jon zolsky: Fires In Brevard County
- 05/14/08 06:43 PM
Since Sunday the fires in Brevard County on the East Coast of Florida have destroyed about 20 homes and a lot of other homes damaged. Estimates are at $9.6 Mil. 15 sq. miles are scorched, I-95 closed causing major problems for cars and trucks, schools are closed.
Yes, nature has unpleasant surprised for us. But this time it was not nature. The police have arrested Brian Crowder after a resident saw him throwing a small object from a passing car causing a small fire. This small object was a Molotov cocktail. Police stopped the car, but the guy tried to escape on … (0 comments)
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jon zolsky: Talking To Ourselves
- 05/14/08 12:05 PM
My first and only "real job" in the US was a resettlement coordinator in the in the North-East Bronx in the largest Co-Op in the world, called Co-Op City. Natalie was a volunteer receptionist.
Her husband and herself were both retired, and were thinking about moving to Florida. Recent immigrants, we haven't yet ventured beyond New York, and Florida for me was a dream about balmy weather, sandy beaches, warm ocean, oranges in abundance, and half dressed women... It spelled leisure and relaxation and was still very far from us.
After several months of expectations, plans and dreams, Natalie and her husband took a … (6 comments)
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jon zolsky: How To Domesticate a Crocodile OR ... Who Is The Dinner?
- 05/11/08 06:04 AM
In the middle of the night I surfed TV channels and stopped on CNN, which I do not watch for quite some time. I stopped because Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, was showing the documentary on North Korea.
I was looking at their subway (Metro), gigantic monuments, listened to what people were saying, and I felt like I was watching the scenes of my own childhood, even though I have never been in North Korea. Isn't it fascinating that all dictatorships are so much alike? Along with the fact that their subways cars are Russian, and their airplanes are old Russian planes … (3 comments)
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jon zolsky: Free Speech. Am I On The Wrong Wavelength?
- 05/10/08 03:07 PM
Cheri' Smith wrote a blog about Arianna Huffington
I heard about Arianna and her statements on Fox News, but I have to acknowledge my ignorance: I never heard the lady, or read what she writes. What surprised me, however, was a single phrase suggesting that Arianna Huffington "can take her liberal ideas back to Greece".
I perfectly understand that we all want the best for the country, we simply may see this best differently. The idea of getting rid of unwanted (a purge) is not something new under the sun, it is a stepstone to the ideology. Purist ideology of righteous people. Sounds so familiar...
I came … (44 comments)
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jon zolsky: Supply & Demand ...for Presidents!
- 05/04/08 04:13 PM
Andrew J. Lenza made an excellent comment on my post Hillary is Selling Herself... and the Troops
Andrew asked "Are any of the three the absolute BEST choice to lead this country? How come the job can't pull in the truly qualified, larger than life leader?"
In a nutshell, the answer is because we, THE PEOPLE, do not demand it. We do not get the best, we get what we deserve, and what we demand.
We have created the nation of fast food/fast politics, everything pre-cooked and pre-packaged for the speed of our consumption and shorter and shorter attention span.
First the country … (5 comments)
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jon zolsky: Hillary is Selling Herself... and the Troops
- 05/04/08 01:24 PM
I am listening to Hillary Clinton addressing Jefferson Jackson Dinner, and I can believe what I hear. She claims that she will start bringing back the troops from Iraq within 60 days of her presidency.
Sounds terrific and brought a lot of applauds. But think of it. If she is elected, a new Commander-In-Chief has already locked herself with a promise, which is not based on military and/or security situation, but merely an election promise.
In every war, and we need make no mistake, this is a war, and maybe the biggest war we ever faced, the situation is changing and to guarantee a … (29 comments)
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jon zolsky: Oscar De La Hoya. Durability Test
- 05/03/08 04:49 PM
I just turned off the TV after this incredible boxing match between veteran Oscar De La Hoya and Steve Forbes. Oscar added 39th victory to his impressive list. Yes, there were no knockdowns and knockouts, and this frustrated Oscar. But Steve Forbes has never been down during his 11-year long professional career. However, the score of 119-109, 119 -109 and 120-108 is more than convincing.
This was not a championship fight. As Oscar said, he is no champion of anything, he is a contender. If this is true, he is the most formidable contender you can imagine.
With 2 fights planned for September (rematch with … (4 comments)
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jon zolsky: Local University Changed heart. Rev. Wright is "Disinvited"
- 05/03/08 01:23 PM
The article in our local newspaper News-Journal published the Report: Rev. Wright disinvited to B-CU graduation
Bethune-Cookman University, recently changed the name from Bethune-Cookman College is one of the first original black colleges.
Rev. Wright was invited to participate in this year's commencement, but the University changed their mind because of all the remarks Rev. Wright made and the speeches that followed
The University awarded Wright an honorary degree in 2002.
The University had actress Cicely Tyson and businessman Earl Graves at the graduation April 19.
As usual with the University, the do not comment on their decision.
Jon Zolsky, your Daytona Beach … (21 comments)
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jon zolsky: Crazy As Charged!
- 05/03/08 07:55 AM
Going 236 miles in one direction to show homes in the area that we do not know? Yep, we showed homes in Boynton Beach, Boca Raton and Pompano Beach. We were so close to Miami...driving from Daytona Beach 234 miles just to see the first home.
I do not care if it looks crazy, but after 11 and a half hours behind the wheel, 509 miles and $90.88 on gas and $65 on food and water, and coming back home 10 min past Midnight - I have to justify it anyway. Even if I can't. I know what you may think, so THIS WAS NOT … (12 comments)
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jon zolsky: An Unpopular Blog on How We Make Sellers Angry
- 05/01/08 11:44 AM
I got myself entangled in a discussion on a well written post by Ben Myers about a case of a new agent, who agreed to an early termination of the Listing, and then found out that the agent, who got that Listing, spoke to the Seller while the property was listed. Check it at When is Enough, Enough? Ethics Concerns It is a good post and tons of comments.
I do not know what happened there, and how it happened, and I am not that much into it, as this side does not interest me in this case. I thought that looking … (14 comments)
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jon zolsky: Cure From AR Insomnia. Anybody?
- 04/30/08 06:42 PM
2:30 AM.
On the Blog Page there is a list of the most active cities. 4 out of 10 are in Florida. Guys, at 2:30 in Florida I have trouble making sure that it is 40%, and I have no clue how guys can be still writing and posting in the middle of the night.
Do y'all have a day off tomorrow?
Only one from California, and this is their prime time. Same from Seatle, WA.
Atlanta, GA is also crazy. TX is, I think still an hour earlier, but time to go to sleep, all right.
What is that, AR insomnia? Anybody has the … (16 comments)
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jon zolsky: Why Buyers Do Not See Us?
- 04/30/08 12:25 PM
Let me ask a rhetorical question. Does the public generally benefit from working with a good agent?
And the answer is YES!
Why is then the public often does not work with a good agent if there is a benefit? Is it because they do not know about the benefit? Not quite. They pretty much know. Sounds illogical, but, hey, people smoke knowing that this could expedite them to the grave and still smoke.
If knowledge would be the answer, then people would be doing appendectomy on themselves, it is relatively simple. Buit they don't. Is it because they are afraid of complications, or even death? Not really. … (4 comments)
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jon zolsky: The Pilot Can't Fly. Where is the Parachute?
- 04/28/08 10:38 AM
How do we stand out of the crowd?
How often do you see the offer of "Honesty and Integrity"? After seeing it again and again and again, what customers start thinking? That there should be something terribly wrong with the industry? If agents are trying to stand out of the crowd because of their honesty and integrity, what, the crowd is a bunch of liars and crooks?
Let's look around. Do you want your surgeon to stand out? And prove to you that he is worthy of cutting your flesh? Do you want the pilot to stand out? Do they need to prove that they have the credentials, … (12 comments)
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jon zolsky: Yep, You Caught The Liar... So What?
- 04/25/08 01:41 AM
Leigh Brown posted NO! You Can NOT Have Your Earnest Money Back! and got 100 comments, which tell you that she hit the nerve. It is not even a discussion, it is an overwhelming show of support.
She is a Listing agent, and the Buyer terminates the contract due to inability to obtain a loan, however, turns out she lied on the Application. Now, the Buyer wants the Earnest Money Deposit back and the Seller does not want to release the deposit to a liar.
There is no question where our sympathy is. In that sense I am in agreement with 100 comments that … (36 comments)
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jon zolsky: Legal Immigration. A Broken System?
- 04/24/08 04:26 PM
This is just a note to my three other posts (Are You Ready to Ship Illegals Away? , Everyone has the answer. Even if we do not understand the question , and I Had To Say That... Even If You Do Not Like It).
These are not friends of mine, but we met at a party, they are nice intelligent people, he has PhD, travels around the world on business, doing research, and she is a nurse.
They had trouble with their son, he is what is called "challenged". In one of his trips back to Russia he fell in love with a woman, then … (2 comments)
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jon zolsky: 138 years ago, April 22, 1870
- 04/22/08 07:15 PM
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jon zolsky: Condo Market in Daytona Beach Area in the 1st Quarter
- 04/20/08 04:55 PM
Daytona Area Condo Market was a little busier this year than in the first quarter of 2007.
Let's look at numbers. There were 117 condominiums sold in the 1 st quarter of last year at an average price of $333,218.
This year there were 127 condominiums sold at an average price of 309,879 (7% decline). Does it give us the idea of how the condo market is going to perform next year? Not really. There were 4 or 5 new condo buildings selling off their last units, and they may have affected the prices pushing them just a bit up. We may most … (4 comments)
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jon zolsky: Do You Mind People Spamming in the Comments to Your Post?
- 04/20/08 04:43 PM
We are all different, and we seek different things on AR. Some are coming for the social networking, learning, and looking for ideas. Others sign on, but actually do not do anything, and, interestingly enough, a lot of top producers are in that category. Well, some people do not need a social club, and some are very grateful to AR that they have that opportunity. And there is the third group, those who come to explore AR as the means to get their message across, use it as a channel, sell or promote something, and they often have little respect for others. For them this is just the media.
I recently … (29 comments)
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jon zolsky: Calling 35 Countries for Only $9.95. Unlimited...
- 04/20/08 01:30 PM
Skype announced a $9.95 plan for unlimited International calls to 35 countries.
And I remembered when we came from the USSR in 1991. My pregnant daughter left her husband in Moscow, they were newlyweds, this was tough enough in the new country, she needed al the support she could have, and AT&T charged us over $2 per minute. The connection was terrible, you call, and there is nothing, so you call again, and again, there is no connection, so after 4-5 attempts you get through and all we could allow her was a 3 minute converstaion, and then we were getting … (4 comments)
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jon zolsky: How is the Condo-Hotel Market in Daytona Beach Area?
- 04/19/08 04:56 PM
Daytona Beach real estate is not different from any other area in Florida. If you are talking to agents about the market, you feel some dose of optimism. Agents are saying that the market is busier, and they think that this is the beginning of the warm up, or the market going to where it should be.
Well, if we look at Daytona real estate, and more specifically at condo-hotel market, it does not support that rosy view, and reflects what many of us noticed, when agents see not what is there (which is the bear market), but what they rather would … (0 comments)
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Since Sunday the fires in Brevard County on the East Coast of Florida have destroyed about 20 homes and a lot of other homes damaged. Estimates are at $9.6 Mil. 15 sq. miles are scorched, I-95 closed causing major problems for cars and trucks, schools are closed.
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