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Notes From A Foreclosed Home Owner
The home buyers and real estate agents shopping in the current market see just about everything when dealing with foreclosures or bank owned homes and especially their swimming pools.
Sometimes, it is clear that vengeance is all that is left.  Homes are destroyed by the owner because they’re so angry at [...]

Lately, when I show real estate there have been a lot of short sales and foreclosures.  Sometimes homes are not in so great of condition.
When a home is for sale as a short sale it means that the owners owe more than they can sell the home for.  They have to ask the bank for [...]

What Price Points Are Selling?
Here’s the latest statistics that show which price points in Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Naples, Estero, Fort Myers Beach and Marco Island are selling the most.  The stats are based on real estate that sold during the month of March 2009.
Motivated Home Sellers
If your home or condo was for sale and [...]

 
The Vacation Condo Student Dorm Amalgam
Since Florida Gulf Coast University opened its doors parents have been investing in real estate in the Estero and Bonita Springs area to house their students.
It’s been a few years since having a kid go to school in Southwest Florida was a spring board for a retirement home [...]

Boating From Your Own Back Yard - Gulf Access Real Estate
One of the many benefits of owning waterfront Bonita Springs or Estero Florida Real estate is the option to purchase gulf access property.
While Estero offers a limited amount of gulf access real estate there are a few river front and canal front homes that lead [...]

Bonita Springs Sales Report
Here you go, the official numbers for the Bonita Springs real estate market report for March 2009.  If you’ve been wondering what’s going on with the local real estate market and if things are getting better or worse, this is the spot.
Real estate sales have been consistent.  No shocking moves in volume [...]

Weathering the Shift in The Real Estate Market
Contrary to popular belief, the sky is not falling.  The sky, and the weather it is producing is just not predictable.  Who ever said people hate change wasn’t kidding. I’ve never seen the likes of folk freezing in terror and not being able to use commons sense to [...]

Pitfalls of Buying Student Housing

Bonita Springs real estate and Estero Real estate has recently become more affordable. If you didn’t know it, there is a college in South Fort Myers FGCU – Florida Gulf Coast University.

A couple of times per year parents of students that are enrolled or future students start looking for [...]

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 what’s been [...]

Bugs, Mold and Missing  Refrigerators
You know how those foreclosure homes and short sales homes often don’t have a refrigerator? Where do those refrigerators go? Sucked up by aliens? Stolen and sold on Craigslist?

I see it all the time. The fridge is gone and cha-ching the buyers think, “There’s $1,500 we’re going to need”. [...]

Home Buyer Incentive
If you’ve heard about the first-time homebuyer tax credit and wonder if you qualify, here’s some info for you.  When a first-time homebuyer purchases a home before the end of 2008, he or she gets a $7,500 tax credit in 2009 when they file their federal income taxes.  It’s not a gift of [...]

The Vernazza Floor Plan
If you have been researching condos for sale in Rapallo, take a look at the Vernazza model. The Vernazza is the smallest floor plan model available in the carriage homes at Rapallo at Coconut Point of Estero, Florida. The Vernazza offers 1,966 square foot of living. Gracious living area, as far as [...]

Rio Maggiore Floor Plan

If you’re looking for condos for sale in Rapallo, take a look at the Rio Maggiore model. The Rio Maggiore is the largest floor plan model available in Rapallo at Coconut Point of Estero, Florida. The Rio Maggiore offers 2,584 square foot of living. That’s pretty big living [...]

Homes and Condos at Copper Oaks
Just north of Bonita Springs, Florida is a fresh new neighborhood built for the modern homeowner.
This residential development is located north of Corkscrew Road on the east side of Three Oaks Parkway across the street from Rookery Point. The 29 acre development is a project of Stellar Homes, a first [...]

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There must be 50 ways to leave your lover, so said Paul Simon. There are probably just as many ways to do a real estate market report, too. Here’s how I do my monthly Bonita Springs real estate market [...]