Orlando, Ocoee, & Winter Garden Realtor

Bargain-Hunters Find an Orlando Market That Isn't Waiting Anyone who is buying a house in Orlando -- or even just checking up on the market -- is likely to find that some of the rules of the game seem to have shifted. Particularly anyone expecting to be deluged by the kind of amazing deals being ...

Winter Garden Property Owners Finalize Remodel Plans “What doesn't bankrupt us makes us stronger,” writes Josh Garskof, a serial remodeler and contributing writer and/or editor for Money magazine, “This Old House,” and Martha Stewart Living.  Winter Garden property owners who have attempted a rem...

Winter Garden Investors Buy Foreclosed Homes - Sometimes! With the Fed having announced its intention to hold interest rates near 0% until at least mid-2015, even very cautious investors are recognizing that this provides a rare opening. If ever there were a time to start a real estate portfolio,...

Longevity Factors into Winter Garden Home Sale Decisions “Longevity planning” is not something most youthful or middle-aged Winter Garden residents spend a lot of time thinking about. “Getting old?” Who wants to dwell on that? Joseph Coughlin, the director of the AgeLab at MIT, pushes for changin...

Seamless Winter Garden Relocation Takes Focused Preparation As soon as you are offered a great new job or promotion - even if it's in a new town -- your natural response is, “Absolutely, yes!” After all, you landed the opportunity because you are a go-getter -- someone who solves problems! Experi...

Unexpected Bargains Test Ocoee First Time Buyers It can happen when you least expect it: an opportunity unexpectedly opens up - and you suddenly realize that the time to become a homeowner is here! It may happen when the landlord of the Ocoee home you've been renting suddenly decides it's time to...

Novel Sales Alternative for Ocoee Luxury Properties?  You could have easily missed it here in Ocoee -- an attention-grabbing event that happened just before New Years Day. One of those San Francisco Bay Area luxury properties (priced at $25 million) made headlines when it was reported to have suc...

Ocoee Housing Outlook Key to Rent or Sell Decision The real estate climate forecast for the coming year is partly sunny -- and warming up!  Yet, with no double-digit appreciation in sight, some who plan on selling a home in Ocoee face the very practical question: is the winter of '13 the right ti...

2013 Outlook Promising for Winter Park Vacation Homes According to the National Association of Realtors®, last year the number of sales for vacation homes continued to rise following the staggering 64.5% gain in all investment home sales for 2011.  The consensus has it that promising statistics a...

    Everyone sees those TV commercials featuring sincere celebrities pitching reverse mortgages. If you are 62 or older, chances are you're also subjected to glossy mailers (and even DVDs!) that show up in your mailbox at regular intervals. Latest stats show that approximately 83% of baby boomers...