Managing Your South Florida Vacation Home Remotely: Smart Tech and Services to Use
A discreet, buyer-oriented guide to the smart home stack that protects South Florida luxury rentals, streamlines turnovers, and elevates guest experience without compromising privacy.
St. Regis Residences vs 888 Brickell by Dolce & Gabbana in Brickell: Design, finishes & customization
A buyer-oriented comparison of two of Brickell’s most design-forward branded residential towers, focusing on architecture, interiors, lifestyle services, and how each brand translates into daily living.
Renovating Your Luxury Condo: Building Rules and Pitfalls to Consider Before You Start a High-Rise Remodel
A discreet, buyer-oriented guide to renovating a Miami Beach condominium, from board approvals and alteration agreements to permitting, noise rules, and financial risk controls.
Baccarat Residences vs Cipriani Residences vs St. Regis Residences in Brickell: Service model
In Miami’s most competitive enclaves, branded residences increasingly differentiate on service. This MILLION Luxury editorial compares how Baccarat, St. Regis, and Cipriani translate hospitality DNA into daily life, from concierge-led orchestration to butler-enabled in-residence rituals and dining-forward programming. Use it to match the right service model to how you actually live.
How to Verify a Luxury Home Listing’s Claims (Square Footage, View Rights, etc.)
A buyer-oriented guide to the quiet details that move value in South Florida luxury real estate: how square footage gets counted, why surveys and title matter, what easements and deed restrictions can limit, and how to protect yourself from unpermitted work and flood-cost surprises.
Do You Need to Speak Spanish? Navigating Miami’s Multilingual Luxury Real Estate Market
In Miami’s luxury and new-development market, Spanish is not a nice-to-have. It is often the working language of relationships, underwriting conversations, and long-distance decision-making. With global buyers taking a majority share of new South Florida condo and pre-construction purchases, and Latin American clients representing the overwhelming bulk of international activity, Spanish fluency can be the difference between being invited into the room and being asked to wait outside it. Still, “needing” Spanish is not the same as “closing” in Spanish. The most resilient playbook pairs clear communication with operational excellence: a compliant transaction process, sharp documentation, and a team structure that can move seamlessly between English and Spanish without losing nuance. Here is how top performers approach it in practice, from Miami Beach to Brickell and beyond.
