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Florida has seen an increase of tropical storms over the past couple of years, but there has also been a storm of lawsuits over who is to blame when damage occurs to common areas. The ongoing debate between homeowners, condo associations and insurance companies is whether the homeowner or the association has liability when there is damage caused by bad weather to personal items in the common areas of condominiums. Read more about Common Areas or Personal Property When Damage occurs on the For... Read Full Post

Everyday more and more agents/ brokers are becoming aware of the web ranking strategies that Trulia employs to possibly dominate top positions in the search engines over local real estate agents and real estate companies. An article I wrote Trulias-web-ranking-strategies-come-under-fire is just one of many continuous articles discussing and exploring how Trulia may be using clever technical maneuvers to outrank the true source of it's content, real estate agents. If you have a moment, read th... Read Full Post

It’s always been said that the spring months are usually a new beginning and in a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, billionaire Sam Zell predicts that the Spring will be the beginning of a housing recovery for the United States. The whole subprime mortgage debacle has left a lot of people in a panic but Zell, who is the chairman of Equity Group Investments, believes that the panic will be ending soon enough. Zell has used the textbook definition of recession in his assessment that the ... Read Full Post

How much do photos add to a listing? As a Realtor® selling real estate in Fort Lauderdale, I am amazed at the number of property listings in the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) without property photos. I believe this is a missed opportunity for maximum exposure, extremely frustrating to fellow agents and potential buyers, and certainly a disservice to the client seller. By not uploading photos to each listing in the MLS, selling agents (who are the target audience you are reaching out t... Read Full Post

Victoria Park | Fort Lauderdale Victoria Park, Fort Lauderdale Real Estate figures for December 2007 show 11 new home listings added to the maket during the month. As of this writing, there are a total of 93 Victoria Park Fort Lauderdale homes available for sale. The average Listed Price is $860,333. Fort Lauderdale MLS reports there were 2 pending sales and 1 closing in December. The one closing was for a 4 bedroom 4 bath pool home which sold at $710,000. Victoria Park Townhomes and Condo Fi... Read Full Post

Weston, Florida, established in 1996 is located in Southwest Broward County just 35 miles north of Miami and 20 miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale and is home to many celebrities including Dan Marino, former quarterback for the Miami Dolphins. Many of the planned urban communities were developed by Arvida/ JMB Partners building residential real estate behind gated communities all within close proximity to shopping, schools, golf courses, parks and recreational facilities. Buyers intereste... Read Full Post

While reading the August 2007 issue of Consumers Reports, I learned a disturbing fact about identity theft and a new weapon to protect against it. Everyday nearly 30,000 people become victims of Identity theft. Almost one third of these victims have new accounts opened in their name without their knowledge simply because a thief gained access to their name and Social Security Number. With this compromised information, an identity thief can open any number of accounts and charge endlessly rack... Read Full Post

A ruling by a federal judge this week could have an impact on hundreds of pending insurance claims for massive property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. In the ruling, the judge ruled against a Mississippi couple who argued their insurance policy should cover damage their property received during Hurricane Katrina from "wind driven rain." The judge ruled in fact the policy did not cover damage caused by flood waters, storm surge or damage caused by wind driven rain. After the devastation o... Read Full Post

Earlier this year taking a break from posting about real estate information, I posted on my Fort Lauderdale Real Estate blog about a performer who opened the show for Cirque du Soleil Delirium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This performer took the breath away from just about every spectator in the audience. Nitza, from Montreal, Canada, was raised with a mixture of eastern and western cultures, and weaves this incredibly into her music that she writes herself, singing with an angelic voice in m... Read Full Post

May I suggest to each and every Florida resident to immediately contact your respective State Representatives (and local officials) to SHOUT that more is needed before they leave this Special Session (thinking they did any of us a favor)? They need to hear from each and everyone of you. And anyone who does not make the effort surely has no reason to complain about taxes. THIS IS THE TIME TO ACT AND ACT QUICKLY WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN SESSION. Further cuts are needed for this year. The current... Read Full Post