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When is renting a better option than buying in Daytona Beach area?

Most of us dream of owning our own home or some kind of real estate at some point in our lives, but when is it actually better to rent rather than buy? According to Ramara Garrett of Waverly Property Group, there are actually a number of situations wherein renting is the better option, especially for Daytona Beach real estate. First, if you have just moved to a new location, whether for your employment, retirement, school or just a change of climate. You can research a new location all you want, but there is nothing like actually living there to give you the true flavor of the area.

Nothing proves that point better than the Daytona Beach real estate area. The “Daytona Beach area” stretches From Ormond by the Sea to Ponce Inlet to the North to New Smyrna Beach at the south end, a distance of only about 35 miles. Those 35 miles, however represent a number of very distinct oceanfront communities. Ramara Garrett encourages people that are transferring or relocating to the Daytona Beach area to spend a substantial amount of time actually living, vacationing or exploring the area before they decide where they see themselves buying Daytona Beach real estate. For this reason, Daytona Beach long term rentals may be a better option, at least for the first six months to a year. Changes in life can have a profound affect on your finances and it may be better to wait until you get through them to consider buying a home in Daytona Beach.

Another question to ask yourself is do you have the time and/or resources to maintain your very own piece of real estate in Daytona Beach. If your budget is stretched thin as it is, one major home repair might be out of your reach. Ramara Garrett of Waverly Property Group says that many of her Daytona Beach rental tenants are young professionals or retirees who enjoy the stress free ability to simply call Waverly Property Group when something needs to be fixed. As a tenant, you never have to worry that you don’t have the money to fix the air conditioning if it goes out. Lastly, if your credit is less than perfect, renting may be necessary for a short period of time. Maybe you went through a bad divorce. Maybe you are young and haven’t established enough credit? Maybe you over-extended yourself. Whatever the situation, if your credit is less than perfect, it maybe be to your advantage to rent for another year while you work on repairing your credit. If you are unsure whether renting is the right choice for you, call Ramara Garrett and the team at Waverly Property Management and le them help you decide.

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Daytona Beach Christmas Vacation

It’s not too early to start planning for your Daytona Beach Christmas vacation, according to Ramara Garrett, owner of Waverly Property Group. Waverly Property Group specializes in beachside condo and home rentals in the Daytona Beach, Florida area. If you are unfamiliar with the Daytona Beach area, it is located about 60 miles east of Orlando and Disney World, also notably referred to as “The World’s Most Famous Beach!” Daytona Beach sits right along the Atlantic Ocean and it proud to boast over 20 miles of unspoiled beaches.

True, it’s only June at the moment but we all know how quickly December can creep up on us. Before we know it we’re saying “Is it really just 25 days until Christmas?” If you happen to live up north you’re also saying “what happened to the sun and the warmth?“ So what are you going to do for the holidays this year? Who wouldn’t want to spend the holidays in a beachside condo or private home in the Daytona Beach area? Forget renting a Daytona Beach hotel room. Hotel rooms are so impersonal and seriously lacking in atmosphere. Not to mention the cost! By the time you have paid for a hotel in Daytona Beach, along with all the hidden costs (eating out for EVERY meal, parking, tipping, telephone calls, internet etc.) you could easily rent your very own slice of the Atlantic ocean in a Daytona Beach vacation rental, beachside condo or luxury oceanfront home.

Waverly Property Group can help you find just the right property for your stay in the area. Waverly has Daytona Beach vacation rentals, but also vacation rentals in surrounding areas available from Ormond Beach to New Smyrna Beach to Ponce Inlet and everywhere in between. Imagine waking up to the sounds of the surf out your kitchen window while the folks back home are waking up to shovel their driveways! Think about how relaxing it would be to sip coffee on the deck or patio of your private oceanfront home or waterfront condo while you leisurely peruse the newspaper. Picture you and your family strolling along the pristine beaches of the Atlantic ocean in the evening while to tide laps at your feet. Now doesn’t all of that sound better than staying home - again- for the holidays? Of course it does. So do something different this year. Surprise yourself and your family. Plan the most amazing holiday vacation you’ve ever had. Call the team at Waverly Property Group and ask then to find you your dream Daytona Beach vacation rental, a luxury beachside rental for the holidays.

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Waverly Daytona Beach Vacation Rentals: Daytona 500 Race…Plan Ahead!

Daytona 500 Vacation Rentals

Remember what your mother told you about how it’s never to early to plan ahead? Well if you’ve ever been to the Daytona 500 you know that’s true, especially for Daytona Beach hotels and Daytona Beach vacation rentals! In case someone reading this doesn’t know what the Daytona 500 is, it is a 200 lap, 500 mile long, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually in Daytona Beach, Florida at the Daytona International Speedway. Next year’s Daytona 500 will be held on February 14th - Saint Valentines Day. What a perfect present for your sweetheart! Hopefully you already purchased those precious tickets to the “biggest, riches and most prestigious” race in all of NASCAR. If you haven’t, get them now before they’re all sold out.

If you’ve been to the Daytona 500 before but didn’t bring the entire family, you might want to rethink that this year. Unless you are lucky enough to live in Florida, you probably live somewhere where there is a good chance of snow on the ground on February 14th with temperatures hovering around zero. Well, good news! It never snows in Daytona Beach, Florida! Even better news…the average temperature is around 60 degrees at that time of year . Best of all, the gray skies of the north don’t exist in Daytona Beach. So while all your friends up north are sitting around waiting for the sun to come out so they can de-thaw, you and your family can be sitting on the beach watching the sun come up over the Atlantic Ocean.

Ramara Garrett of Waverly Property Management says that they get a lot of requests for family accommodations around the Daytona 500 because everyone is tired of winter and this way you can combine a beach vacation with one of the greatest NASCAR events of the year. A beachside vacation condo or home rental will allow you all the conveniences of home with perks and amenities that you DON’T have at home. At home you can’t open the back door and walk out onto the beach can you? Many beachside rentals also come with a private pool or hot tub. With a private beachside rental you decide whether to eat in or eat out. Don’t spend too much time in your rental kitchen though or you’ll miss some of the best seafood in the south! Let Ramara Garrett and the team at Waverly Property management find you your dream vacation rental. You just worry about those tickets to the race!

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Coke Zero 400

O.k. So you waited until the last minute - again. You know you promised the family a Daytona beach vacation this year. You promised yourself you’d make it to one of the big races this year as well. Don’t worry. It’s not too late! Ramara Garrett of Waverly Property Group says there are still gorgeous beachside vacation rentals available In Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach and Ponce Inlet for you Coke Zero 400 vacation. Check out all the available Daytona Beach Vacation Rentals and call Kim Was today to get more information!

For those of you not familiar with the Coke Zero 400, it is a 160 lap, 400 mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that is held on the first Saturday night of July every year at Daytona International Speedway. Lucky for us this year the first Saturday happens to fall on Independence Day! Until 2008, the now Coke Zero 400 was known as the Pepsi 400. Regardless of the name, the excitement is the same.

For years, the race was held early in the morning to avoid the hot and muggy Florida afternoons - not to mention the infamous afternoon storms. With the construction of massive outdoor lighting in the nineties, the race moved to nighttime. This year, the race should finish just in time to catch the 4th of July fireworks display. For race fans, the combination of a night race on the Fourth of July is bound to be memorable. What a way to celebrate a victory - fireworks on the beach!

Don’t panic if you haven’t planned this fabulous Daytona Beach vacation yet - it’s never too late says Ramara Garrett of Waverly Property Group. Daytona Beach vacation rentals are still available from Waverly Property Group. Whether you’re looking for Beachside condos, oceanfront condos or beachside home rentals in Daytona Beach area, Waverly can assist you. Lucky for we procrastinators the “area” includes Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach and Ormond Beach to choose from. All these beautiful towns are within a short drive from Daytona Beach . Moreover, with such a wide geographic selection to choose from you are bound to find just the right beachside rental for your Daytona Beach vacation.

You can’t go wrong with this vacation. The NASCAR lover gets to see one of the biggest racing of the year in person. The water lovers among you have an endless array of options along the Atlantic ocean. The land-loving shopper can even get lost along Atlantic Avenue or Main Street shopping the day away. Now you know it’s not too late so its time to pick up the phone and call the team at Waverly Property Group to get them started hunting up the perfect Daytona beachside vacation rental!

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Renting a private beachside home is the perfect alternative to a costly and impersonal hotel for an extended summer or holiday vacation. When traveling with a large family or with more than one family the savings of renting a private home will add up quickly. Remarkably, you can generally rent a private, beachside home with all the amenities and sometimes MORE luxuries than home for a fraction of the cost of renting hotel rooms. While it is possible to find the ideal vacation rental without the help of a property management company, it is not advisable. Frequently, what you THINK you are renting turns out to be far from what you are ACTUALLY renting and there you are with your entire family (or your friends as well) with no one to blame but yourself.

Ramara Garrett of Waverly Property Management and her team are experts at finding the best fit for you and your family or friends so you can relax and enjoy your Daytona Beach vacation rental. All you need to do is answer a few questions . First, how many people will be joining you on this Daytona Beach vacation? Is it just your family or are you bringing the in-laws or the neighbors? A bedroom count is essential for Ramara Garrett to find you the right rental. Next, what kind of atmosphere are you looking for? Daytona beach has a rocking’ nightlife but maybe you prefer the history of New Smyrna Beach or the quaintness of Ponce Inlet.

Waverly Property Group management department has rentals available to suit any vacation goal. How long to you plan to stay? What amenities do you need and/or want? Are you planning to do all the cooking yourself while on vacation? If so, tell Ramara Garrett and her staff to find you a rental with an awesome kitchen! If you want to leave all the cooking at home then let the experts at Waverly Property management know that you want a rental close to some fabulous dining establishments! Don’t forget to think about activities. Of course all Daytona beachside rentals put you only steps away from the pristine beaches of the Atlantic Coast, but what else do you want to do on your vacation? Do you want to enjoy the view in relative quiet and tranquility or do you want to be only minutes from the pier and parasailing? Important questions to answer before you talk to Ramara Garrett and the team at Waverly Property Management. Just think though, a few minutes of thought, a phone call and your dream vacation awaits you!

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Waverly Property Group, Property Management department for your Vacation or Investment Property

So you finally bought that great beachside vacation property you’ve been dreaming about for years and now you need to rent it out while you’re not using it. If you are like most first time vacation or investment property owners you’re convinced that you can rent it out and manage it yourself. After all, why pay a management company for something you can do yourself right?

Ramara Garrett at Waverly Property Management in Daytona Beach, Florida says that the benefits of hiring a property management company far outweigh the cost. Among those benefits are the obvious and not so obvious. For instance, with a property management company such as Waverly Property Group you have a team of experts to thoroughly screen prospective tenants complete with background checks, credit and employment checks. While it is possible to do all those checks yourself, it is costly and time consuming. You also have the benefit of mass advertising that would run up your costs substantially if you tried to cover all the media that a management company covers on a regular basis.

A property management company frequently runs weekly, if not daily, ads in the local newspaper, print advertisements, mult-media techniques, virtual tours as well as maintains an up to date website with current listings. Some of the not so obvious benefits are what you can count on a daily basis while you are miles away. With a property management company someone is always on call to show the property, collect the rents and handle emergency maintenance calls. This ensures that there are no compaints coming directly to you, but, for example, complaints go to Waverly Property Group! Knowing that someone local is keeping an eye on the property tends to have a positive effect on how tenants maintain the property as well according to Ramara Garrett at Waverly Property Management.

The benefits of a management company are even greater if you live a substantial distance away from the property. Imagine the headache of trying to screen prospective tenants for your rental in New Smyrna Beach, Florida from your home in Detroit, Michigan. Heaven forbid you have a major emergency that requires someone to be there in person on short notice. One roundtrip plain ticket may pay for the cots of a property management company! So before your dream home turns into your worst nightmare, call the experts at Waverly Property Group for your Property Management needs and let them handle all the red tape so you can enjoy your new vacation or investment property.

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Everyone who owns a home knows that families grow, kids eventually finish school and move out, and nothing lasts forever. As our need for space increases or decreases over time, we are apt to think about making housing changes to better suit our requirements.

Upsizing from a small starter home that was perfect for honeymooners to a 3-bedroom, 3-bath model that would eliminate the early morning wait in line at the bathroom door makes a lot of sense. But for those with an emotional attachment to a home and a love for its location, building an addition is often considered.

A lot of thought and research must precede making such an important decision. Putting $100,000 into a home could make it the most expensive in the area. Years later, when you want to sell it, having the highest priced house in the neighborhood might make its sale difficult.

On the other hand, some home improvements really pay off. Replacing an old hot water heater with a new solar-powered system will not only cut down on energy usage and cost, it will make the home more attractive to buyers. Upgrading from faded laminate countertops and vanities in the kitchen and bathrooms to granite is not just something that you will enjoy now. It, too, adds to the value of the home. In general, major improvements and upgrades to kitchens and baths reap the best return, bang for the buck, when a home is sold a few years later.

While some improvements are universally applauded, don’t expect the next buyer of your home to pay the freight for your lavish and frivolous eccentricities. You might have spent $30,000 to have custom concrete work done on your patio, pool deck and driveway. But if the potential buyers think the design or color is too over-the-top, they might walk away and buy a competitor’s offering that’s lower-priced and more plainly paved.

If you find yourself in a move-or-improve situation in the greater Daytona Beach area, the experts at Waverly Property Group are ready to help. Before you make that $100,000 investment in a new kitchen or build a new bath, Ramara Garrett, broker/owner, and her team of real estate professionals can fill you in on comparable sales for existing homes in your neighborhood. They can tell you what you might expect to pay for a home that already has the space and features you need. And if you decide to move up but keep that starter home as an investment property, Waverly Property Management Group is ready to help you find a tenant or turn your precious gem into a vacation rental dream maker.

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Even if you have no immediate plans to buy, rent or sell a home, watching some of TV’s real estate reality shows can be quite enjoyable and enlightening. Seeing how homebuyers decide on a neighborhood, describe their dream house and tour available properties is a slice of life and a study in human nature.

On shows like HGTV’s House Hunters, buyers review online and newspaper real estate listings and then visit select properties with a realtor. It doesn’t take long to realize that the perfect property is a mythical creature. Often, a house that meets all of the requirements has one flaw - the location is too far from the workplace. Sometimes the problem is the high price for the small square footage. On other occasions, the house has lots of potential, but the time and expense of bringing it up to date prove to be deal busters.

Unfortunately, many home sellers lose out because their property just doesn’t make a good first impression. It is too cluttered with stuff. It has too many personal objects - photos, trophies and framed awards on the walls - to allow potential buyers to envision it as their own home. It has badly stained or worn out floor coverings. Or, it has ugly, old wallpaper and rooms painted in hideous colors, immediate turn-offs for buyers. Complaints about a home’s shortcomings are magnified when a bad first impression is made.

The easiest way for owners to learn how to prepare their property for sale or rent is to enlist the services of a reputable realtor. In Daytona Beach Shores, Ramara Garrett, broker/owner of Waverly Property Group, and her team have the experience and know-how to guide clients through the process so that they will put their home in the best possible light. They know which things are potential red flags to buyers and renters. And they know the local market and what it takes to make a sale.

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While we can’t cure all of the planet’s ills, we can make some changes to our homes and living habits that are environmentally positive and economically sound.

The real estate experts at Waverly Property Group, led by broker/owner Ramara Garrett, are ready to help tenants and owners find a greener way to live. Premium waterfront properties in the Daytona Beach area that already have solar hot water and eco-friendly pool filtration systems are available. Buying or renting a high-rise condo with northern and eastern exposures will provide some cool, natural and free ventilation on hot summer days. The Waverly Property Group team is eager to share their invaluable tips on selecting a more sustainable property and also for making little changes to a house or condo that will reap big, green rewards.

From simple upgrades to more efficient lighting - indoors and outdoors - to adding just the right type of landscaping, a homeowner or renter can save money and feel good, too.

Here are just a few tips that Waverly Property Group would like to share:

1. Replace old incandescent light bulbs with new CFLs and LEDs. Less energy is consumed and savings add up. Not only do these new bulbs cut down on power usage, they give off less heat. Less heat added to the home will help with those summer air conditioning costs.

2. Plant bushes and trees on the southern and western sides of a house. Much of the late-day heat will be blocked and the home will be cooler. For both homeowners and renters, the addition of light-and-heat-blocking window treatments - drapes or shades - will also keep things cooler.

3. Solar lights by the patio or along pathways are inexpensive and attractive, and can cut down on electricity costs. Installation is simple - stick a stake in the ground. And if you are a renter, you can pull these lights out and take them with you when you move.

4. Run the dishwasher and other heat-producing appliances at night. That will lessen the strain on the air conditioner and lower your power bill.

5. Tenants and owners can save on water consumption and the cost of hot water heating by replacing old shower heads and faucet filters with low-flow models.  Again, the expense is minimal.

We can all sit back and complain. But green is the way to go. By making some simple changes now, we will be securing a better future for ourselves and for generations that follow, too.

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It is no surprise to the real estate professionals at Waverly Property Group in Daytona Beach Shores that the market has turned around. While bargain-basement prices might hang on for some time in less-desirable parts of the state and country, the demand for prime waterfront properties here is bound to boost prices and the number of sales in the coming months.

There are many things that affect local real estate markets. But some of those determining factors such as unemployment statistics and average family income are less applicable here than in places like Ohio and New York. There are three huge reasons why Daytona Beach real estate is ready to rock - location, location, location.

Seriously, location is always the most important element for determining if a property is a good investment. But when it comes to waterfront, you are dealing with a very limited supply. While developers can continue to build farther out, constructing communities in rural areas with nothing especially pleasing or unique, that will not attract buyers in droves. Complaints about long commutes and overall lack of shopping, medical facilities and cultural offerings are common in the back country. Both tenants and owners already have a huge supply of this type of housing from which to choose, and they‘re turning it down.

You can’t conjure up more oceanfront lots or riverside plots of land. The natural attraction and relaxing lifestyle of living by the beach or on the Halifax River are priceless features that will always retain a substantial intrinsic value.

Waverly Property Group, led by owner/broker Ramara Garrett, is in a great location and can easily match up clients with the house or condo that will more than satisfy their needs and fulfill their wishes. But while location is important, two other huge factors are making Daytona real estate the talk of the industry - retiring baby boomers from the US and Canada, and international investors who love the area and want to establish a second home here.

With complaints about sky-high prices in places like Miami and San Diego, the smart buyers who come to Daytona know a bargain when they see one. Many future year-round and seasonal residents come here ready to buy, and with cash in hand.

Small supply, big demand. For anyone with some foresight, buying a waterfront property, such as the premiere residences offered by Waverly Property Group, in Daytona Beach is a wise investment.

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