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The U.S.A. and England have moved from “in a relationship” to “it’s complicated” over the one-two punch of BP’s massive oil spill trashing the Gulf of Mexico (now holding the esteemed “greatest American ecological disaster” slot) and our 1-1 tie in the first game of the World Cup.    Facebook status joke?  You betta’ believe.  [...]

Plantation Park Condos, Orlando As most of you probably know by now, I’m not a fan of short sales - unless a buyer bails on one that’s ready to close. Well here’s one such deal at Plantation Park condos. The buyer has been working out this one-bedroom deal with BOA / Freddie Mac for about 8 months, [...]

The Mosaic Condominium Ater a couple of years renting, Mosaic condos near the Mall of Millenia are now selling again. The 27-building, gated, Mosaic condo complex is one of Orlando’s nicer condo conversions (built 2003) and the current owners have elected to go for individual sales over a one-time ‘bulk’ sale to a new sole buyer. The [...]

SB 1196 Includes New Remedies for Collecting Money Owed to Associations, but Unanswered Questions May Create Liability Exposure.  Community leaders and managers have complained for years about investor owner delinquencies.  Why should the owner continue to collect rent from his or her tenant without paying maintenance fees and/or assessments?  Sure, both the Condominium and Homeowners Acts allowed the [...]

Associations have new enforcement mechanisms available – due process requires careful planning & paperwork for associations to take advantage of these new remedies effectively.  Condominium Associations: Up until now condominium associations had to have authority to levy fines in the recorded governing documents and did not have the ability to tell delinquent owners to stay [...]

Altamonte Springs, Orlando: The Village town homes have just a dozen developer units left for sale. Half of these are 2/2 townhomes. One-bedroom condos (826 SF) start at just $69K (used to be $149K), with 3/2 town-homes (1465 SF) retailing at just $95K (used to be $250K). Pay no commission through Condo Metropolis and get your [...]

The law isn’t even effective yet and everyone wants to know where, when and whether they need the “board certification” required by the changes to §718.112(2)(d), Florida Statutes in SB 1196.  All good questions but please let me clarify – condo directors elected after the effective date of the law either need to provide the association [...]

Lofts & 1-bedrooms starting at $1070 2′s starting at $1638 3′s starting at $2185 $500 off if you move in by July 15th! Valid only until 5pm tomorrow!   For more info on 55 West at the Esplanade condominium see our 55 West page. See also our Downtown Orlando condos page for more info on [...]

We don’t normally deal outside of the Orlando metro area but here’s an opportunity in Fort Meyers. This is an Exclusive offer for Cash Buyers. This is a beautiful development that is very popular for its close proximity to schools, universities, hospitals, shopping and the beaches. The interstate is just 5 minutes away allowing easy [...]

Thank you everyone for the thoughtful questions and comments regarding SB 1196.  I have literally received hundreds of questions and comments over the past week – either through this site or by email.  Since many of the questions relate to the same issues, I’d like to share some of the responses. QUESTION:  Rumor has it that the Governor [...]