Simon Conway's Orlando Real Estate Blog

Bob Dole unloaded on former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan today in an e-mail which could not have been more perfect. So perfect in fact, that there is little point adding my own feelings about McClellan - but you know I will anyway. You see I have no problem with someone in the Admi...

Have you ever wondered just how much money some Realtors made during the boom? They came to your home and negotiated a commission based fee and after you signed the very first thing they did was to place the home in the MLS. They might even have had a $10 an hour assistant to do that for them. In...

You see tomorrow I will be celebrating my seven year journey to become a citizen of this great nation. And so I had a choice to make - be late for my own party, or play a "best of" radio show. I went with option number two. And so then we had to pick what we would be talking about. The most reque...

It was going to happen sooner or later, but Countrywide chairman Angelo Mozilo, finally let slip - almost literally - what he really thinks about his borrowers who have found themselves in trouble. You see Mozilo received an e-mail from one such borrower - essentially saying "I'm in trouble - how...

On Saturday my radio show aired as normal - but I also talked about Memorial Day. What follows is the transcript of that segment. So here we are on Memorial Day Weekend and we have service men and women in harms way once again.  These people understand with every fiber of their being what defend...

     This is the one you've been waiting for!! Fabulous fully furnished condo right on the conservation. Upmarket furniture in pristine condition because this unit has been used just by the owner. Manned gated community offering up scale amenities including clubhouse with movie theatre, fitness r...

I was able to start my radio show today with the words "My fellow Americans" which has been seven years in the making! I guess it was inevitable that today's monologue was about immigration - the legal kind and the illegal kind. I spoke of my journey to citizenship and I spoke of the economic cri...

This has got to be my fave story for quite some time - and it's all true!! The picture is a link to The Guardian newspaper from the UK. A Mexican donkey has landed itself in jail after being found guilty of assualt. The animal was locked up in a holding pen normally used for keeping drunks off th...

Oh yes! My Fellow Americans... it took me seven long years and thousands upon thousands of Dollars in Government fees, but today the day finally arrived and I am very proud to tell you that I am your fellow American Citizen! It was an extremely early start today because we had to report in to the...

This is United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant William "Spanky" Gibson. A couple of weeks ago, Spanky was a guest on my radio show and since then I am very proud that I am now able to call him "friend". Spanky lost his leg to a sniper's bullet in Iraq and after his incredible recovery - which inc...