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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
The Plaza Resort & Spa in 2017 Wow, wow, wow. Haven’t checked Plaza Resort & Spa in 2017 at the very end of the year and can believe how fast things have changed! Only 7 unit for sale in Plaza. I do not remember low inventory like this for a […] Read more »
Timing in Real Estate Now is the time when I often get the request for foreclosures. I am not talking about REOs, I am talking about foreclosures. People, who are asking, think that this is a constant source of cheap properties, so when they do not see “deals”, they want […] Read more »
Hurricane Irma hit Daytona Beach September 9, 2017. We left the city. After the Hurricane I received the call from the condo Association Board Member that Irma took the roof over Kingston Shores condo, the investment condo in Ormond Beach. There was no roof, you could see the sky. It […] Read more »
We were showing a condo in Daytona Beach Shores to out-of-state Buyers the other day, and they asked me whether I have sold units in this building. Hmm, have I sold any units in this condo building? And I said “No”… How come? If I specialize in condos in Daytona […] Read more »
Daytona Condo-Hotel Market. Castaways This is the beginning of new 2018, perfect time to look back at 2017, see how Castaways Beach Resort fared by analyzing the statistical data. Try to predict the condo-hotel market in 2018 and, maybe, 2019. Current Data There are 3 condo-hotel units for sale in […] Read more »