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Wow! The real estate market in Central Florida continues to sizzle!  Although the number of recorded closings dropped slightly from July, Orlando Regional Realtors still chalked up a very healthy 2,112 homes sales in August.  That represents an increase of about 65% over August 2008 but there is ...
09/15/2009
I don't understand the lack of compassion from supposedly Christian people, not that religious beliefs or lack thereof should be necessarily brought into the health care reform debate.  As I see it, religion is only brought into the discussion to incite fearful knee jerk reactions from believers ...
08/26/2009
Greetings to all!  Welcome to my blog and thank you for taking a moment to read my take on the Central Florida real estate market. The residential segment of Central Florida's real estate market continues to gain momentum in terms of number of sales closed, new contracts written and pending sales...
08/12/2009
Boy did I hate the where do you live question as a kid. The ramshackle two story rental house on Pine street right next to a huge boiler factory was truly a sight for sore eyes.  OK, it was a dump.  The house on Pine street was an old tenement likely built for barge workers in the early 1920's.  ...
07/23/2009
The New York Times ran an interesting article yesterday that is a must read for any real estate agent working short sales, pre-foreclosures or just giving professional advice to the general public about loan modifications.  According to the article, many of the same players that put borrowers in ...
07/21/2009
Florida, it seems, has no shortage of real estate scams, swindles and mortgage fraud schemes.  Throughout the history of this state there have been so many swamp salesmen and out right thieves in the real estate business that it has become a running joke among legitimate real estate practitioners...
07/15/2009
Well now, remarkable how a one month period can make the entire Central Florida real estate market look completely different. Total sales for the month ending June 30th jumped an astounding 43% to 2,131 as reported by the Orlando Regional Realtors Association.  That is a very healthy number and f...
07/11/2009
Ever been caught with an empty pipeline and no positive signs on the horizon? You've been busting your tail, crossing all your T's and dotting the I's but have nothing to show for it but dwindling self confidence.  It's called wandering in the weeds and we've all been there.  I've put together a ...
06/29/2009
How's business? We hear it everyday don't we, it's kind of like being asked "how are you doing".  Do they really want to know or are they just being pleasant?  If your posing that question to most small business owners in the Winter Springs-Oviedo area lately, you might get an earful of *%&^# and...
06/13/2009
Oh baby, have I got a deal for you! Sure, we've all heard that one before.  This time the hype has plenty of substance.  Beleive me, the commercial real estate leasing market in two of Seminole Counties best cities is a tenants dream.  Asking rates and terms for retail, office, warehouse and indu...
06/08/2009
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