This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm in Miami featuring real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™.
Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions.
Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies.
Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions.
We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold.
Episode Topics
For the Jan. 9, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:
This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.
Episode Overview
In this Jan. 9, 2026, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors.
The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic.
During the 52-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski begin with news of mortgage rates hitting 5.99% following a $200 billion federal injection into mortgage-backed securities, a move discussed alongside President Trump’s efforts to ban institutional buyers from the single-family home market.
This shift suggests a potential fire sale of inventory in major Florida hubs like Jacksonville, Tampa and Orlando as Wall Street “villains” are pressured to exit.
The hosts also dive into the ultra-luxury housing sector, identifying Google co-founder Larry Page’s $173 million acquisition spree in Coconut Grove as a primary indicator that the Miami market has finally reached its peak.
Shifting to the beach, the duo critiques the complex capital stack and branding of a beach club buyout in Sunny Isles Beach before labeling North Bay Village a “value trap” for developers chasing undiscovered opportunities.
The report concludes with a review of the City of Miami Beach’s handling of the Nikki Beach concession, which the hosts describe as a “canary in a coal mine” for the risks of doing business in the barrier island municipality.
In this episode of Condo Capitalism™, veteran analyst Jack McCabe discusses the implications of a proposed ban on institutional home buyers that could force Wall Street to unload rental properties.
Condo Capitalism™ is a weekly podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ that provides data-driven analysis on distressed real estate—foreclosures, shortsales and bank-owned REOs—in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
The program tracks the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff, where rising maintenance fees, special assessments and insurance costs are squeezing cash-strapped owners.
On the show, experts analyze how the national “two-sided risk”—rising inflation and falling employment—magnifies these local pressures, potentially forcing a capitulation by owners who can no longer afford condo living.
Join Peter Zalewski at MiamiCondo.Club for a livestream every weekday at 4 pm (Miami time). On-demand recordings of all shows are available here.
Episode Overview
In the Jan. 8, 2026, episode of the Condo Capitalism™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews veteran real estate consultant Jack McCabe of McCabe Research & Consulting about the potential repercussions of President Trump’s recent announcement threatening to “ban” large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes.
The conversation focuses on how Wall Street firms have accumulated massive portfolios of residential real estate since the Great Recession.
Zalewski contends that this consolidation of ownership has allowed these entities to control supply and drive up pricing, effectively crowding out individual homebuyers and smaller investors in key markets.
To illustrate the severity of the issue, Zalewski presents data from a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released in May 2024.
While institutional investors own a relatively small percentage of homes nationally, the report reveals a staggering concentration in specific Sunbelt cities.
The data indicates that institutional groups control approximately 25% of the single-family rental market in Atlanta, 21% in Jacksonville, 15% in Tampa, 13% in Orlando and 5% in Miami.
Zalewski and McCabe suggest that these high-concentration areas could face severe volatility if a so-called “ban” forces these funds to liquidate their holdings.
McCabe expresses skepticism regarding the legal mechanics of such a ban within a free-market capitalist system, speculating that the administration might instead utilize punitive taxation to discourage corporate ownership.
Despite his doubts about the implementation, McCabe concedes that if the policy were enacted, it would be a significant boon for individual buyers.
He argues that removing corporate competition would return the market to a more traditional structure, allowing small investment groups and families to re-enter a sector that has become unaffordable for many.
The discussion also highlights the precarious state of the current real estate market, particularly in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, journalist Forrest Jones draws on his reporting from Venezuela to discuss how the capture of President Maduro marks a turning point for South Florida.
The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy.
The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts.
The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
Episode Overview
In the Jan. 7, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews journalist and author Forrest Jones of ContentByForrest.com about the shifting Miami-Venezuela dynamic following the U.S. removal of President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026.
Jones—a former foreign correspondent who interviewed Hugo Chavez in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in the 1990s—analyzes the diaspora in South Florida and the political legacy of the Chavez-Maduro era.
The conversation draws on themes from Jones’ 2021 thriller, “The Placebo Agenda,” a global narrative set in Caracas, Miami, Moscow and Washington, D.C., that exposes high-level political corruption.
During the 66-minute podcast, the discussion analyzes the global oil trade, economic fallout and Miami’s future as a Latin American gateway amid shifting political tides, Liberation Day tariffs and aggressive U.S. immigration policies.
The analysis also breaks down the local consequences for South Florida condo sales, the economy and foreign investment driven by the possible pivot of U.S. capital to Venezuelan oil and the deportation of South Florida residents back to South America.
Expert Peter Zalewski will lead this three-hour walking tour at 10 am Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, to review, assess and evaluate nearly 70 projects in the Biscayne Boulevard Corridor submarket of Greater Downtown Miami. This area includes the neighborhoods of Edgewater, Midtown and Wynwood.
Zalewski—a former financial journalist, a Wall Street consultant, expert witness and founder of the Miami Condo Investing Club™— will provide unmatched expert analysis on the winners and losers in the Biscayne Boulevard Corridor.
This tour is designed to educate buyers, investors and real estate professionals on identifying opportunities and pitfalls as the market navigates the Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff.
Secure your spot for this deep dive into the Greater Downtown Miami condo market at: MiamiCondoClub.eventbrite.com
Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions.
Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies.
Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions.
We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold.
Episode Topics
For the Jan. 2, 2026, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:
This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.
Episode Overview
In this Jan. 2, 2026, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors.
The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic.
During the 53-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski focused on Florida’s House Bill 657, a controversial proposal that would simplify the process for terminating homeowner associations (HOA).
Hernandez revealed that the bill would allow for termination if 20% of owners petition for it and a 66% supermajority votes in favor, a move that could dismantle long-standing community structures.
Zalewski added color by comparing the potential unbundling of HOAs to the “cord-cutting” movement in cable television, warning that while owners might escape fees, they could face a “Brexit-style” logistical nightmare regarding shared roads and infrastructure.
This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm in Miami featuring real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™.
Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions.
Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies.
Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions.
We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold.
Episode Topics
For the Dec. 26, 2025, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:
This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.
Episode Overview
In this Dec. 26, 2025, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five of the biggest topics of critical importance to South Florida investors.
The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic.
During the 63-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski delve into a year of legislative “MacGyver” moments, high-stakes land transfers, Ken Griffin’s long-discussed but never started $1 billion office tower fronting Biscayne Bay and a widening gap between speculative land values and market reality.
The hosts concluded the defining narrative of 2025 was the conveyance of Miami Dade College land for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, a move valued at zero dollars for the college despite a potential $5.3 billion sellout value for the associated condo towers that could be part of the library.
Economist Bram Gallagher of the short-term rental data and analytics firm AirDNA.co joins the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast to reveal his firm's projections for the South Florida region next year.
Miami Condo Mondays™ is a live podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com providing an in-depth look at the latest residential real estate trends in South Florida.
Recorded weekly in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast offers a one-hour discussion on various real estate topics, including preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies.
The hosts share their expertise, with Zalewski focusing on macro perspectives and Huertas offering micro insights from her on-the-ground experience.
Tune in every Monday at 4 PM (EST) on the social media accounts of Peter Zalewski and Jenny Huertas for insights on the latest trends in the South Florida condo market.
Episode Overview
In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on Dec. 22, 2025, co-hosts Jenny Huertas, the broker-owner of CVR Realty, and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ discuss the 2026 outlook for the Short-Term Rental (STR) market in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
Special guest Bram Gallagher, the Director of Economics and Forecasting for the STR data and analytics company AirDNA.co, joins Huertas and Zalewski to discuss his firm’s newly released U.S. 2026 Short-Term Rental Outlook Report.
The AirDNA report identifies the opportunities and pitfalls in the STR market in South Florida and across the nation.
During this 61-minute episode, the trio explores the operational nuances of investing in the STR market, including management fees, tax implications and navigating market metrics.
Gallagher shares insights from the AirDNA research, providing valuable information on occupancy rates, investment strategies and the impact of international travel on Miami’s market.
The conversation also touches on the economic impact of regulatory risks, U.S. immigration policy and the evolving landscape of STRs as a viable investment option in South Florida.
Expert Peter Zalewski to lead three-hour walking tour at 10 am Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, to review more than 100 projects in the popular Brickell Avenue Area submarket of Greater Downtown Miami.
Report: https://peterzalewski.substack.com/p/brickell-avenue-area-tour-to-analyze
This is copy of a live podcast recorded Fridays at 4 pm in Miami featuring real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™.
Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions.
Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies.
Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions.
We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold.
Episode Topics
For the Dec. 19, 2025, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:
This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.
Episode Overview
In this Dec. 19, 2025, episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five pivotal market topics of critical importance to South Florida investors.
The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic.
During the nearly 59-minute discussion, Hernandez and Zalewski delve into the controversial land transfer for the future Trump Presidential Library on a site formerly owned by Miami Dade College in Greater Downtown Miami, the rising trend of junk fees in the South Florida rental market and another case of rich people being mean to each other.
Additionally, the hosts discuss the current state of Florida's condo association insurance market where premiums are expected to fall by as much as 40% in 2026.
Hernandez and Zalewski wrap up the show with a discussion about Developer Ugo Colombo's new Vita project on Grove Isle in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, emphasizing the importance of timing when investing in South Florida’s volatile real estate market.
Peter Romeo — a commercial insurance agent with Business Risk Advisors—said increased competition, structural repairs and a quiet 2025 hurricane season have resulted in lower rates.
Condo Capitalism™ is the weekly podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ that provides data-driven analysis on distressed real estate—foreclosures, shortsales and bank-owned REOs—in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
The program dissects players and trends, focusing on the escalating Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff, which is now fully underway as cash-strapped unit owners face rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance.
On the show, experts analyze how the national “two-sided risk”—rising inflation and falling employment—magnifies the growing crisis in Florida, revealing where high post-Surfside condo fees clash with a softening resale market to expose the potential for a capitulation by unit owners who can no longer afford condo living.
Join Peter Zalewski live every weekday at 4 pm (Miami time) on MiamiCondo.Club for the full schedule: Miami Condo Mondays™ (market overview), Miami Condo Exchange™ (data discussion) on Tuesdays, The Peter Zalewski Show™ (interview) on Wednesdays, Condo Capitalism™ (distressed market) on Thursdays, and Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ (debate) on Fridays. On-demand recordings of all shows are available here.
Episode Overview
In the Dec. 18, 2025, episode of the Condo Capitalism podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviewed commercial insurance agent Peter Romeo—a vice president with Business Risk Advisors who represents more than 50 projects—about the state of the South Florida condo association insurance market.
During the 86-minute podcast, Romeo explains the complexities of condo insurance in Florida, particularly in the wake of the Surfside condo collapse and the regulatory mandates that followed for buildings in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
The discussion covers the significant costs associated with insurance for condo associations, the differences between garden style and highrise condos, and the importance of the mandated Structural Integrity Reserve Studies (SIRS) every 10 years and Milestone Inspections required upon a project’s 30-year anniversary.
The speakers also explored the impact of Hurricane Andrew on building codes, the role of Class A graded buildings in insurance premiums and the differences between admitted and non-admitted insurance companies.
The conversation concludes with insights into future trends in the condo insurance market and the importance of regular appraisals for accurate coverage.
In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, veteran real estate consultant Jack McCabe of McCabeResearch.com offered a glimpse of his 2026 base case outlook for the South Florida condo market.
The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy.
The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts.
The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
Episode Overview
In the Dec. 17, 2025, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski sits down with veteran real estate consultant Jack McCabe of McCabe Research & Consulting to dissect a South Florida condo market grappling with rising inventory, falling sales and uncertainty heading into 2026.
During the 70-minute podcast, McCabe discussed how demographic shifts and economic headwinds are paving the way for hedge funds and institutional investors to enter the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
McCabe—who famously warned of the crash during the Great South Florida Condo Boom and Bust of 2002-2011—recounted the fierce resistance he faced from the sellside industry at the time and drew parallels to the current landscape of inflated real estate prices.
The conversation shifted toward the implications of U.S. immigration policies on future construction schedules and the high probability of price reductions as buyers hit a wall of affordability.
McCabe concluded the discussion with a cautionary forecast for 2026, predicting imminent price reductions and detailing the hurdles facing both retail buyers and institutional investors in a correcting market.
In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the discussion explores potential opportunities and pitfalls of investing in South Florida Vintage condo units that are at least 30 years old.
Miami Condo Mondays™ is a live podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com providing an in-depth look at the latest residential real estate trends in South Florida.
Recorded weekly in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast offers a one-hour discussion on various real estate topics, including preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies.
The hosts share their expertise, with Zalewski focusing on macro perspectives and Huertas offering micro insights from her on-the-ground experience.
Tune in every Monday at 4 PM (EST) on the social media accounts of Peter Zalewski and Jenny Huertas for insights on the latest trends in the South Florida condo market.
Episode Overview
In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on Dec. 15, 2025, co-hosts Jenny Huertas‚ the broker-owner of CVR Realty, and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ delve into the Vintage condo market in South Florida, exploring the implications of recent legislative changes, the impact of special assessments and the overall state of the market for units at least 30 years old.
Huertas and Zalewski discuss the value of Vintage condos, insights from a general contractor restores condo towers and provide a detailed analysis of the market trends in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward.
During the 65-minute episode, the co-hosts explore the importance of understanding the condition of these Vintage buildings and the potential opportunities for buyers during the 2025-26 South Florida Winter Buying Season.
For this episode of the Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, special guest Josh D'Alemberte of Who Tutors joins Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and Peter Zalewski of MiamiCondo.Club to discuss the state of education in South Florida.
Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions.
Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies.
Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions.
We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold.
Episode Topics
For the Dec. 12, 2025, podcast, Hernandez, Zalewski and special guest Josh D’Alemberte of Who Tutors educational services to discuss five educational topics of importance to South Florida investors:
This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.
Episode Overview
In this Dec. 12 2025, episode of Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski are joined by special guest Josh D’Alemberte—a South Florida educator for 30 years and founder of a local tutoring company Who Tutors—to cut through the local rhetoric, and deliver straight talk about the South Florida education system.
During the nearly 85-minute discussion, D’Alemberte—who was Hernandez’s eighth-grade social studies teacher—detailed how a city’s school system is a primary concern for families relocating to South Florida, creating an immediate link between education and property value.
The discussion spanned the stratospheric growth of South Florida, the financial viability of public schools amid enrollment declines and the political climate surrounding new city leadership and its impact on development.
A significant portion of the conversation was dedicated to the challenges facing public education, particularly the rise of charter schools—privately run but publicly funded institutions that draw tax dollars from the traditional public system.
The discussion then pivoted to the need for better utilization of public land, with D’Alemberte suggesting that underutilized school sites should be used for affordable housing for teachers and essential workers instead of being allocated to private interests.
The episode concluded with a look at newly elected City of Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins, who has been dubbed a “developer’s bestie” due to raising significantly more money from real estate interests than her competitor.
Higgins has pledged to fix the city’s notoriously slow and opaque permitting process, which developers frequently blame for project delays.
Zalewski expressed optimism about Higgins, suggesting the mayor-elect take advantage of the business opportunities generated by the previous administration’s marketing efforts and bring much-needed transparency to the system, suggesting solutions like a fee-tiered structure for expedited permits and outsourcing non-essential bureaucracy.
The hosts agreed that improving the permitting system would benefit the city by encouraging more construction that generates higher property tax revenue that can be used to address the chronic lack of affordable housing and make good on the long-term investment in the public interest.
Contractor Juan Ivanoff of Ivita Construction discusses the effort to restore South Florida's stock of Vintage condos amid mandated inspections, soaring insurance and a shrinking labor pool.
Condo Capitalism™ is the weekly podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ that provides data-driven analysis on distressed real estate—foreclosures, shortsales and bank-owned REOs—in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
The program dissects players and trends, focusing on the escalating Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff, which is now fully underway as cash-strapped unit owners face rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance.
On the show, experts analyze how the national “two-sided risk”—rising inflation and falling employment—magnifies the growing crisis in Florida, revealing where high post-Surfside condo fees clash with a softening resale market to expose the potential for a capitulation by unit owners who can no longer afford condo living.
Join Peter Zalewski live every weekday at 4 pm (Miami time) on MiamiCondo.Club for the full schedule: Miami Condo Mondays™ (market overview), Miami Condo Exchange™ (data discussion) on Tuesdays, The Peter Zalewski Show™ (interview) on Wednesdays, Condo Capitalism™ (distressed market) on Thursdays, and Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ (debate) on Fridays. On-demand recordings of all shows are available here.
Episode Overview
In the Dec. 11, 2025, episode of the Condo Capitalism podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviewed general contractor Juan Ivanoff—founder of Ivita Construction—about the widespread and laborious effort to restore South Florida’s Vintage condo projects that are at least 30 years old.
During the marathon 93-minute podcast, Ivanoff detailed the significant restoration work the construction industry is now undertaking across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
The restoration work is being driven by Florida’s post-Surfside legislation, which mandates Structural Integrity Reserve Studies (SIRS) every 10 years and Milestone Inspections required upon a project’s 30-year anniversary.
The core revelation of the discussion was that a confluence of factors—the 2025 Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff, labor shortages exacerbated by the current U.S. immigration policy and high material costs due to tariffs—is creating a “perfect storm” that is likely to force a market shakeout, leading to financial pain and suffering for many existing condo owners.
The discussion highlighted that the current financial environment has led to a noticeable decline in the vibrant consumer activity seen previously, with anecdotal evidence pointing to stabilization or even drops in rents and a reduction in patronage at popular restaurants, suggesting that the era of unbridled real estate boom is yielding to challenging economic realities.
In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, Clarita Rosa of Candor Title & Closing Services discusses AI, blockchain and new reporting rules for all-cash residential deals regardless of price.
The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy.
The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts.
The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
Episode Overview
In the Dec. 10, 2025, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews Clarita Rosa—the founder of Candor Title & Closing Services in Coral Gables—about the complexities of title services, and the changes coming to the closing process related to AI, blockchain and a new Residential Real Estate Reporting rule for all-cash property transactions involving shell companies and trusts.
During the nearly 80-minute podcast, Rosa discussed the U.S. Treasury Department’s new Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) requirement that eliminates the dollar threshold for all-cash deals involving condos, houses or vacant land for residential development.
For the last decade, FinCEN has had in place Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that applied to all-cash residential transactions of at least $300,000—originally $1 million—involving legal entities in certain U.S. locations.
Miami-Dade County and Manhattan were the first two geographies to fall under the GTOs.
Ultimately, all three South Florida counties of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach were added to the GTO list.
Beginning in March 2026, title agents and closing attorneys nationwide will be required under FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Reporting rule to collect two forms of identification and a completed questionnaire with personal and professional information from both the buyers and sellers.
Zalewski said the new FinCEN rule seems like the latest step by the Feds to eliminate money laundering through real estate investing by closing a loophole that allowed shell companies to purchase residential properties anonymously.
In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, the discussion centers on the success of the recently completed Art Basel and whether it will jumpstart Miami Beach's oversupplied condo market.
Miami Condo Mondays™ is a live podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com providing an in-depth look at the latest residential real estate trends in South Florida.
Recorded weekly in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast offers a one-hour discussion on various real estate topics, including preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies.
The hosts share their expertise, with Zalewski focusing on macro perspectives and Huertas offering micro insights from her on-the-ground experience.
Tune in every Monday at 4 PM (EST) on the social media accounts of Peter Zalewski and Jenny Huertas for insights on the latest trends in the South Florida condo market.
Episode Overview
In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on Dec. 8, 2025, co-hosts Jenny Huertas‚ the broker-owner of CVR Realty, and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ delve into the vibrant world of Art Basel, an annual festival that typically draws international collectors to South Florida.
Huertas and Zalewski discuss Art Basel’s impact on Miami Beach, the current state of the condo market and trajectory for the 2025-26 South Florida Winter Buying Season
The co-hosts discuss the various events surrounding Art Basel, the transportation options available and the economic benefits the festival brings to the area.
The conversation also touches on the evolving landscape of Miami Beach real estate, legislative changes affecting condo living and the trends shaping the market as affluent buyers seek new opportunities.
Welcome to Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ weekly podcast for a no-nonsense perspective on South Florida real estate from a pair of locals with differing opinions.
Each week, real estate advisor Daniel Hernandez of Compass Real Estate and longtime analyst Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ break down the housing market headlines, unpack policy changes and provide unfiltered analysis on everything from condo terminations to Vintage unit fire sales, luxury speculative homes to developer strategies.
Whether you are a homeowner, investor or real estate professional, Hernandez and Zalewski will give a local perspective on what is really happening across the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach with no fluff, no hype and plenty of data-backed opinions.
We call balls and strikes on when to buy, sell and hold.
Peter Zalewski is a former financial journalist, Wall Street consultant, expert witness and a nonpracticing real estate broker who reports daily on the South Florida condo market. He hosts a daily 4 pm (Miami time) podcast during the workweek on MiamiCondo.Club. The program schedule is: Mondays - Miami Condo Mondays™ (market update), Tuesdays - Miami Condo Exchange™ (data analysis), Wednesdays - The Peter Zalewski Show™ (business leader interview), Thursdays - Condo Capitalism™ (distressed real estate) and Fridays - Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ (broker debate). This content ties his ongoing reporting to the critical Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff.
Episode Topics
For the Dec. 5, 2025, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:
This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.
Episode Overview
In this Dec. 5, 2025, episode of Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski cut through the local rhetoric, delivering straight talk on five pivotal market topics of critical importance to South Florida investors.
The hosts discuss each topic and then announce whether each of them is a Buy, a Sell or a Hold on the issue. Their verdicts often differ, leading to sharp debate on the issue before moving on to the next topic.
The 64-minute episode opens with a discussion about this weekend’s annual Art Basel international fair that starts on Dec. 5, 2025, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
The official three-day fair that has spawned a number of unrelated events throughout South Florida has an estimated economic impact of $565 million for an average of about $7.8 million per hour.
While this figure is substantial, it is reportedly eclipsed by the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which generates a nearly $1.8 billion impact.
Hernandez noted that while Art Basel is a spectacle of wealth—evidenced by a preconstruction penthouse sale on Miami Beach setting a new record at nearly $7,000 per square foot—the event functions primarily as a massive networking opportunity, not an immediate sales driver for residential real estate.
The hosts dismissed the idea of immediate transaction spikes tied to the event, noting that the closing process, which requires a minimum of two weeks and often includes association approval periods of 30 days or more, precludes any overnight surge.
In this episode of Condo Capitalism™, state-certified general real estate appraiser Katherine Lavin discusses South Florida condo valuations in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse.
Condo Capitalism™ is the weekly podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ that provides data-driven analysis on distressed real estate—foreclosures, shortsales and bank-owned REOs—in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
The program dissects players and trends, focusing on the escalating Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff, which is now fully underway as cash-strapped unit owners face rising maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance.
On the show, experts analyze how the national “two-sided risk”—rising inflation and falling employment—magnifies the growing crisis in Florida, revealing where high post-Surfside condo fees clash with a softening resale market to expose the potential for a capitulation by unit owners who can no longer afford condo living.
Join Peter Zalewski live every weekday at 4 pm (Miami time) on MiamiCondo.Club for the full schedule: Miami Condo Mondays™ (market overview), Miami Condo Exchange™ (data discussion) on Tuesdays, The Peter Zalewski Show™ (interview) on Wednesdays, Condo Capitalism™ (distressed market) on Thursdays, and Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ (debate) on Fridays. On-demand recordings of all shows are available here.
Episode Overview
In the Dec. 4, 2025, episode of the Condo Capitalism podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviewed Katherine Lavin, a state-certified general real estate appraiser who works with Expert Valuation Services in Miami, about accurately pricing South Florida condos in a changing or increasingly distressed market.
In a world of nonstop promotion, conspiracy theories and fake news claims, Lavin—a self-described “homeaholic” who attended Harvard University— is responsible for figuring out reality when it comes to pricing for all forms of South Florida real estate, whether it is distressed condo projects, boutique hotels or Class A office towers.
Often times, the properties that Lavin appraises are unique, have no comparable sales or may have been damaged. Yet, she is tasked to come up with a value that can be defended in court if there is a lawsuit.
It is against this backdrop that Zalewski interviewed Lavin about how to most accurately assess South Florida condo prices in a market when resale supply is growing, unit transactions are falling and Vintage projects that are at least 30 years are facing a financial cliff in the post-Surfside condo collapse era.
The discussion quickly established that in this environment, relying on hearsay from neighbors, Zillow or government tax assessments is insufficient, as these metrics either lag market activity or have no relation to actual sales price.
To cut through the market noise, Lavin detailed the core objective approaches she utilizes: market analysis, cost analysis and investment value.
The cost approach, for instance, requires access to the approved Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) Construction Pricing Database, which can be used to calculate replacement costs by zip code, a crucial tool often used for insurance valuations.
This commitment to objective data forms the foundation of her expertise, separating her output from less credible sources.
In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, Jose Pazos—founder of A-Smart CAM property management—discusses the dire financial situation that South Florida condo owners will face next year.
The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy.
The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts.
The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
Episode Overview
In the Dec. 3, 2025, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews Jose Pazos, the founder of A-Smart CAM property management in Miami, about the seismic shifts in the South Florida condo market resulting from the 2025 Florida Condo Association Financial Cliff.
This discussion revealed that the combination of new structural integrity reporting mandates, rising maintenance fees and massive special assessments is driving a market correction in South Florida, especially in Vintage projects that are at least 30 years old.
The rising cost of condo living in the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach is leading to increased tension at association meetings and potentially creating a substantial buying opportunity for experienced investors focused on Vintage projects.
The market turmoil, which is fundamentally altering investment calculus and pushing long-time residents to the brink, is the result of a perfect storm where post-Surfside legislation, stubbornly high interest rates and decades of deferred maintenance have collided.
Pazos called this current period a “bloodbath,” noting it is unfolding precisely as he and others anticipated when the new reserve funding law passed in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse in June 2021.
The emotional and financial stress has boiled over at condo association board meetings.
Pazos described a recent budget meeting in the Miami suburb of Sweetwater where two individuals nearly got involved into a physical altercation.
The encounter involved yelling and vulgarities with threats of violence, demonstrating the visceral reactions now common at these meetings.
These friction points are a direct result of the financial shock brought on by a combination of state-mandated repairs coupled with softening market conditions where resale supply is rising, transactions are falling and buyers are holding out for deep discounts.
As an example, Pazos referenced a 97-unit, low-rise project that has had to take out a $5 million loan at a 9.0 percent interest rate to play catch up on 50 years worth of deferred maintenance.
This cost translates to more than $51,500 per unit.
The Florida legislature has attempted to provide some relief for cash-strapped unit owners facing this Condo Cliff.
Pazos explained that associations can temporarily waive some reserve funding for 2026 and 2027.
In this episode of Miami Condo Mondays™, we discuss the disappointing condo sales in the first month of the important South Florida Winter Buying Season that runs from November through April.
Miami Condo Mondays™ is a live podcast hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ and veteran broker Jenny Huertas of CVRRealty.com providing an in-depth look at the latest residential real estate trends in South Florida.
Recorded weekly in Greater Downtown Miami, the podcast offers a one-hour discussion on various real estate topics, including preconstruction condos, market trends and investment strategies.
The hosts share their expertise, with Zalewski focusing on macro perspectives and Huertas offering micro insights from her on-the-ground experience.
Tune in every Monday at 4 PM (EST) on the social media accounts of Peter Zalewski and Jenny Huertas for insights on the latest trends in the South Florida condo market.
Episode Overview
The South Florida condo market is struggling to find its footing, kicking off the traditionally robust Winter Buying Season—which stretches from November through April—with a notable contraction in sales.
South Florida condo sales dropped by 7.2 percent to about 1,550 transactions on a Year-over-Year (YoY) basis in November 2025 compared with less than 1,675 transactions during the same 30-day period in November 2024, according to preliminary data released by CVRRealty.com on Dec. 1, 2025.
This marks the fourth straight November that condo sales have fallen on a Year-over-Year basis.
During the latest episode of the Miami Condo Mondays™ podcast on Dec. 1, 2025, co-hosts Jenny Huertas‚ the broker-owner of CVR Realty, and Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ discussed the reasons for the sales dip in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.
This sales slump coincides with the start of Art Basel—a festival that typically draws international collectors with significant capital— to Miami Beach and Greater Downtown Miami for a week of events.
Historically, the Winter Buying Season has been a key time for condo developers and sellers as visitors come to town from around the globe seeking the attractive weather, numerous events and Carnival-like atmosphere.
Many visitors find their experiences often lead them to begin searching for a condo as a second home.
Typically, these visitors end up closing on their transactions sometime during the subsequent Summer Buying Season.
As a result, the Winter Buying Season has become an important time—or pipeline—for prospective buyers to condo shop while the Summer Buying Season is when a significant number of those transactions are completed.
Huertas, a former financier, noted that condo owners and developers are aware of the importance of the Winter Buying Season, and seem particularly willing this year to listen to offers, terms and down payments proposals.