chrisgriffith on September 9th, 2011

Economic Development, Industry & Business in SWFL The most amazing discovery during the economic development segment of Leadership Bonita was the number of organizations in southwest Florida who offer advice, guidance and incentives for bringing business and industry to Southwest Florida, Lee County and the city of Bonita springs, Florida. A day full of economic [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 23rd, 2011

Local Real Estate Statistics Trump Census #Duh At dark o’clock this morning I sat down at the computer with a cup of coffee and the first email I read began, “If my brother is trying to scare me, it worked. What do you have to say to counter this article?” The referencing article was a [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 30th, 2010

Where Americans are moving.

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chrisgriffith on July 6th, 2010

How many short sales and foreclosures are in the local Florida real estate market?

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chrisgriffith on March 29th, 2010

How to estimate real estate tax in Bonita Springs and Lee County, Florida.

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chrisgriffith on May 30th, 2009

Delinquent Real Estate Taxes If you don’t see the video above, click: Property Tax Video If you’re looking for information regarding Lee County Florida property taxes visit:  www.LeeTC.com, www.LeePA.com,  www.LeeClerk.org. If you’re looking for information regarding Collier County Florida property taxes visit: www.CollierTax.com, www.CollierAppraiser.com,  www.CollierCountyClerk.com.

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chrisgriffith on May 28th, 2009

What the Numbers Aren’t Saying See that dark orange spot at the bottom left corner of Florida?  That’s Lee County Florida and that is where Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel, Lehigh Acres, Alva and a few other cities are located. What the numbers aren’t telling you is that two large areas are [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 17th, 2009

Homestead Exemption Deadline | Bonita Springs Real Estate | March 1 If you purchased new real estate as a primary residence in 2008 the deadline for filing homestead exemption is just a few weeks away.   There are a few other exemptions that you may qualify for, also. Here’s the link to the Lee County Property [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 24th, 2008

Bonita Springs FHA Loan Limits If you are a buyer of Bonita Springs real estate and you qualify for a conventional mortgage, you are fortunate enough to be escaping some of the side effects of our recent economic woes. Perhaps, through your investment brokerage you are able to obtain financing and if that works for [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 1st, 2008

Bonita Springs Board of Elections This week we’ve been allow to vote early in Lee County, Florida.  The lines have been long according to internet news reports and the day I stopped in to the Bonita Springs Lee County Board of Elections was not much different. First and foremost, it was cold so I want [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 25th, 2008

Free Mulch at Imperial River Boat Ramp If you’re watching your pennies and skimping on taking care of your lawn and gardens here’s a freebee for you.  Did you know that Lee County has a mulch pick up at Imperial River boat ramp.  When the county trims trees and shrubs they go thru a wood [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 13th, 2008

Are There Things To Do Besides Eat, Shop and Build? It doesn’t take much looking around to see that things around the Community of Bonita Springs aren’t quite the same as they use to be. At the risk of sounding like a codger with a “back in the day” story I will tell you this. [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 11th, 2008

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 improving. Every [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 7th, 2008

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 and [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 9th, 2008

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 the [...]

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