GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics recently announced the winners of the 14th Dorian Film Awards, named in homage to Oscar Wilde’s novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

I'll bet most of you tune to HBO on Sunday nights to see the latest exploits on “Game of Thrones.” For those few of you who have missed that series, it deals with various power and domination games among generally amoral people who behave very badly. In that way it is sort of a “Real Housewives” with wars and violence rather than sarcasm and shade.

As the widespread COVID-19 vaccination rollout bolsters confidence, South Florida regional theaters are announcing ambitious and enticing schedules for the 2021-22 season.

Realtor Jeff Berger says housing discrimination against LGBT individuals has decreased dramatically. There’s still some progress to be made though, which is one of the reasons why he founded the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals [NAGLREP] in 2007.

As a final treat, prior to the public release of the full version of my 2016 Broward’s Real Estate Yearbook, I wanted to share with my SFGN and WMG readers some insights and observations about what’s happening in some of the other neighborhoods in East Broward. 

Last time I said I would be continuing my theme of community by expanding my Real Estate Yearbook into some new areas, outside of WilMa and Broward, that may prove to be attractive community candidates.

In my last column, I took my 10 best community candidate areas here in East Broward and appended some statistical information about the number of single family homes within 15 minutes’ walk of the “community center,” and provided data about the values of those homes.

Turn the clock back 10 years, not so long ago. “Everybody” in South Florida was a real estate investor. Real estate was the “can't miss opportunity of the century.”

A bill banning medical treatment of transgender youth — and allowing the state to take custody of them — is on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk after passing the Florida Senate on May 4.

This week read about "Drag Race" Laganja Estranja coming out as transgender, Punkie Johnson talking about being the first Black queer woman on Saturday Night Live, and a professional soccer player selected as campaign star for Victoria's Secret.

LGBT people are living in fear after the Lebanese Interior Ministry's hate speech against them, andthe European Commission has decided to sue Hungary over its anti-LGBT law.

Flip through the channels and you’re likely to come across “Inside Out,” HGTV’s breakout hit of the season.

(EDGE) The 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing marriage equality has paved the way for more LGBT home purchases, according to the 2017 National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP) Homeownership Survey. NAGLREP, which has 1500 members, celebrates its 10th anniversary during June's LGBT Pride Month.

The first Stonewall was a riot. The police costs for this year’s event are enough to cause one, too.

The negative campaigning going on in the local election is unconscionable to me and I do not condone such behavior.

Last time, I identified 10 potential community candidates here in East Broward-based on a high Walk Score and presence of a Publix supermarket at the “community core.” This week we will go one step deeper and explore just what the housing stock looks like around these cores.

I've been out talking to a lot of people in the business, as well as doing a good amount of research (as a geek might do). Understand that what you're about to read is my informed opinion, not necessarily that of other Realtors or the “official” Realtor organizations.

The theme of this month’s Mirror is Real Estate, and once again we are talking about “flipping houses.”

Patricia Burnside, a personally loved and professionally respected local business broker, has died. She was 72.

Ty Wright, a track and field athlete, was named after former Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer, so it's no wonder that he would end up at BYU.

The taxable value of properties in Wilton Manors has gone up for the fifth year in a row.

People living in and around Wilton Manors like to believe that they live in a bubble of acceptance and tolerance.

I am writing this column from Realtor Ground Zero – direct from the site of the Florida Realtors 100th Annual Convention in Orlando.

I must admit, it’s been hard for me this year to come up with anything meaningful to say about real estate, in the face of COVID, a contentious election, and everything else.  

Things can happen quickly.

Looking for great real estate shows that you can binge-watch over the weekend?

Over the holiday season I had the opportunity to speak with many people about the state of the real estate market here in South Florida, and also about the state of our nation and the world. On reflection I have decided to devote all my columns in the coming year to the theme of community.

I have written before that there are definitely times in the economic cycle when investing in real estate is one of the best things you can do with available capital. And, conversely, there are times when a more cautious and hesitant approach is most appropriate.

There are absolute psychic benefits to owning your own home. It’s one of the main reasons there are Realtors, after all. Among other reasons, we are here to help people’s dreams of home ownership come to reality.

What can I say about real estate here in the Island City?

What a year it has been in real estate!