Miami Beach Real Estate Blog

I found the funniest article today in Jonathan Deamer's blogsite. Are you addicted to blogging?  You know you blog too much if…You have to turn back on your way to the airport because you forgot to “tell” your blog that you’re going away.You sneak off during a date to check your hit stats.You upd...

A lot of you will be reading this thinking it's a bit boring (at least Rick thinks so), but I wanted to address this because a lot of our customers are constantly asking us about certain elements  of historic homes......so here it is....proceed with CAUTION: Historic Cuban Barrel Tile is one of t...

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.  Miami is known to be a great vacation spot so outsiders sometimes wonder where locals go.Thi...

We just received an offer that was $200,000 under listing price for one of our miami waterfront listings.  We are required to present all offers by law but went ahead and asked the cooperating real estate agent if she had done research on the house and pulled comps, or if this was an investor who...

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 appear from economists throughout declaring that HOUSING SLUMP IS OVER!Here are marke...

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 Football Sandwich Shop in Miami but they know that their pink building is everything but pretty - one thing is for sure though...

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 project which is known for its "city-within-a-city" concept. So I have to admit that a...

Did you guys notice that there is another Ines Garcia in Active Rain?  Yes, you are reading correctly, and when you read her MeMe you will find more in common than just our names. So Mary McNight started this craziness here in Active Rain back in December 2006 and there must have been 50 meme pos...

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 out the last possible minute after getting a warning, wouldn't it make sense to get cer...

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 South Beach years ago.  Some people began refurbishing old buildings, the city came in with improvements a...