A nearby gas station leaked decades ago. This Miami home is still paying the price

Jorge Uribe, a luxury real estate agent, thought it would be an easy sale. The Morningside home sits in a gated community in Miami’s Upper East Side near a prestigious private school, a waterfront park and in one of the country’s hottest housing markets.

Instead, it’s become one of the toughest properties to sell in his career.

Every potential buyer has to be told that a neighboring gas station leaked fuel 40 years ago, which spread to contaminate the groundwater beneath the home…

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