This takes away a lot of their rights as property owners, and may have a few owners look in another market for their next investment. In another regard, we think it takes a lot of the absentee landlords who will just rent to anybody out of the marketplace, and that cant be a bad thing!

In a recent article, we read there will be 4x more foreclosure inventory still to be released, and the renters now average 37 million in the nation.

As member’s of both NARPM (National Association of Residential Property Managers) and ORRA (Orlando Regional Realtors Association), we not only contribute to the political action committee, but contribute our time by attending the annual Legislative visit to Tallahassee by personally visiting some of our legislators and trying to curb some of these very issues listed above.

Ingredients:

1 Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust, prepared 9-inch
4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
2 Nestle Crunch bars, roughly chopped, divided
1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping, divided

Directions:

Spread 2 cups of ice cream into crust. Sprinkle with half of chopped Nestle Crunch Bars and drizzle with 1/4 cup caramel topping. Repeat layers. Cover and freeze for 4 hours or overnight. Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving. Serves 6 to 8.

Story:

We love candy. We love ice cream. We love pie. So, I developed this recipe so that we can have all three together! I love this recipe because I can make it ahead and if I hide it in the back of the freezer, I can have it ready for guests. It looks and tastes like I worked all day but is really simple.

You can change the candy bar to your favorite (like Butterfinger or Reese’s Cups) if you’d like a change of pace.

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Preferred  Realtor Referral Program – Earn extra monies QUARTERLY  from $500 for 5 referred management accounts, $1000 for 10, $1500 for 15 and for 20+  $2000.

When an owner decides to sell the property we refer it back to the Realtor that sent it to us.

We don’t list and sell property – we manage and lease property and that’s our only business.  We are the specialists when it comes to property management.  For more information go here:  http://www.leasingorlando.com/realtor-referral-program/.

1. Don’t blow your bonus. Although most of us have worked our hands to the bone over the last year, there will be no long-term benefit if we blow our bonuses on things we want today. Rather use half your bonus to treat yourself, and the other half to invest or pay off your most expensive debts.
2. Give your savings a salary increase. When you get your annual salary increase, be sure to increase the money you’re saving by the same percentage. This will lead to the amount you’re putting away roughly doubling every ten years.
3. Tie Rand amounts to your new year’s resolutions. Every decision we make has a financial consequence. Once you have made your big decisions for 2012, understand how much you expect to spend or save as a consequence and make sure you check up on yourself to see that it remains under control.
4. Decide where you want to shop. We all know how comfortable it is to run into the corner convenience shop for our groceries or family dinner after work. Remember though that this convenience often comes at a price. Rather draw up a weekly shopping list and go buy your supplies where you will get the best prices.
5. Pack your own lunch. If you buy your lunch at work – or school – every day at a cost of about R30, this means that you will end up spending R150 a week, or R600 a month on lunch. By packing your own lunch (at a cost of around R10 for something healthy and decent), you will be able to save R100 a week, or R400 a month.
6. Budget – and check up! It is astounding to see how much money falls through the cracks if we do not keep track of our daily expenses. Drawing up a budget can be done in half an hour if you really put your mind to it. Checking how well you managed to stick to it at the end of every month is, however, the most important part of the exercise. To make it fun, budget for a little treat for yourself if you come in on target.
7. Don’t upgrade! We tend to vastly over-estimate how much happier better luxuries will make us. When the time comes to replace those big-ticket items like your car, television, home or lounge suite, try to resist the temptation to buy something bigger and fancier. If what you had did a fine job yesterday, it is likely that something similar will do a fine job tomorrow.
8. Define the value you want to give. Can you remember what presents you got last Christmas? Most of us can’t. The experiences we have tend to stick around much longer. For most of us, our idea of giving to others is defined by how much money we spend, whether it be a birthday present or our contributions to charity. Often, it is much more meaningful to give others our time or an experience. This will not only save you a lot of money, but will most likely also make the gift more memorable for the recipient.
9. Make your expensive debts go away! When you manage to free up some funds by following the above steps, use the money that becomes available to pay off your most expensive debts. Clothing accounts and personal loans, for example, will probably fall into this category. And once they’re paid, close those accounts and keep them closed.
10. Get the growth you need. Make sure that the money you invest will generate enough growth to allow you to achieve your financial objectives. Sometimes keeping the money in the bank or under the mattress is the most unsafe thing we can do as it only guarantees that we will not achieve enough growth to lead our desired lifestyles. A properly qualified, reputable financial planner that preferably provides advice for a fee (and NOT a product for a commission!) will be able to help you understand what you need your money to achieve, and how to go about achieving it with as much certainty as possible.

* This report was prepared by acsis

Lake Marion Golf Resort Condo. End unit. 3/2 second floor unit directly across from pool and clubhouse. $750 per month, 1307 square feet.  Can be leased partially furnished or not. Master bath has separate tub and shower with double sinks. Community also has lake front park. Call Dan at 407-253-9324 ext. 270 or email dan@leasingorlando.com.  7201 LAKE MARION GOLF RESORT DRIVE, Poinciana,  Florida  34759.

One of the quickest ways to make a new place feel like home is to whip up a sweet family recipe! Baking fills the air with sweet aromas and your belly with warm goodness! We’re asking for the best family recipes for sweets and desserts from our network of friends and family so that we can share them with our new tenants!

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Two companies we found are:

WallPops (www.wall-pops.com) trendy, stylish images with mix and match shapes.

Casart Coverings (www.casartcoverings.com  textured vinyls that mimic linen, wood, etc.

You can have fun with this product with adults and children. They are extremely easy to install, affordable, and can be reused in a new space. Give them a try and share pictures of your projects on our Facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/leasingorando.

One of the guests at my Governmental Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday was Lydia Gardner, Clerk of the Circuit and County Courts for Orange County. She was invited to speak to us about what many folks fear is some pent-up shadow inventory of pending foreclosures.

The below information sheet offers a good graphical representation of the county’s foreclosure filings from the past 7 years (and current). It also provides great information in the form of a flow chart that shows the step-by-step process that’s involved when a property and its owners transition from on-time payment on the front end through the gavel falling as the actual foreclosure sale if effected and a home’s owners cease being so.

Hope this is helpful. Using this, along with sound knowledge of the Federal Tenant at Foreclosure Protection Act of 2009 and Florida’s Distressed Condo Relief Act of 2010, will do nothing but help us maintain our position as the trusted property management company in the Orlando area.  It will help us set our tenants’ minds at ease (or better at ease) should they be served papers from the court and will allow us to be proactive with our owners in reminding them of how their obligation to maintain their homes’ premises survives throughout the time they own the subject property with tenant in place.

Thank you for reading,

DENNIS B. BURGESS, Property Manager and Leasing Agent

Orange County Foreclosures Per Year