With the summer season upon us, we need to tend to a few maintenance tasks before we can settle down in a hammock without a care in the world.  Keeping in mind the adage, “A stitch in time…”, we need to test the garage door opener in our Orlando FL home, check the air conditioning system, and service the lawn mower to ensure a breakdown-free summer.

• When was the last time you thought about your garage door or its automatic opener?  Like any mechanical system, the door and opener need some periodic, preventative maintenance. If you live in an area of frequent thunderstorms, a tight, well maintained garage door can also help prevent expensive results of a storm-ruptured door. The Door & Access Systems Manufacturers Association International has a good guide to help you inspect and test your complete garage door system. It’s a good idea to make monthly inspection and testing a part of your regular routine.

• Sweltering temperatures may be just around the corner, and your best defense is a central air-conditioning system. If you have one at your Orlando FL home, there are a few things you can do to make sure that it’s tuned up and ready to go when the summer heat arrives.  Before you start tinkering with the system, however, it’s important to have a basic understanding of: the condenser, the blower unit, and the ductwork of your system.   Visit the DASMA website for a complete explanation and instructions on how to fine tune it.

• Many small tasks are involved with getting your lawn mower ready for reliable summer use.

Check, belts, blades, all bolts and fasteners, tires, and wheels. If you have fuel older than 30 days stored in containers, not use it.  Any idea when you last changed the oil?  Drain it and replace it with oil the manufacturer recommends. Consider, too, replacing the sparkplug—if you do, add a couple drops of engine oil into the hole, and then replace the plug. Check your air and fuel filters and replace if they are dirty or clogged.  Follow the recommendations found at LawnCare.com.

Once you’ve completed these chores, feel free to visit yet another website for more suggestions—simple ones– on how to maintain your Orlando FL home during the summer months.  So much for hammock time!

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Walt Disney World is hosting a food truck rally in Downtown Disney’s West Side Saturday, June 21.

Disney’s first food truck rally will gather Disney-built trucks as well as local favorites such as Yum Yum Cupcake Truck and La Empanada from 5-10 p.m. Saturday, June 21 at Downtown Disney’s West Side.

Fourteen trucks are participating including the four Downtown Disney food trucks, and the ESPN food truck. The event is a joint venture with Mark Baratelli’s Orlando Food Truck Bazaar.

Look for the feast on wheels on the event lawn near House of Blues and Cirque du Soleil. Best parking is in  lots O, P and Q behind Cirque du Soleil, via entrance 5. Pluto and Goofy are welcome but your pets are not.

Here are some of trucks scheduled to be at the June 21 event:

• Disney’s Namaste Café (flavors from Disney’s Animal Kingdom)
• Superstar Catering (favorites from Disney’s Hollywood Studios)
• Fantasy Fare (Magic Kingdom Park goodies)
• World Showcase of Flavors (a taste of with Epcot
• TJ’s Seafood Shack
• Magic 4 Ur Palate
• Yum Yum Cupcake Truck
• Ellie Lou’s Brews & BBQ
• La Empanada
• Philly’s Best Cheesesteaks
• El Cactus Azul
• ESPN food truck

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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.

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If you’re considering buying an Orlando FL home here are some key questions to ask before you commit…

Why are you buying a home? Simon Sinek is the author of a book called Start With Why. It’s a business book, but is very applicable to life’s decisions. Sinek says that you must know why you’re doing something before you start figuring out how to do it. His advice surely applies to buying a home!

According to a survey by the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University, the top four reasons for buying a home have nothing to do with money. Typical reasons given were…

• I want to have control over my living spaces
• I want my children to go to good schools
• We need more space for our growing family
• We want to have influence over our neighborhood

There is no right or wrong reason for you to want to buy a home. It’s personal. The decision to buy also tends to be more emotional than financial. Make sure you know what your personal reasons for buying are, and use them to guide your decisions. You can’t avoid the financial issues, but that’s not the place to start.

Where are home values headed? According to the last quarterly survey by Pulsenomics.com the average predictions of over 100 economists said national home vales would rise 4.28% in 2014. That is a national average. So, ask your favorite Realtor what they think concerning future values of homes for sale in Orlando FL.

Buying a home is not an investment in the real sense of that word. A home should be seen as a hedge against inflation. Therefore, you want to feel secure the home values are likely to grow more than the inflation rate. The NAR has predicted home values will increase 6% in 2014. That’s higher than Pulsenomics’ survey predicted. It is also higher than inflation is expected to be.

Where are interest rates headed? NAR predicted interest rates could hit 5.4%, or 1% higher than the end of 2013. That news should be saying to buyers there is no point waiting to buy. Don’t sit around hoping that mortgage interest rates will drop. Keep up with interest rates here.

That all says it’s probably a good time to buy. So, know your credit score and arrange your finances to make sure you qualify for a loan.

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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.

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Looking for an alternative to pricey Orlando attractions? Check out FleaWorld! Located just north of Orlando FleaWorld is the largest flea market in the U.S., where more than 1,700 vendors sell bargain-priced items ranging from orchids to reptiles. Open Friday-Sunday; free admission.

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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.

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This is a great visual of Orlando Housing Market for April 2014 compared to April 2013 created by the Orlando Regional Realtor Association. Bottom line is prices were up in April but the number of sales was down. Higher sales prices are great news for sellers and an indication that buyers should make a move soon before prices go up even higher.

Wondering what you home is worth? Get a computerized analysis of your home’s value emailed to your Inbox here!

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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.

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Welcome to your up-to-the-minute May 2014 edition of Market Snapshot for Kissimmee Florida compliments of Teri Isner.  This report is personalized with charts including market activity for homes in the 34741 zip code.  Let’s take a look.

You will see there is detailed information about days on the market, the average selling price and median selling price as well as the number of homes sold. Just open the tab for more information.

You can also view these homes on a map or click on the tabs to the left for more detailed information.

You can also view schools in the 34741 zip code and detailed community information by selecting the tabs in the upper left.

Interested in getting a personalized Market Snapshot? Simply visit www.OrlandoAvenue.com, select the Market Snapshot box, and enter the zip code you want to watch.

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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.

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Welcome to your up-to-the-minute May 2014 edition of market snapshot for Celebration Florida compliments of Teri Isner.  This report is personalized with charts including market activity for single family homes in the 34747 zip code.  Let’s take a look.

You will see there is detailed information about days on the market, the average selling price and median selling price as well as the number of homes sold. Just open the tab for more information.

You can also view these homes on a map or click on the tabs to the left for more detailed information.

You can also view schools in the 34747 zip code and detailed community information by selecting the tabs in the upper left.

Market snapshots are also available for Celebration condo and townhome sales.

Interested in getting a personalized Market Snapshot? Simply visit www.OrlandoAvenue.com, select the Market Snapshot box, and enter the zip code you want to watch.

Access Teri’s one-stop Orlando FL home shopping 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 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.

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Learn the one quick and easy thing you can do to make your Orlando FL home sell for more money. But first, watch this short video for up to the minute real estate sales statistics provided by Keller Williams.

What is the one thing you can do to make your house sell for more money? Invest $250 in staging your home to sell. Statistics show investing $250 for staging a home valued at $200,000 will result in a sales price 2% higher than a non-staged home. That is a $3000 return on your investment.

Contact Teri today for help staging your Orlando FL home. 407-566-1800 or teri@teriisner.com.

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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.

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If you’re like me,  you are always looking for ways to put more hours in your day. I discovered my iPhone has a built-in assistant…Siri! This little utilized and clever feature can make the life of a real estate agent much less complicated.

Here are 5 of my favorite ways to use Siri:

1. Set reminders for locations: Set up your home, work and listing locations and then you can tell Siri “Remind me to take the lock-box when I leave” or “Remind me to install the sign rider when I get to 123 Any Street.”
2. Convert measurements: Much quicker than using a calculator, if your client thinks in metres and you think in feet and inches “How many metres in 120 feet?”
3. Find holidays: Will that closing date fall on a holiday?  Ask Siri.
4. Schedule a meeting with a contact: Quickly add appointments to your calendar, “Schedule a meeting with Jane Smith at 4pm on Wednesday.”  Siri will even email Jane a confirmation.
5. Find a restaurant nearby: Looking for a place to grab a quick lunch? Ask Siri to find the best restaurant for a burger and it will search Yelp for good reviews close to your location.