Let's talk about the home you live in right now. I hope it's the dream home you've always wanted. Unfortunately, that's not the case for most people. The reason is twofold - you didn't find what you were looking for and you weren't clear engough about what you wanted.

In 1865, Lewis Carroll wrote in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." I know he wan't talking about buying a home, but the advice still holds.

Now, if your dream home is a beachfront home worth about $2 million, and you make $65,000 a year, you need to forget about that home and figure out how you're going to make a lot more money. However, if you're dream home is in line with your resources, then you need to think about the art of buying that home.

The art of buying a home is to forget about bedrooms, bathrooms, size and all that stuff and instead, think about how you want to live. We are all artist and we express our art in our life. Your home should be a major part of that expression. Think about what you want to wake up to in the morning. Where you can walk to relax and enjoy nature. Think about how you will enjoy your evenings. Do you love to entertain friends? Do you love to listen to the ocean and walk on the beach in the morning? Do you love to fish?

If you love the sun and fun and warm weather, then in an area like Daytona Beach you can find many different homes to express yourself. Nearby communities like Ormond Beach and Port Orange offer a wonderful lifestyle and many different styles of homes. Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach and Port Orange homes include waterfront, golf course, gated community and aviation community homes.

Make the home you buy part of the expression and joy of your life. You'll be glad you did.

I spent a good part of the morning in a little nice town on the Florida east coast. Port Orange is located south of Daytona Beach and is a really nice little community. I wasn't really interested in Port Orange homes for sale, but I went ahead and drove through some of the neighborhoods. I really liked Cypress Head with it's 18 hole public golf course.

After driving through Port Orange, I headed over to Ponce Inlet. Ponce Inlet is right on the ocean on one side and the Halifax River on the other. The beaches are beautiful and not nearly as crowded as Daytona Beach. We had lunch at Inlet Harbor and then headed north to St. Augustine fighting through some afternoon storms.