Feb 18, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, COMMUNITY INFORMATION
IF YOU OWN PROPERTY IN FLORIDA AS OF JANUARY 1, 2011 (AND IF IT’S YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE) YOU QUALIFY FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. APPLY FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION… SAVE ON PROPERTY TAX … and CAP ANY FUTURE TAX INCREASES. Apply between...
Feb 16, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
52% of all EWM property sales now are cash. If you don’t intend to be purchasing with cash, and you intend to get a mortgage instead, you may be limited as to which buildings you can buy in. Condo re-sales are subject to lending regulations. Based on the...
Feb 15, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
Questions about buying a home? Through Miami Real Estate Cafe – The Restivo’s Real Estate Blog – whatever questions you might have about buying (or selling) real estate you’re welcome to ask them here… or give us a call at...
Feb 2, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI MARKET CONDITIONS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
The Miami Herald considers Miami to be the “top big city in which to buy a home”…. Trulia sees Miami as the #1 city in America where it is now more advantageous to buy than to rent. Good news for the local real estate market … Miami...
Feb 1, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
Escrow Dispute? It can make for a long weekend, when buyer and seller haggle over who is entitled to the escrow deposit … Each thinking they are entitled to it. Shaky ground, when the “co-operating” Broker/Realtor doesn’t grasp...
Jan 31, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
The purpose of your earnest money deposit (also known as your “Escrow Amount”) is to show the seller how just how serious you are about buying his/her house… Your Escrow Deposit/ Earnest Money Amount (along with the other terms of your offer) ...
