The Orlando Condo Blog

Orlando is the No. 1 most popular summer travel spot for 2011, according to bookings on travel site Orbitz.com. The City Beautiful was the only Florida city to make the top 10 list this year. Among the reasons cited for Orlando’s high ranking: • Average airfare to Orlando this summer is $290, an increase of [...]

Canadian buyers Tara and Don talk about how they acquired their new condo hotel unit at the Lake Buena Vista Resort (a foreclosure / bank owned deal) near Disney, using Condo Metropolis. Click the following link to learn more about Lake Buena Vista Resort & Spa, or call Condo Metropolis on: 407-290-3408. You can search listings [...]

The Florida Condominium Act requires both developer-controlled associations and unit-owner controlled associations to prepare a “Frequently Asked Questions and Answers” (commonly referred to as a “Q&A Sheet”).  The Q&A Sheet must include information: regarding unit owners’ voting rights; unit use restrictions, including restrictions on leasing of a unit; indicating whether and in what amount the unit owners [...]

You better believe it – the housing market is back. It’s time to buy again, and here are the 10 cities with the most affordable homes, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. Orlando real estate is right there, and no wonder with prices a fraction of what they were 5 years ago. var conveythis_src = [...]

Good news: Our MLS search provider DS Search Agent, will soon be releasing a mobile version making your Orlando condo hunt on the fly that much easier. Stay tuned for release info! var conveythis_src = “en”;translation

Question: Our board wants to build a larger pool and upgrade the clubhouse and is considering borrowing $200,000 and use our $50,000 reserve fund. While the expansion concept is supported by the members, I question the wisdom of borrowing money and using reserves earmarked for other things to do it. Answer: A homeowner association borrowing [...]

The Plantation Park Condo Owners Association won its lawsuit with with developer American Invsco this week – and they now have their clubhouse back! They also received $83,000. The lawsuit with AI over shoddy workmanship, which started in 2007 after the apartments converted to condos has been dragging on for four years but now the COA, which has been [...]

Will the real Forrest Gump please stand up. Our broker Marcus Burke is featured in today’s Orlando Business Journal. You can read the full box-of-chocolates interview here. var conveythis_src = “en”;translation