In the 5th grade my mom transferred me to a new school, which was darn far from where we lived. We did not have school buses, and I simply walked to school, which took me about 45 minutes. But soon we moved a little closer.The reason was that this school was the only special school in town with t
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12/04/2017
I posted I Want Top Floor…It is about living in a high-rise condo. I had plenty of comments, it took me some time responding and then it was all over… or so I thought.Yesterday we had dinner at our place with friends, immigrants from Russia like us. They live on the ground floor of a condominium
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12/04/2017
I posted I Want Top Floor…It is about living in a high-rise condo. It is one of those “what if” situations. Comments proved that these things rarely even being considered. Not because they are not important, but because buyers do not know about it. And too often agents, who are not condo people a
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11/29/2017
– I want top floorI 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 the higher you are, the better the view.
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11/28/2017
Wyndham Ocean Walk Resort consists of two Towers. South tower, 19-story building, and North Tower, a 25-story building.South Tower 300 N Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32118 Active:Currently there are 6 condos for sale in the South Tower of Ocean Walk Resort.4 one-bedroom units starting from $2
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10/20/2017
A friend of ours, who recently bought a second condo in Sarasota, sent me this link to The 10 Best Big Cities To Retire In The U.S. Wow, they hit two cities on this list. Sarasota being #1 in the nation, according to US News & World Report, and Daytona Beach taking line 7. By the way, one of the
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10/10/2017
Recently read an article in Miami Herald “Condo rip-off: Tenant sues association over high fees”. If you deal with condos, you, probably, run into those high fees charged to Sellers, Buyers or Tenants.In Florida we got to the point that recently enacted legislation governing Estoppel fees…But the
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09/24/2017
Hurricane Irma. Lesson to LearnA couple of years ago we helped buyers from St. Petersburg, Russia, to purchase a house on Daytona’s Beachside. They were not here when Hurricane Matthew hit, and knew about hurricanes only from neighbors. Majority of what they hear is that it is no biggie, you can
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09/23/2017
We ran from Irma to New Orlean, and I donot regret a single minute. We needed a break. Not such as Irma, but we needed a break.Yesterday we visited National World War II Museum in New Orleans. “Ranked by TripAdvisor as the #1 Attraction in New Orleans, named by USA Today as the #1 Best Place to L
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09/13/2017
We ran away from Irma. Unplanned and unneeded sort of vacation, but hey, it is still better to have a forced vacation, than have to be forced to work :)So, here we are in New Orleans. It is our 3rd time, which tells you about the increased hurricane activity in Florida :) It is a fun place, so mu
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09/11/2017