A friend from California makes his first trip to Florida. He flies to his son in Naples, finds a condo and puts it under contract. And then he comes to us in Daytona to visit us. He did not call and ask for advice, which is surprising, but it is […] Read more »
Real Estate Agent or Attorney? If you Google this question, you will see quite a few postings. Mostly from attorneys. And, you guessed it right, better to have the attorney than a real estate agent. They would dwell on how real estate agents are paid. That agents have interest in […] Read more »
– I want top floor I hear it quite often. We live on the 10th floor of a 17-story oceanfront condominium. Gorgeous view of the ocean to the east and the Halifax River to the west. We have it all. Newcomers usually want the top floor. Many people believe that […] Read more »
VA approved condos in Daytona Beach Area Here is the list of condos in Daytona Beach Area approved by the Veterans’ Administration. The list is taken from the VA official website. I am a bit confused by the list, as we have Yorktowne Estate and Yorktowne Villas, and the names […] Read more »
This story is about listing Daytona condo. It started with a phone call. The guy on the other end has been reading my blogs on my website, and finally called. We are chatting about life, real estate, Daytona condos. He throws a list of criteria at me (nearly killing me […] Read more »
Two-Bedroom Beachside Daytona Condos. There are 16 two-bedroom beachside Daytona condos for sale priced between $75,000 and $140,000. Here is the link to the information about them. 67 two-bedroom units changed hands in preceding 12-month period. 28 two-bedroom units have new owners since January 1 this year. In the same […] Read more »
Some of those are specific to condos. Like it got to be oceanfront only, no side view, or on the north side as the south side will be much hotter, view from oceanfront buildings is better than from buildings across street, or something else. Today we challenge the height. I […] Read more »
1st quarter Daytona condo market report In this report we limited the scope of analysis to the following seven municipalities: Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Ormond Beach, Holly Hill, South Daytona, Port Orange, Ponce Inlet. These 7 municipalities are adjacent to one another and commonly referred to as Daytona Beach […] Read more »
Buying a condo with your heart… The Buyer is an engineer. He said he would be implying objective and scientific method, be analytical. I worked with engineers before. Alas, I do not believe in engineers buying condos. I do not believe in Excel buyers. You do not buy a vacation […] Read more »
Real Estate is never narrowly defined and narrowly specific. Too many things tie in, so when you say Real Estate, it is like saying “life”. It is everything around us… So it is general. One would think that friends are your best clients, and often times it is true. But […] Read more »
I get a call from someone, who is reading my blog, and now want to look at condos. They tell me what and when and where, and we start working. 1. Looking for all condos fitting the broad criteria, narrowing down to few condos so that our customer really knows […] Read more »