Buyers
Read the building before you love the view
Five steps from hello to the keys: a short list, straight talk on price and condition, and someone beside you at every showing.
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Miami Beach real estate advisor
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One advisor, honest numbers and a plan you can read, for buying and selling waterfront homes and condominiums.
Miami Beach · Coconut Grove · Brickell · Key Biscayne
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First look at the next home
Tell me what you are looking for. As homes that fit come up, I send them to you myself.
Meet your advisor
The same advisor,
start to finish
I work with a small number of buyers and sellers at a time, so every conversation is with me and every decision has room to breathe.
I still bring a tape measure to every showing, read every building’s paperwork before you do, and put the plan in writing before we talk about a number.
- Based in
- Miami Beach, Florida
- Focus
- Waterfront homes and condominiums
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
Listed by Solstice
Homes I’d walk you through first
A few of the homes I am representing now, across Miami Beach and the islands.
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$8,950,000Sunset Islands, Miami Beach5 bed · 6 bath · 5,240 sq ftAsk me about this home -
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$4,250,000South of Fifth, Miami Beach3 bed · 3.5 bath · 2,480 sq ftAsk me about this home -
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$3,395,000Flamingo Park, Miami Beach4 bed · 4 bath · 3,150 sq ftAsk me about this home
Listed by Solstice, Bayline Realty. Illustrative properties.
Recently sold
Keys handed over
A few recent closings. Ask me how each one was priced, shown and negotiated.
SoldCoral Gables4 bed · 3 bath
SoldBrickell2 bed · 2 bath
SoldCoconut Grove3 bed · 2 bath
The places I know
Know the block before you offer
01 / 06, South of Fifth
Every neighborhood keeps its own hours: where the breeze reaches in the afternoon, which buildings are between paint jobs, where parking runs out by seven. Choose a place for the local read.
Buying and selling
Clear advice on either side of the deal
The person you first call is the person beside you at the closing table, with honest numbers all the way there.
- Talk it throughWe start with what you want the home to do for you, and what you want to spend. I write it down so nothing gets lost along the way.
- Line up the moneyA pre-approval shows you what you can borrow and tells sellers your offer is serious. I compare real lender quotes with you, so you choose with the numbers in front of you.
- Walk the short listFewer homes, seen with me, each with an honest read on the building, the block and the price. You are never touring alone.
- Write the offerPrice, terms and contingencies are set before you fall in love. I present your offer, keep you informed and bring every reply straight back to you.
- Take the keysInspection, financing and closing are handled in order, with every date on one page. I am beside you for the final walk-through and the signing.
- Set the priceI walk your street, pull the recent sales and put a price in writing, with the reasons behind it. You decide with real numbers in hand.
- Get it readySmall fixes first, in the order that pays back. You get a short list of jobs, and each one earns its place.
- Show it wellPhotography, a short showing list and time for questions. Your home is shown in its strongest light, on your schedule.
- Weigh the offersEach offer is laid out side by side, with what it really means for your timeline and your net. I explain every term before you answer.
- Hand over the keysClosing day arrives with nothing left open. I coordinate the title, the inspection and the move-out date until the keys change hands.
- Tell me about the homeThe address and anything you have done to it.
- I walk the streetRecent sales, the building or block, and what a buyer will notice.
- You get an opinion in writingA real number with the reasons behind it.
- Move the down paymentSee what each step does to the monthly number.
- Change the termA shorter loan costs more each month and less overall.
- Bring it to meWe check your figures against real quotes before you offer.
- Read the contractEvery line, with a lawyer where it counts.
- Map the depositsWhat is due, when, and where it is held.
- Track the buildDelivery dates and what can move them.
- Walk the finished homeA punch list before you take the keys.
Sellers
A price the street will back
Price, presentation and a steady hand, from the first walkthrough to the closing table.
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New construction
New construction, explained
Floor plans, deposit schedules and delivery dates, read line by line with you before you sign anything.
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Every move starts somewhere different
Here is how a few moves went, and what the plan looked like.
Relocating
Two weeks to move across the country
A family had fourteen days to leave Chicago and no time for a search trip. I toured the short list on video, sent a one-page read on each building, and had the offer drafted before their flight landed.
Read the story
The building paperwork came with the offer, so their first weekend in Miami went to measuring rooms and finding the nearest coffee, not to reading budgets.
Selling
A quiet sale on the water
An owner wanted the house sold without a sign or an open house. We showed it to a short list of qualified buyers, one at a time, and set the closing around a season abroad.
Read the story
We agreed the price and the list of buyers before the first showing, and every offer came to the owner with a plain summary of what it meant.
First-time buyer
A first condo, read line by line
She loved the unit and the view. We read three years of budgets and board minutes together, found an assessment coming, and she chose a different building with the same view.
Read the story
The unit she bought was smaller, and its paperwork was quiet. She told me the reading was the part she would have skipped.
Blog
Straight answers, in writing
Short, plain answers to the questions I hear most, to read before we meet.
Condominiums
What to read in a condo’s paperwork before you offer
Before you fall for a view, ask for the building’s paperwork. A condominium is a shared purchase, and the documents tell you what you are sharing.
Start with the budget and the reserve schedule. They show what the association collects, what it spends and what it has set aside for the roof, the elevators and the concrete. Then read the last two years of board minutes. That is where a special assessment shows up first, months before anyone sends a notice. Ask for the most recent inspection and engineering reports, and for the insurance summary, including the windstorm deductible.
Last, read the rules. Rental limits, pet limits and move-in fees decide how you can actually use the unit. I send every client this list before the first showing, and I would rather you leave a beautiful unit than buy into a surprise.
Insurance
Insurance questions to ask before you fall for a house
In Florida, insurance is part of the price of the house. Ask about it early, before the inspection, and ask the right people.
Ask the seller for the age and material of the roof, the year of the electrical panel and whether the windows and doors are impact rated. Those details decide which carriers will quote and what they will charge. Ask for the current policy declarations and, on an older home, the latest four-point inspection. Then call an independent insurance agent as well as your bank, and get quotes for wind and, where the flood map calls for it, flood coverage.
Check the flood zone yourself on the FEMA map service and ask for the elevation certificate. Two neighboring houses can be priced very differently, so quote the exact address, not the street. I keep a short list of local agents who answer quickly and share it whenever a client asks.
Selling
How a private sale works, and when it makes sense
A private sale is a sale that is not widely advertised. It suits owners who value quiet: a home with security concerns, a seller who does not want the street watching, or a timeline that has to stay flexible.
What you trade is reach. A home shown to fewer buyers may draw fewer offers, and an advisor who runs a private sale should tell you so plainly. I start by asking what matters more to you, the audience or the quiet, and we build the plan from your answer.
The mechanics are the same as any sale: a price you can defend, clear disclosure, a short showing list and offers reviewed together. What changes is who sees the home and when. Listing services also have rules about how soon a publicly marketed home must be entered, so I walk through those before we choose a path.
Get in touch
Questions about a building, a block or a price?
I am a call or a click away. Call, email or use the form, and I reply personally, usually within one business day.