Miami, FL

Finding Balance

07-05-09

Carlos Lobato: Real Estate Agent in Miami Lakes, FL

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I've been in the real estate business for 5 years now and I can honestly say that for me it's been the best business that I've ever had the privilege of being a part of. That being said, I find myself going back to the same dilemma; finding a balance between my home and professional life. As we all know, our profession can be very demanding of our time, and at very odd hours to boot! Unfortunately, this reality has led to more then my fair share of "discussions" with my significant other. Not to mention that we have two young children. I think that just like the home sellers that we work with do not see 75% of the things that we do to get their homes sold; anyone who's not on the front lines of this industry does not realize just how challenging and labor intensivee it is to keep the phone ringing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not whining, just wondering what it is that other agents do help their spouses deal with the pressures of being married to a Realtor!

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Miami Broker on Twitter

07-05-09

Katerina Brosda

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Miami, FL, 33176 - For Sale By Owner

07-02-09

Jane Kosheleva

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Miami, FL - for sale by owner at Fizber.com

Price: $148,200

FIZBER.com ID 11646199

Condo/Townhome/Co-op with 2 bed, 2.0 bath, in 10425 S.W. 112 Avenue Miami, FL, 33176

http://www.fizber.com/11646199/

10425 S.W. 112 Avenue - For Sale By Owner

Property Details:

Type:	Condo/Townhome/Co-op
Address:	10425 S.W. 112 Avenue, Miami, FL, 33176
Sq footage:	936.0
Floors:	n/a
Bathrooms:	2.0
Bedrooms:	2
Year built:	1978

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Description:

*Wood & Tile Floors *Remodeled Bathrooms *New A/C Unit & Kitchen Appliances *Balcony *Accordian Hurricane Shutters *Swimming Pool *Tennis Courts *Clubhouse *Pool Tables *Ping Pong Table *Courtyards *Fence & Security *Quick & Easy Access to Expressways *Walking Distance to Elementary School & Community Collage *Close to Shopping Centers & Public Transportation

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Downtown Miami Condo Closings Slow By Half In 2nd Quarter

07-01-09

Condo Vultures® Realty LLC

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Office: (305) 865-5629

The pace of new condo closings in Greater Downtown Miami slowed by half in the second quarter of 2009 to 2.7 sales per day, down from an average of 5.2 per deals day in the first quarter of the year, according to a new report from Condo Vultures® LLC.

Buyers purchased 246 units in the 60-block stretch of Greater Downtown Miami between April and June. In the two previous quarters, buyers closed on 466 new Downtown Miami units between January and March, and 441 units between October and December, respectively, according to the Condo Vultures® report based on the Official Condo Buyers Guide To Miami^TM.
"A majority of the second quarter closings occurred in three projects: Marina Blue, 1060 Brickell, and the south tower of Brickell on the River," said Peter Zalewski, a principal with the Bal Harbour, Fla.-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures®. "Price reductions were the common denominator triggering the increased closing activity in all three condo projects. With financing difficult to obtain in Downtown Miami, all-cash buyers are proving that they are ready to purchase if the price is right."

With the increased activity, Marina Blue - where a bulk deal occurred in December 2008 - is now 99.4 percent closed with only a handful of units of the 516-unit project still in the name of the developer.

The south tower of Brickell on the River is now 70.3 percent closed with less than 100 units in the 327-unit tower available.

At the 1060 Brickell condominium, the developer has closed nearly 350 units - 31 units of which closed in a bulk deal in June - out of 576 units for a sellout rate of 59 percent, according to the Condo Vultures® report.

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Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures® can be reached at 800-750-0517 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report^TM for detailed condo reports. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database^TM or our Video Gallery. Our new books, the Official Condo Buyers Guide to Miami^TM , Miami's Great Condo Crash: A Chronicle of the Boom and Bust^TM , and First-Time Home Buyers Guide To South Florida^TM are now available. Want to see every foreclosure filed in South Florida since 2007? Check out our Foreclosure Database^TM.

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Relying on the GPS!

06-27-09

Zoila Perez-Chanquet - Miami Real Estate

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The more I use my GPS the more I notice how I loose perception of where I am and how I got there. All I am focused on is what "Esther" (this is the name we gave my female companion, my GPS) is saying, turn left, turn right, and of course the famous words "re-calculating". This came to mind the other day when I visited a property which I had been to before. I had visited this property a week prior and as I drove to the address being assertive and listening to "Esther", I looked around and realized I had no clue how to get there. Mind you, I was a few blocks away, if I was left there without my iphone or my GPS I would not know what direction to take. This is a scary thing, we depend so much on our gadgets that we don't even take the time to look at a map and actually know where we are going, instead we enter the address and take off and hopefully it will lead us to our final destination.

I remember when my husband was a real estate appraiser working in both, Miami Dade County and Broward, and did not have a GPS, we would look at mapquest and map out his route. Funny, I was the one to tell him "why use a GPS you can do it all online", now I feel bad. As soon as I became a Realtor, this is the first gadget I purchased. Even when we travel to the mountains, this takes us exactly to our destination.

A GPS is a wonderful tool as many other tools out there, but I think we should put on our thinking caps and use our brain a little more. Don't get me wrong, I know we use our brain for many other things but sometimes I just feel clueless because I have gotten so use to these gadgets, it's just a wake up call!

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