Jon's Real Estate ramblings

The beginning of this week started with the Jeep-siege of Daytona. Jeeps were everywhere. On the roads, on the International Speedway, on the Beach…The biggest Jeep event in the nation started only 7 years ago, and the first one attracted only a few hundred of Jeeps. In 2016 there were more than ...

Hurricane Matthew hit Daytona Beach - Flagler Beach area on October 6 and 7, 2016. Hotels and motels in Daytona suffered $67 Mil in damages. Some of major hotels reported 90% of rooms having water intrusion, smashed windows... Roofs were gone from so many residential and commercial structures, si...

We were remodeling a 2-bedroom/2 bath condo on the ground floor of a 2-story condo building.The guy above is a renter. He takes his two large dogs for a walk, stops to chat. He said the only problem selling this condo would be … crime. He said there was a young kid on a Mercedes, who comes there ...

Oceans Eight Market SnapshotOceans Eight Condominium was built in 1996. It is one of the latest built condominiums in the Oceans Family of 15 condos in Daytona Beach Shores. Built by Bellmead Development Corp, this 21-story 168-unit oceanfront condominium is a popular and generally more expensive...

Oceans Six Condominium. 2967 S Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach Shores. FL 32118 Oceans Six Market SnapshotOceans Six condominium, built in 1993, is one of the later built condominiums in the Oceans Family. This 17-story 120-unit oceanfront condominium in Daytona Beach Shores was developed by Bellmea...

I read Teresa Evans-Johnson's “Professionals Need to…Use Their Tools” and one thing in it inspired me to get to this post. It is Showing appointment set up feature on MLS.I never got the hype about it. I do not like it. In our MLS we have the way to set Showings on MLS if you have an account with...

I have a lockbox on this condo door, but I come to show the unit every time there is a request.I know this unit better than any agent, we remodeled it, and all these details that I know the agent does not know.I also come couple of minutes early and turn on the lights, make sure everything is in ...

Palma Bella Market Snapshot. April 2017 There are 7 direct oceanfront condos for sale in Palma Bella in Daytona Beach Shores. Prices start from $657K for a 2nd floor unit and go to $733,950 for non-corner direct oceanfront units. There are also 3 direct oceanfront corner very large units (2,854 ...

Today is Bill Archambault’s birthday. Your last comment on your blog was May 2, 2014…A Marine, a pilot, a mortgage professional, a real estate expert. And a very loving man.People do not disappear on AR, even after passing. I never deleted you from the list of my followers. I can’t tell you how p...

Just read that the poll commissioned by Airbnb shows that “Floridians are overwhelmingly supportive of the idea of people renting out their homes to tourists” (read more here).The Survey also shows that people support taking away cities’ and counties’ powers to limit vacation rentals, and leave t...