904.894.8606
For buyers moving to Central Florida

Buy in Central Florida without getting passed from agent to agent

I am Eric Freeman, broker and owner here since 2010, and I will walk you through the neighborhoods, the new construction and what a home actually costs to own once you have the keys.

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  • Broker/owner since 2010
  • One call, one person, no handoff
  • Free, no obligation
Eric Freeman, Licensed Real Estate Broker, Freeman Realty Solutions
Eric FreemanLicensed Real Estate Broker · Broker/owner since 2010
Start here

Tell me about your move

Three details, two questions, and then we talk about it on the phone.

  1. You send three detailsName, phone, email, and when you are thinking of moving.
  2. Eric calls you himselfOne call, one person, no handoff. 904.894.8606 is his mobile.
  3. You get the honest versionThe neighborhoods one by one, what it really costs to own, and which areas are worth your trip down.
Eric FreemanThe person who reads this form is the person who calls you.

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Your details come to me and stay with me.

When are you planning to move to Central Florida?

Your details come to me and stay with me. No newsletter, no lead list, and you can ask me to delete them at any point.

The problem

Buying a home in a state you do not live in yet

You asked about one house. Now everyone is calling.

You clicked a listing in Davenport on a Tuesday night in New Jersey, and by Wednesday three different people are calling you about it. None of them has driven that street. None of them can tell you what is behind the tree line on the next lot, or why the house two doors down sat on the market.

Nobody will give you a straight answer on what it costs to own.

The listing gives you a price. It does not answer the questions that decide whether you can live there comfortably.

  • Is there an HOA, and what does it actually cover?
  • Is the community in a CDD, and is the bond paid off or still on the tax bill?
  • What does insurance look like on that build year and that roof?
  • What happens to the taxes once it is no longer a homestead?

Ask me those on the phone and I will answer them one at a time.

A builder's website will not tell you which incentive is worth taking.

New construction here comes with incentives, and the builder's page only shows you the headline.

  • Which phase is this lot in, and what is still going up behind it?
  • Is the incentive tied to the builder's lender, and what does that do to your rate?
  • What does the same floor plan resell for once the community is finished?

That is a conversation, not a banner on a builder's site.

Eric Freeman in front of the New York skyline
From up North to Central Florida
Eric works with buyers moving down from New York, New Jersey and the Northeast.
How it works

You talk to me, and only to me

I do not hand you off to a team member, a transaction coordinator or a buyer's agent I am training. You call, I pick up, and the person who answers your first question is the same person who walks the house with you and sits at the closing table. That is the whole reason I run it this way, and it is also the honest limit of it: one broker cannot be everywhere at once, so if you want a name available around the clock, a large team will suit you better than I will.

They only talk to me. One call, one person, no handoff.
One number904.894.8606 is my mobile. That is the number that calls you.
One personLicensed Real Estate Broker, license BK3239716.
Since 2010Broker/owner, living and working in ChampionsGate, Davenport and 4 Corners.
On the call

What we actually cover on the call

01

The neighborhoods, one by one

I will tell you which communities are gated, which sit inside a CDD, which allow short term rentals and which do not, and what the drive is really like from each one. I have lived in and worked in ChampionsGate, Davenport and 4 Corners since 2010.

02

New construction, read properly

We go through phases, lots, floor plans and what the builder incentive is actually attached to. I know the financing side as well, and I have established lenders who work in this area, so you can put real numbers against it instead of a range off a website.

03

What it really costs to own

HOA, CDD, insurance, taxes, and what changes in the year after you buy. I will not quote you a figure over email, because the answer depends on the specific community and the specific house. I will walk you through it on the phone for whichever ones you are looking at.

04

The trip down, planned before you book it

Most people get one or two trips to look. We decide in advance which areas are worth your Saturday and which are not, what can be ruled out from where you are sitting right now, and what genuinely has to be seen in person.

In their words

What past buyers said

Reviews published on Eric's Zillow profile. Nothing here is written by us.

★★★★★
Eric was a pleasure to work with. He acted very professionally and with integrity throughout.
theowensBought a home in 2018 · reviewed on Zillow
★★★★★
Eric helped us find our dream vacation home. He is very knowledgeable and helped fulfill all our requests. He made buying a second home very easy.
wiggl19Bought a single family home in Kissimmee, FL · reviewed on Zillow
★★★★★
Eric is honest, trustworthy and is willing to go the extra mile to help you buy or sell. He has done both for me and I am very pleased with the results.
james p holtBought a single family home in Clermont, FL · reviewed on Zillow
The ChampionsGate entrance arch
Where I work

Seven areas, known from living here

These are the areas I work in, and the ones I know from living here rather than from a map.

  • Davenport
  • ChampionsGate
  • Reunion
  • Kissimmee
  • Clermont
  • Groveland
  • 4 Corners / Polk
Who you are calling

Who you are actually calling

Broker/owner since 2010Not a brand-new agent on a big-box team.
Local since 2010I have lived in and worked in the following areas since 2010: ChampionsGate, Davenport and 4 Corners.
Over a decade with buyersOver a decade working with buyers in Central Florida.
Licensed Real Estate BrokerLicense BK3239716. Brokerage CQ1061649. Both numbers sit at the bottom of this page, on every page, and on every ad you will ever see from me.
Questions

Before you send the form

Do I pay you anything as a buyer?
In many transactions the seller's side pays the buyer agent's commission, but that is not a rule and it is not something I am going to promise you before we have talked. Commissions are negotiable and they are not set by law. What I will do is show you in writing what the arrangement is on any specific house, before you are committed to anything, so there is no part of it you find out about at the closing table.
Can we do this from New York before we fly down?
Yes, and most people do. We start on the phone while you are still up there, narrow the areas down, and rule out whole communities before you spend a Saturday driving to them. By the time you land you are looking at a short list instead of starting from scratch.
Do you work with new construction?
Yes. We go through which builders are active in these communities, which phase a lot sits in, what the incentive is tied to, and how the same floor plan tends to hold up at resale. I know the financing side as well and have established lenders who work in this area, which matters more on new construction than most people expect.
What price range do you work in?
Most of the buyers I work with land between $350,000 and $700,000, and I go up into the $900,000 to $2 million range in Reunion and communities like it when that is the fit. If you are shopping well below that band, tell me on the call and I will be straight with you about whether I am the right person for it, rather than driving you around for a month first.
What happens after I send the form?
I read it myself and I call you from my mobile, 904.894.8606. It will not be an assistant and it will not be someone from a call center. Have three things loose in your head before we talk: your rough budget, when you want to be in the house, and whether anything is already pulling you toward one part of Central Florida over another.
Your move

One call, one person, no handoff

I work Davenport, ChampionsGate, Reunion, Kissimmee, Clermont, Groveland and the 4 Corners area of Polk. If you are looking at Tampa, the coast, or somewhere south of here, I will tell you that on the phone instead of pretending I know those streets. If you are looking in my areas, let us talk about your move.

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