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Miamism Fridays – Back To School

As a tribute to the way my kids feel about going back to school, I decided to share this amazing capture by Diego Quiros (dkeros on Flickr).  Although I feel the total opposite… it’s great to…

Miami Real Estate Terminology

Sometimes it feels like Realtors speak a different language, between escrows, HOA’s, condo docs, disclosures, walk-throughs – what exactly do we mean when we speak all this mumbo jumbo? We obviously never assume you know what…

Neutral Miami Real Estate

You hear it so much that it’s ingrained in your brain – when selling your Miami home, go neutral – but why? People say I have a gift for color, my mom remembers me as a little…

Miami Home Inspections – Evidence of Termites

Does Evidence of Termites mean you have termites? When you buy a house in Miami and elsewhere, you should always do home inspections during the contractual “inspection period”.  Part of that home inspection should include a…

Miami Leads ’15-Minute City’ List

What in the world is a 15-minute City and why should you care?  And who is CNU.org? I’ve written about Green Urbanism and New Urbanism in the past – city densities, usabilities, walkabilities and the simple…

Miamism Fridays – the beginning

You can blame this collage on Curbed Miami for posting those nostalgic photos of bygone Miami.  It made me go back and look at our first Miamism Fridays from 2007 and realize things have definitely changed,…