chrisgriffith on August 26th, 2009

Maybe You Should Test The System There’s currently a fair sized pile of printed out property reports on my desk that have been marked up and highlighted from last weeks showings. Almost thirty percent of them have a big black slash across the page. The agents who were supposed to be marketing the properties were [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 20th, 2009

Humanizing The Buyer and The Offer A fax to email showed up the other day and I opened it to find a cancelation of an offer for one of my listed properties. Having buyers get cold feet isn’t that unusual these days. Heck, if the Dow goes down 200 points on a random Tuesday buyers [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 5th, 2008

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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chrisgriffith on September 24th, 2008

Verifying Fees and Call Before You Dig One of the larger concerns buyers have when purchasing a Bonita Springs home or condo is what the true, bottom line cost of ownership is going to be to them.  Since Southwest Florida real estate buyers come from all over the country and world for that matter, a [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 20th, 2008

A Tale of Pricing Riverfront Gulf Access Homes Sometimes when homes don’t sell as fast as expected the homeowner becomes frustrated. The current state of the Bonita Springs real estate market has brought sales to some home sellers while other homes remain unsold. The only thing that is obvious about the current real estate market [...]

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chrisgriffith on July 7th, 2008

If you need to prepare your Bonita Springs Home for sale use these useful tips to tidy up while using Feng Shui. Bonita Springs Feng Shui experts recommend following these guidelines: 1. Bedroom stimuli. Placing too many stimulating items in the bedroom, such as electronics and books keeps your bedroom from being a restful location. [...]

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chrisgriffith on June 23rd, 2008

Increase the chance of selling your Bonita Springs house faster following a few good guidelines. 5 Tips For Seller’s In A Buyers Market 1. Plan your work and work your plan. Be prepared to sell your home and price it accordingly. Not the price the neighbor got for theirs last year, not the price you [...]

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chrisgriffith on December 22nd, 2007

Brilliant. The very secret you need to know to sell your Bonita Springs Home or Bonita Springs Real Estate has been put into a video by The Real Estate Zebra. In case anyone really is in denial about how appraisals work in Bonita Springs or Boise, this is it. Zebra has boiled it down using [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 23rd, 2007

Bonita Springs Home Sellers Listen Up! If you are starting the process of hiring a listing agent to sell your Bonita Springs Home you’ve found the key to home selling success. Use the guidelines below to help find the most technologically advanced agent to market and sell your Bonita Springs home. Here are 10 Tools [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 19th, 2007

If you’re buying a Bonita Springs home, an important step in the home buying or home renting process is making sure your environment and neighborhood will be safe. Are you getting what you think you’re paying for or can their be hidden dangers that you may not know about? When you buy your Bonita Springs [...]

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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 7th, 2007

Think it’s impossible? Not really. Every day buyers start the search for a Bonita Springs home in another, distant locale. The fact of the matter is, if you are planning a home search from great distance you can seriously focus and filter most of your search criteria and qualify your new home “candidates” by using [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 6th, 2007

1. Clean and repair your home. It should go without saying, but clean your Bonita Springs home or condo as if you were going to eat off the floors. Make cosmetic repairs such as touching up paint, especially on corner bead. Pop in a few new plantings of fresh flowers. Make sure the home smells [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 6th, 2007

The Southwest Florida real estate market has seen several years of above average home appreciation. Sellers have enjoyed profits from selling their homes and using the revenue to upsize, pay off debt, pay for college or add to their retirement plan. If you have been undecided and waiting for the right time to buy a [...]

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chrisgriffith on November 5th, 2007

If you’re thinking of selling your Bonita Springs home or condo you need to properly price your home from the get go. If your home is overpriced you risk losing the excitement that a new listing generates. Most activity on a listing comes within the first 30 days. An initial high price will discourage buyers, [...]

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