El Portal, Florida
El portal is a small community just South of Miami Shores, between 85th and 91st Streets and between NE and NW 5th Avenues. The city is a bird sanctuary and it is known for its beautiful…
Summer Activities in South Florida – Rapids Water Park
In South Florida there are tons of places and activities for summer fun. That’s what makes Miami Real Estate so enticing to many. Yesterday, we went to Rapids Water Park in West Palm Beach with some…
Property Tax reform for 2nd home owners and commercial properties
Rick and I have received a few telephone calls as well as e-mails asking questions how the real estate property tax cuts will be affecting non-homesteaded properties as well as miami commercial properties. In a nutshell,…
Fisher Island’s life line
Fisher Island, the private residential community only accessible by private ferry and helicopter, is looking for options for dock space for their daily barge service that carries food, household supplies and construction materials across the bay. …
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. …
Educated low ball offers – Miami Waterfront Listings
We just received an offer that was $200,000 under listing price for one of our waterfront listings. We are required to present all offers by law but went ahead and asked the cooperating real estate agent…
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…
Market Conditions for Miami Shores, Bay Harbor Islands, Surfside and El Portal
Real Estate Market Conditions don’t appear to have changed a great deal since last month, but we are seeing more movement with regards to showings and more offers coming in. In addition, great news starting to…
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…