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Uncategorized Professional Realtors Make for Happy Customers As a Fort Lauderdale Realtor with almost two decades’ experience, my goal is to make sure every buyer and seller I represent is professionally represented. This includes my direct representation of my clients, as well as other buyers in the marketplace. In a recent edition of Tuesdays With Gary (TWG), we discussed how Realtors who […]
Uncategorized In Real Estate & Life, Admit Mistakes, Learn, Move On In my 18-year real estate career representing Fort Lauderdale home buyers and home sellers, I’ve made my reputation asking all the right questions at the right time to ensure their interests are protected. Sometimes, however, a question gets missed. In a recent edition of Tuesdays With Gary, we discussed the importance of remembering to ask […]
Uncategorized Was Seller Using 4 Offers to Maximize Price? When are four competitive offers on a Fort Lauderdale residential property not good enough to land the sale? When the seller is trying to use the offers to secure finance – at the peril of all the offers. In a recent edition of Tuesdays With Gary, we discussed the importance of weighing competitive offers openly, […]
Uncategorized Reverse-to-Purchase Mortgage Opens Home Investing Options If you’re a homeowner thinking you want to sell your Fort Lauderdale home, what if you had more options than just selling and moving? That’s the typical process. But today, Baby Boomer homeowners have options. One popular choice is the reverse-to-purchase mortgage. The ability to sell your house at these record high prices is unmatched […]
Uncategorized Boomers Ready to Sell Seeing Record Home Values For several years now, homeowners in Greater Fort Lauderdale have seen record home values and sale prices. Veteran real estate brokers specializing in listing homes for sale have grown accustomed to friends, family and neighbors asking what their house is worth. Many never imagined their home in Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Coral Ridge, Oakland Park […]
Uncategorized Permits, Problems and Protections in Fort Lauderdale Home Sales Almost anything goes in the current Fort Lauderdale home sales market. Almost. With inventory of existing homes at record lows and demand at record highs, homes that hit the market don’t stay there long. That has long-time home buyers eager to cash out. In this recent video, we discuss how you needn’t own a home […]
Uncategorized In Fort Lauderdale Real Estate, Expect the Unexpected I’m not one to say, “I’ve seen it all.” I know there’s always more to be seen. But after 18 years serving clients in Florida Lauderdale real estate and home sales, I experienced the unexpected right before the New Year. As you’ll see in this recent video, I learned a lesson on trust – and […]
Uncategorized Fort Lauderdale Home Sale Market Hot, Not ‘Crazy’ #14 To an outsider, the Fort Lauderdale home sale market might seem “crazy.” Home listings in Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Pompano Beach and throughout Broward County are at record lows, and listing prices are at record highs. When homes do sell, they’re often after limited time on the market – and then selling […]
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Uncategorized Lies, Details and Fort Lauderdale Home Sales When it comes to listing or selling your Fort Lauderdale home, are you comfortable with the team you’re working with? Now could be a great time to list your single-family home, condominium or duplex in Galt Ocean Mile, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Pompano Beach and throughout Broward County. But could you be inviting a deal […]
Uncategorized A Seller’s Market, Expert Skills Close the Home May 05, 2021 Real Estate Anyone buying a home or condominium in Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Galt Ocean Mile or Lauderdale by the Sea will tell you we’re in a “seller’s market.” Inventory is low, home listing prices are high, and with a thousand new residents moving to Florida each day, bidding wars are not […]
Uncategorized Is Your Fort Lauderdale Realtor a Market Expert? May 05, 2021 Real Estate If you’re selling your Fort Lauderdale beachfront condominium or luxury single-family home, are you prepared to do it alone? Of course not. But if you don’t hire a realtor experienced in the numbers driving the current market realities, you’re selling with blinders on. On a recent Tuesdays with Gary Facebook Live broadcast, […]
Uncategorized Who’s on Your Fort Lauderdale Realtor’s A-Team?   Jul 16, 2021 Real Estate When you hire a Realtor to list and sell your Fort Lauderdale home or condominium, you should be getting more than the face on the business card or website. You should be signing on a supporting team of professionals singularly focused on one mission: selling your property. Historically, Realtors […]
Uncategorized Keeping Complexity from Scuttling a Home Sale Jul 16, 2021 Real Estate Even in the best of times, few real estate transactions are simple. Such complications can scuttle a Fort Lauderdale home sale. Few transactions are simple. Covid layered in additional complexities rarely seen before. Whether it’s an older home with a roof, AC or plumbing likely to fail inspection, or a […]
Uncategorized Escalation clauses help buyer, seller get the deal   Jul 16, 2021 Real Estate How can a real estate escalation clause help the seller get more money and the buyer get their house? It’s not an uncommon need among homes for sale in a white hot real estate market like the Fort Lauderdale real estate marketplace, where a dearth of inventory is met […]
Uncategorized Dropping Home Inventory Means Great Time to Sell Feb 15, 2022 Real Estate   With all the news about “supply chain” issues, it seems the greater Fort Lauderdale home sales market isn’t immune. Of course, no homes, condominiums or duplexes are stranded in container ships off the California coast. But our supply chain of home inventory is at historic lows. If you look […]
Uncategorized Review Rental Leases|Home Shortage Maximize Income Review Rental Leases|Home Shortage Maximize Income Feb 15, 2022 Real Estate   It’s no secret that the Fort Lauderdale home sale and resale market is as white-hot as it’s ever been. New listings are going under contract faster than ever – sometimes in days from listing –  frequently at prices exceeding the asking price. Bidding […]
Uncategorized Boomers Ready to Sell Seeing Record Home Values TWG Episode 9 For several years now, homeowners in Greater Fort Lauderdale have seen record home values and sale prices. Veteran real estate brokers specializing in listing homes for sale have grown accustomed to friends, family and neighbors asking what their house is worth. Many never imagined their home in Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Coral […]
Uncategorized Reverse-to-Purchase Mortgage Opens Home Investing TWG Episode 10: If you’re a homeowner thinking you want to sell your Fort Lauderdale home, what if you had more options than just selling and moving? That’s the typical process. But today, Baby Boomer homeowners have options. One popular choice is the reverse-to-purchase mortgage. The ability to sell your house at these record high […]
Uncategorized Ft. Lauderdale Real Estate, Expect the Unexpected I’m not one to say, “I’ve seen it all.” I know there’s always more to be seen. But after 18 years serving clients in Florida Lauderdale real estate and home sales, I experienced the unexpected right before the New Year. As you’ll see in this recent video, I learned a lesson on trust – and […]
Uncategorized Evictions Keep Vagrants From Harming Sales – needs eviction notice jpg “Squatters rights” can seem like a sense application of legal protections. They certainly have fouled countless Fort Lauderdale home sales. Under Florida law, squatter’s rights emerge when a vagrant, under the act of trespassing, develops legal rights to a property if the owner doesn’t take timely action to evict them. Doesn’t matter if the squatter […]