Archive for the ‘Miami Real Estate’ Category

Coming Soon: Canyon Ranch Living Hotel, Spa & Condos Miami Beach

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Today I went to a presentation by the Canyon Ranch Miami developer. To give you a little background on me and my history of this project, I have been a fan of this project since BEFORE the project was launched over three years ago. The project consists of three towers on OVER 6 acres of oceanfront […]

BREAKING NEWS: Two more condos bite the dust!

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Rumor has it that Vitri South Beach – just north of the “SoFi” neighborhood (ICON, Murano Grande, Apogee) is returning deposits and considering a change of use to a hotel. From what I know the units on the lower end of the price range sold well, but the penthouses, which were priced @ $1100 p.s.f., […]

How Consumers Use Real Estate Blogs

Monday, June 18th, 2007

When I started thinking about who would be best able to offer consumers the most insight on the use of Blogs, I immediately thought of Brad Carroll. Brad is the owner of Dakno Marketing and is a marketing consultant to some of the top Agents, Speakers and Coaches in the real estate industry. Since Brad […]

Florida Tax Reform: Tell Me How Much Already!

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Forget all those news articles trying to explain what it means to you.  Here is a tax-plan calculator, which attempts to give an idea of your possible savings.

Florida Tax Reform: Just as unenthusing as Insurance Reform?

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Over the last few months, I have been mildly following the tax reform see-saw.  In the very beginning, it was “thought” (or more likely, hoped for) that Florida property taxes were going to be completely eliminated.  Many people jumped on the “no more property tax” bandwagon.  E-mails were sent, initiatives were started.  I, for one, did […]

“As-Is” vs. “Warranted Sale” Contracts & Open Permits

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Today my friend and colleague, Beth Butler, COO of EWM Realtors and I, discuss one of the recent changes to the Florida Association of Realtors contract. Hopefully this discussion will shed some light on how these changes may impact the consumer with regard to open building permits, and the rights and obligations of both parties […]