Posts from October 2026

Palm Coast Plantation is a gated homeowners association of single-family homes and lots in Palm Coast, built around a spring-fed lake and a stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway. The association's own description puts it at 700 acres, with 126 of them being Emerald Lake. Before you look at a single house here, it helps to know that most of what makes the place unusual comes from its rules and its paperwork, not from the homes themselves.

This guide covers what the association says it offers, what you pay and who you pay it to, how buying a resale or building new works, and what to check on taxes, flood and insurance before you sign. Every number here comes from the association's website or from Florida statutes and agencies, and we say so when a figure is dated. You can see what...

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Halifax Plantation is not one neighborhood with one set of rules. It is a large planned community in Ormond Beach made up of many smaller neighborhoods, each with its own association, its own documents and its own fee. A buyer who learns that early avoids the most common mistake, which is assuming the number on one listing sheet applies to the next street over.

The community is built around an 18-hole golf course, a clubhouse and a village center, and it was approved for 2,415 homes. The Observer reported in February 2026 that it is nearing build-out, with about 1,800 homes standing today. This guide explains how the place is organized, what the paperwork looks like, and what to check before you write an offer. You can see what is on the market right now on our page of

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LPGA International is not one neighborhood with one set of rules. It is a master-planned community in Daytona Beach with a master association on top, smaller neighborhood associations underneath, and a community development district that sits across the whole map and bills you through your property tax bill. Once you understand those layers, the rest of the buying process gets much easier to read.

Most buyers arrive here because of the golf. That is a fair reason to look, and the golf is real. But the golf course is the least important thing to understand before you make an offer. What you owe each year, who approves your fence, and what paperwork you get at closing all come from the layers below it. This guide walks through each one, using the community's own published document...

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