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.

If you are looking for more information on the South Florida condo market, Peter Zalewski 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).

Episode Topics

For the Nov. 21, 2025, podcast, Hernandez and Zalewski give their take on the following five topics:

1. FEMA Numbers Flooded With Discrepancies

2. Why So Blue (Martini)?

3. Courting Developers

4. Worried About Watson Island

5. Billboard Blow Up

This podcast is broadcast live at 4 pm (EST) on the social media accounts of Daniel Hernandez and Peter Zalewski.

Episode Overview

In this Nov. 21, 2025, episode of Buy, Sell, Hold Miami™ real estate 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 program began by rigorously examining discrepancies in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood zone maps, a systemic failure that threatens the integrity of local insurance valuations, according to an investigation by the Miami Herald.

The conversation noted that current maps often fail to reflect actual flooding incidents, which endangers the insurance system that bases premiums on those inaccurate numbers.

This critical lapse in data means property owners cannot necessarily make an informed financial decision regarding their long-term risk exposure.

The hosts both agreed with the investigative reporting on this issue, giving a verdict of Buy on its critical importance to property ownership.

The discussion quickly shifted to the unexpected financial fragility of the Blue Martini bar, which was recently forced to file for bankruptcy protection, according to the Miami New Times.

The popular venue’s meager $77,000 profit against $3 million in revenue demonstrated extremely poor financial performance.

This meager operating margin showed that the economics of highend South Florida nightlife are proving immensely challenging.

Zalewski noted the bar’s thin margins, questioning the financial viability of the underlying business model.

He compared the marginal performance to purchasing a rental property that is simply unable to generate any significant return for the owner.

The upcoming auction of the historic Miami-Dade County Courthouse at a $52.3 million reserve price was viewed as an important test of developer appetite for expensive rehabilitation projects.

The 1928 structure sits at a premier location in Greater Downtown Miami, at the confluence of the Metrorail station, Government Center, and Brightline rail hub.