Real Life & Real Estate in Bonita Springs Florida

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 [...]

Bonita Springs Sales and Listings Update
Folks, we’re winding down from tourist season here in Bonita Springs, Florida but we’re still seeing sales activity. The last several weeks have seen a steady increase in pending and closed sales. The same tune is playing about Bonita Springs real estate, it has to be priced right [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

(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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Bonita Springs Absorption Rates| Existing Inventory | Closed Sales
Yesterday, I taught a brief class on Absorption Rates at our Bonita Springs Keller Williams office and ended up returning after our office meeting today to make sure anyone that may have missed the class knew just what I was talking about and how best to show [...]

Our Market Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Different
Hey, we’re all reading the same papers and watching the same news on TV. Those same news portals have nearly convinced people that the Bonita Springs real estate market is as dead as a door nail. You’ve undoubtedly heard some new terms in the last year: Short [...]

The Bonita Springs Real Estate Chain Gang
Yesterday my big, huge, teeth pulling, rock pounding real estate adventure took me on a tour of single family homes with the following criteria:

Priced $360,000 and under.
Four Bedroom Minimum
No Pool
No Lake Behind [...]

For the second time in two weeks I’ve said farewell to a seller customer; a listing. It’s not really a fun thing to do or anything that I look forward to doing but there comes a time for some real estate agents to move on.
My most recent loss was a seller of a home [...]

Bonita Springs Shopping Tomato Capital of the World
So there I am sitting in The Brooks at the traffic light at Coconut Road and the Trail (Tamiami Trail/US 41) watching the work being done and waiting for green. You can see the Hyatt Coconut Point off in the distance so you know [...]