You’ve had your first meeting with your REALTOR® and now a jumble of words are spinning around in your head and you aren’t quite sure what they all mean. In real estate, just like any avenue of life, there are key words or terms that are significant to buying a home in Central Florida and the better you understand these terms going into the home buying process, the better prepared you will be to make a sound decision.

Here we help you become acquainted with 10 real estate terms every first time home buyer should know.

Things are heating up in Central Florida and we are not just talking about the Florida sunshine and warm beaches gracing our hundreds of miles of white sand coastlines. The Central Florida real estate market is also looking sunny and this summer should prove to be a great time for Buyers and Sellers to take advantage of the continued resurgence we have been experiencing over the past couple of years.

Living in Central Florida, you quickly learn that there is something new to do every weekend, a new place to eat every day and some new destination to visit all the time. Whether you are new to the area or are a lifelong resident, you quickly learn that living the Central Florida life means having very little down time. When you do find yourself without something to do or somewhere to be, we hope our spotlight on some of the area's best blogs that showcase our region will help you out.

Photo courtesy TheDailyCity.com

This month we are featuring four top Central Florida general blogs. They keep you up on local events, happening restaurants and more. In the coming months, we’ll spotlight blogs that cater to different categories from restaurants, to shopping, to events and city life.