Jan 24, 2013 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
Apply For Your Miami Dade Homestead Exemption … Online If you bought property in 2012, you have up through March 1, 2013 to apply for your Homestead Exemption. The benefits of applying for Homestead Exemption are: 1) It will cap (limit) property tax increases...
Jan 23, 2013 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE, NEW LISTINGS
Jan 22, 2013 | GOOD DEALS & WHAT'S SELLING, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, NEW LISTINGS
New on the market this week is a charming cottage in Coconut Grove listed by The Restivo Team. The cottage is featured in “Tropical Cottage: At Home in Coconut Grove” by author Beth Dunlop (Her book is scheduled to come out in print in April.) 3720...
Jan 19, 2013 | FORECLOSURES/SHORT SALES, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
Congratulations to both buyers and sellers … What a roller coaster of a closing! Although this lovely home was featured on TV by Liz Caldwell as one of the three BEST deals in Miami for sale the week The Restivo Team listed it … (and although it went...
Nov 29, 2012 | GUEST CONTRIBUTORS, IN THE NEWS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGE & FINANCING, REAL ESTATE NEWS
4th in a 4 part series of blog articles submitted by guest contributor, Philip Spool: “If you are either buying or selling a house and the appraiser comes in lower than the contract price, consider the appraiser’s restrictions if you are getting a loan from a...
Nov 28, 2012 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE
By Guest Contributor, Philip Spool (3rd in a 4 part series on Appraisal Concerns) Reason # 2: The AMCs and/or banks have their own set of guidelines besides the guidelines set forth for every appraiser performing an appraisal, called the Uniform Standards of...
