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  • 2019 Real Estate Tax Appeals are here.

    2019 Real Estate Tax Appeals are here.

    We are currently reaching out by email to all of last years clients to renew their appeal petitions for 2019.  If you have not received an email from us or want to discuss the 2019 appeal process.  Please call or email us today.

    As a courtesy to our clients if we represented you last year (2018 Tax Year) and your assessed value has been raised we may decide to preemptively file a petition on your property to make sure you don’t miss your chance.

    However, if you have bought or sold any property, please try to let us know by either entering the information in our online form or contacting us directly at 305.443.4966

    If you have never worked with us before please fill out our online form and we will have everything we need to get the petitions in on time and we will follow up with you soon after the filing deadline if we need more detailed information.

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  • Hurricane Dorian and Real Estate Tax Appeals

    Hurricane Dorian and Real Estate Tax Appeals

    Hurricane Dorian, Thurday 11am Update

    Once again it seems that a hurricane is threatening South Florida right as owners are receiving their TRIM Notice from the County that details their upcoming real estate taxes.

    Because of this, we expect some disruption in our office hours between now and Sept 17th.

    As a courtesy to our clients if we represented you last year (2018 Tax Year) and your assessed value has been raised we may decide to preemptively file a petition on your property to make sure you don’t miss your chance.

    However, if you have bought or sold any property, please try to let us know by either entering the information in our online form or contacting us directly at 305.443.4966

    If you have never worked with us before please fill out our online form and we will have everything we need to get the petitions in on time and we will follow up with you soon after the filing deadline if we need more detailed information.

    Stay safe and prepared, South Florida.

    Track Hurricane Dorian on the Official NOAA Website

     

     

  • Email of the Week: 07-26-2019 – Remember when aerial photographs were taken from planes?

    Email of the Week: 07-26-2019 – Remember when aerial photographs were taken from planes?

    Picture of the Week

     

    1950’s Aerial Photography of Miami – Yes, that is Brickell Key.

    Quote of the Week

    “When someone hands you a flyer, it’s like they’re saying here you throw this away.”
    – Mitch Hedberg


    Website of the Week

    https://www.equifaxbreachsettlement.com/
    Claim your $125 (minimum) from the Equifax Credit Breach
    For More Info: Read About It on the Verge


     

  • Email of the Week: 7-4-2019 – Happy 4th!

    Email of the Week: 7-4-2019 – Happy 4th!

    Picture of the Week


    Quote of the Week

    If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?
    – Steven Wright


    Website of the Week

    Curbed Miami – List of Fourth of July Fireworks Displays in Miami


  • Email of the Week: 06-18-2019 – On the subject of time…

    Email of the Week: 06-18-2019 – On the subject of time…

    Picture of the Week

    Jackson Memorial Hospital – Then and Now.

    Quote of the Week

    “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
    ― Anthony G. Oettinger


    Website of the Week

    Ancient Earth – Scroll through time and watch how the continents have evolved.
    http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#170


  • Email of the Week: 06-12-2019 – Just add water!

    Email of the Week: 06-12-2019 – Just add water!

    Picture of the Week


    Quote of the Week

    The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s about what you’re made of, not the circustances.
    -Author Unknown, but forwarded to us from Bob Valledor.


    Website of the Week

    This weeks website is a little bit of shameless self promotion. Tom was published in the Realtor Magazine last year with a bit of insight from his Negotiations Class.
    https://magazine.realtor/sales-and-marketing/sales-coach/article/2018/08/negotiating-to-everyone-s-satisfaction


  • Email of the Week: 05-31-2019 – Property Before and After

    Email of the Week: 05-31-2019 – Property Before and After

    Picture of the Week

    What a difference a year, and some large trucks can make.

    For more images of the before conditions visit our listing page from 2017.


    Quote of the Week

    It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
    -David Allan Coe


    Website of the Week

    Send your name to Mars on the next rover mission.
    https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/


  • Email of the Week: 04-17-2019 Game of Thrones Returns

    Email of the Week: 04-17-2019 Game of Thrones Returns

    Picture of the Week


    Quote of the Week

    “If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.”
    — Ramsay Bolton


    Website of the Week

    http://gameofthrones.com
    The official HBO Page to get caught up and watch Extra Features


    Spotify Playlist of the Week

    Game of Thrones: The End is Coming (created by the show Co-Creators, may contain spoilers to the ending)
    https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdnZT5DhATDx?si=3lrD8K-4T4mlzxi538x_Eg


  • Email of the Week: 04-10-2019 – I can’t even believe my eyes anymore.

    Email of the Week: 04-10-2019 – I can’t even believe my eyes anymore.

    Picture of the Week

    No, this is not the newest agent we’ve added to our team. In fact, this guy doesn’t exist. Check out the website of the week for more information.

    Thought of the Week


    If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic – being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.
    – Elon Musk


    Website of the Week

    AI Generated Images of People Who Do Not Exist. (The Source of the Picture of the Week)
    https://thispersondoesnotexist.com
    (Generates a new fake face with every page refresh)


  • Email of the Week: 04-03-2019

    Email of the Week: 04-03-2019

    Picture of the Week

    Photo Credit: Ken Teegardin from www.SeniorLiving.Org
    Photo Credit: Ken Teegardin

    Thought Real Estate Story of the Week

    Would your real estate broker go to jail for you?  We have.

    The sale of a vacant site in the Northwest area of Miami-Dade County required a boundary survey. The problem we faced was that the property did not have road access and was located over 2,000 feet from the nearest public road. We did not want to cross adjoining property for access without permission. However, since all the adjoining parcels were vacant land. we could not simply contact the adjoining owners for access. What to do?

    After a review of aerial photos our sales associate Roger Lopez discovered the closest access was from the South Florida Reception Center aka the County Jail.  In order to provide access for the surveyor, Roger decided the quickest way would be to for he and the surveyor commit some minor white-collar crimes, plead guilty, then break out of jail and while escaping do a quick survey of the land in question. Or he obtained permission from the Warden to go to (the) jail with the buyer and surveyor, cross the jail property, and complete the survey. We don’t to this day know which really happened, but the deal did close, and isn’t that what really matters?

    While we will not break the law to sell your property, we will take the extra steps to close the deal.  To find out more what we can do for you or hear more classic real estate stories, give us a call.


    Website of the Week

    ShareX – Free Open-Source Screen Capture and Sharing App for Windows
    https://getsharex.com/