chrisgriffith on November 30th, 2008

Bonita Springs & Estero Real Estate Numbers (psst. if you don’t see the Love Shack video up above click here) Here you go, your bona fide, 100% authentic Bonita Springs real estate market report with a side of Estero real estate market report. I’m only about two weeks late. Better late than never, right? So [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 29th, 2008

Things To Do: Watch Butterflies at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Read also: Wildlife at The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

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chrisgriffith on November 29th, 2008

What if We’re Not Going to Hell in a Hand Basket? On the heals of my column about how many mortgages are actually being given to buyers of Southwest Florida real estate. This is across the board: Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Lehigh, Cape Coral, North Fort Myers. Read also: Will Banks [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 28th, 2008

What Does The Mail Carrier Think? So what did the mail carrier think the first time he pulled up to this mailbox covered with sharks eating bloody Barbies?  It may have not phased him…or her.  The whole street has funny mailboxes.  If you’re looking for the land of fun mailboxes, they’re located in Bonita Farms [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 27th, 2008

What are you thankful for?

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chrisgriffith on November 26th, 2008

Down But Not Out, Credit Is Still Available Throughout Southwest Florida home sellers have been waiting it out. They’re waiting for buyers, waiting for prices to go up and they’re waiting for something to happen that is going to make their Bonita Springs real estate sell. One of the most frequently asked questions I get [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 25th, 2008

Things to Do in Bonita Springs So what happens when she gets bored of type, type, typing her brains out? At the risk of using a cliché, I got a case of the Monday’s and I got bored…and here’s what happened. I’d been wrestling with a few deals and trying to write the column for [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 24th, 2008

Bonita Springs FHA Loan Limits If you are a buyer of Bonita Springs real estate and you qualify for a conventional mortgage, you are fortunate enough to be escaping some of the side effects of our recent economic woes. Perhaps, through your investment brokerage you are able to obtain financing and if that works for [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 23rd, 2008

Orchid Tree in Pelican Landing, Bonita Springs This tree look like a regular tree in at a distance.  It’s only as you get closer that you’ll realize that it’s a pretty special tree.  Where some people are satisfied to just get a blossom or two on their orchid plant, we the demanding citizens of Bonita [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 22nd, 2008

The Prettiest Peppers in Bonita Springs Florida What if that childhood rhyme: “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” was really “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Purple Peppers.” That was the first thought I had when I saw these purple peppers at Farmer Mikes in Bonita Springs, Florida.  They were so pretty. I [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 21st, 2008

Farmer Mike’s Is O-P-E-N Last week I learned that Farmer Mike’s traditionally opens the day after the Taste of Bonita festival.  Since I was involved in the Taste of Bonita as a member of Rotary I was at the festival.  My daughter brought me a bowl of fresh vegetables from Farmer Mike’s booth as my [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 20th, 2008

Real Estate Has No Short Term Fixes Some people who decide to sell their Bonita Springs home find out the value that they had in mind isn’t really the reality of their current situation. Well, I guess a fair number of them find that out, not just some of them. There is a photo snapshot [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 18th, 2008

The Florida Mortgage Market Starting this week, Knightlines Mortgage Services will be publishing “Mortgage Information for REAL People“. We’re going to focus on two main things: We will discuss what is going on in the world of home financing, but unlike most other mortgage reports you will not need an advanced degree in finance to understand what we [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 17th, 2008

Back to Normal Soon Something strange happened when I had my eye exam.  I’m just getting my vision back.  I hope to post again tomorrow and get that copy done for my column at the paper. Fortunately, my doctor asked me to wait until I got back from the NAR convention before I dilated in [...]

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Taste of Bonita Festival | Things to Do in Bonita Springs It’s that time of the year again. The 15th annual Taste of Bonita 2008 is back, and some of the area’s best restaurants are serving up their best once again. The Taste of Bonita food festival will be held at Riverside Park on Nov. [...]

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