Well, I did exactly what you are not suppose to do when you start blogging which is to disappear for several months... Unfortunately that time period was, as so well put at the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities..... "It was the best of times ....It was the worst of times".... At least I am through that period now, and I am hopeful that my family's life will get back to normal.... On the business front residential sales seem to be coming back in Miami- Dade County.... If you compare sales of the final 1/4 of 2007 with the final 1/4 of 2008 single family residential sales are up 55% and condo sales are up 43 %.... Our activity reflects this change especially in Coral Gables, FL. So, if you are considering buying a home in the Greater Miami area, now is the time to start looking...