I Am Not In a Rush…

When to buy Daytona condo

I am not in a rush That’s what I hear again and again. Even when it makes no sense. I understand that this is said as some sort of protection from a pushy salesman… I am not in a rush … It is February, and in Daytona Beach area it […] Read more »

Palma Bella. A Market Snapshot

Palma Bella Condominium

Palma Bella Market Snapshot Palma Bella in Daytona Beach Shores is one of the nicest condos in the area. Built in 2007, it joined the ranks of a few real lusury condominiums. It had its share of problems when the market started falling, and there was quite a number of […] Read more »

Max Daytona Condo is Coming Soon

Max Daytona

Mushrooms usually come all at the same time. Condominium projects in Daytona Beach area grow pretty much the same way. We have not seen any sizable residential construction in Daytona Beach Shores since 2007. Then DiMucci started building a 6-story oceanfront condo, and then the developers started clearing the lot […] Read more »

SunGlow Pier in Daytona Beach Shores

Daytona Beach Shores

Walking on the beach, we are passing Sunglow Pier, one of two piers we have in the area. Boaters keep their boats in the Intracoastal, so it is not for them, it is for fun. It is where people are fishing, and it is the place where people go to […] Read more »

Hey, It Is Florida, Not South Carolina

Contract

I happened to me before. I advise customers, then they call their tax man and he kills the deal. While unfortunate, you have to bury the deal and move. Sometimes I dream of calling the tax man and tell him everything I think about him but I digress… My clients […] Read more »

Oceans Four Condominium in Daytona Beach Shores, FL.

Oceans Four

Oceans Four Condominium Oceans Four is a 20-story condominium building with 114 condo units in Daytona Beach Shores. It is one of 15 condominium buildings in the Oceans group of condos. Yet on MLS there is only 1 unit for sale as of today, February 5, 2018. Less than 1% […] Read more »

About Condo Boards and Condo Fees

Daytona Beach Shores

When you read about condos, you are warned about “Gestapo” Boards, exorbitant Condo Association Dues, and other similar stuff. I am a condo broker and in my world every property has Condo Owners’ Association, or COA. What this really means is that every owner is a member or a mandatory […] Read more »

Me And 85,000 Other Attendees

Builders Show

A few weeks ago, we had a chance to go to the International Builders’ Show at Orlando Convention Center. What an incredible Builders’ Show it was… We went there first on January 9, but we had a small business to stop at IKEA. We needed to help our client to […] Read more »

Vivat Le Hard Rock Hotel!

Vivat le Hard Rock Hotel

Hard Rock Hotel in Daytona Beach. It is interesting how things constantly change. Desert Inn in Daytona at 900 North Atlantic Ave. did not have a great reputation. TripAdvisor named it one of 10-dirtiest hotels in the nation. And then, shortly thereafter police and FBI raided the hotel and arrested […] Read more »

Sea Dip Resort. February 2018

Sea Dip Resort, a condo-hotel in Daytona Beach

Sea Dip Sea Dip  is a 5-story 134-room Daytona Beach condo-hotel. It is one of the oldest condo-hotels in the area – it was built in 1960. In early 2000 it has undergone concrete restoration. The first condo-hotel to go through that. At that time $7K-$8K Special Assessment sounded like […] Read more »