By Raisa Habersham and Michael Butler
Sabrina Guillaume’s parents always urged her to invest in a home in Liberty City.
But when she started the homebuying process in early 2020 at age 24, she hit a lot of obstacles: After getting preapproved for a loan, the pandemic came, and the homes she’d been eyeing rose from the mid-$300,000s to $500,000 in a matter of months. Then there was the matter of getting her finances in order: As an entrepreneur, she had to set aside money for taxes while saving for a new home. And after dealing with what she described as “red-bottom Realtors” — a nickname she coined for the Miami real estate agents who wear Christian Louboutins — who were steering her to $1 million homes, she kept having to start over until she found the right one.
She finally closed more than a year ago on a duplex in Liberty City near the newly redeveloped Liberty Square. “They literally dragged me to the closing table because I was discouraged,” she told the Miami Herald.
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