Purchasing a home in Florida can be a daunting but exciting experience and whilst we aren't realtors and cannot arrange mortgages or assist with any of the legalities of owning a home in Florida, we can certainly impart our expertise when it comes to helping you pick a home that will attract a lot of rentals if that's your main reason for buying.

Location

Location is key, particularly in Orlando. Its estimated that Orland has in excess of 50 million visitors each year and many of those are coming for the theme parks so having a home within 15 to 20 minutes' drive from Disney is a major factor. If you put ...

We had been coming to Florida as tourists for well over a decade before we finally decided to make the move permanent, so we have a pretty good appreciation of what levels of service and accommodation to expect.

Like many, we started off by using the hotels that were part of tour operator package deals mostly on International Drive and these were mostly fine. We then started to treat ourselves by staying on-site at Disney and this was such a marked improvement in the standard of service and lodging.

However, it wasn’t until we rented our first villa that we kicked ourselves for wasting all that time and money on hotels. “Why didn’t we do this from the start?” – hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’...