Buying a condo can be a good experience if you know what you are getting into. If you enjoy the easy life but you still want to own your own home, buying a condo may be just the thing for you! Today, we will look into a few things you may want to consider when buying a condo.
Get to know your HOA if there is one. Find out what you can and cannot do in and around your new condo. Many people take getting to know about their Homeowner’s Association for granted until it is too late and they run into a problem.
Look into the bylaws of the condo you are thinking about purchasing. You can find out about rules regarding pets, parking, maximum occupant guidelines as well as finding out about things you can and cannot change in the unit if you decide you would rather rent for a while.
Have the building inspected to see if there will be any need for repairs before you purchase it. This will help you in the long run avoid spending needlessly on things that could have already been fixed before you move in to your new condo.
Find out what your voting rights might be as a condo owner. You can check this by again looking into the HOA and those that govern it.
Check into the finances of the condo to see that there are reserves for building maintenance that may come into play in the future.
Go door to door and get to know your potential neighbors. You will be living in close proximity to your neighbors if you do choose condo life, so spend a little bit if extra time getting to know those around you.
Condo life can be great if you are an empty nester or if you are single or an older individual looking for a more relaxed lifestyle than typical home ownership offers you. The last thing you want to be doing in your later years is worrying about keeping up a house and all that it entails. Start looking into condo life today by doing a bit of research online for condos in your area for sale or rent. There are pros and cons to owning your own condo so be sure to do your research and figure out if living in a condo works for your lifestyle. You may find that you have found the gold at the end of the rainbow by purchasing your own condo.
Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.
You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Drip is an in-your-face explosion of color and movement backed by a live rock band, all in an industrial dive bar.
You may get wet … you may get messy … you will have an awesome time. Grab a colored beer (orange, yellow, red or blue!) or glass of wine from our bar and let us assault your senses. Drip is located in the heart of International Drive (I-drive) within walking distance of the Orange County Convention Center, numerous hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions. Drip is an arts entertainment company that combines performing and visual arts to create full sensory environments that excite and move audiences. Drip is known for their highly visual, innovative and messy performances in colored sand, raining paint, flying water and more!
WHEN: Saturday Aug 22, 2015 @ 9am WHERE: The DRIP venue on International Drive COST:$35 – $54
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Things To Do Orlando: 21st Annual Harvest Grape Stomp
Finally, harvest season has arrived and it’s time for grape stomping competitions at the 21st Annual Harvest Grape Stomp!
This two-day outdoor event will feature live music, grape stomping, and award-winning Lakeridge Wines.There will be food and beverage vendors serving an assortment of delicious treats, including everyones favorite Lakeridge wines by the glass, as well as domestic and import beers available for purchase. A variety of children’s activities will be offered in the festival grounds at this family-friendly event, including bounce houses and concessions. There will also be a Lakeridge Winery booth on the festival grounds where guests can sign up for a chance to win a flat screen HDTV.
WHEN: WHERE: Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards COST: A $2 donation will be accepted at the gate to benefit the Boys & Girls Club; Parking is free.
Visit the Event Website for more details.
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Wondering what to do with your significant others? Attend Date Night this weekend!
Enjoy a current or classic film in a beautiful garden. Gardens open at 6:00 pm and movie times vary, visit leugardens.org for movies and times. Pack a dinner picnic or onsite vendors will be selling great food. Seating is recommended. All movies are weather permitting. Enjoy an outdoor movie in a beautiful garden. Blankets or chairs are recommended. You may bring a dinner picnic basket. Alcohol is permitted.
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
As a follow-up to a recent blog post,Your Credit and Your Home Purchase, I want to share a tip from a credit restoration company I know…
“As Shakespeare almost put it, To Pay Or Not To Pay, that is the question:
When it comes to your credit scores, paying the right account or the wrong account can make a massive difference in your credit scores. Let’s focus on what not to pay. One would assume when paying off bad debts on your credit report, the credit scores would always increase. However “one” is not always correct. Paying off items like your utility collection, or your cell phone collection will most likely decrease your scores. This is despite the popular belief that having a $0 balance on your collection accounts must be better than owing money. Balances on collections are irrelevant, for example you could have a one million dollar medical collection or a one dollar medical collection and if everything else is the same the scores would also be the same. The reason why your scores generally decrease when a payment is made is because by making a payment you reactivate the account causing it to report as new again. This is shown as the ‘DLA’ on a credit report. This ‘DLA’ or ‘Date of Last Activity’ represents the weight of the account AND the seven year statute until the item will fall off naturally (which is a whole other problem, but we will save that for another day).
The reasoning behind this madness is that the algorithms that calculate scores cannot discriminate against wealthier/poorer individuals. So the fact that a wealthier person has the ability to pay off a certain dollar amount more easily than a poorer person would be discriminatory on algorithm calculation.”
Confused? Contact us and we’ll put you in touch with a reliable lender who can answer your questions.
Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.
You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Delight your ears with the voice of Idina Menzel on Tour!
Tony-Award Winning Broadway powerhouse Idina Menzel has a diverse career on the stage, in film and television, and in music.
Superstar Idina Menzel’s tour comes hot on the heels of a remarkable year that included performing the smash hit “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen at the 86th annual Academy Awards, a triumphant return to Broadway in the musical If/Then, a Best Actress Tony Award nomination and the release of this season’s must-have Christmas album Holiday Wishes.
Called “the Streisand of her generation” by The Denver Post, Menzel has captivated audiences at sold-out concerts around the world. Throughout the tour, Menzel will lead audiences through a special journey of classic pop, musical theater favorites and her own personal catalogue. The shows are set to weave together Menzel’s irresistible charm, wit and unparalleled vocal prowess.
WHEN:WHERE:The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts COST: Tickets starting at $55
Visit the Event Website for more information and to Purchase Tickets
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Enjoy a fun outing this weekend & attend Ladies of Eola Heights!
The popular cast of Wanzie’s LADIES OF EOLA HEIGHTS, presented at The Abbey in the Summer of 2014, returns with COURT ORDERED THERAPY: The Ladies Of Eola Heights Continued. Original cast members Peg (Opal) O’Keef, Beth (Pearl) Marshall, Sam (June) Singhaus, and Blue (Ruby) Star will be joined by Kevin Kelly playing Dr. Robert Burroughs, who is charged with determining the mental stability of Orlando’s infamous Locksdale sisters following a domestic squabble that leaves Ruby with a broken wrist, and Pearl and Opal at complete odds with one another. The action takes place during the court ordered therapy sessions in which the sisters, who are at first uncommunicative, wind up hurling accusations and barbs at one another to hilarious and surprising ends.
Visit the Event Website for more information & to Purchase Tickets.
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Things To Do Orlando: SeaWorld Orlando Summer Nights
Visiting Orlando? Check out SeaWorld Orlando Summer Nights!
This summer SeaWorld will be hosting Summer Nights, a nighttime spectacular that features incredible shows, a new attraction – Antartica: Empire of the Penguin – thrilling coasters under the stars, a celebration of dancing fountains and spectacular fireworks, and a nightly Shamu show that ends with a bang. Guests can enjoy extended park hours until 10:00 p.m.
WHEN: Saturday, July 11, 2015
WHERE: SeaWorld® Orlando
COST: Included in the regular price of admission.
Visit the Event Website for more details.
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estate market. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale.
You deserve professional real estate service! You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
Attend the Mummies of the World Exhibition to view the world’s largest showcase of real mummies which shows an array of naturally and intentionally preserved mummies. The exhibit will be available for a limited time at the center and ticket prices vary.
The nationally recognized Mummies of the World exhibit will be debuting at the Orlando Science Center on June 13 2015.
Information courtesy of Orlando Real Estate Expert Teri Isner and the Orlando Avenue Top Team.
Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home search website. Teri Isner is the team leader of Orlando Avenue Top Team and has been a Realtor for over 24 years. Teri has distinguished herself as a leader in the Orlando FL real estatemarket. Teri assists buyers looking for Orlando FL real estate for sale and aggressively markets Orlando FL homes for sale. You deserve professional real estate service!
You obtain the best results with Teri Isner plus you benefit from her marketing skills, experience and ability to network with other REALTORS®. Your job gets done pleasantly and efficiently. You are able to make important decisions easily with fast, accurate information from Teri. The Orlando Avenue Top Team handles the details and follow-up that are important to the success of your transaction.
