Tuesday afternoon, I had the pleasure to drop by an open house that my broker, Dora Puig, was holding, so I could see first-hand the amazing new luxury listing she recently landed – a 7,000 square foot, Malibu-style beach house located at 222 Ocean Drive in the South Beach neighborhood known as South of Fifth. It’s Read More
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The Future of Real Estate Marketing
In an earlier blog post, I had mentioned that several big changes with my real estate business had taken place over the past couple of months. Well, one of those big changes was transferring my real estate license to a new broker. I now have my real estate license hung with Luxe Living Realty. While Read More
View MoreRony Seikaly’s Stunning South Beach Condo at Murano Grande
Over the past week, I have had the opportunity to tour a number of stunning condominiums throughout South Florida. Tuesday afternoon, was business as usual. That day I was fortunate enough to tour the 4,000 square foot residence of former NBA star turned international DJ Rony Seikaly. The luxury, 3 bedroom plus den/4.5 bath residence Read More
View MoreReal Estate Porn – “I know It When I See It”
The phrase, “I know it when I see it”, was made famous in the 1964 landmark case of Jacobellis v. Ohio. It was used to describe Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s threshold test for pornography. It occurred to me recently that the same threshold test should be applied to determine what does and does not Read More
View MoreLuxury Condo Sale at Continuum South Beach North Tower – $6.5M
Another luxury condo sale in the books for 2011! A 4 bedroom + den/4.5 bath condo at Continuum South Beach North Tower closed yesterday for $6.5M. The 5,300 square foot condo has a private elevator, wide-planked wood floors throughout, 5 assigned parking spaces and offers views of the Atlantic Ocean and beach from the 8th Read More
View MoreThree Bank Owned Condo Foreclosures Worth Pursuing
The foreclosure forefront has been quite slow ever since several U.S. banks initiated a voluntary freeze in October. The freeze on foreclosures was implemented after banks had acknowledged using “robo-signers” to approve hundreds of foreclosure documents a day without first verifying the information in them. Bank of America, the largest U.S. financial institution, announced the Read More
View MoreiStar Financial Takes Ownership of South of Fifth
Earlier today, iStar Financial announced that it will now have full ownership of the luxury beachfront condominium project known as South of Fifth. iStar Financial had recently filed and won a foreclosure action against the developer of South of Fifth, BR Villa Luisa. Completed in 2008, South of Fifth is located at 125 Ocean Drive Read More
View MoreApogee South Beach Unit 2001 – Video Tour
Below, you will find a video tour of unit 2001 at Apogee. Apogee is located at 800 South Pointe Drive in the South of Fifth neighborhood of South Beach. Apogee is considered to be one of the finest condo buildings in all of South Florida. Unit 2001 is a 4 bedroom + media room/3.5 bath Read More
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