The Orlando Regional REALTOR Association/ORRA has the newest/February edition of "The Skinny." The Skinny is a quick, fairly comprehensive overview of EVERYTHING real-estate-related for the previous month. Check out the median home sales price for January, $103,000, according to The Skinny, whi
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02/23/2010
When I take a Short Sale listing, I encourage any Buyers for those listings to put in escrow money at the effective date of the contract. I choose to do this because I want a REAL BUYER for my listing. If they don't have any "skin" in the transaction, what's to keep a Buyer from walking away fr
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02/12/2010
We have been hearing a lot about "strategic defaults" on mortgages in Florida. A lot of Homeowners that have been struggling with paying their mortgages are getting bad advice or partial advice to NOT pay their mortgages and simply walk away from their homes. Instead of calling it "getting beh
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02/04/2010
Our Orlando Regional REALTOR Association/ORRA was a little late in getting us REALTORS this month's edition of our emailed copy of the Market Pulse (a fairly comprehensive overview of EVERYTHING real-estate-related for each month). BUT--they had a good reason for it--they were working on includi
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02/02/2010
HELP! I have a typical Air-Conditioning system in FLORIDA and I just found out the government is doing away with production of my A/C refrigerant! Technically, they are PHASING OUT the use of my A/C refrigerant. This is a great thing, protecting the environment and contributing to CLEANER A
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02/02/2010
Make an Offer on This Bank-Approved Short Sale! A Casselberry Condo for Sale! Property Location: 632 Kenwick Cir. #203, Casselberry, FL 32707 MLS #: o4885962 Buy This Condo for Bank-Approved Price of $32,500 1 BR, 1 Bath with 766 Square Feet under Heat/Air. Short Sale Condo wi
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12/28/2009
If you or a friend are facing Foreclosure, what do you do? Do you know the difference between a FORECLOSURE and a SHORT SALE? For a Free Report, Click link below: http://hosted.cdpe.com/21063 Good Information for Buyers & Sellers Located at: http://www.winterparkhomefinder.com/ Search for Home
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10/27/2009
A Maitland Home for Sale! NOT A Short Sale Nor Foreclosure Property. Property Location: 1023 Grove St., Maitland, FL 32751 MLS #: o4933550 Buy This Home for $115,500 3 BR, 2.5 Bath, 1-Car Garage Home with 1,486 Square Feet under Heat/Air. Super-Spacious 3BR, 2.5 Bath END-UNIT Town
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09/10/2009
Say "Hi" to Your Newest Neighbors if You Live In, Rent, Or Own a Place in Casselberry, FL Just SOLD- Casselberry, Florida We are proud to announce that Lisa Spalding with Watson Realty Corp. has just SOLD the 3 bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage, concrete block home at 40 Carriage Hill Cir. in Ca
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07/22/2009
You may have been wondering why I haven't made a blog post in a while. Well, I enjoyed a long, holiday weekend AND have been bucking up on learning about real estate and Short Sales in Central Florida, in general. In looking back at Short Sales/Pre-Foreclosures and my business, I discovered tha
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07/06/2009
