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Hurricane Season – are you ready?

The 2005 hurricane season marked a time where Miami’s  real estate market began its major slow down.  Since that time, real estate insurance in some cases has doubled and people’s fear of major hurricanes hitting South…

Vacations for Miamians….and others

Where do people from Miami go on vacations?  This could be a loaded question, since we do go everywhere around the world, but when talking to my friend from Colorado, Mariana Wagner, the subject came up. …

Florida Property Tax Reform – What’s going on?

I am sure you are wondering what is going on with The Florida Property Tax Reform. Will there be changes?  When will changes take place?  How will this benefit me?  Will the Miami Real Estate Market…

Football Sandwich Shop in Miami

Have you ever driven by a really ugly looking place and you see that it is packed with cars and wonder if it is any good? I mean absolutely no offense to the owners of The…

Miami Real Estate Tug of War

We just sold a Miami home and everything was going perfectly until the end. I’m telling you this story just so you are aware that even “picture perfect” real estate transactions can have obstacles and you…

Miami Beach Real Estate Blog

This is our Miami Beach Real Estate Blog where we not only encourage participation, but depend on it! So don’t be afraid to click on “Leave a Comment” to tell us how we’re doing, if you…

Housing Slump is over

It’s no news, we’ve had a tough Miami real estate market.  Everything we hear in the media is negative, one report after the other, the never ending housing slump, bubbles bursting, markets crashing……..you know what I’m…

Shops at Mid-town Miami

Do we really need another shopping center in Miami? My answer will always be ABSOLUTELY!!  There are never enough places to shop. The Shops at Mid-town were created as the retail component of the Mid-town Miami…

The Tides Hotel – Miami Beach

Once in a while I take a photograph of a building that I really like.  The Tides Hotel on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach is one of them. The classical Art Deco Facade makes a statement…

Sales Tax Break for Hurricane preparation – UPDATED

Hurricane Season is right around the corner.  Every time I even hear the word hurricane, by stomach turns and my breathing pattern changes (I’m not kidding).   So here’s what I had in mind.  Instead of rushing…

Bay Harbor Islands, Florida

The town of Bay Harbor Islands is located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, near South Beach, the Bal Harbour Shops, Downtown Miami and other areas in Miami-Dade County.  It’s comprised of a group of islands within walking…

Miami’s Upper East Side

Of course this area needed a catchy name and it is not at all unlike Manhattan’s Upper East side…..well maybe it is.  But the whole concept of this area is very similar to what happened to…