Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is CandysDirt.com's condo/HOA and developer columnist, but also covers second home trends on SecondShelters.com. An award-winning columnist, Jon has earned silver and bronze awards for his columns from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in both 2016, 2017 and 2018. When he isn't in Hawaii, Jon enjoys life in the sky in Dallas.
Remember when the world was young and all you needed to do your business was a porcelain throne and a handy roll of paper of varying softness and quilty-ness? Now we have $10,000+ toilets that treat our posterior as though every BM is a spa treatment. For those who want to pay for their $10,000…
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It was just over a month ago that surveyors were spotted measuring the Diplomat condominiums in Pink Wall turf. Today we see an Alpha Testing drilling rig seemingly gathering core samples to test for new foundations. The Diplomat continues to be mum about what’s going on.
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About a week ago I wrote about a lawsuit filed by an owner at Preston Tower against the HOA and Intercity Investments (ICI). The case came about after a catastrophic flood in the building resulting from a blown water booster pump on the penthouse level that sent water cascading throughout the building. It was decided…
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Paradises the world over are littered with stories of people who packed up their hum-drum lives and moved to paradise only to discover it was quite different from the post cards. Certainly a good rule of thumb for any move — “Rent first” — is doubly important when moving to costly locales you’ve not spent…
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If we’re lucky, we age. If we’re not, we either die early or equally tragically, become old. What’s the difference between aging and getting old? It’s the difference between continuing to lead your personal definition of an active and engaging life versus always finding one more change to bitch about while counting out your remaining…
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