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Selling a Florida condo involves more than preparing the unit for photographs and showings. Buyers, lenders, insurers and closing professionals may need association records that help explain the building's condition, reserve planning, insurance and current or proposed assessments. Gathering those re

    Sea Villas is a Gulf-front 55+ condominium community at 1205 Tarpon Center Drive on Venice Island in Venice, Florida. Dating to the 1960s, the property features five single-story residential buildings rather than a conventional beachfront tower, giving it a distinctive low-rise coastal character

    Southwood is an established deed-restricted residential community in Venice, Florida 34293, near U.S. 41 and Timberline Boulevard. Developed across multiple sections beginning in the late 1980s, Southwood includes detached single-family homes and villa-style residences surrounded by mature lands

    Sea Breeze is a small condominium community on Venice Island at 510 Airport Avenue East in Venice, Florida. Built in 1980, the low-rise community offers compact one- and two-bedroom residences in a location convenient to public Gulf beaches and historic Downtown Venice. A recent Sea Breeze sale

    Beach Manor Villas is an established 55+ condominium villa community on Venice Island in Venice, Florida. Developed primarily around 1969 and 1970, the community contains approximately 101 single-story attached villas divided between Beach Manor Villas and Beach Manor Villas South. Residents hav

    Some of the best public golf courses near Palm Harbor are Lansbrook Golf Club and Tarpon Woods Golf Club within Palm Harbor, historic Tarpon Springs Golf Course to the north, restored Donald Ross golf at Dunedin Golf Club to the south and Chi Chi Rodriguez Golf Club in Clearwater. Golfers willin

    The Sansovino is an established Gulf-front condominium at 840 The Esplanade North on Venice Island in Venice, Florida. Built in 1974, the high-rise community contains approximately 60 residences and occupies a beachfront site overlooking the Gulf of Mexico and Venice Beach. Residents have access

    Mortgage pre-approval can sometimes be completed within a few hours or the same business day when a borrower has straightforward finances and quickly provides the information a lender needs. Other pre-approvals can take several business days or longer when the lender needs additional documentati

    Stone Walk is a small deed-restricted community of approximately 72 single-family homes off East Venice Avenue in Venice, Florida. Developed primarily from the mid-2000s into the early 2010s, the neighborhood combines detached homes, relatively spacious homesites, sidewalks, underground utilitie

    You do not have to choose between finding a Realtor and getting mortgage pre-approved as completely separate steps. For most financed buyers, a practical approach is to interview or select a real estate professional early while beginning the mortgage conversation at roughly the same time, then o

    A mortgage pre-approval letter is typically good for about 30 to 60 days, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but there is no universal expiration period that applies to every lender. Your actual expiration date depends on the lender and should appear on the letter or be confi

    San Ramon is an established beachfront condominium community at 624 Flamingo Drive on Venice Island in Venice, Florida. Although it can be described broadly as coastal residential living, San Ramon is actually positioned directly along the Gulf of Mexico rather than simply near the coast. Built

    The Preserve at Wellen Park, originally known as Preserve at West Villages, is a gated residential community in the Venice, Florida 34293 area with paired villas and detached single-family homes built primarily from the late 2010s into the early 2020s. Developed by D.R. Horton, the neighborhood

    Sunstone at Wellen Park is an actively developing Venice-area community featuring attached villas and detached single-family homes by Mattamy Homes. Contemporary floor plans are paired with an open resort-style amenity campus that includes a clubhouse, fitness center, beach-entry swimming pool w

    The Estates at Chestnut Creek is an established single-family neighborhood within the larger Chestnut Creek community in Venice, Florida. Buyers will find detached fee-simple homes, mature landscaping, generous residential lots and opportunities for lake, pond, wooded or preserve views depending

    Sawgrass is an established gated community in Venice, Florida, with just over 550 homes surrounded by golf fairways, lakes, preserves and mature landscaping. Development began in the late 1990s, creating a neighborhood of primarily detached single-family homes with golf-course, water or preserve

    The best Palmer Ranch community depends on what you want from the neighborhood. Golf-focused buyers should start with Stoneybrook Golf & Country Club for property-linked golf or Prestancia for access to a separate private 36-hole TPC club. Buyers seeking lower-maintenance living can compare Vill

    The Isles of Chestnut Creek is an established 115-home neighborhood within the larger Chestnut Creek community in Venice, Florida. The official homeowners association identifies six lakes within The Isles and says most homes are situated along one of them, creating a distinctly water-oriented re

    No. Florida law does not require you to hire a Realtor or other real estate licensee to buy a house. You can purchase property without your own real estate professional, including through a listing agent, directly from an owner or from a homebuilder. The more important question is whether you wa

    The Lakes at Chestnut Creek, legally identified in property records as Lakes of Chestnut Creek, is an established single-family neighborhood within the larger Chestnut Creek community in Venice, Florida. Primarily developed during the 1980s, The Lakes offers fee-simple detached homes along matur