Forget about the past. It’s over and done with and no matter how much rumination you do about it, it won’t change the present. This is the here and now. OK, so let me take a step backward for a moment. Let’s not totally forget about the past, just the learn and remember the…
Category Archives: Real Estate and Politics
Vote NO on Amendment 4
Amendment 4 or the misnomer as it was known by, Hometown Democracy, if passed would have Floridians vote on every proposed change to the comprehensive plans for each city and county. Just the fact of the voting alone and the cost of such is major onus. To give you an idea of what this might…
Homebuyer Tax Credit – Extended and Expanded
Today the Senate & House of Representatives extended the Homebuyer Tax Credit that was to expire on Nov. 30th. The new and expanded bill will take effect when President Obama signs it into legislation. The new bill extends the deadline until April 30, 2010 where the homebuyer will have to have a written and binding…
City of Apopka Proposes a Tax Hike
The City of Apopka is raising the millage rate, but because of governmentese it is called a rate rollback. The reason they can do this is the municipality can raise the rate so that they can continue receiving the same amount of funds as in the previous year. The current rate is 3.5168 mils and…
Florida’s $8K Tax Credit Downpayment Program
The program utilizing the Government’s $8K tax credit as a downpayment became effective July 1. Unfortunately, there is no money as they are relying on current home sales’ Doc Stamp taxes to fund the necessary reserves. The Florida Homebuyer Opportunity Program’s (FLHOP) $8,000 tax credit is a bridge loan (short-term loan) administered by the state’s…
Winter Park, Seminole and Orange Counties, FL – Market Sales Statistics for May ‘09
The following are the market sales statistics for Winter Park, Seminole and Orange Counties, Florida for May 2009. Winter Park is made up of the zip codes of 32789 & 32792. For purposes of this analysis we are only splitting the data according to single-family homes vs, condominiums, townhomes and villas. A couple of definitions…
Longwood, Seminole County, FL – Market Sales Statistics for February ‘09
The following are the market sales statistics for Longwood, Seminole County, Florida for February 2009. Longwood is made up of the zip codes of 32779 & 32750. For purposes of this analysis we are only splitting the data according to single-family homes vs, condominiums, townhomes and villas. A couple of definitions are in order. The…
Offshore Oil Drilling – Bring It On –NOT!!!
The title sums up what I have to say on this topic. Additionally, this is quite unusual for me to touch upon politics except when it pretty much immediately relates to real estate. Part of my writing this article is two-fold. Firstly, because the idea itself is abhorrent to me. And secondly, because here our…
Real Estate – What Is It To Me?
This is a great business. There is nothing really simple with buying and selling real estate because of all of the complexities involved in what many of us may feel is a simple transaction. The rewards that we acquire are bringing all of these individual facets together successfully for all of those involved. To me…
