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REAL Exclusive Properties Featuring The Jewel

REAL Exclusive Properties Digital Edition Featuring:

Developer Tom Mannausa’s The Jewel

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Michael Saunders Perspectives Real Estate

Luxury On The Rebound

By Michael Saunders

It’s no coincidence that our region’s highest residential sale in two years occurred at the same time that the Dow was closing-in on an all-time high, restoring virtually all of the $16 trillion dollars in personal wealth that was wiped out during the Great Recession. Also restored is buyer confidence in the real estate market at precisely the moment when home prices have tilted upward after shedding as much as 50% of the artificially-induced appreciation that occurred during the boom years.

This confirmation that our market has bottomed is exactly what buyers were waiting for. Through mid-March of 2013, 41 properties over $1 million were sold in Sarasota and Manatee Counties—or just over four per week. I am especially pleased to report that agents from Michael Saunders & Company participated in 29 of these sales, or 70%. Moreover, the trend seems to be strengthening. During the same 10-week period, 91 properties over $1 million were placed under contract, with closings expected soon. [...]

Anne Weintraub Perspectives Residential Real Estate Closings

Leave Emotions For The Movies – They Have No Place In A Home Closing

By Anne L. Weintraub, Esquire

Since the beginning of time, a man believed his home was his castle. Not much has changed in 2013-almost every Seller believes his home is his castle and almost ever Buyer questions whether that castle is even good enough to purchase.

The Buyer may want to know everything about the Seller’s background. The Seller may want to know where the Buyer is from and what the Buyer does for a living. The Seller’s wife may dislike the Buyer’s wife. But, you know what? Does it even matter? [...]

Sheila Venancia Perspectives Real Beauty

Tips For Long And Healthy Hair

By Sheila Venancia

Have you ever wished that your hair were longer, thicker and healthier?  Who doesn’t!

Long, thick hair looks beautiful any way you wear it.  But for some of us, thin hair can be an obstacle. Maybe, you are so used to your short hair style that you are just simply afraid to make a change. Or possibly, you think that growing your hair out will take too much effort and look bad during the process. Fear not….. It is easier to get longer and thicker hair than you might think. Just try these easy tips. [...]

Rebecca Smith Perspectives REAL Style

Spring Into Fashion

By Rebecca Z. Smith

Welcome to REAL Style, a fashion focused section of REAL Magazine where we explore the world of style and fashion. REAL style is on top of the trends this issue. Our style & fashion cred is in full gear. We are checking out what’s what and what’s new for spring 2013. Saks Fifth Avenue is putting it all together in this issue, showing us some hot trends for spring. [...]

Sara Hand Perspectives REAL Collaboration

Riverwalk 2013 Stone Soup!

By Sara Hand

Several years ago the world, or at least our world, went through an economic upheaval that experts say will take 15-20 years to recover to some new sense of normal. So we reeled in shock and cried at the scandal as friends and family lost so much they had worked their whole lives for. We breathed deeply as oil threatened our beaches and natural disasters struck our neighbors. Yet the truth is, as Americans there is a resilience that runs through us, as always. When it comes down to it, again and again we rise to the occasion; regardless of what any other nation may say about us. AND this time is no exception. [...]

Patricia Tan Perspectives International Real Estate

Foreigners Investing in Florida Real Estate

A Taxing Issue?

By Patricia Tan

Winter was a very busy buying season for Florida real estate – the best we have seen in many years. A large part of the sales activity was down to foreign investors – those whose real home is outside the United States, looking to take advantage of our State’s low property prices and buoyant rental market.

The end of winter also means tax deadlines are looming and it occurred to me that in working with foreign investors, I am often asked questions about how they will be taxed by the U.S. tax authorities. Many investors come here with “knowledge” of our tax system they have gleaned from the internet, friends and relatives. Part of my job as an international realtor is to ensure they maximize their investment potential here, and to do that I need to encourage them to look beyond the “buy-low-sell-high” mantra and what they think they know about U.S. taxes. I advise them to seek the advice of a tax professional. [...]

William Henry Perspectives Architect’s Viewpoint

Larger Awards In Slip And Fall Cases

By William Henry PhD

Improving your chances for a larger financial recovery if you or your loved ones slip and fall in a public place

Success in slip and fall cases often depends on CSI type exhaustive research both at the incident location and of applicable local building and Federal codes. What may seem to be a harmless site condition, in reality can pose serious threats to health, safety, and welfare to site occupants both indoor and outdoor. Secondly there are multiple codes that often have jurisdiction over the improvements. Some of them may seem to be overlapping and sometimes contradictory. Effectively unraveling the myriad of factors such as these, and then forming a concrete theory regarding the actual causes in a slip and fall incident could spell the difference between success and failure. The ability of your legal counsel to communicate these in depositions and to juries can constitute compelling testimony. [...]