My Magic City

Or the perception there of… Got a question today from a customer and it hit right on the my Value theme. “Jav, is it me or is the mil market soft?” My Reply; The mil price is a funny animal (just like a platypus). If the home is nice and priced accordingly it flies and …

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As if there was ever any other question, according to Zillow.com cash buyers represented more than half of all transactions in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area last year. Again, this is no surprise, after all South Florida is flooded with investors from the North as well as international ones who desire a tropical escape from their …

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From the Real Estate gods!!! So we ink a deal, all looks good and that very same day 8 palm fronds and 2 coconuts attack my for sale sign. Show up the next day and there lies my poor little sign mangled and reaching out to me for some serious sign love. My take, the …

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When we last left the Short Sale story we were writing on “How they should work.” Today we’ll look at how they really work….it ain’t pretty. First, we’ll disregard the “Slim Shady” Realtor’s that want to one side all their Shorts and always come up with an excuse as to availability of the property; which …

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That’s how the message started on my New/Old “Russian” assisted Blackberry. It sounded innocent enough when my phone went “Beep” and when I finally found the Text icon, there it was: 11113000 AT&T free message: you will need a new phone and rate plan to…..I could not read any further. After 26 years with my …

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That keeps on giving. Last night I’m icing down my legs and I reach down to adjust the ice bag. Do you know there is a little muscle that runs along your rib cage? Well apparently it’s attached to where I was reaching cause when I reached, it decided that it did not want to …

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