Watch the news, read the papers, read a Fort Lauderdale real estate blog or website, or just take a walk along Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Beach, or Flagler Village, and the signs are clear. From Fort Lauderdale to Pompano Beach to Wilton Manors and Oakland Park, Broward County is in the midst of change.…
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Rethinking Fort Lauderdale Real Estate – From Beachfront to ‘Close to the Ocean’
Fort Lauderdale is a dynamic real estate market. Long known as a great place to buy real estate, grow a career, and raise a family, today the next generation of millennials are finding a variety of real estate options. Sometimes in a luxury rental. Need evidence? Look at the construction cranes piercing the skyline. A…
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When Friends Refer Friends for Real Estate Needs
54: We recently wrote about the important role renters play in the business life cycle at The Gary Lanham Group at Coldwell Banker Fort Lauderdale Beach Office. As we pointed out, we cherish our relationship with millennials. They first are renters, who later become home buyers. Then, hopefully like others who begin as customers and…
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The Right Tools to Select Fort Lauderdale’s Right Realtor
52: You have your primary care doctor or specialist. You may have an attorney to call on for legal advice or guidance, and possibly an accountant to handle your taxes or complex financial transactions. These professional service providers are critical to your physical, fiscal, and personal health and wellbeing. What about another provider whose services…
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In Fort Lauderdale Real Estate, Realtor Team-work Makes the Dream Work
51: It can be said there’s no “I” in teamwork. But successful Realtors know the “we” is the most powerful element they can bring to a client relationship. We’ve written extensively about how successful realtors work as a team to list, market, and sell South Florida homes, or to work with buyers to find the…
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Turning Millennial Renters into First-Time Fort Lauderdale Home Buyers
53: Several months ago, we shot a video from a beautifully remodeled home in the highly desirable Fort Lauderdale neighborhood of South Middle River. The home itself not only reflected how homes there are a driving force in Broward County’s strong real estate market. It gave us a look at who many of today’s home…
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A Coordinated Effort
https://youtu.be/O30_vrI-lCs Eileen Mulkey, realtor from the Gary Lanham Group and also a certified appraiser, tells us about the process of a successful transaction. All proceeded smoothly with the help of Fairway Independent Mortgage. After a live video walkthrough for the clients, who were out of town, they closed on the home soon after.
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Out of Town? No Problem.
https://youtu.be/Btf6Sa2siWo Jon and McDavid found this gem through the Gary Lanham Group. They viewed this mid-century home when they received a video walk-though. Out of town at the time, they were back here in a couple of days to see the property in person, and immediately loved it. This is how Gary Lanham's team works!…
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Lending for your Home — with You All the Way!
https://youtu.be/2vHyEVzl534 Donn Rubin from Fairway Independent Mortgage gives his own testimonial about working with the Gary Lanham Group. Donn says the team is efficient, on time, contracts are clean, and he can always rest easy when he gets a referral from Gary and his team.
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Divorce and the Sale of Your Fort Lauderdale Home
50: Divorce is never easy. Add jointly owned or contested real estate to the situation, and a challenging life event can escalate into a truly difficult, complex, and contentious episode. It’s rarely something either party in the divorce seeks. But it qualifies as one of those “necessary evils” needed to bring closure to one chapter…
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