Backyard Butterfly Gardening in Bonita Springs Fla If you do not see the video above: http://youtu.be/PVYjW_V_1Hg
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Where to Find The Best Pizza in Bonita Springs Fl Luna Pizza – Miromar Outlet in Estero, Florida Ristorante Enrico on West Terry Street in the Publix Plaza in Bonita Springs Florida. Brooklyn Oven on US 41 near the north gate to Bonita Bay in Bonita springs, Florida. Pino’s Italian Pizzeria in the Publix Plaza [...]
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Everglades airboat trip about an hour and a half from Bonita Springs, Florida.
Gulf Access Real Estate – Back Yard Boating in Bonita 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 [...]
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How Compound Interest Works First time home buyers, if you don’t see the video below, click here: Compound Interest.
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The Rates and Risks of Mortgages When shopping for a mortgage, one can easily become overwhelmed with all the different mortgage programs that are out there: Fixed Rates (FRM),Adjustable Rates (ARM), Hybrids, etc. The problem that consumers face is “which mortgage is the best?” The answer to this is: the best mortgage program is that program that best [...]
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The Bonita Springs Real Estate Market’s Slow & Steady Recovery After showing property in Gateway, Fort Myers last weekend, I passed Germain Arena in Estero while driving down the interstate. There was an RV show that was in progress and they had filled the lot with campers and RV’s. They were parked everywhere. As I [...]
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Beating a dead horse usually involves a dead horse, a striking object of some type, a person who is delivering the beating and an observer that is probably in denial about what is happening. Feel free to pick your character in this act. Sometimes I wonder if everyone has just grown used to the sounds [...]
Are You Sure Buyers Actually Get In Your Home? Sometimes it really isn’t that difficult to figure out why a home isn’t selling. I stumbled onto a big reason why some homes don’t sell this past weekend. There wasn’t a whole bunch of hocus pocus involved or even a comparative market analysis. All the home has to [...]
Things TO Do – Art Festival Looking for things to do in Naples and Bonita Springs, Florida? The Downtown Naples Fall Art Festival has set its 10th anniversary event on Oct. 18-19 on Fifth Avenue South. The Art Show is to feature 150 artists and $15 million in artwork available for sale. Admission is free. [...]
The Gorton’s Fisherman Yes, it’s true, the Gorton’s Fisherman lives on Hickory Blvd. on Bonita Beach. He’s a couple of doors down from the Mermaid Mailbox. It’s been a spell since I’ve taken this photo. It’s been a while since I’ve even been able to post something on the blog. I’ve been a hostage. The [...]
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Here’s a big news alert that just came out that may effect your short sale real estate transaction. In an opinion letter issued today to the Florida Association of Realtors, the Department of Revenue ruled that “when the lender cancels indebtedness of the seller, that cancellation is not included in determining the amount of consideration [...]
Digging The Bonita Springs Weather Do you suppose people are just sick and tired of being sick and tired? A few weeks ago I noticed that car carriers were back. Many of our northern snowbirds put their cars on delivery trucks and fly down to meet their car. I thought it was early for the [...]
Bonita Beach, Fla Sea Star No starfish or sea stars were injured during the filming of this. Live shelling is prohibited on Bonita Beach or most beaches for that matter. I found this little rascal on shore. He is unusual because of the color and having only five legs. I named him Oswald and returned [...]
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For those of you who are seasonal residents thinking of coming back home to Bonita Springs, Florida here’s the latest and greatest market report for the humid, rainy month of August. Be glad you missed it. The good news is that those lakes that were low or empty are filled up again courtesy of Fay [...]
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I’m sensing a pattern here. I get this tingly “Haley Joel Osmet” feeling everytime I turned around this weekend and saw something like this. (imagine the sound that come in the dramatic chipmunk video because that’s what I hear). I know they’re eating bugs and stuff but for crying out loud, they’re at my every [...]
Real Estate Not Worth Fighting Over In the last few years the Bonita Springs real estate market has had some major changes and adjustments. The short sale, pre-foreclosure and foreclosure properties alone have hit the market in massive volume upsetting the system. Everyone has heard the belly aching and complaining that real estate agents, me [...]
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My Dog is a Prima Dona I took LBD to Dog Beach at Lovers Key. We tried it. He was horrified at the notion that sand was on him, it smelled like the sea, other dogs were there, there was no air conditioning and there wasn’t some sort of location for the passers by to [...]
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Maybe Someone Thinks Black Eye Sores Are Sexy Ever have one of “those days”? You know where the whole thing slides one way. You’re not sure why it happened or how to stop it? In retrospect, as my day ended, I can share that I was grateful for my grocery cart not having a bum [...]
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Bonita Springs Mailbox Theme Number Two If it’s not fish, it’s parrots. In the last week I have found two parrot mailboxes. This parrot mailbox is in old Bonita Springs just off of Dean Street. I wish I had a bike. If I did I’d pedal my brains out all over those back streets. There [...]
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Wonder if they taste like grapes… Periodically, I do try to enjoy the spoils of Southwest Florida. We have some incredible parks, nature preserves, strands and waterways. Oh, and then there’s that beach. That would be the huge body of water that I rarely ever see unless I make a special trip to get sand [...]
Short Sales Closed vs. Regular Closings Here’s a little bit of information to put the entire Bonita Springs real estate market into perspective and how short sales are being listed, written up under contract and closed sale. Short sales are a pain in the rump and only a slim margin of them actually close vs. [...]
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Before we get started on this long overdue market report, feel free to take the option to click play and enjoy a little background Simon. If you don’t see the video below click here: Here’s the July Bonita Springs real estate report, better late than never! I’ve been a tad on the busy side and [...]
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First Time Home Buyer’s in Bonita Springs, Florida If you’re considering buying your first Bonita Springs home and you’ve heard about the First Time Home Buyer’s Tax Credit, here’s the scoop on it. Keep in mind that it doesn’t have to really be your very first home, just some time in between owning homes. Also, [...]
Dead Fish Mailbox | Old Bonita Springs You were all holding your breath for the mailbox du jour, I just know it. Special thanx to a humongous issue with Quick Books and my extension looming in the not so distant future for getting me slightly derailed from the important things; blogging about mailboxes. I think [...]
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Fitzgerald’s Fends Off Fay in Bonita Springs Have you met Fay? Not to be confused with Jenna Faye, cheerleader extraordinare and Bonita Springs resident. The city has been abuzz with Fay happenings. She’s a storm but not a bad one at all. All the Bonitians have taken precautions but most are just looking for the [...]
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New Blossoms in Old Bonita The scavenger hunt for the ugly mailbox the Lowes guy told me about occurred today. Nice directions! I found it on the first try. What I wasn’t expecting around the corner was a gold mine of other mailboxes. People off of Matheson and Dean have a great sense of humor. [...]
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Miffed. Yeah, I’m miffed. Yesterday, one of the many chores I had to take care of after find a store that still sold Tagemet (LBD has acid-reflux) was to pick up a new version of Quick Books. Mind you, I’m still not over the Albertson’s Grocery Store, next door, going all Publix on me. I [...]
Sonny and Mar Visit Bonita Springs I am blessed enough to live in the vacation capital of the United States – Bonita Springs, Florida. When I have visitors come they’re on vacation, not me. Sonny and Mar came this week. I loved their stay to bits but I was busy and couldn’t entertain the way [...]
Southern Extreme Water Ski Originally uploaded by griffithchris My favorite kids were at it again Sunday afternoon. The Southern Extreme Ski team performs at 4:00 p.m. on Sundays. The show is free and you can watch from your air conditioned car if you’re not into sweltering heat. I heard there was a contest last Sunday. [...]
Hit The Beach, Bonita Springs It really is an almost free if not a low cost trip. Save your gas cash, pack a sandwich or grab lunch on FMB. You can have an almost free ride on the Trolley from Bonita Springs to Fort Myers Beach for just a quarter. (Unless they raise the price) [...]
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Homes at The Reserve at Estero The Reserve at Estero is a gated community located just off of Estero Blvd. on the border of Estero and Fort Myers, Florida. The Reserve at Estero is just north of Bonita Springs, Florida. The Reserve is amongst good company as its sister community, Belle Lago is just west [...]
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