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Bring your boaters, your dreamers, your water enthusiasts to this fabulous direct waterfront South Florida Condo on the Intracoastal and they will make it their own.

When we arrived at this secluded and tucked away dream spot on Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach Florida the views took our breath away. The first thing we noticed is that with this direct Florida waterfront location is there will never be anyone or anything that can obstruct the breathtaking views from outside on the patios or inside from the great room.

This is a boaters' paradise with passage to the ocean inlet. There are no bridges along the 1 mile waterway to the inlet. Go slowly along this waterway passageway because there are Manatees in thewaters here. In fact, Manatees swim right outside of your front door right at your seawall. We have included some photos the owner took of a mommy manatee playing with her baby. Amazing! Close enough to be up close and personal with one of Florida's wonders, the docile and gentle Manatee! Water and nature enthusiasts will be in heaven with the abundance of wildlife in and out of these waters.

But of course even those of us who love serenity and peaceful brilliant night skies filled with stars and a moon so close you think you can reach out and touch it still like to go out on the town once in a while. Geographically speaking; the location is convenient and close to anything you need. You are just 6 miles from an International Airport, 3 miles from all the downtown action with great restaurants and night clubs, street concerts and shopping. 3 miles from the famous Worth Avenue in Palm Beach second only to Rodeo Drive in CA. One of the top rated hospitals is less than 1 mile from your front door steps.

 The structure of the building is solid concrete inside and out with impact glass windows and solid roofing that withstands high winds along with at least a 9 foot concrete sea wall.  Living on the water does not have to be expensive either! The HOA fees which include your wind and flood insurance are only $300 per month! WOW! Luxury living at a frugal price! The utilities are low also. The sellers' highest bill was like $250 and lows are $60 and $70 per month. Of course, that is their bill, yours will be up to you.

As we walked around the outside of the building we enjoyed full views of the intracoastal where ever our feet landed! There are two porch style patios that have their own personal touches. From one you can watch the yachts and action along the water and from the other porch/patio you can nap in quiet serenity on a hammock. Later in the evening we were greeted by a commercial fisherman who generously shared his catch of the day with us. This is the life, we shouted! And all this can be yours for a great price!

Inside the home we were greeted with Travertine Marble floors with Roman Cuts and oversized impact windows overlooking the expansive intracoastal water views. No curtains needed here! There are motorized blinds to block out the most amazing sunrises- although we would have no clue why you would want to do that! The sunrises are an amazing sight to behold here and all yours to treasure!

The nautical theme runs throughout the home along with top quality finishes that you just have to see to believe and appreciate. There is no way we can explain in words about all the details that make this the perfect nautical themed dream home for only $749,777.

Call today to schedule your private tour of your next south Florida waterfront home. Enjoy the movie below: 

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We just closed on another Palm Beach County short sale and What Our Clients Have To Say! 

 This listing was in downtown West Palm Beach in a condo development right on the Intracoastal waterways in South Florida.

Here is what the sellers say about Palm Beach County short sale agents, Nestor Gasset and Katerina Gasset: 

Our experience with International Properties and Investments, Inc was superb! Katerina, Nestor, and Milet are very professional, knowledgeable and helpful, and having them represent our property was a pleasant undertaking during a stressful time. We needed to “Short Sale” our property and they helped us through the entire process. They found the buyer and dealt with the bank in a timely matter. We would highly recommend them.

Thank you,

Gus and Tracy Torres

Avoid Foreclosure! Call Nestor and Katerina Gasset for Short Sale Information Today- 561-753-0135 or learn more at Short-Sales-Florida.com.

The Short Sale Closing That Was Saved In The 11th Hour!

Short Sale- West Palm Beach Condo- The Slade  

Short Sale Lender: BankUnited Florida - One Mortgage

Condo Fees- Current

Mortgage- Lis Pendens

Source Of Listing- Referral from our attorney- she does not do short sale negotiating.

• Bank approval in less than 60 days.

• Cash buyers

• Hardship- Investment underwater, business decision

• Seller had to pay for HOA fees, attorney fees and a few minor title fees. 

The first buyers were a group of investors who failed to perform on their contract at the end of the day.
We went through the whole short sale process, negotiated the short sale with the bank and the sellers.
This was an investment purchase. Our attorney who was doing the closing and the buyers' attorney went back and forth settling title issues.
The buyers then failed to wire the cash to our attorney's trust account within the time frame. We felt worst for their agent who could not even reach the buyers!

The date to close was coming up fast so we put the condo back on the market right away with the accepted price as an approved short sale.
This lender allows substitutions of buyers.


With less than a week to meet the lender's deadline for closing- we hoped for the best.

We were racing against the clock! Could we do it? It would have to be a cash buyer to close that quickly.

So to work we went and:

Within 24 hours we had another cash buyer. The buyers' agent stepped right up and their buyer did the home inspection within hours of signing the contract, wired the money into our attorney's account, Milet called the negotiator to tell her that we were sending her a new HUD for approval because we changed out the buyer and then we set the closing time!

So we closed this West Palm Beach short sale in the 11th hour, the day of the deadline to close on the approved HUD!

Then the buyer's agent called us right after closing to ask us to list the property sold in the mls straight away because his buyer was putting the condo back on the market- he is flipping the property.
Sold price $139,000. He put it back on the market for $190,000.

There are some good flipping opportunities for skilled and experienced investors in our West Palm Beach Condo Market!

Avoid Foreclosure! Call Nestor and Katerina Gasset for Short Sale Information Today- 561-753-0135 or learn more at Short-Sales-Florida.com.

West Palm Beach Acreage- Update on Cancer Testing in the Acreage.

Residents of the acreage area of West Palm Beach, west of West Palm Beach, North of Royal Palm Beach and Wellington Florida and East of Loxahatchee Florida- were and some still are concerned about contamination that may have been the cause of an increase of residents getting cancer in a specific area of the Acreage. This semi-rural area has about 45,000 residents.

The Acreage consists of homes that are all on at least one (1) acre of land with most being on plotted land of 1.25 acre per home. This is a very popular place for many people to live especially people who do not want to be bossed around by homeowners associations. There is no homeowners association and the county is the only entity that enforces code enforcement. Those who love animals also are attracted to the Acreage area because you can have your horses, dogs, chickens, roosters and goats on your property unlike most towns and subdivisions in Palm Beach County where you would have limits to how many dogs you can even have.

Erin Brockovich even came here to meet with area residents who are concerned about a link between the land and the cancer rates. The state of Florida did a lot of testing and the state regulator's finding that the well water has met with the Florida health standards. The law firm that Erin Brockovich works with is doing a further investigation to see if there is a link between contamination and brain cancer in that area.

A few parents who have children who have died from the brain cancer think that they are not testing for the right contaminants in the right places. The DEP tested for over 200 substances.

If you live in the Acreage area of West Palm Beach and you are concerned about this issue you may contact the Florida State Department of Health.

Homes are still selling in the Acreage of West Palm Beach Florida. Search for your Acreage home right here on this interactive home search widget below.

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The Armory Art Center of West Palm Beach Florida is presenting one of Gladys Beltran's oil paintings during the Hispanic Heritage exhibition.

We are very excited that the Hispanic Heritage exhibition has chosen one of Gladys Beltran's paintings for the show. The painting that was chosen is called, Blue Point of Meditation= Feelings of Universality. For more information on procuring this piece please contact Katerina Gasset at 561-753-0135 or email me at the email link on the right side of this post.

To find out more about Gladys Beltran and see some more highlighted paintings you can click here for my blog post about Gladys Beltran.

The Opening Reception is being held on Friday September 11th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The art was juried by the Armory Art center's Curator: Ann Fay Rushforth

The Hispanic Heritage exhibition will be held September 11th  through October 3rd at the Armory Art Center which is located at: 
1700 Parker Ave
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-7042
(561) 832-1776
Get directions

The original building was going to be demolished when a group of artists along with philanthropists and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council got together to save the armory and turn it into an art center. The Armory Art Center is the only art center in West Palm Beach. It was established in 1986.

If you would like to know more about Gladys Beltran, commission her work or purchase one of her paintings please contact Katerina Gasset at 561-753-0135 or you can email me at CoachKaterina(atsign)gmail.com.

West Palm Beach Modern Condo Living at THE SLADE Condominium right across from the Florida Intracoastal Waterways, near the yacht marina and next to all the night life, where nights come alive in downtown West Palm Beach Florida. Come with me as we tour this luxury condo at super affordable prices today!

Feel in the thick of it all as you rock in the clubs on Clematis or dinner at some of the fine dining or just grabbing a bite to eat at a quick stop like Field of Greens. During the day you can enjoy live outdoor concerts with views of our spectacular intracoastal waterways. Cityplace is where the action is from the Muvico Movie theatre to Comedy Improv, shopping, music and all kinds of different restaurants that you get to choose from.

Here is the view from the roof top pool overlooking the famous Florida Intracoastal.

Now,imagine pulling up to your private condo just steps from some of the greatest views and in a quaint and historic area of West Palm Beach. Here is the view to the west.

The Slade is the place to live if modern is your style. You will be fit right in when you enter the lobby full of bright red modern sofas and modular seating arrangments.

There are two pools, one in a garden setting overlooking the west side of the city and the second pool is a ' to die for' edgeless pool that looks like the water is falling right into the Intracoastal! What a view! Check out these photos of the views I captured with my camera.

The gym is spacious with loads of equipment from treadmills to free weights and everything else you need to stay in shape and get your work out in, how convenient is that!

Have your friends over for get togethers in the lounge area right off of the garden pool area. The entire setting is all modular modern just like a revival of the 50's; yet more upscale.

This is a view of the Rock Garden next to the Garden setting pool with plenty of room to sit and read a book or do your morning meditations.

If modern is your thing than you will find your home here at the Slade Condominium at 1551 N Flagler in West Palm Beach Florida. Check out this chair!

We have a short sale listing at the lowest price only $199,777 for a one bedroom condo with Ocean, Intracoastal water views and Pool views in this building on the 11th floor- if you would like further information please call Nestor Gasset or Katerina Gasset at 561-753-0135.

Condo prices have come down to where they are a best buy here in West Palm Beach Florida.

Enjoy the show!

Congratulations to our lovely daughter, Tirzah who just graduated with her Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the most wonderful Palm Beach Atlantic University right on the Intracoastal in West Palm Beach Florida.

The amazing part of this journey is that Tirzah has never set foot in a high school. She was homeschooled for much of her schooling years and went from directly from middle school to dual enrollment at the University at the age of 14.

When we went to apply for Tirzah to go to Palm Beach Atlantic University she had to write a thesis of what it would mean to her to be admitted to this beautiful Christian private University campus right on the water. The architecture alone makes you want to take classes there. I was so jealous! This place is so peaceful and serene. You hear the church bells ringing from the Campus chapel and the students are so polite and kind. There is no smoking or drinking allowed anywhere on the campus or in the dorms. I felt comfortable having our daughter go to this school.

The counselor told me that her thesis was better than most 18 year olds applying so she was welcomed to the University. Since a college grade is something you can not erase from your school record she was only allowed to take one class the first semester. She did great and we moved along from there. By the time she was 16; she was a full time student carrying a full load of classes. She changed her minor a couple of times which added on some more time. But she knew at the age of 14 that she wanted her degree in Psychology.

By the time she was 16 it was getting too hard for me to travel back and forth driving her to her classes with my new baby so we had her dorm at the University so she could get the whole 'college experience'. The rooms are all supervised carefully and no coed dorms unless you are married. The school promotes abstinence until marriage. I felt comfortable leaving her in good hands. There are no sororities and no fraternities and no initiation stuff going on.

What a journey this has been. We are so very proud of Tirzah graduating. The commencement ceremony was extremely spiritual. Since this is a Christian University, all meetings begin and end in prayer. The day before the graduation ceremony we attended her graduation brunch where the University's pastor gave a great talk on knowing your world view and keeping the faith even when you are tempted to do what everyone else is doing. As Christians he told them that when they go out into the world there will be times when they will feel all alone, everyone else will seem to be against them but they need to know that Jesus is there. They are not alone.

The graduation ceremony started off with an opening prayer, the procession of the graduates with all the school flags and then the guard bringing in our USA flag. Then we said the Pledge of Allegiance and   sang our National Anthem. Goose bumps always seem to crawl down my arms when we see our colors and sing in unison our National Anthem.

Here is a photo of one of our sellers. Mrs Whiteheart was also graduating this month from Palm Beach Atlantic University.

And here is one of our church members, Brother Mantor, who also graduated on the same day as Tirzah. He was furthering his education with the online program the university has to offer. He works in the medical field.

The commencement address was given by H Wayne Huizenga Jr. He is the president of Huizenga holdings Inc a company that manages and owns the Miami Dolphins and owns the Dolphin Stadium in Miami Florida. They also own a lot of real estate. He is also a founding board member of the Bank of Florida and Chairman of the board of Rybovich, a marina and yacht refit company in West Palm Beach Florida.

Mr Huizenga Jr serves on the board of the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association, the Boys and Girls Club of Broward county and the Christian Community foundation of South Florida. He helps the Souper Bowl of Caring, Door of Hope Outreach, Trinity Forum, Vida Nueva Ministries and Lifework and Impact. 

He married his highschool sweetheart in 1991 and they have four children.

His talk was beyond what I would ever expect from a commencement speaker. You see, he and his father are so wealthy, more wealthy than most people ever even dream of being. He told his story of how he and his father became so wealthy  and how selfishly he lived his life in lavish luxury. He and his family would travel first class all over the world, they lived in a mansion, had yachts and so on and so forth. All of his friends were the same way. His life was changed by one man he met who became his friend. This friend would go on Wayne's yacht with him often. He always carried his bible with him wherever he went. One day Wayne asked him why he carried that bible around, and that is the beginning of Mr Huizenga's conversion to follow Christ and use his money for good. Now, as you can see by the organizations he belongs to that many people have been blessed with his money. This is a perfect example of all the good that money can do and how valuable rich people are to our charities and world when they have an eye single to the glory of God. His story was one that really moved Nestor and I. We vowed again to serve the Lord better through this inspirational message.

Most of all I was so appreciative of the blessings we have to be able to even be sitting in this graduation ceremony filled with prayers, songs of worship and so many young people dedicating their lives to Jesus Christ. We have the freedom right now to do this, let us always be mindful and never take this for granted. When the foes enlist armies to fight against our freedom to have a religious education and places of worship we must be ready to stand up for our rights and protect our freedoms.

We love you Tirzah!

Snow in sunny South Florida? Yep! You read that right! From now until December 31st you can come and have some fun with the nightly snow flurries at Cityplace in downtown West Palm Beach Florida.

Each night the flurries being on the hour and last for about 10 minutes each time. Along with the snow falling nightly the fountains dance to Christmas music in the Christmas colors of red and green lighting. The Christmas tree in the center stage of CityPlace is stunning.

There is also great entertainment from blues and jass to rock and roll on the music stage right in front of Brookstone. Bring your friends and family downtown to Cityplace for a lot of Christmas spirit and holiday cheer. The shops are all having some great sales. You would never know there is a recession down here. It was really crowded this past weekend when we were downtown. Everyone that passed me by had shopping bags so they were buying.

Our son is very creative and here is a short video of how he stood up on the concrete wall of the fountains and began to orchestrate with his hands the motions of the water flowing from the fountains. Priceless!

In case you have never seen snow in south Florida here is a video of the snow falling in Cityplace. They did a really clever job of placing the snow machines which were actually blowing out small tiny particles of soap that looked just like snow falling. Notice how some of the machines were set right inside of tropical Palm trees! That was really cute.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and a very blessed New Year to one and all!

Contact Nestor Gasset and Katerina Gasset, CIPS, Realtors®, International Properties and Investments, Inc. Licensed Realtors® in Florida at 561-753-0135 to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Hypoluxo Island, Lantana, West Palm Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County Florida and Port St Lucie Florida. We are accepting referrals.

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