chrisgriffith on June 13th, 2008

Mermaid Mailbox of Bonita Springs Hickory Blvd. on Bonita Beach is more than just prime Bonita Springs real estate, its mailbox gold.  The variety of unusual mailboxes is unparallel anywhere in town.  I do realize that you probably drive by a thousand mailboxes weekly and don’t give them a second thought.  I needed a free/cheap [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 12th, 2008

A Micro Rant About Cable TV & High Speed Warning, this is not at all real estate related or even related to Bonita Springs, for that matter. There is nothing more frustrating in life than being held at the mercy of big business, operated by computers, outsourced to Bangalore, press 2 for Spanish – hold [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 11th, 2008

You Gotta Enter to Win Would you believe that things are picking up? What would it take for you to believe things are picking up? Well, Bonita Springs real estate is picking up. Watching the agents working at my own office and even at other offices it is clearly evident that conditions are improving. Every [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 10th, 2008

We Have Bugs in Bonita Springs You may not appreciate this grasshopper because bugs are gross but I thought it was beautiful so I took a picture of it to share with you. This is the first official Bonita Springs Grasshopper. What you need to know is that it was on the windshield of my [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 9th, 2008

When Silence is Golden So what happens when you tangle with a Bonitian like me? You get tazered, that’s what. You’d have to personally know me to know that I have joked with a couple of the guys at the office, lunged at them and put the prongs on them and said bzzzt. OK, I [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 8th, 2008

You’re probably not thinking about Bonita Springs, Florida because you’ve thawed out and gotten your leafy trees back.  Michigan, Ohio, New York and Canada:  We’ll be waiting for you, you fair weather friends.   This November you’ll remember that we can have poolside parties in January.  We’ll forgive you for forgetting about us just like we [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 7th, 2008

I just thought these clouds were pretty enough to capture on film to share with you.  The sun was setting in Bonita Springs over my neighbor’s roof.   It probably looks like this every day but I forget to look up.  It’s hard to look up with a cell phone on your shoulder most of the [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 6th, 2008

Protect Your Real Estate Bonita Springs Fridays are for mailboxes on this Bonita Springs real estate blog. When I saw this beauty I decided it would be perfect for a storm or building code post. Turns out we had a wind survey claims expert stop in the office this week which gave me an idea [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 5th, 2008

Private Beach Clubs on Bonita Beach People come to southwest Florida to buy Bonita Springs real estate often for one reason, the Gulf of Mexico. The white sand beaches of Bonita Beach draw tourists and future residents from all over the world. What’s not to love about the beach? How could visiting one of the [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 4th, 2008

Sex Sells But It Doesn’t Sell Real Estate Day number two in the hunt for a new Florida home for my buyer brought us to a lovely condo in Estero at West Bay Club. Let’s just say the house hunting was a bust. Literally. There were more than a few paintings, sculptures and works of [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 3rd, 2008

Selling Bonita Springs Real Estate Sometimes I get to help people. I mean the good kind of help, as in they’re so overwhelmed and worried that it’s hard for them to make a move. They just want someone to help and someone to trust. To have a listing appointment last more than an hour-ish is [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 2nd, 2008

Hi Chris, this is Sally Saleslady and you showed my Bonita Beach condo yesterday. I was just wondering if you had some feedback. Most buyers and sellers of Bonita Springs real estate don’t know that conversations like this take place. Listing agents will call the agent that showed the property to see if there is [...]

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