Is Save Our Homes Portability Selling Houses? [Tampa Bay Area]

Is Save Our Homes Portability Selling Houses? [Tampa Bay Area] Raymond McIntyre’s office generated an interesting set of numbers this week: 222 people have moved to Highlands County, and brought their Save Our Homes tax exemptions with them. Just 75 homeowners left the county, and applied to transfer their Save Our Homes elsewhere in Florida. …

Neighbors Are Left With A Mess [Tampa Bay Area]

Neighbors Are Left With A Mess [Tampa Bay Area] Robert Ramirez awoke in the middle of the night to clanging metal and a rumbling moving truck in the back yard next door. Evicted neighbors loaded their belongings and fled the two-story stucco home. They left doors and windows open, and trash and debris strewn across …

Lawsuit pits 2 Gumbergs against brother

Lawsuit pits 2 Gumbergs against brother A feud splitting one of Pittsburgh’s best-known real estate families went public this week as Andrew and Lawrence Gumberg filed a lawsuit accusing their older brother Ira of misappropriating millions from joint holdings worth $500 million. The two younger Gumbergs claim Ira Gumberg and Braddock Hills-based J.J. Gumberg Co., …

Can Son Co-Own And Rent Florida Condo?

Can Son Co-Own And Rent Florida Condo? Q: I’m planning on acquiring rental property and my son is looking for a primary residence, so I’m going to buy a condo or villa in Florida and rent it to him. To attain owner-occupancy status, I intend to put both our names on the mortgage as Tenants-in-Common. …

Chapter 13 standoff thwarts foreclosure on St. Petersburg house for years

Chapter 13 standoff thwarts foreclosure on St. Petersburg house for years [Tampa Bay Area] With the economy tumbling, thousands of Floridians have filed bankruptcies in a last-ditch bid to keep their homes from foreclosure. Among them was 55-year-old Rose King. In the end, she was unable to save her home, but it certainly wasn’t for …