Liens, delays dog Ceebraid [South Florida]

Liens, delays dog Ceebraid [South Florida] Creditors seeking payment for everything from ironwork at the Brazilian Court to flight services for a 13-year-old Learjet are dogging Ceebraid-Signal Corp. and companies linked to the West Palm Beach firm or its top executives. Only last year, Ceebraid-Signal snapped up the Gulfstream Hotel in Lake Worth for $13 …

Caribbean now a real estate treasure chest

Caribbean now a real estate treasure chest The waterfront has always been the hottest bet in the real estate game and probably always will be. But a host of factors complicating development of luxury properties here on the mainland are pushing the front to places that many of us have never heard of: Canouan Island, …

Two major ways to prevent real estate probate

Two major ways to prevent real estate probate Beware of condition that gives up control of home DEAR BOB: I am recently widowed. The house is now in my name. How do I prevent probate, how expensive is it, and how long before my heirs can sell the house? Should I add my heirs’ names …

South Gate — granddaddy of Sarasota subdivisions [South Florida]

South Gate — granddaddy of Sarasota subdivisions [South Florida] Development helped transform sleepy town… Looking over vast orange groves, two young men debated what the 1,240-acre expanse could look like if their fantasy became a reality. Despite the odds, Smith and King helped spark Sarasota County’s post-World War II housing boom more than 50 years …

Where ‘Buy Low and Sell High’ Are a Co-op’s Fighting Words [New York City]

Where ‘Buy Low and Sell High’ Are a Co-op’s Fighting Words [New York City] Morningside Gardens is a rarity in real-estate-mad Manhattan, a co-op apartment complex that middle-class New Yorkers can afford. Apartments sell for a fraction of what they would bring on the open market. For the chance to live free of a crushing …