As Heard on the Street
What Happened to the Coconut Grove Post Office?
Categories: Around Town, As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove
hiCoconut Grove Post Office Parking lot
The other day I was driving to the office and saw a lot a police cars and Miami City cars parked in the middle of the street in front of the post office parking lot. Someone was butchering the trees, over 50 years old, in the parking lot. City zoning [...]
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Did you know? – Windstorm Insurance Savings
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove, Community Information, Home Owner's Insurance, Kendall, Miami, Real Estate News
hiAs a Miami native, I spent the majority of my younger life in the Kendall area, west of US-1. I now live and work in Coconut Grove and love it, but in reference to insurance, being east of US-1 has been a bit of a culture shock.
Since the move, my insurance premiums have [...]
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Everyone is selling on Poinciana Avenue
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove, Real Estate News, South Florida Market Stats
hiHave you driven down Poinciana Avenue in Coconut Grove lately? It seems like everyone has their house on the market. I don’t know why they want to leave the street, but it might have something to do with the fact that it’s become a major cut through for drivers between Le Jeune Road [...]
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Coconut Grove Restaurant Update
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove, Real Estate News
hiSorry to hear about the closing of 3484 Main Highway restaurant and bar. The employees were told 20 minutes before they were to show up to work. The owners also own the Bougainvillea cigar bar in South Miami. They evidently thought they could capitalize on the U.M. crowd to keep them going till [...]
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The Rise and Fall of Coconut Grove’s Townhouse Market
Categories: Around Town, As Heard on the Street, Buying Real Estate, Coconut Grove, Miami, Real Estate News, Selling Real Estate, South Florida Market Stats
hiYou may have read my last blog regarding the healthy real estate market in Coconut Grove. As I said, single family homes in Coconut Grove are selling and are holding their value. We are not suffering from a huge downturn in the market because we live in a highly desirable location. [...]
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The Market in Coconut Grove – Things are Selling!
Categories: Around Town, As Heard on the Street, Buying Real Estate, Coconut Grove, Community Information, Front Page, In The News, Luxury Properties, Miami, Real Estate News, Selling Real Estate, South Florida Market Stats
hiAs a realtor and resident of Coconut Grove, I get asked all of the time how the real estate market in the Grove is doing. Here is my take…..
Coconut Grove is a boutique real estate market. We are such a unique community that our real estate market has continuously outperformed other areas in [...]
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Living Green in Coconut Grove
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove, Community Information, Front Page, In The News
hiAfter my daughter was born, my wife and I decided to “Go Green” to help save the environment, reduce waste, and live a healthier lifestyle. As a realtor, I also became interested in learning more about how we can become Green in the construction and renovation of our homes. Here are a [...]
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FUN community service for kids !
Categories: Around Town, As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove, Community Events, Community Information, Coral Gables, Just For Fun, Miami, Moving to South Florida, Pinecrest, South Miami
hiVisit http://www.volunteermatch.org/ for FUN community service venues for kids, teens, and adults. Whether you want to save the rain forests, the environment, gorillas… be a host family for an exchange student… volunteer abroad… help out with the Dinosaurs of China exhibit at the Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium…be a special event volunteer at the [...]
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Sell With Your Heart, Not Your Pocketbook
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Buying Real Estate, Coconut Grove, Community Information, EWM In the News, Selling Real Estate
hiOne thing that almost stopped me from using my Real Estate license was the idea that to be successful I had to push people into buying homes. I got my license at the time when “Realtor” was almost universally synonymous with “used-car salesman”, and I just couldn’t imagine me doing something that felt so [...]
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Berkshire Eyeing Part the Countrywide?
Categories: As Heard on the Street, Coconut Grove, Community Information, Front Page, Mortgage News, South Florida Market Stats
hiThis mornings Wall Street Journal offers a little food for thought. There is talk in the investment world that Berkshire Hathaway may be in the market to purchase certain parts of Countrywide’s business. Well all know that Mr. Buffet loves a good buy and currently Countrywide’s stock has been beaten down by [...]
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