The Orlando Condo Blog

Where have I been this past month?  Why have I denied you your bi-weekly ration of off-color humor interwoven with current events?  What possible excuse can I have for such a blatant shirking of my responsibilities?   Vacation.  And it was AWESOME.  I’m totally tanner than you right now.   So, I clearly have some [...]

 MetroWest Orlando gets a new real estate website this month. Intended to home in on all aspects of the MetroWest real estate neighborhood, the new Orlando site features separate sections for single family homes and condos. “The portal’s main focus is single family homes in MetroWest,” says Burke, the site’s developer. “But with Metro West being ground zero [...]

The Top Ten Real Estate Deals website selected our featured Orlando condo bank liquidation as one of their Top 10 picks for the best home and condo deals in the United States this week. Each week the site’s developers compile and showcase a media list of the Top 10 best and most interesting real estate deals available on [...]

55 West, Paramount & Aspire Condos, Downtown Orlando   $200 CASH REBATE! Get $200 in CASH just for using our downtown Orlando condo rental service! (That’s on top of any other monthly “specials” you may get.) This month’s special? Write your contract AT 55 West condos on a certain day this month – and get [...]

Fannie Mae, the too-big-to-fail public-private mortgage company, approved 123 new Florida condo projects for financing in the first half of of 2010, a stark contrast to 2008 when not a single condo community was accepted, according to a new report from condovultures.com in Miami. var conveythis_src = “en”;translation

Well we don’t normally deal with sales outside of Orlando but given the number of investment inquiries we receive both locally and internationaly for turn-key income producing investments (regardless of location) we thought we’d put this one out there. Here’s a quick exerpt from the brochure. (Please click on the image to the right to download the [...]

When you buy a condo from a developer or builder, you’re automatically given a set of what are commonly referred to as “Condo Docs”. You may get the heavy weight paper version, but these days you’re more likely to get the CD-ROM version. Either way, most buyers don’t bother to read them, but they do include some [...]

Lennar homes have opened a town home vacation resort close to Disney called Paradise Palms. Current pricing for Paradise Palms resort includes a turnkey furniture package and a private heated pool (only two 3-Bed left for this deal) – for the three bedroom unit the price is $189,990. Financing may be possible as well as $5,000 in closing costs paid. [...]

A fortune teller asked me to gaze into her crystal ball. “I see wear and tear in your building’s future. I see a new roof will be needed. I see cracking paint and asphalt in need of repair. I see (gasp!) a depleted reserve fund!” It doesn’t take a fortune teller to predict that common [...]