Part 6 – Property Management – Who takes care of your Vacation Home in your absence? (Part 1) To have somebody look after and take care of your vacation home while you’re not there requires a lot of trust; even more so if you are renting you home out to vacation guest and have strangers live […]

A survey conducted by the National Realtors Association (NAR) found that roughly one out of five Real Estate sales in the 12 month period between June 2011 and June 2012 involved a foreign buyer. Foreign buyers are non-residents buying residential Real Estate in the U.S. Nationwide approximately 51% of all sales involving foreign buyers go

Part 5 – Vacation home inside and out: What features do we need? Guests prefer a home that gets them right into vacation mode: bright colors, decoration and details that underline the vacation motto e.g. referring to the beach. Extras like an Espresso Machine or a massage chair are certainly appreciated while otherwise a clear and

Part 4 – How do I know if my House qualifies as a Vacation Home? Well, a Real Estate professional who is specialized in vacation rentals and property management will be a valuable partner if renting the house out to vacation guests is the plan. The trick is to see the house from the “guest-view”;

Part 3 – Build a House from Scratch or buy an existing one? This is the Million Dollar Question for all future homeowners and of course there are plenty of pro’s and con’s either way: Pro Building a new Home: One of the big advantages of building a home from scratch is that the future home

IMPORTANT NEWS MAY 2012: The Real Estate Market is heating up! The Florida Realtors Industry Data and Analysis Department reports an increase in the median home price (single family home) of 10.2% in April to $144,350; the median price for a condo has increased by 16.1%. Foreign investors mostly from Germany, Canada, England, and Asia,

We all have suffered from falling average home prices since 2006 but change seems right around the corner. Fiserv, a market watch company, predicts that prices for real estate will start to stabilize this summer and expect they will rise about 4% each year for the next five years. It appears as if investors will

PART 2 – Real Estate Broker and Agent – what do all those titles really mean? Investing in Real Estate is usually one of the most complex endeavors and financial events in people’s lives. The investment can be a home to live in, or it can be income-producing property e.g. rental property or land. The term Real

PART 1 – One Hand and one Hand only: selling – buying – property management – vacation rental services Sanford Realty, Inc. is a licensed Florida Real Estate Brokerage and can therefore – unlike Property Management Companies – take care of all your real estate needs. We take pride in assisting our clients in all

Sometimes it’s not easy to find a house that prospective buyers really like; with a multitude of objects on the market people have become picky and expect additional features and the extra mile as standard. However, the first impression is the most important one; if a house looks unkempt from the outside chances are that