Published Articles

Pat Tan in REAL Magazine
Pat talks about the impact of the Canadian buyer/visitor.
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Pat Tan in REAL Magazine
Pat offeres buying tips for the international buyer/visitor.
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Pat Tan Quoted in London's The Sunday Times
Alexandra Goss of London's The Sunday Times finds the downturn has opened the door to some bargain home deals abroad.
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Carla Rayman Quoted on Canadia.com
As the Canadian dollar flirted with parity and the U.S. housing bubble burst, many Canadians headed south of the border to pick up a property bargain. A number of these properties had been subject to foreclosure. Questions have been raised recently about the conduct of some foreclosures and a number of banks have halted foreclosures while the transactions are investigated.
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When Is A Dollar Not A Dollar?
by Patricia Tan

The decision to buy or sell a piece of property in another country is not one to be taken lightly. There are many aspects of an international transaction that will differ significantly from country to country. Obviously, investors need to understand the local laws and business practices of the market in which they plan to be active, and to identify trusted partners in that country to assist them with the transaction.
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Recession Training Pays Off for Agents
by Carla Rayman

A growing number of agents are finding ~ success in training staff to deal with the current market, despite the added costs at a time when most companies are cutting expenditure.
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Investing in Florida 2010 by Carla Rayman I lost count of how many people I spoke 10 in December who said, "Thank goodness 2009 is over." As we enter 2010, I think most of us can agree. Lawrence Yun, The chief economist of The National Association of Realtors, stated that 2009 was the year of recovery and 2010 will be the year of growth. Read More

Cash Sale Only in Florida's Trendy Fort Myers by Pat Tan You know what William Shakespeare said: 'neither a borrower nor a lender be'; such is the message from Patricia Tan, a Florida real estate agent offering a cash-flow positive development for sale in Florida. The offer is open only to cash buyers (or those who borrow the money elsewhere), so if you want to load up with property-related debt, this isn't for you. Read More

How to Haggle For Your Holiday Home The Sunday Mirror Newspaper featured one of our UK clients in a case study (top right) and featured some new construction here in our area. A very good ready. Read More

Canadians Flocking to Florida by Carla Rayman Canadians have been flocking to Florida in the past few months. While airways popular in the winter months, Florida has become particularly attractive this year due to reasons other than the weather. Due to four years of a suffering real estate market, prices are now attractive to those seeking their place in the sun for investment or a holiday home. Read More

Why Invest in Florida? Why Now? by Carla Rayman We just returned from a week exhibiting at Realtor Quest, a real estate agent expo, in Toronto. This two day event held at the beginning of May, gave us the opportunity to meet Toronto real estate agents and to answer their questions on the Florida real estate market. Along with our partner Florida Homes Magazine, we also held seminars for the public on investing in Florida. These seminars were strictly educational and gave the public the opportunity to learn from both Florida and Canadian experts about important facts when making a purchase in Florida. Our speakers included RBC Bank who spoke about different financing options, Altro and Associates who spoke about protecting your assets and tax, Moneycorp who spoke about the advantages of using a currency exchange company, and the Your Global Agents team from Prudential Palms Realty who gave a presentation on the current real estate market in Florida. Read More

Silver Lining in the Sunshine State quote by Pat Tan It's three years since Florida's property market imploded. Foreclosures, surplus inventory and bankrupt developers may have turned the Sunshine State somewhat gloomy, but every cloud has a silver lining. There are incredible deals to be had, and some say the market is beginning to bottom out. Or at least, fall at a more demure pace. Deal-hunters may do well to start their search. Brits and Europeans, who sought holiday homes elsewhere while Florida was in free fall, are now showing renewed interest in their old favorite.  Read More

The Gulf of Mexico and the State of Florida by Carla Rayman As per Wikipedia. the Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world and encompasses 615,000 miles. II is partially landlocked, largely surrounded by North AmerIca and CUba. When people hear the Gulf of Mexico, they immediately assume Florida however, there are fIvI US states that border the Gulf of Mexico: florida, Alabama, MIssissippi, louisiana and Texas. There are also Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras and Panama for the remainder of continental North America.  Read More

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