Real Life & Real Estate in Bonita Springs Florida

Barefoot Beach of Bonita Springs - Real Estate on The Gulf
Recently I was reading a luxury home real market report and how the market was holding up under the pressure of ballooning inventory. I decided to take a look at the Barefoot Beach real estate on the Collier County side of Bonita Springs, Florida [...]

Condos For Sale in Rapallo
Last week I had one of my listings host the company breakfast at Keller Williams Elite Realty in Bonita Springs, Florida. I figured I’d have a room full of real estate agents learn about my cute little Spring Run condo listing while filling their bellies with bagels and fruit. [...]

Bonita Springs Board of Realtors at Relay For Life
This morning I stopped by to take a few photos at the Relay For Life®.  It was held at the Bonita Springs YMCA on East Terry Street.  For the record, I actually had customers to work with this morning so I did not participate with [...]

Security Doesn’t Cost, It Pays
The tenant in an Eldorado Acres home moved out and didn’t leave a key. After I gave it a valiant effort at attempted burglary the owner of the home asked me for a locksmith to just pick the locks and rekey the door. I gave the owner Mikey G’s [...]

On his first adventure across town, Harold “Rag Top” Shinski, after just moving to Bonita Springs, Fl from Edina, Mn is caught in the rain and refused to put his top up. Sometimes it’s just the principal. He’s waited his whole life for this moment to drive a convertible in Florida, and a [...]

Alligators Get Heartburn, Too.
So I’m sitting there just a few feet away from the “do not feed the alligator” sign watching a family of tourists feed the alligator.  I guess people from Ohio can’t read.  They must have given him a whole loaf of bread and a half dozen chicken wings.
The signs are up for [...]

(x + 1)2 + (2×2 + x + 1) = Bottom of the Market
Everyone knows there are a whole bunch of fence riders out there. Buyers are watching the market, waiting to get in at the “right time”. When is the right time? What magic number is a buyer waiting [...]

Seeing the Pretty in SW Florida
Last Friday I took this picture on my way from Bonita Springs to Estero for a home inspection in Stoneybrook. Half dazed with my head tilted sideways and listening to talk radio I had to tell myself to look….I mean LOOK at how pretty the sky was. I [...]

Why You Need to Market Your Home with Photos
If this was the view from your Bonita Springs home, you’d better play it up online. THAT is a photo with a hook. Imagine a buyer sitting in their home in the middle of a cold snap or worse, a snow storm and they’re [...]

No Second Chances to Make That First Impression
The Bonita Springs real estate market is fiercely competitive. There are a variety of dynamics at work making it harder than ever to get a home sold and off the market in a fair amount of time. Currently in Bonita Springs the real estate market offers [...]

 
 
I snapped a photo of this little beauty on Corkscrew Road as I was heading back from Bella Terra of Estero. My parents are die hard Dem’s so I couldn’t resist pulling a little prank on them. I’ve been waiting for the phone to ring for the last few days. I [...]

Just one of those days in Bonita Springs…
Today, I played a little bit of hooky. My intention was to play full hooky but I am so unskilled in hooky playing I failed miserably. I even had to turn around to get gear, at one point, to fully be able to enjoy my hooky. [...]

But you’re a real estate agent and you get to sell your home for free…
Seriously, I was sharing market conditions and my own efforts to sell my personal home in Bonita Springs I had a home owner say that to me at a listing appointment. I then started digging through my mind trying to [...]

Irish Dancers and Pints at Lansdowne
As luck would have it Lansdowne Street is located in the same building as my office. Several colleagues headed down for the first annual block party on St. Patrick’s day. I was given a green necklace since I wasn’t wearing any green. I know, Griffith [...]

The Illusion of Foreign Buyer’s in the Bonita Springs Real Estate Market
The headlines make for great copy - “The British Are Coming”, “International Buyers Flock to Florida”, “Foreign Buyers Scoop up Florida Real Estate”. There has been enough coverage of the alleged foreign invasion to actually convince the public that it is largely true. [...]

Susan G. Komen 5K at Coconut Point Mall

The Susan G. Komen 5K at Coconut Point Mall was this morning and well over 6,000 participants entered the race. I’ve been riding the fence about running. I really didn’t feel like doing it after coming off of a few weeks of a really [...]

Bonita Springs Homeowners Waiting for a No-Show
Would you ever not show up at the dentist, your mother’s house or your sister’s house after you said you were on the way? I didn’t think so. Who would do that? That would be just wrong, rude and inconsiderate, right?
Every day real estate agents make [...]

All in Favor of Fixing the Mortgage Say Aye!
This is a cute little post card that I scanned a while back and decided share today. I can’t tell you who mailed it to me and they didn’t put a logo on it. Darn. If you’re seriously interested in getting a mortgage or [...]

Things to Do | Skydiving in Southwest Florida
There are a few excursion day trips that can be made to Lake Okeechobee and the Clewiston area from the Bonita Springs - Estero area.  There is a variety of air boat, fishing trip and nature tours offered.  If you’re looking for things to do, perhaps something a [...]

The Sign of The Times?
Yesterday I had a visual home inspection on a recently contracted condominium in Bonita Springs. I spoke with a few neighbors while we waited for the buyers to arrive and naturally, we talked about real estate. Everyone always has a question or opinion about the market.
Usually everyone asks [...]