When preparing to sell your home, you may question whether you should renovate or sell your home as-is. Should you update or offer it in as-is condition. This may especially be the case if your current residence is older and / or in need of some current fix-up. The answer to this question has been [...]
Purchasing a new home can be exciting. There is so much to think about. Arranging – or even adding – furniture in all the rooms, getting paint and flooring to coordinate, and ensuring that the landscaping is just right. But before you close your eyes and fall asleep after closing day, there is one thing that [...]
Every year in Florida it arrives. Unlike the holidays, though, preparing your home for hurricane season doesn't entail putting multi-colored lights up on the roof or ornaments in a tree. Rather, it could mean pulling tree branches from your roof or windows if you aren't properly prepared! Getting your home ready for Florida's yearly hurricane [...]
If you're thinking of moving, it's natural to want to get as much as possible from the home you're selling. This is especially the case if you've put any type of updates into your current property such as a new kitchen or baths. There may be other "benchmarks" that you are basing your intended sale [...]
If you're in the market for a new home, but you don't want to be stuck with mortgage payments for years on end, there are some strategies that you can use for getting your loan paid down more quickly - in turn, providing yourself with more equity in your property. Going into your new mortgage [...]
For years, many sellers have opted to go the route of FSBO - or For Sale By Owner - when selling their homes. Certainly, one of the biggest reasons for this is to try and make the most of their real estate investment by forgoing the commission that would otherwise be paid to a real [...]
Now that another tax season is behind us, you may be thinking about all the deductions you wish you had. And, you may have heard your friend, neighbor, or co-worker talking about all the great tax related benefits that they're getting from owning a vacation home. Yet, while this might be the case for them, [...]
Buying a condo in Orlando or the surrounding area can be a great investment - regardless of whether you opt to live in it full time, or only visit occasionally and rent the unit out while you're away. There are certainly numerous reasons to choose Orlando as either a home, or as a regular vacation [...]
Relocating to any new city can be both exciting and challenging. But, prior to getting to your new locale, it is always extremely helpful if you know as much as possible about the ins and outs of getting around, as well as some of the “hidden gems” in terms of restaurants, shops, and other tidbits [...]
Orlando can be a wonderful place to call home - whether you reside here year-round or your roots are somewhere else and you've decided to purchase a house or condo in Central Florida to enjoy during just certain times of the year. Buying and negotiating on the price and other factors of a home purchase [...]
Sandy Fox, Realtor at Charles Rutenberg Realty
631 Orlando Avenue, Suite 200 | Winter Park, FL 32789
(407) 234-9551 | Sandy@SandyFoxRealtor.com
