Rental Properties

February 2, 2017

Recently Sold by Valaree Byrne in Miami Beach 1024 Ocean Drive #A501 & #A507

1024 Ocean Drive #A501 & #A507 List Price:  A501: $449,000 – A507: $249,000 Going, going, gone!  We put three condos at The Strand on the market in December and in what seemed like a nano-second two of them were sold.  Investors were really excited about these fully furnished studios on Ocean […]
December 15, 2016

Just Listed by Valaree Byrne in Miami Beach 1024 Ocean Drive Units #501, #504, & #507 Attention Investors!!!

Attention investors, beach combers, & South Beach lovers! Own three updated, furnished, and fully outfitted studio units at The Strand On Ocean Drive Condominium, between the infamous Clevelander & Congress Hotels and across from beautiful Lummus Park.  These units can be rented daily, weekly, seasonally, or for the year!  Selling […]
March 23, 2016

It’s Raining Renters!

  I’ve never had so many ‘newcomers’ to Miami wanting to lease! I just completed the eighth Lease of 2016, and if they all love Miami like I love Miami and decide to call our beautiful city ‘home’, they will be next year’s Buyers! In the last few weeks we have […]
November 13, 2015

It’s Friday the 13th!!!!

Today is the third and last “Friday the 13th” in 2015, and it was so much fun!  Our very happy, festive, and hungry EWM Coral Gables office celebrated its annual “Pot Luck” luncheon, and it is known fact that EWM Realty International not only claims the largest real estate market […]
June 4, 2015

Rentals Gone Wild for Val Byrne & Associates!

May was one of the busiest leasing months I have seen since last year about this time, and we have more slated for June and July. Vanessa Kayes, who is newer to our real estate team, had a ‘baptism by fire’ so to speak in the rental market, and more […]
March 31, 2015

What Can You Buy in Coral Gables Under $500,000?

I spend A LOT of time looking at real estate with young physician candidates at Miami Children’s Hospital (now Nicklaus Children’s Hospital). Last year alone I met and toured Miami with 15-20 of them! Most of them have just completed or are nearly finished their Fellowships and are looking to […]
February 26, 2015

Will We See The End Of Controlled Choice?

Brief background: In the 1980’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools established “Controlled Choice,” a system whereby the school system selected the school that a student would attend. It was intended to desegregate the schools. Fast forward to 2015 and Coral Gables is the county’s only remaining city to have Controlled Choice, […]
September 25, 2014

Coral Gables, A Top Performing Condo Market!

I quote that from this week’s Miami Herald Business Monday, and I can vouch for it! I have been out this month searching for the ‘perfect’ condo in Coral Gables for 3 different Buyers and 2 different Renters, and in both markets condos are moving like hot cakes; especially in the […]
June 18, 2014

Going, Going, Gone…It Went That Fast!

On June 5th I listed this beautiful, sophisticated colonial-style home in Coral Gables (South Gables) for rent and for sale, and in a nanosecond it was under Contract! We started showing it on Friday and by nightfall Saturday we had multiple offers to buy it and to rent it.   I think the owners were so […]