Anna Lukyanova's (daytonarealtor) Blog

So this morning, one of my sellers called telling me that AC unit in the condo that she is renting for the summer went out a few days ago and nobody came out to fix it after numerous phone calls. "What do I do? I don't want to pay rent for the unit with no AC working. It's summer... It's hot in F...

I can't believe we are already in the middle of June and this Sunday is Father's Day.I want to take time to talk about my dad. He is a man of few words, but when he talks he really has something to say. He taught me many things in life including that I should be the best I can be at any given tim...

Today on the Daytona Beach Bulletin Board I read that '...the Port Orange Police Department would like to advise our community about a group of individuals that are going to neighborhoods posing as potential home buyers. The suspects usually go in pairs as a black male and a black female buyer.  ...

In case some of you do not know I am petrified of riding a roller-coaster. Just looking at it makes me sick. Up and Down... Up and Down... It's not that I am afraid of free-fall. It is freaky to know that I am giving up total control to somebody else to drive this thing. Real Estate is a lot like...

If you never seen strong rip currents of the Atlantic Ocean, it's quite a view.  Click on the You-tube video to hear the wind from the ocean and see the waves level. It is quiet something. Every now and then we get it here in Daytona Beach, where the winds get as strong as 30mph. We may be experi...

OK, some of you may not know, but since the beginning of the year Midori Miller, trainer-manager in our Century 21 Pelican Bay office, organized the WOW team aka "Special Forces" of Century 21 Sundance Realty. We used to meet every Monday for 3 months. It is an accountability program that enhance...

What Makes a House a Home? That may seem like an easy question to answer, but for me it was always a touching subject. When I left Russia to study in Settle during school breaks, I would always go back "home"to see my family in Russia. The places where I lived in Seattle were just "Placement Stat...

On a FARBAR contract that is most frequently used in Florida it clearly states on line 80 that "Mold is naturally occurring and may cause health risks or damage to the property. If Buyer is concerned or desires additional information regarding mold, Buyer should contact an appropriate professiona...

Insurance Issues continued....After a massive distraction from the hurricanes  that took place a few years ago in Louisiana and Alabama and continuing fires in California and Georgia, insurance companies are not that eager to step up to the plate. Instead they pick and choose what they want to in...

I just want to take this moment to say, "Happy Mother's Day, Mom." Wikipedia defines a word mother as the natural or social female parent of an offspring. In my case I was fortunate enough to experience just that. My mother raised me and was a female role model when I was growing up and even now....