For sellers
Selling guides
The questions waterfront sellers actually ask, answered properly. No fluff about curb appeal.
- Access
Selling a waterfront home behind a fixed bridge
A fixed bridge does not lower your price by a percentage. It removes buyers from your pool before they ever contact you, and that shows up as silence rather than low offers.
Read it - Preparation
What to fix before you list a waterfront home
Most sellers put their pre-listing money into the kitchen. On the water, the dock is usually the better spend, and some of what worries you cannot be changed at any price.
Read it - Regulation
The seawall rule that catches sellers
Broward sets a minimum elevation for tidal flood barriers, and it is triggered by substantial repair as well as new construction. The number is an absolute elevation, not a height above what you already have.
Read it - Logistics
Selling and buying on the water at the same time
The hardest part of a waterfront move is rarely the house. It is committing to the next place before the current one is sold, and the fact that your replacement options are narrower than a normal search.
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Before you list
See who can actually buy your house
Four questions about your frontage, your dock and what sits between you and the ocean, and you will see which buyers are still in your pool and which of your problems are worth spending money on.
Thinking about buying or selling on the water?
Tell me what you want to be able to do from your dock and I will tell you honestly which canals work and which ones do not.