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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Daytona Condo MarketIt is the end of the year. Let us look at condo market in Daytona Beach Area, which includes Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet, Port Orange, Holly Hill and South Daytona.Current Data483 Active Condo Listings from $59,900 to $1,250,000 41 Pending 24...
12/25/2017
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Dick Greenberg recently posted a must-read Swan Song. This non-featured post got 72 comments and made me again wonder how on earth a post with over 70 comments was not featured? But I digress.I read the post and then each and every comment. I read slowly. It is an honest post selling nothing to n...
12/24/2017
Surfing through an Everest of Saturday emails, I see Open Table, Inc's report featuring best 10 Central Florida restaurants. Daytona Beach is in Central Florida, so, I am going through the list expecting to see Orlando only on the list, but here I see The Cellar Restaurant, which is in Daytona Be...
12/23/2017
I remember early 90s, when we loved to come to Florida. Everything so wonderful. Even the air was tastier, at least it was different… It was funny when we were coming in winter and enjoyed the warm weather, locals were complaining that it was cold. They did not understand what cold meant…We longe...
12/22/2017
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It is incredibly sad to watch America more and more resembling… Russia. For someone well familiar with Russia, seeing many of the things I ran away, is scary. Even worse is that so many Americans see nothing wrong here.My Russian friends both here and back in Russia are laughing. Putin did what I...
12/20/2017
I read this article and thought it was interesting.The Florida Constitution Revision Commission meets every 20 years. It has the authority to put constitutional amendments on the ballot. Recently it has “voted to advance four public proposals, including a measure dealing with homestead exemptions...
12/20/2017
Fountain Beach Resort in December 2017There are 9 units in Fountain Beach Resort (FBR)for sale and one market as Contingent as of December 18, 2017. 5 studios, and 4 One-bedroom units. Contingent unit (310) is a studio. In FBR studios are basically hotel rooms. One-bedroom units were created by t...
12/18/2017
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It is mid December, the days are short, and there is fewer opportunities for us to go to the beach. But we work from home, so when it is warm and the tide is low, we sometimes just get out to the beach and walk with a feeling of guilt, as hey, it is still a working day :) And it was warm, 72F air...
12/16/2017
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My Buyers would like to have a vacation condo so that they can come a few times a year and enjoy Florida warm climate. Timing is perfect, the prices, while on the rise, are still very affordable. They are not looking for a big space and this 1,050 sf condo on the Intracoastal is perfect for them....
12/09/2017
Agent or Attorney?Who Should the Buyer in Florida Hire: Agent or Attorney?If you Google this question, you will see quite a few postings. Practically all from attorneys. And, you guess right, better to have the attorney than the real estate agent.They would dwell on how real estate agents are pai...
12/08/2017