chrisgriffith on March 22nd, 2008

No Second Chances to Make That First Impression The Bonita Springs real estate market is fiercely competitive. There are a variety of dynamics at work making it harder than ever to get a home sold and off the market in a fair amount of time. Currently in Bonita Springs the real estate market offers a [...]

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chrisgriffith on March 6th, 2008

Now, if there was just some way to wrap barbed wire around the hoop, too. In a tough market, the person that makes the extra effort gets the reward. You seemed to be making extra effort. How nice. Upon calling another agent for further information about a property, we deduced we were both working with [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 18th, 2008

Sellers, Is Your Home a Prize Fighter or a Bench Warmer? Today I will be out with a lovely couple from Wisconsin looking for their Florida home. I try to stay upbeat and not hyper critical of what other agents consider “marketing” but it’s a nightmare, plain and simple. It is literally a struggle for [...]

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chrisgriffith on February 16th, 2008

Which is Worse Being a Chic or a Real Estate Agent? Saturday open houses with a bright blue sky are usually a bust, but today I actually had more than a few visitors. I ran out of flyers, as a matter of fact. Traffic was good in spite of the picture perfect weather I was [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 9th, 2007

A few weeks ago I received a phone call. The gentleman on the other end of the phone had read an article on CNN Money, regarding real estate auctions in Southwest Florida. He was particularly interested in an auction that involved a developer liquidating some standing, surplus inventory. After I explained that the auction was [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 4th, 2007

What Is “Save Our Homes”? “Save Our Homes” (SOH) spearheaded by Mr. Wilkinson, approved by Florida voters in 1992, effective January 1, 1995. SOH places a limitation of 3% on annual assessment increases on homestead exempt property. For all property first granted homestead exemption in the prior year, that year’s assessed value will be the [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 1st, 2007

If you’re a home seller in Bonita Springs or you’re thinking of selling your home you need to read this. Do you know what a pop tart agent is? If you’re a buyer a seller or another agent, you need to know if you don’t know. Here’s the skinny: A pop tart agent gets a [...]

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