On July 31, 2020, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order No. 20-181, declaring a sixty (60) day a State of Emergency in each county along Florida’s east coast ahead of Hurricane Isaias. This includes areas from Miami-Dade to Nassau counties. Section 252.363(1)(a), Florida Statutes, provides...
Residential real estate closings cause all kinds of challenges. Whether you are working with the buyer or the seller, every step in the closing process can be emotionally draining. The client so often feels wronged by the other side and wants to strike back. I...
Floridians like to think of themselves as hurricane experts. We know what to do when a storm is coming, and we are ready. We prepare at the beginning of the hurricane season. We stock up on our supplies of batteries, bottled water, canned foods and...
The pictures and videos of the wide spread flooding in Houston and Southeast Texas are horrifying. Hurricane Harvey is officially the largest rain event in US history, dumping nearly 4 feet of rain. Generally, when we think of hurricane caused flooding, we think of storm...
Floridians are hurricane experts. We know how to prepare. We are always vigilant. But it has been 11 years since South Florida has gone through the drill. Maybe we have become lazy. I know my wife called me lazy on more than one occasion as...
I recently read a bog post about woodpeckers causing unexpected damages to a condominium in British Columbia (Read Here) causing unexpected expense to the association and unit owners. The story got me to thinking about what would happen if something like that happened here in...