What is it about Brickell Ave. in Miami that makes real estate developers and investors foam at the mouth?
Every time something new pops up in the form of a high rise, buyers worldwide get excited and flock to Miami to buy up these condos.  In this kind of struggling market this surely has to be some kind of anomaly.  It may even be harder to believe that Brickell Ave. actually has a shortage of real estate inventory.

What constitutes a real estate/economic recovery? If it is simply rising numbers in housing starts and sales, for instance, then are we really in recovery mode like some experts may expect us to believe, or are the numbers clouded by some underlying problem that the rest of us are not seeing?
Perhaps nowhere more than Florida is housing and the economy more closely tied together.  You may read about a new project that has started construction or about a percentage increase in sales one particular month, but the grim reality is …

(Part Two of an analysis of renting opportunities in Miami. Part One can be read here.)
One thing I like about South Florida is the fact that even the dingiest of rentals still get good rental income. The market drives the price, and right now the market here is the best that I have ever seen it. Be advised, there are some who are gouging because they know nobody is buying except foreigners. Those are the landlords who end up getting hurt in the long run. And it’s not …

(Part one of an analysis of renting opportunities in Miami)
When you are so caught up in making a quick buck, flipping always seems like the easiest route. These days, however, it’s not so easy. Flips are taking much longer than the good old days and time is money. The money you should be making in a quick flip may be going down the drain waiting for a customer. On the other hand, there is also the appraisal factor.

Today’s guest contributor is professional writer, blogger and digital entrepreneur, Men With Pens‘ James Chartrand. The following article was originally published on JonathanFields.com.

There has been a lot of talk over the last five years about how to fix the housing market, and in particular South Florida’s. The president has tried just about everything and nothing has worked. Outside of downtown area condos, the real estate market in South Florida has not seen an improvement yet. If anything, it has gotten worse because of all of the shadow inventory of foreclosures. They just won’t stop coming.

The South Florida real estate market has taken a turn for the worse since its collapse in 2006. The inventory consists of an overwhelming majority of short sales and foreclosures that by now only investors are interested in. And where are they investing all of their money?