Real Life & Real Estate in Bonita Springs Florida

Psst, Bonita Springs Real Estate is Looking Up
For the first time in a good long while I’m actually looking forward to preparing the June Estero and Bonita Springs real estate market report. Usually, I wait until about a 14 days into the month before I do the report. It gives the agents enough [...]

A good many of us have played a pinball machine. A friend of mine, “Big Al,” restores and maintains them as a hobby. He has a brilliant mind that can disassemble anything and reassemble it in better-than-new condition. Most importantly, he knows what they are worth.
Friday afternoon we had a conversation about him “previewing” a [...]

What is Your Source for Bonita Springs Real Estate Advice?
There are a few things you can learn about the Bonita Springs real estate market by not talking to a real estate agent.  Sure a real estate agent can tell you how things are and how good or bad the market is but there are other [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Spring Run - Another Happy Golfer Finds a Home
Has hell finally frozen over in Bonita Springs, Florida? My Gardenia model in Spring Run at the Brooks has sold! That one was like lugging a 100 pound bag of bricks up a mountain. This little Bonita Springs condo was just a collateral damage of the [...]

Muvico vs. Regal What if they both lose?
Years ago, long before I became a spinster, I raised my kids in Bonita Springs, Florida. I recall the day The Prado shopping center was built and the day the new movie theater came to town. Regal Cinema opened it’s doors and most Friday and Saturday [...]

Bonita Springs Lawn Abuse
These homes are located in Bonita Springs, Florida. I’ll spare one of the home owners the indignity of mentioning which of the Bonita Springs communities it is located in. For months I’ve watched in horror and amazement as the exterior of the house on the left has “evolved” to [...]

Do Trades Have to Appraise?
The story was stumbled across in a Google news alert. I follow Google alerts for the term “Bonita Springs” and “Bonita Springs real estate“. The story is a “trading places” sort of article about a property owner in Bonita Springs that would like to purchase real estate in [...]

The Naples Lemon House
The last few Friday’s I’ve run photos of mailboxes for the “mailbox series” on my blog. Occasionally I’ll go out for a drive or just take a turn down a street to see if I can find a candidate for a post. While driving through the Vanderbilt and the [...]

Do You Want a Couple of New Toilets?

“I never thought I would be one of those people.” he said. Frankly, I never thought he would be one of those people, either. We’ve all read about foreclosure and we’ve seen a few stories on TV but may not have the chance to see it [...]

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 [...]

Tenant Beware - Landlord Beware
Yes, Virginia, scammers can take advantage of tenants and home owners in Southwest Florida and the Bonita Springs real estate market is ripe for the picking.
Although you and I don’t think with criminal minds there are other people that do. The real estate market has brought on swift and confusing [...]

Why Your Bonita Springs Home Isn’t Selling … Continued
Has the Bonita Springs real estate market slowed so much that it has rocked home owners and real estate agents to sleep like a baby swaddled in cloth? While showing real estate lately I’ve noticed some pretty sad sights. I wonder if anyone realizes that [...]

Foreclosure Real Estate Isn’t Always The Best Deal
Sunday evening I met a buyer to look at a foreclosure home listing just North of Bonita Springs, Florida. The foreclosure real estate market in parts of Bonita Springs, Estero and South Fort Myers moves swiftly so we drove to look at the home right away. What seemed [...]

Homes & Condos in Bonita Springs
This weekends Keller Williams add includes property listings located in the following communties:

The Meadow at Estero
The Colony at Pelican Landing
Verandah
Shadow Wood
Grandezza
Copper Oaks
Hunter’s Ridge
Paseo
Pelican Sound
Island Park
Gulf Harbour
Beach Walk
Bell Tower Park
Fairway Dunes of Bonita Springs

To see the full weekend add click the link below (it will open in a new window [...]

Hire a Professional to Appeal
Your Bonita Springs Real Estate Tax
Just a few days ago I received a phone call from a gentleman asking for an MLS report for a specific property in Bonita Springs, on a specific sale date. Occasionally, this happens, it’s usually a local property appraiser and I’m happy to comply and [...]

The following add below features Bonita Springs Real Estate. To enlarge and print the add click here: Bonita Springs Real Estate
Bonita Springs and Estero properties featured in the December Keller Williams of Bonita Springs add include homes and condos in:

Colony Golf & Bay Club

Fairway Dunes

Verandah

Villages of Bonita

Gateway

Shadow Wood

Copper Oaks

Grandezza

Rapallo

Copperleaf at the Brooks

Bella Terra

Gardens [...]