So yesterday I filed my paperwork to Run (again) for City of Miami Commissioner District 2.

“Jav, why would you do this to yourself” you ask.

Simply put, It’s a build up of so many things that makes you realize that there needs to be a change in District 2 and the way it’s managed.

I know I have a long tough road ahead but I just can’t sit and watch this shit show anymore….

 

 

Yo Mas & Beckham and our Self Serving City Commissioner.

You All [email protected]#$% up by going after Melreese when you could have had this View from another Local Public Golf Course…

While I am disappointed that the Referendum passed to allow some really big hitters to Rape the public with a Huge No Bide development deal (with a soccer stadium thrown in for shits & giggles) knowing that it will cause all sorts of Hell for the local Neighborhoods, I do hope that when the Lease comes before the Commissioners that at the very least the 2 who opposed the original proposal will live up to their “Quality of Life” positions and Vote No.

That would show some real Cojones by D1 & D4

Sadly we already know how Boy Wonder voted and we know we can’t count on him for any “Quality of Life” issues Unless….they are across the street from him.

For Jorge..

And he handled it like a true Pro.

Poor guy has never done one of these and he gets to the Walkthru and finds this in front of the Building and to top it off….

The boom is right in front of the unit!

Make matters worst?

While doing the walkthru, damn boom is going up and down right in front of balcony.

So what’s a new agent to do?

Lower the blinds and hope no one goes outside!

Gotta Love this GIG…

For those that Voted, Congrats on fulfilling your Civic Duty and by doing so you have earned the right to bitch, moan and complain about stuff that politicians do.

For those who didn’t vote…….Shut up!

Looks like this, it’s going to be a hard busy week!

 

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So today the Herald endorsed voting yes to the No Bid, Melreese golf course takeover by Mas and some Brit named Beckham and while I am completely against this massive Real Estate deal it does not surprise me that the Herald would cave to any development interest.

I don’t hold the Heralds editorial board in high esteem as I got to see them in action first hand….

True story (and one of my 2 regrets when running for D2 Commissioner)

The Herald requested that all candidates for the commission seat come to their offices for a sit down to answer questions and in truth have a mini debate on positions. When we got there we were taken to a conference room with 3 board members and David Smiley who at the time was the local political reporter.

We sat down and when I looked around I noticed that Ken Russell was not present and I asked “Hey where’s Boy Wonder” and they replied “Oh he could not make it today, so we let him come in yesterday”

AND

Regret 1….. I stayed and debated the 7 other candidates when I should have gotten up and left as the one candidate that I could not call all his bullshit was not there.

AND

Guess who the Herald endorsed?

You guessed it…Boy Wonder.

BTW; there is a lot more to why they endorsed him…and lets just say it was an inside job.

SO..

Take the Heralds endorsement of any Candidate/Amendment/Issue for what its worth “NADA”

Vote No to Melreese, Strong Mayor and just to piss them off…No to the MRC.

 

So after the “Hey Jav, we have a problem” Call yesterday….

I got the “Hey Jav, we’re all good”

Which means that if you ignore the call and not freak, nor Micro manage other good agents they will step up and solve the problem. My thinking has always been that they should be given room to operate seeing as it’s their deal and they know whats been going on.

Which leads me to ALL the other agents out there that when I call and say “Hey, trouble in Paradise” (My code word for we’re [email protected]#!ed) they all want to know details and get all up in my stuff.

Relax, I let you do your stuff, let me do mine!

BTW, I got another call this week from an agent who was worried about their side of the deal going bad and super apologetic and wanted to make sure I understood if they needed a few more days to close and I said…

Tranquillo Dude, I know you got this….and pour another single malt.

“Jav, we may have a problem”

Anytime that I hear these words and anytime that these words are used while I am trying to keep a “Train Wreck” deal on the rails, it always makes for an exciting day.

Let me splain a few things.

What is a Train Wreck deal?

Most deals are contingent on something, could be financing, inspections, attorney review…the color of the paint in the kids room…whatever…

BUT

The most funnest one of all is “Sale of Buyers Property”

This one entails that the Buyer (1) of your listing sells their property by a set date…easy enough.

BUT

What happens when the sale of their property is contingent on their Buyer (2) selling their property WHICH is ALSO contingent of the Buyers (1), Buyers (2), Buyers (3) property selling!

That’s a “Llama Maria” moment.

“Jav, what the hell is a Llama Maria Moment?”

It’s when so much shit is going to go wrong that you should call Maria so she can see this shit!

I used to get all worked up about these words when I was younger but after hearing them so damn often in this Gig I call Real Estate, I just hung up and pour me a single malt…

Before…

Here I am minding my own business thinking about what crazy topic I could write about today and as it’s election season, my mind is on Strong Mayor (NO), NCD update (Yes), Melreese Golf Course and No Bid Public Land contracts (NO and more on this another day) and just how stupid our District Commissioner is (VERY)…..when all of a sudden the interwebs throw me a bone in the form of an email from a client asking why their property has the wrong address on Zillow!

As most of you know I hate Zillow, it’s Real Estate Porn and should not be used by the general public (only pimple face, Cheetos eating, teenage boys living in their parents basement) and below is yet another reason why.

Some boring background first, in this gig you have “Listing” agents and then everyone else and everyone else wants to be a “Listing” agent but since they can’t be “Listing” agent, they will do some shady shit to ‘Pirate” My “Listing” as their own.

AND

Zillow is a great platform for all this shady shit…

Ok, back to story…

Client sends me an email asking why does their property have the wrong address and am I an idiot because I don’t even know that I have the property listed under the wrong address?

Pretty harsh but I’m a big boy so I reply “Huh?” and follow up with “Let me look into it” (BTW; I spend countless hours looking into stuff) and so I do.

With a few quick strokes of my computer keys I find that some low life agent has taken my listing, changed a “70” to a “60” on the address and now is the contact point for my Listing.

Now I expect this from non ethical scammers trying to screw people out of money BUT a licensed Florida Realtor?

Oh, yeah this is Miami Real Estate, who am I trying to Kid…..”Ethics”….Really?

Get’s better.

I reach out to my Boy who has changed the listing and politely ask him to remove said listing and he replies….AND I cant make this shit up (because I have it in a text).

“What’s the Address”

followed by

“Please give me the address to be removed.”

At least there was a please and finished with…

“Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks for let it me know. have a great day!”

So lets break this down….

“What Address”

Meaning he has done this before….

“Please give me the address to be removed.”

Really, got that many pirate addresses and since when do I work for you?

“Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks for let it me know. have a great day!”

He’s sorry, he’s glad I let him know and he wishes me a “Great Day” but at no point admits that what he did is completely unethical (even for Miami) and simply wrong!

God I love this Gig.