closing on a condo in the building. The buyer’s agent was also the president of the...
02/19/2015

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I am skeptical of AR upgrades. I am not arguing that things have to be done on the technical side, and even on the design side, but I can’t get rid of the feeling, that all upgrades that we have seen lack understanding of what we do and how we do it. As I wrote before, it feels like there is a t...
02/18/2015

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John Meussner posted “Representation: You're Doing it Wrong“ A story of the Seller's wife acting as an agent for the Buyers, unprofessional, causing them finally to cancel the deal. The story seen through the eyes of a good mortgage professional, who is working with the Buyers, and has to deal w...
02/16/2015

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3 days ago in Minsk the Agreement has been reached on Eastern Ukraine. I came here from Russia, and I have ties and feelings for Russia,  and I am terribly ashamed by the President Putin, who made Himmler jealous by this propaganda war, and, probably, Hitler by his unprecedented actions. As a cit...
02/14/2015

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Are there any Issues with this Daytona condo?I get this question asked either by phone, or in the email.  Often from the people, who would tour the condo with the on-site Sales people, and then start researching on the Internet, and then calling me, because I used to blog about these condos.And e...
02/09/2015
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