chrisgriffith on April 6th, 2010

Where to canoe in Bonita Springs, Estero and Naples, Florida. Things to do.

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Now Open Weekends 10 a.m.-5 p.m., February-May ? 15000 Livingston Rd., Naples, FL 34109 (Naples, FL) – Rather than wait until it’s blazing hot, jump in the fun at Sun-N-Fun Lagoon now when it’s comfortably cooler.  The water park is open and waiting for you, your friends and family. From February through May, we invite [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 5th, 2010

Bonita Springs Naples Estero Ft Myers Real Estate Just like the past few months, the largest sector of real estate that is selling is priced under $400,000.   The real estate priced under $200,000 is absolutely on fire.  This data was collected from the Sunshine MLS and includes all closed sale properties in the MLS from [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 29th, 2010

The Low Interest Rates Won’t Last Forever To everyone’s great relief, fixed mortgage rates have been extraordinarily low for the last year averaging between 4.75% – 5.25%.  However, perhaps you remember the summer of 2008?  Gas prices crested $4/gal, inflation was all the rage and home buyers were snapping up 6.5% mortgage rates like they [...]

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chrisgriffith on January 5th, 2010

Historical Real Estate Sales December 2003-2009 You won’t know where you’re going if you don’t look back at where you’ve been.  The Southwest Florida real estate market has been to the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.  If you’ve wondered where we were and if the recovery has begun, well this is the [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 12th, 2009

Farm City BBQ at Ave Maria, Florida Did you know that the average American eats 22 pounds of tomatoes each year? Or did you know that it takes 12 busy little honeybees collecting the nectar from 2,000 flowers to make a tablespoon of honey? The National Farm City Council has spent more than 50 years [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 4th, 2009

Doom & Gloom or Puppies & Daisies? Last week CNNMoney.com reported that area housing would drop another 26 percent. It got a lot of attention and started some chatter. The biggest question people have when they see reports are if they’re true or not. Seriously, is it possible that housing values can drop further and [...]

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chrisgriffith on August 25th, 2009

Get Ready For The Changes in 1031 Exchanges By Nace Cohen, CPA President, 1031 Exchange Connection in Naples, Florida Here we go again, round two of the great Exchange. We all remember what was going on in the world of real estate a few years back. It was simple, buy low and sell high, with [...]

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chrisgriffith on April 16th, 2009

Sick of Big Government, Taxes & Bail Outs Just a little bit late to a closing today.  There was quite a turn out. You can read all about it in the Naples Daily News Technorati Tags: naples,florida .

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chrisgriffith on January 14th, 2009

Running Ain’t For Sissies On top of sparing you a real estate related column this week I will also spare you the clichés comparing running marathons to being a real estate agent or surviving this rotten economy. I was so tempted to do it just to give the kids online something to yammer about. The [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 29th, 2008

What if We’re Not Going to Hell in a Hand Basket? On the heals of my column about how many mortgages are actually being given to buyers of Southwest Florida real estate. This is across the board: Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Lehigh, Cape Coral, North Fort Myers. Read also: Will Banks [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 3rd, 2008

Naples Florida Golf  Homes in Audubon Audubon is an exceptional 770-acre private gated community located West of US 41 in Naples, Florida.  It is merely a few miles south of Bonita Beach Road.  If you’ve shopped the country club communities in Bonita Springs you might want to take a look at what Audubon has to [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 21st, 2008

Besides the famed Ghost Orchid there’s also a chance to see deer and many other forms of wildlife in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Florida.  This little deer walked within a few hundred feet of the boardwalk.  The weather has been outstanding this week.  If you’re looking for things to do in the area [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 18th, 2008

Things to Do | Visit The Big Cypress Gallery and Clyde Butcher Not too long ago, I had an amazing opportunity to meet Clyde Butcher.  If you don’t know who Clyde Butcher is, know this:  He is one of the great American Iconic Photographers of Modern and All Time. Period.  Bar none. Put it in [...]

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chrisgriffith on October 11th, 2008

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. [...]

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