Real Life & Real Estate in Bonita Springs Florida

It’s Just an Offer, Not an Insult
Sometimes a buyer’s offer isn’t received so well. Seller’s may still have in their mind that their home is not only worth what they paid for it, but even more. If it’s been said once, it’s been said a million times. A home has to appraise [...]

Bonita Springs Real Estate and The Art of the Purchase
The finest masterpieces are painted with varied color palates and a multitude of brushes and tools. One must never forget that their own life is multifaceted, made up of little strokes, pixels if you will that build to form the whole picture.
The same is [...]

Bonita Beach Sunset
I am whooped.  I’ve been cruising the beaches all day helping a lovely couple finding a view like this from a condo in Bonita Springs, Florida.  Seems easy enough, doesn’t it?  It sure would be easier if the condos were just a little bit more accessible.  Listing agents don’t return calls, keys aren’t [...]

A Community Development District (CDD) is a local, special purpose government authorized by Chapter 190 of the Florida Statutes as amended and is an alternative method for managing and financing infrastructure required to support community development. Real Estate in Lee County, which includes the cities of Bonita Springs, Estero and Fort Myers may be [...]

…another Mailbox in Bonita Springs
Come on! What else would I use for a title? I spotted this mailbox in Bonita Shores. If you don’t know where Bonita Shores of Bonita Springs is, it’s that small part of Bonita Springs on the Southwest corner of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Bonita Beach Road. [...]

There’s “Us” and “Them” in Golf - Justin [AKA Slice]
Just for the record, the “crime” part is my game, and the punishment is…my game too.  I’ve took a trip to the driving range for something to do. I don’t know, it’s kind of like bowling for me. Every few years you [...]

Keep Quiet, Keep to Yourself, Keep Out During Showings
Selling your Bonita Springs home is a business or at least you should approach it that way. The goods and services you offer to buyers, as a Florida home owner is the home itself, your neighborhood amenities and any incentives you would offer to a buyer to [...]

Earth Day in Bonita Springs, Florida
It’s the little things that count. Here are 10 things you can do as a citizen of Bonita Springs, or anywhere for that matter to make a difference to the planet Earth.
1. Rather than writing checks and stuffing envelopes each month, switch to tree-free billing and pay everything from your [...]

This is Why I Write For You
You can listen to a blanket statements about real estate in general. You can even settle for reports on the Bonita Springs real estate market from organizations and journalists half way across the country. Real estate is local, so why not just listen to a local real [...]

Just Because You Don’t Like it
Doesn’t Mean it’s Not True
Bad news stinks.  Nobody likes to hear it and nobody likes to read it.  It is with great regret that I have to bring bad news to home owners that have decided to sell their home and haven’t come to the realization that they will be [...]

Florida Gulf Coast Home Inspections

FREE HURRICANE WIND MITIGATION INSPECTION
Legislation enacted by the State of Florida requires insurance companies to discount premiums based on certain construction characteristic that make your home resistant to damage by wind. We can now provide this inspection to the homeowner FREE [...]

Note: The Sweet Dale Jr. Widow Decal
Oh, no….he’s not asking for trouble *at all* driving around town like this. Honest Occifer, I haven’t had a drink to drop.

And so it was born, the mailbox series.
Bonita Beach in Bonita Springs is one of those places where there’s a great bunch of mail boxes. Today, I drove to the beach and parked down by Big Hickory, just across the street from the marina and grill. I dragged my poor little dog the [...]

So, What Happens To Tenants When A Home is Foreclosed?
A common occurrence we’re running into Southwest Florida while showing buyers real estate is tenant occupied properties. It’s not unusual to have a tenant in a property, but to have the majority of properties we show in one day be tenant occupied is unusual. [...]

Hunter’s Ridge Golf & Country Club
What a treat to be able to live in Hunter’s Ridge in Bonita Springs, Florida. Hunter’s Ridge features a Gordon Lewis designed, 18 hole championship golf course that is the crown jewel of the community. Begun in the late 80’s, Hunters Ridge offers wide open expanses not found [...]

Excess Inventory | Bank Owned | Short Sale | Auction
Last week I attended a real estate auction at Harborside Convention Center in downtown Fort Myers. There were slightlys over 50 homes on the auction block at this particular auction. Auctions are becoming more and more common with the new real estate market Southwest [...]

Bonita Springs Dine & Dash

If you’re working and living in Bonita Springs and not here on a vacation, having a fast place for lunch is a must. If you’ve put off dining out in the busy Bonita Springs tourist season, now is the time to see what you’ve missed. There are a variety [...]

Negotiate
The frame around the license reads “Consult a Realtor“.   This vanity plate was snapped by Vito the mortgage broker. Vito’s friend Buck, bored to tears by this blog, will fall asleep before he even gets to this:
Top 100 Vanity Plates
Happy Friday, Bonita Springs

Championship Golf at Wildcat Run Golf
Set amongst 514 acres, Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club is located in the Corkscrew area of Estero, Florida.  The community itself host an Arnold Palmer designed, 18 hole golf course, as well as other championship amenities.  Each hole of the Wildcat Run golf course includes four sets of tees [...]

Bonita Springs Estero Sales & Absorption Rates
The last few days have been a hectic, wake up at dark o’clock kind of schedule. I was up early this morning to attend an economic seminar at the Naples Board of Realtors in Naples, Florida. The economist that was speaking shared what I already knew about [...]