Zilbert's Miami Beach and South Beach Real Estate Blog

Well, as we wind down the first month of 2012, many will agree that Miami Beach is seeing a tremendously-successful winter season. The weather has been spectacular, people are everywhere, the beaches are full, and real estate is selling.

Just below, you will find a quick list of some of the recent sales in and around Miami Beach. But, first, a few quick items that I would like to share.

OUR FEATURED EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY THIS WEEK
Continuum North Tower – Unit 1103
Price: $1,975,000
Zilbert’s Jeffrey M. Miller is featuring a customized 03-type line apartment at South Beach’s famous Continuum condo complex. This North Tower condo has 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms and a guest bathroom. You get both East and South views, framed with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The condo offers lustrous white marble floors, surround sound, Lutron lighting, electric shades and custom mahogany doors. The kitchen has been upgraded with stainless steel Miele appliances, hidden SubZero refrigerator and marble countertops. The bathrooms feature Waterworks marble, mosaic & stone upgrades. Take advantage of Continuum’s resort style amenities. Click on photo above or visit http://www.zilbert.com/miami_south_beach_condo_details.asp?R=A1585812.

GOOGLE+ – WHAT IS IT? – It seems these days that we hear about social media everywhere. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, what does it all mean? Am I missing out? Well, simply-put, if you are someone who doesn’t quite “get it”, you are not alone. It may seem, to some, that many of these tools demand an extraordinary amount of time to manage and contribute to. Next month I will be hosting a web seminar to help our customers get a high level overview and understanding of the importance of social media in today’s world. You may be surprised how relevant some of these tools are to everyday life. And, I will help you find the best way for you to get involved in social networks. Leave it to me. I will make it very easy. In the meantime, I encourage everyone to start to discover Google+. It is a new and late entry to the social media world, however, the experts are predicting that it will become the biggest and most important. Why? Well, very simply, it’s integrated into Google. And Google is the #1 search engine in the world. That’s what makes it important. Please create a Google+ account for yourself, and follow our ZILBERT page. You can easily find us here: http://gplus.to/Zilbert. And, to create your own Google+ page, go to http://plus.google.com.

The Most-Recent Condo and Home Sales (newest ones show first)

ZILBERT INTERNATIONAL REALTY RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

We have made a number of announcements recently, and in case you missed them, here are some links to pages on our sites that outline the details of our announcements.

The Zilbert Realty Store: We are opening the first in a series of retail stores that offer a real estate buying and learning experience to our customers. Visit our announcement page for more details: http://www.zilbert.com/store

The Zilbert Hiring Campaign: We are doubling our staff this year, and we are looking for the best-of-the-best talent, REALTORS and BROKERS to join our staff. See how we are one of the most-progressive employers in real estate: http://www.zilbert.com/join

Zilbert Headquarters For Sale: The Zilbert Realty Store will be our new headquarters, and we are selling our existing headquarters site, an office condo suite on Lincoln Road. We are selling our office with everything, KNOLL furniture, Xerox WorkCentre, Nortel Phone System, FOB-door access, camera system plus much more. Everything is included. So, it’s a great way to move into an office that’s ready to go! And, for investors, this makes a great opportunity to purchase an income property. The office is a condo suite within an office condo building, which gives you the benefit of ownership without the expense burden of a whole building. You even get nightly housekeeping as part of your condo maintenance fee. I have put details and photos on our website here: http://www.zilbert.com/605lincoln230.asp

Let me know if you have any questions. Brokers are also welcomed!

SOME QUICK LINKS TO OUR HOT LISTS

See Zilbert’s Weekly Showcase: http://www.zilbert.com/showcase.asp
See Miami Beach’s 100 newest properties listed for sale: http://www.zilbert.com/100_newest_listings.asp
See Miami Beach’s 100 most-recent properties sold: http://www.zilbert.com/100_most_recent_sales.asp
See Miami Beach’s most-expensive properties sold: http://www.zilbert.com/100_most_expensive_sales.asp

Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

Zilbert Realty Group, a Miami-based luxury real estate brokerage company, announced today that it has rebranded itself as Zilbert International Realty, a name and branding change that reflects the company’s recent introduction of global real estate services. Globally, the firm’s network of brokers enables it to offer its clients more than 49,000 properties in over 100 countries. Locally, the firm is adding staff and other resources that specialize in the sales and marketing of luxury homes and estates in Southern Florida. Up until recently, Zilbert Realty Group was focused mostly in the Miami and Miami Beach condo market.

Zilbert International Realty President and CEO, Mark Zilbert, declares that “We have an incredibly-high level of customer satisfaction. It is the loyalty of our customers that has enabled us to build and grow a luxury company in a crowded and competitive marketplace”. He goes on to explain that “We mix traditional one-on-one customer service with intelligent salespeople and smart technology. That’s the key to selling real estate today.”

The company was heralded in December 2011 when it brought one of its clients to purchase a penthouse at The Setai condo in Miami Beach. This $21.5M sale became the highest price ever paid for a condo in Miami or Miami Beach. Zilbert is also well-known for its award-winning website (http://www.Zilbert.com), which serves over 55,000 visitors each month. Zilbert’s next move is to set yet another set of real estate industry milestones with its soon-to-be-announced mobile computing and social media real estate platforms.

ABOUT ZILBERT INTERNATIONAL REALTY Zilbert International Realty is full-service premium real estate brokerage that works with clients from around the world. It specializes in luxury estates, condos, homes and vacation properties in Southern Florida, including the greater Miami area and Miami Beach. It also offers luxury properties in over 100 countries through its worldwide network. Zilbert’s real estate professionals are an elite team of specially-selected salespeople, each recruited through an invitation-only selection process.

The firm is a leader in the use of technology marketing and social media to help it engage with its clients, and offer them real-time collaboration tools. Its core business philosophy is to build personalized, one-on-one relationships with buyers and sellers of real estate, and to help them through every stage of a real estate transaction. Its personalized business model enables it to understand each customer’s individual needs, and to work with them both as a peer and as an advisor.

Zilbert International Realty was founded in 2003 by Mark Zilbert, a Montreal-born real estate guru and technology innovator. Mr. Zilbert has appeared on numerous national news programs including ABC’s 20/20, CNBC, CBS’ Morning Show, ABC’s Nightline. He has also been quoted in the Wall Street Journal.

The firm offers a number of ways for its customers to interact with it. Its traditional business operation offers buyers and sellers of real estate access to sales professionals via its offices, by telephone, on the web, and in person.

The Zilbert Realty Store ™ is a retail-like shopping experience located in South Beach that enables buyers to browse property listings and meet with real estate professionals in a “no pressure” setting. Visitors to the store are offered free parking and free Wi-Fi.

The Zilbert Social Community ™ is a managed, content-rich online community that lives in Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, FourSquare and other technologies. The community enables Zilbert staff to inform, educate, interact with and advise the general public in all areas of their local communities, as well as in real estate topics. The community is available across all desktop and mobile platforms.

Zilbert On Demand ™ is a web-based video YouTube channel that is designed to offer the general public frequently-updated community and real estate news.

Zilbert.com is an interactive website and community that hosts over 10,000 Miami-area condos and homes, plus offers live chat and downloadable floor plans. The site operates both in desktop and mobile devices, including the iPad and iPhone.

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As you relax with your Sunday brunch, here’s a quick note to bring you up-to-date on what’s been going on with the Miami real estate market and our company so far this year.

BIG REAL ESTATE TRENDS FOR 2012 – I have just returned from a week at the Inman News Real Estate conference in New York City, where real estate and technology titans were able to present many of the real estate trends that we can expect to see this year.  Interestingly enough, the biggest point of discussion was about HOW buyers and sellers will interact with real estate people and between eachother.  Here is what we learned:

• The use of mobile tools, by buyers and sellers, will explode this year.  It seems, also, that the trend is for software developers to be targeting more tools for iOS products, namely the iPhone and iPad.  Expect your Apple devices to get some brilliant new tools this year.
• Let’s get social!  I have been one of those people who have never really put much time into using Social Media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, etc).  Well that’s about to change, and for me, at least, it changed this past week.  Tools like Twitter and Google+ will be the leaders in 2012 for people just like you, and I highly suggest that you take some time, get set up, and learn how to fit social media into your everyday life.  It may be a little awkward for some at first, but it very quickly makes its way into your daily routine.
• Follow me on Twitter at @Zilbert, and add me to your circles on Google+ at http://gplus.to/Markzilbert or +Zilbert.  You willl start to see news and other items appear in real-time, and you will have the chance to comment and otherwise interact with me and hundreds of other people just like you.
• Next month I will be hosting an online seminar to introduce our clients to Social Media tools, and how they can be used in your community and/or areas of interest.  I will send you an e-mail invitation, and you are welcomed to attend.  There will be no fee.
• Keep and eye on Zilbert.com, and within the next few weeks your iPad will come alive at Zilbert.com like never before.  The trend with iPads is to move away from Apps and explore the web with iPad’s touch-and-swipe features.  This makes content like Zilbert.com available to anyone, anywhere, anytime without having to visit the App Store.
• Soon, when you drive through Miami with Zilbert.com on your iPhone, you will be able to point your iPhone at a condo building, and you will see what’s for sale.  The same will be true with many neighborhoods around Miami and Miami Beach.  Point your iPhone or iPad at a house, and learn all about it.

HAVE A QUICK SNEAK PEEK AT OUR NEW IL VILLAGGIO PROPERTY – Now that the winter season is well under way (and having spent a chilly week in NYC last week), I am pleased to let you know of an amazing condo for sale at Il Villaggio.  It doesn’t get better than living right on the ocean, right on Ocean Drive, in a private, gated, five-star community.  Priced at just under $2.5M, this condo is ready for immediate use.  So, enjoy Miami Beach now at Il Villaggio Unit 1107, the best in Miami Beach real estate.  You can also find the site listed at www.Zilbert.com, so drop by soon.

BIG, BIG PRESS RELEASE COMING OUT TUESDAY – This Tuesday, Zilbert Realty Group will be announcing some big, big news.  Keep your ears open, and look for my press release, which I will send to you via E-mail.

For more information on the Miami Beach real estate market, browse through some of our links below.  My staff and I are always available to you, so never hesitate to let myself or any of them know if we can be of assistance.

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ZILBERT REALTY GROUP RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

We have made a number of announcements recently, and in case you missed them, here are some links to pages on our sites that outline the details of our announcements.

The Zilbert Realty Store:  We are opening the first in a series of retail stores that offer a real estate buying and learning experience to our customers.  Visit our announcement page for more details:  http://www.zilbert.com/store

The Zilbert Hiring Campaign:  We are doubling our staff this year, and we are looking for the best-of-the-best talent, REALTORS and BROKERS to join our staff.  See how we are one of the most-progressive employers in real estate:  http://www.zilbert.com/join

Zilbert Headquarters For Sale:  The Zilbert Realty Store will be our new headquarters, and we are selling our existing headquarters site, an office condo suite on Lincoln Road.  We are selling our office with everything, KNOLL furniture, Xerox WorkCentre, Nortel Phone System, FOB-door access, camera system plus much more. Everything is included.  So, it’s a great way to move into an office that’s ready to go!  And, for investors, this makes a great opportunity to purchase an income property.  The office is a condo suite within an office condo building, which gives you the benefit of ownership without the expense burden of a whole building.  You even get nightly housekeeping as part of your condo maintenance fee.  I have put details and photos on our website here:  http://www.zilbert.com/605lincoln230.asp

Let me know if you have any questions.  Brokers are also welcomed!  SOME QUICK LINKS TO OUR HOT LISTS

See Zilbert’s Weekly Showcase:

http://www.zilbert.com/showcase.asp

See Miami Beach’s 100 newest properties listed for sale:  http://www.zilbert.com/100_newest_listings.asp

See Miami Beach’s 100 most-recent properties sold: http://www.zilbert.com/100_most_recent_sales.asp

See Miami Beach’s most-expensive properties sold: http://www.zilbert.com/100_most_expensive_sales.asp

Mark Zilbert
@Zilbert +Zilbert

Web: http://www.zilbert.com

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