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Off Pennsylvania Ave Gulf Access Real Estate | The Mailbox Series

Boating – Gulf Access Homes in Bonita Springs

This mailbox picture was taken back in 2008. I just stumbled across it while looking for a totally different image on my Flickr account and thought I’d share. I just loved the fishing pole mail flag with lure. Classic “Bonita Springs Fishing Village” mailbox.

This box was located on one of my trips to visit a canal front home on the south side of the Imperial River. I was going to list the home for sale. I used the “was” term because, like truth in advertising, I believe in truth in real estate, too. Sometimes, home owners have unrealistic expectations when they’re selling their homes. It just so happens that homes in this area, at the time in ‘08, had heavy inventory.

There’s currently 20 months of inventory, gulf access in BN08 as of 3/19/ 2010 Sunshine MLS

At any rate, my request for the real estate to be properly and effectively priced to sell, as well as the home to be in stellar condition to compete with the market fell on deaf ears.

Not every home can be sold just by wishing it will or stabbing a sign in the front yard. It takes market research, skill and cooperation by the home owner.

For what it’s worth, the home never did hit the open real estate market for sale. Sometimes the lack of owner cooperation is a sign of difficulty to come.

At least I got a cute mailbox picture to share with you out of the encounter.

If you’re looking for a home on the south side of the Imperial River with gulf access, boating amenities the streets that offer gulf access are: Arroyal Road, Pennsylvania Avenue, Buccaneer, Gasparilla, JC Lane, High Seas, Jolly Roger, Barbarosa, Galleon, Patrick, Johnson, Tonya, Wisconsin, Montana, Tennessee, Poupolo, Rio Vista, River Drive and most properties in Nuttinglikit Grove offer boat docks.