south florida: Florida Mortgage & Real Estate | Developers heading In and Out - 11/23/07 12:41 PM
While the real estate market is definitely in a bad place in Florida, many big, national banks and big, national builders are feeling the pinch.... some are even hitting the bricks - figuratively speaking.
With announcements that Hollywood Florida based TOUSA and Fort Lauderdale Florida based Levitt & Sons are filing bankruptsy, … (3 comments)
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south florida: Boca Raton Florida Mortgage | Date Night @ Abe and Louie's Steak and Seafood - 07/18/07 09:06 PM
Sometimes while living in vacation and resort towns it is hard to find a great place for Date Night... you know, one of those places where adults are loud and kids are torturing the babysitter instead. Boca Raton, Florida has a new Date Night location extraordinaire... the great steakhouse Abe and Louie's.
Rated "Best Steakhouse and … (1 comments)
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south florida: Florida Mortgage Loans | Equity Line for Hurricane Preparedness - 07/16/07 05:28 PM
Hurricane Season is upon us once again in South Florida. People are checking their rations, stocking up on bottles of water, vital medicines and cans of tuna, buying batteries by the case and trying to meet the Hurricane VIP - the neighborhood roofer! All the while they are forgetting to have ready CASH in … (12 comments)
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south florida: Boca Raton Florida Mortgage | It is getting really Così in South Florida! - 07/16/07 03:32 PM
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...Federated Department Stores has inked a deal with Così to add their Coffee and Bread cafes to Macy's stores. (click here for a menu)
There are already three of these new concepts located in South Florida Macy's Stores in The Aventura Mall in Aventura, … (4 comments)
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south florida: Florida Property Tax Update - The Compromise is Near!! - 05/11/07 09:46 PM
After some interesting phone calls from people wanting to know more and learn my opinion about what's going on in Florida Taxes, and some people who didn't get what I was saying, here's some more breaking News from the SunSentinel.com regarding the Florida Property Tax:
House Speaker unveils new approach to property … (12 comments)
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south florida: Florida Property Tax Update - How the Retiree Community may get helped and hurt - 04/21/07 11:53 AM
Florida has long had a reputation for Shuffleboard and the Early Bird Special to contrast the month of March when the state is riddled with High School and College Co-ed Debauchery, namely Spring Break.
The State has grown up a lot in the past 50 odd years though... and growing pains have … (8 comments)
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south florida: Florida Property Tax Update - HOUSE BILL REJECTED! - 04/20/07 11:07 AM
Breaking News from the SunSentinel.com regarding the Florida Property Tax: This didn't take long at all. Instead of waiting until this morning to make a resolution on the Florida House's property tax reform bills, the Senate rejected them all yesterday morning as their first order of business!
I guess the State Senate read … (3 comments)
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south florida: Affordable Housing Initiatives in South Florida: Part 7 - A Web of Inception ... - 03/27/07 09:54 AM
I don't like doing the cut and paste thing... but I don't want to rewrite this information and claim it as my own either.
I found this site through some heavy duty searching for affordable programs. Most of these programs do require specific purchase prices, sometimes particular communities or developmental areas and … (3 comments)
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south florida: Warehouse Condos... a Hot Market in South Florida Real Estate - 03/23/07 10:17 PM
Yesterday's Palm Beach Post had an article on a "Sizzling Hot Market" in Palm Beach County, Florida... WAREHOUSE CONDOS...
These units are great as conversion opportunities and for small business growth. Think about it... a big concrete box that you can do anything from store cars to manufacture screen enclosures to tint … (6 comments)
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south florida: Mortgages and Aging... An Epic struggle: Introduction - 03/23/07 02:31 PM
Wayne Pruner's blog this morning uncovered an ugly truth in credit and real estate. Our 55+ community in this country is poorly educated and led even more improperly in their mortgage and real estate lives. Many of them survive well past their planning and run out of money causing hardship on … (2 comments)
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south florida: Florida Property Tax Update - Several New Ideas! - 03/09/07 11:27 AM
The news yesterday and today shows the heat is rising in the debate over how to "fix" Florida's property tax problems.
In short, the middle class is being choked out of Florida property. The reason is because there is no state income tax so there is a higher property tax. The Middle … (6 comments)
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south florida: Florida Mortgage Loans | Second Homes, What are they?? - 03/07/07 03:23 PM
What makes a Second home a 2nd Home?That it came in 2nd Chronologically in the purchasing order?Well... semantically YES... technically NOThat it isn't where you live??Well... technically YES ... Semantically NOSo we're fighting Technicalities and Semantics now, eh?Why do I ask these tough questions?? Because - we Real Estate Professionals in … (3 comments)
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south florida: South Florida Second Homes: MARKET STINKS?!? BAH!! - The Case for the STRENGTH of the 2nd Home Market in South Florida - 03/05/07 11:39 AM
For those of you that don't know me... sometimes before I go to bed, I will take my trusty HP iPaq hx4705 to bed with me and read the local news. I have several sections I read so that I stay up on my local goings-on. I read both the Sun-Sentinel … (0 comments)
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south florida: Affordable Housing Initiatives in South Florida: Part 2 - Precontruction - 02/14/07 09:43 AM
AFFORDABLE HOUSING?? - Section 2: Preconstruction
Part 1 is here.
So in November, an acquaintance of mine left me a voicemail that she had a "Hot Hot Hot" lead for me...her sister. I was flattered and called her back. She said she was in the middle of meetings so she'd be brief. There … (10 comments)
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south florida: Florida Commercial Real Estate: Redevelopment of Industrial Zoned Land in South Florida - 02/10/07 10:50 PM
Who loses most when city planners rezone commercial land in order to make room for more housing? Is it the right of a citizen who moves into an area rich in industrial zoning to complain about trucks and businesses or is this a buyer beware issue?
In Boynton Beach, Florida there is … (5 comments)
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south florida: Affordable Housing Initiatives in South Florida??? - 02/06/07 09:07 AM
This is my first official post so I will proceed with more of a question than an article... more of food for debate!
I just closed an amazing loan for a client referred to me by a Realtor I have been helping get started. It was a tough one with minimal income … (4 comments)
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