chrisgriffith on March 31st, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 31st, 2008

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. [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 29th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 29th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 28th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 27th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 26th, 2008

(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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 25th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 24th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 22nd, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 21st, 2008

 
 
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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 20th, 2008

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. [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 19th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 18th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 17th, 2008

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. [...]

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