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Why Due Diligence Before Buying a 'Bargain' is a Must

Posted on February 17, 2011
Posted in Due Diligence, Real Estate, Zoning

I was trading e-mails the other day with a general contractor friend of mine, Mark Stevens of Stevens Construction, Inc., and he took the words right out of my mouth: 

I wish these prospective buyers would do some more due diligence before buying these ‘bargain’ existing buildings.”

We had been discussing new projects, and…

Judicial Update: Have You Driven A Ford (F150) Lately?

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By Russell Schropp on January 20, 2011
Posted in Zoning

If so and you parked it in the City of Coral Gables, you could have been cited for violating the City’s zoning code. Zoning and land use regulations to preserve aesthetics have long been recognized as a valid subject of the police power. In Kuvin v. City of Coral Gables, 35 FLW D1914b…

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