Dawn Deegan's Real Estate (mostly) Blog

In case you missed it, below is a great article on just some of the good things in Orlando, outside of Disney, Universal, Sea World, etc!  Schedule a relocation tour with me, and I'll be sure to furnish you more! Dawn Deegan is a Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®) and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors, world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater Orlando area. This includes Windermere, Orlando, Winter Park, Baldwin Park, and Davenport. Her emphasis is on superior delivery of sophisticated market data, quality and value to you, the Buyer or Seller. Contact Dawn Deegan at 407 488 8074 or at DawnDeegan@cfl.rr.com. You can also visit her at http://www.imovefl....

One of the benefits of homeownership is the mortgage-interest deduction.   First time homebuyers are often very unclear about how this works. In an effort for clarification, and as a reference point to direct my Home Buyers to, I offer this brief explanation: HomeBuyer A makes $50,000 a year.   Her mortgage interest paid in 2010 was $7000.   As a result, she will be taxed only on $43,000.   The $7000 mortgage-interest is taken as a deduction from her income—she doesn’t have to pay taxes on this “income!”    Renter B makes the same $50,000 a year.   Last year he paid $9000 in rent.   It’s tax time and he will be paying taxes on his full $50,000 salary. As you can see, not only does Renter B lose out on pride of ownership, but his rent money is a bye-bye—never for him to be recouped.   While HomeBuyer A enjoys the and freedom to create her property to her wishes, she also gains short-term financial benefits annually, as well as long-term be...

This, just in from the Orlando Regional Realtor Association: Orlando’s inventory has dropped to its lowest level since March 2006, and the overall median price is now its lowest since December 1997 (kick out foreclosures and short sales, and the normal sales median is $155,000). Who do you know that is looking to buy or sell?  Chose your Realtor ® wisely:  choose me!  Dawn Deegan is a Broker-Associate REALTOR® with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®) and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors, world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater Orlando area. This includes Windermere, Orlando, Winter Park, Baldwin Park, and Davenport. Her emphasis is on superior delivery of sophisti...

Do you know that most of the wealth in America historically has been borne from those with the foresight to invest in Vacant Land?   And in the strictest sense, vacant land does not depreciate. Market values may lower it slightly and temporarily in value, but it has no inherent depreciating factor. I continue to tout one particular community in the Greater Orlando area to my favorite investors, as being the best place to invest your money.   If   95% off of original purchase price a mere few years ago, on a stunning lot in one of the premier, flagship communities of a major developer appeals to you, please contact me immediately.   A new owner is in the works for this phenomenal world-class amenities community. This community will come back.   A very small investment can reap you rewards, no doubt, in the future.   Please contact me immediately:   Dawn Deegan 407 488 8074 “Ownership, specifically ownership of land, was the basis of all the investment o...

From ucsc.edu: “… economists define wealth in terms of marketable assets , such as real estate… In the United States, wealth is highly concentrated in a relatively few hands. As of 2007, the top 1% of households (the upper class) owned 34.6% of all privately held wealth, and the next 19% had 50.5%, which means that just 20% of the people owned a remarkable 85%, leaving only 15% of the wealth for the bottom 80% (wage and salary workers).”     Isn't it time you get yours? Contact Dawn at 407 488 8074 Dawn Deegan is a Broker-Associate with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®) and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors, world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater Orlando area. Th...

Now Orlando can add being first in Spring break destination to its list of distinctions: <Orlando has dethroned Las Vegas as the No. 1 spring break destination, according to Orbitz Insider. Orbitz looked at the most popular destinations for spring travel this year based on customer booking patterns from March 1-April 24. Florida had four of the top 10 destinations on the list. The top 10, in ranked order, include: Orlando, Las Vegas, Cancun, Phoenix, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Tampa, New York, Los Angeles and Denver.> Dawn Deegan is a Broker-Associate with Charles Rutenberg Realty. She holds the designations of Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®) and she is a Graduate of the Realtor® Institute (GRI). She also holds the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), enabling her to help in real estate endeavors, world-wide. Dawn is dedicated to providing only the best possible services and expertise to her Buyers and Sellers of residential Real Estate in the Greater O...