Mar 7, 2011 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE
In Florida, short term residential leases are taxable. Residential leases (of condos, townhomes or single family homes) of six months or less are treated in much the same way as a resort or hotel stays are by the Florida Department of Revenue, requiring a 7%...
Mar 4, 2011 | MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
Real Estate Agents are as diverse as their clients. If we were all cloned from the same nitch, it would be boring. Miami Realtors span the extremes. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve had buyers in tow … previewing some outragiously exquisite...
Feb 28, 2011 | BUYER'S ADVICE, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, SELLER'S ADVICE
A critical and tenuous point in your home sale comes just AFTER your property is under contract…. when you are still within the inspection period. It is then that emotions run thin… and that can play havoc on a home purchase. Inspections may...
Feb 25, 2011 | GREEN CERTIFIED, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, NEW LISTINGS
The Restivo Team just listed a Breakstone-built, environmentally green home in Smathers Four Fillies Farm in Pinecrest. The 2 story Pinecrest home features 4 bedrooms and 4 ensuite baths and was built in 2007. The Gated Community features over 30 acres of property,...
Feb 22, 2011 | IN THE NEWS, MIAMI REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE NEWS, SELLER'S ADVICE
What will it cost you to hire a Top Realtor? Honestly, do you really want to give away 6% of your sales price to a real estate agent? Isn’t that a bit over the top? Why pay the ‘full fee”? According to The New York Times...
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...
