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Location: Heron Estates in Parkland, a Heron Bay community Bedrooms/baths/garages: 6/7/3 Name: Jason Kapit Company name: EWM Realty International, an affiliate of Christie’s Originally from: Virginia, but I moved to Fort Lauderdale when I was 3.

Current home: Southwest Ranches Realtor designations: ESQ. The law thing really helps when it comes to negotiating real estate transactions.

How long in real estate? 11 years What made you get into real estate? I’ve always been passionate about all things real estate: Art of the

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Features: Custom-built 12,444-square-foot estate in collaboration with Ashdeno Enterprises.

Amazing layout, completely re-designed and ready in summer 2014. Still time to pick colors and finishes. Six en-suite bedrooms, six full baths and two one-half baths, office, rec room, gym, and great storage. Elevator escorts guests to second-floor open lounge with access to two marble-pavered terraces for panoramic lake, golf and country club views. Three-car garage, impact windows, summer kitchen, Infinity edge pool. On one of the most picturesque cul-de-sac lots in all of Heron Bay.

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Amenities: Walking/jogging paths, tennis, spa, gym, clubhouse, golf, guard-gated community, great schools, perfect family compound!

Price: $2.895 million Additional information: To see more photos of this newly planned estate, visit www.12220nw68.com Contact: Jason Kapit, EWM Realty International, (954) 650-4443 Location: Parkland Golf & Country Club in Parkland Why popular: It is a fantastic, privately gated, golf course community in the heart of Parkland. Wonderful neighborhood, with winding cobblestone roads, gorgeous foliage and amazing water features.

Most feature theaters, gyms, impact glass, oversized lots with lake and golf views (of the pristine, Greg Norman-designed course). Two clubhouses cater to golf and social club members with tennis, spa and dining on-site.

Appeals to: Those looking for gated, well-managed community with full amenities; those looking for 3,000- to 10,000-plus-square-foot estates, and who prefer a quieter location with A-rated schools and easy proximity to East Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach.

Type of homes: Single-family residences and townhomes

Price range: $750,000 to more than $3 million.

Contact: Jason Kapit, EWM Realty International, (954) 650-4443; or visit www.ParklandLuxury.com

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deal, interior design, architecture, landscaping. I was the guy at Publix taking every real estate magazine off the rack to thumb through. Just always interesting to me.

What separates you from other Realtors? Passion, presence, knowledge, The law, serious negotiating skills. I’m 44. If I were 15 years younger, there would be a “Million Dollar Listing Fort Lauderdale” in the works.

Which neighborhoods/areas are your specialty? Not so much an area but a price point. I represent properties exclusively above $1 million. It’s not an ego thing, just a specific niche that I have worked hard to create market share and where I am very comfortable.

Describe your working style?

Casual but intense. I’m not wearing flip-flops but I’m not a suit-and-tie guy either. I always answer my phone and my clients know I am available 24/7. I don’t stop.

What advice do you have for buyers? Indecision is your

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Michael Bogen devotes his legal practice to representing hundreds of condominium and homeowner associations. Bogen, who is admitted to practice law in Florida, Washington, D.C. and Nevada, is also admitted before the United State District Court in the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Michael Bogen is assistant executive director of the Condo Council, which provides education to over 1,000 association members. If you have a related question, please send your emails to column@condolaw.com.

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enemy. You don’t need to make hasty decisions but if you like something, act.

What advice do you have for sellers? Hire the best and brightest to list your home for sale. Interview more than one agent. Good agents don’t fear competition. Their clients and track record do all the talking.

How does what you’ve learned about real estate help your clients? It allows them to be themselves. They can be calm, cool, collected or complete basket cases. It doesn’t matter because they have me. I’ve negotiated hundreds of successful transactions.

I am tactfully aggressive, with a no-nonsense approach. They understand that I am in complete control of their real estate affairs.

It’s all good.

What’s the hottest listing you have right now? Loaded question. I have 17 listings right now, priced from $1.1 million to $10 million. Fantastic opportunities.

Check out www.PalazzoParadiso. com for a sneak peak at my latest, off-the-chain offering.

What professional accomplishment makes you the most proud? Following a very untraditional, unique and longwinding path into real estate (attorney and institutional trader), ultimately providing me serious edge, street cred and a fantastic career helping buyers and sellers in the luxury market.

Are you involved in any charitable organizations? For years I have devoted time and money to Relay For Life, Wounded Warrior Project, Fisher House Foundation, and a host of animal charities/shelters as my family and I are passionate about dogs and horses.

What’s one thing people would be surprised to know about you? For as hardcore as I am in the field or at the office when I am working, I really like to read, write, relax and spend time with my family. I am as engaging as any of the guys you see on MDL in an agent capacity. But at home, I’m just dad, hanging with my wife and kids or playing fetch with one of my four dogs.

Contact information: For immediate access, call my cell (954) 650-4443; and yes, I will answer, so don’t be surprised.

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