2085 Ixora Rd, North Miami, FL 33181

The house was never the hard part. Four bedrooms, four baths, 2,620 square feet on one level, built in 1955 on a 75 by 114 foot lot in gated Keystone Point, with 75 feet of intersecting canal frontage, a deeded dock, a boat lift, no fixed bridges and unrestricted salt water access. Heated pool, 35 by 15, with a spa. Gas range, gas generator. Buyers who see that in person mostly stop shopping.

Everything difficult sat on the seller side of the table. Title ran through a probate and guardianship process, which meant court approvals on a calendar nobody in the deal controlled. There were open permits. Contractors moved slowly. The closing date was extended more than once, and partway through, the title company changed.

Marina Melnikova represented the buyers. Her job across those months was to keep five parties pointed in the same direction: the buyers, the listing side, the title professionals, the attorneys handling the estate, and the contractors who had to close out the permits. Documents were tracked to the day. Each extension was negotiated rather than accepted.

The contract called for closing on September 30, 2025. It funded on November 5. The listing had asked $2,500,000; it closed at $2,300,000. Those five weeks are what the delay was worth to a seller who needed the transaction finished, and that discount was only available to a buyer willing to stay in the deal while the court process ran.