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Fane Lozman Fights Condo Manager Over Motorcycle Theft

​Our favorite civic antagonist has a new target. This time Fane Lozman is going after a property management company in charge of his girlfriend's condominium on Miami Beach. Back on Jan. 13, Lozman tells Riptide his 2009 Ducati sport bike disappeared from the garage of the 9 Island Ave. building o ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale, Orlando Among "Gayest Cities in America," Miami Snubbed

​Using a highly scientific formula that considers factors including WNBA teams, nude yoga sessions, and local Mr. Leather semifinalists (uh, no, really), the Advocate magazine has crunched out its annual list of the "Gayest Cities in America." The Sunshine State was well represented -- by Fort Lau ... More >>

Miami Herald's "House of Lies" exposes a crisis but then moves on

​Using a highly scientific formula that considers factors including WNBA teams, nude yoga sessions, and local Mr. Leather semifinalists (uh, no, really), the Advocate magazine has crunched out its annual list of the "Gayest Cities in America." The Sunshine State was well represented -- by Fort Lau ... More >>

Donald Trump to Buy Doral Golf Resort & Spa

​Donald Trump may no longer be flirting with becoming the leader of the free world, but he's extending his empire of golf resorts by agreeing to purchase the Doral Golf Resort & Spa for a cool $170 million. The property was put into bankruptcy earlier this year.

The Royal Palm, Miami Beach's First Black-Owned Hotel, to Become Yet Another Fancy Chain Hotel

​The Royal Palm hotel was the first black-owned hotel in all of Miami Beach, and as our Francisco Alvarado once put it, "was supposed to be a beacon of atonement for Miami-Dade County's racist past." After it re-opened on 16th and Collins in 2002, a string of bad business calculations and bitter d ... More >>

Euro Bash

​The Royal Palm hotel was the first black-owned hotel in all of Miami Beach, and as our Francisco Alvarado once put it, "was supposed to be a beacon of atonement for Miami-Dade County's racist past." After it re-opened on 16th and Collins in 2002, a string of bad business calculations and bitter d ... More >>

Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

​The Royal Palm hotel was the first black-owned hotel in all of Miami Beach, and as our Francisco Alvarado once put it, "was supposed to be a beacon of atonement for Miami-Dade County's racist past." After it re-opened on 16th and Collins in 2002, a string of bad business calculations and bitter d ... More >>

Doral-based U.S. Century Bank has more outstanding insider loans than any other banking institution in Florida

​The Royal Palm hotel was the first black-owned hotel in all of Miami Beach, and as our Francisco Alvarado once put it, "was supposed to be a beacon of atonement for Miami-Dade County's racist past." After it re-opened on 16th and Collins in 2002, a string of bad business calculations and bitter d ... More >>

The Economy May Be Recovering, But Miami's Foreclosure Mania Isn't Close To Over

Riptide was feeling all warm and fuzzy this morning. No, it wasn't just from all the vodka in our coffee. (What, like you don't start your day with a little 'Russian java'?) Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0​The latest employment numbers came out this morning, and it looks like our Kanye-on-the-VMAs-esque dis ... More >>

You Again, Scary Villain Guy?!

Riptide was feeling all warm and fuzzy this morning. No, it wasn't just from all the vodka in our coffee. (What, like you don't start your day with a little 'Russian java'?) Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0​The latest employment numbers came out this morning, and it looks like our Kanye-on-the-VMAs-esque dis ... More >>

Feds Dole Out $26 Million to City of Miami For Affordable Housing

Alex Izaguirre​The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sent affordable housing developers in Miami-Dade County an early Christmas present. This past October 16, HUD secretary Shaun Donovan announced 18 south Florida cities will receive $69 million for community development grants, hom ... More >>

Florida's Population Starts Shrinking

Florida seemed to be on the fast track to over taking New York as the third most populace state by the 2010 census. Since 2000, Florida's population has boomed by over 3,000,000 and the 2008 estimate put us at 18,328,340, just shy of New Yorks 19,490,297. But according to a new s ... More >>

Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Misleads Citizens

The county's online property search doesn't disclose foreclosures.

Miami-Dade Property Appraiser Lies

​The Banana has a friend named Betty, who earlier this year picked up a two-bedroom condo on Brickell Avenue for $109,000. Betty got the unit at a bargain because it was in foreclosure. But you wouldn't know that by checking the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser's online property search databas ... More >>

Scorch Mojito Review

Miamism.com is a lifestyle real estate company dedicated to using media innovations to promote its services. The website is home to "Mojito 411" a weekly updated, video-based mojito review series from South Florida restaurants. It's a great idea, well-executed. The video above is from Scorch Gr ... More >>

Bayside Marketplace for Sale

Bayside Marketplace -- a place we've been to once, because our best friend used a Chili's gift certificate from her grandma there -- is up for sale. The owner, General Growth Properties, is in a superbad financial situation (who isn't?) and has decided Bayside doesn't fit into its core niche of ... More >>

Midtown Slowdown

Plans to transform a blighted neighborhood have stalled.

A Corruption Tip Sheet

When bad pols get busted, we give you the inside dope

It Flashes, Moos, and Poos

Miami's condo market is in the crapper

Miami 21 Marathon

Miami's condo market is in the crapper

Miami Home Foreclosures in a Death Spiral

Miami's condo market is in the crapper

Wake Up and Read the Dharma

Miami's condo market is in the crapper

BEST RESTAURANT FOR SOUTH MIAMI-DADE CHATTER

Capri Restaurant

BEST DISPLAY OF WEALTH

Leonard M. Miller family

BEST REAL-ESTATE APPRECIATION

Aventura

Public War, Private Fight

The U.S. Attorney and Miami-Dade's top cop clash over a major corruption case

The Dealmaker

Possibly the most influential person in Miami's ongoing facelift is a Paris-born, Toronto-raised workaholic named Edie Laquer

Every Lawyer's Nightmare

How infuriating is Joe Blake? Let's put it this way: His attorney is accused of trying to have him murdered.

From Bad to Wurst

German citizen Anton Philipp has bought a lot of property on Miami Beach. Now it doesn't look too hot.

Whose Woods These Are I Think I Know

Miami Beach gets down to matters of substance and boardwalk repair

How Green Was My Condo Rec Room

They're parks, all right. The county says so. Never mind that most people can't actually use them.