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Is Orlando Pet Friendly? Orlando is a pet friendly area until it comes to renting. Only 4% of properties in the Orlando area allow their tenants to have dogs or cats. Here are the Orlando Rentals details. A big problem for the fact that nearly 40% of households do have a dog. The rental […]
Orlando Housing Market 2016
Orlando Home prices going up! Orlando Housing market shows a 9.47 % increase in home prices in 2015. This growth outperforms the stock market and surpasses traditional price gains. Overall Home sales in 2015 were up by almost 16% over 2014. Orlando Housing Market Regular home sales were up 26% over […]
Home inspections, who should attend?
Should a real estate agent attend the home inspections? If they are a Sellers Agent, Transaction Broker of Facilitator, than they do not need to attend the home inspection because they are not working for you the buyer. However, if the agent is your Buyers Agent than they for sure need to be at the […]
Wasting Money on New Construction Upgrades
Avoiding Overspending and Brain Overload Many buyers sign a new home contract, thinking that they are buying a replica of the model home. Not so. Sometimes almost everything you see is a new construction upgrades. That means a builder upgrade at an additional cost to the home buyer. This is a time to not let your emotions […]
Auction Home Buyer loses $102,000
Home buyers have no clue about Auctions. Many Auction home buyers bidding on homes mistakenly buy a property burdened in additional debt that they are unaware of. This is more common than you realize. Many Auction home buyers think that the opening bid is the asking price. Not so. […]
Orlando Real Estate Market June 2015
Orlando Real Estate Market is recovering Prices in Orlando Real Estate are going up faster than expected. Anyone sitting on the fence and waiting for prices to go down needs to buy this year or expect to pay more. Compare Orlando Real Estate to a few months ago here. The median […]
NAR says Real Estate Agents are incompetent
NAR says Agents themselves biggest threat to Real Estate The National Association of Realtors (NAR) says that a large number of real estate agents are “untrained, unethical and/or incompetent”. No surprise to me. I have known that for decades. Its no secret… Just read the comments on Active Rain, a large […]
Do Cash buyers in Orlando Overpay for property?
Cash buyers in Orlando are common In the last quarter, 56% of home sales were cash buyers paying cold cash. Cash does talk and allows the cash buyers to be the top bidder. But does that mean that they get what they paid for? Not necessarily… Cash buyers overpaying for […]
Quiet Carry Mini Q protection for Humans
Do you think you need concealed protection? Personally, I think everyone needs something to make them feel safer, but as a female I am not ready to pack a gun. I do however love the Quiet Carry Mini Q. I have never been in a life or death situation, but admit there were […]
Renegotiating the contract after home inspection
What do most agents think about home inspection re-negotiations? Ok, so I am shocked. Sometimes I cannot believe what some real estate agents think that a home inspection is for. There was a recent blog called “My inspection report is not “ammo” posted on a private real estate forum by a home inspector who stated that his inspection […]