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June 6, 2010

How Many Foreclosure & Short Sales Were There?

May 2010 Sales Foreclosure Short Sale Equity

Not All Real Estate is Sold Short or Foreclosure

There was a total of 1,069 closed southwest Florida real estate sales in the month of May, 2010.   So what were the conditions of sale?  Per the Sunshine MLS, sixty-four percent of the real estate that closed sale …

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June 5, 2010

Bonita Springs’ Peskiest Not Biting Fly

The Florida Love Bug

Nobody Really Loves Love Bugs

Our love bugs are a mild annoyance, especially this time of the year.  They fly around, completely out of control running into everything.  They’re called he love bug because they essentially spend most of their life mating.  The female only lives about …

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June 2, 2010

The First Rule About Fridge Club …

Death Becomes Her

Home Watch - Saving Homes & Appetites

It’s not the bigger more obvious things that cause trouble. It’s usually the small, unsuspected anomaly that catches the absentee home owner by surprise.

Typically, when folks are peeling out of town they buckle up their home or condo and leave it in vacation …

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May 30, 2010

Happy Memorial Day

Flag and Palm Tree

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May 30, 2010

Spring is Gardenia Season in Bonita

Bonita Bay Gardenia

Another Sweet Bonita Springs Resident

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May 29, 2010

Bonita Beach Memorial Day Weekend Oil Report

Sea Oats Path To Bonita Beach

Only Crystal Waters, White Sand & Sunburns

There is no oil on Bonita Beach, Florida.  The downside to the near perfect conditions at Bonita Beach … parking is in short supply at the free beach parking beach access lots.  It’s a holiday weekend and that’s the way it …

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May 29, 2010

The Original Florida Real Estate - The Seminole Chickee

Interior Seminole Chickee Hut Roof

More Than Just The Drink Hut

This weekend is a long holiday weekend and no doubt many folks will end up at some of Bonita Springs’ finest watering holes under a chickee.  There’s more history to a chickee than a drink hut or a tourist attraction that they’ve become …

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May 26, 2010

Purchasing Furnished Real Estate

Furnished Real Estate

How Much Is It Without The Furniture?

Southwest Florida is the land of turnkey furnished real estate sales. It’s common to close on a property and have the ability to walk into it carrying a bag of groceries and a toothbrush and spend the night without needing to purchase any …

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May 23, 2010

The Magnolias Trees at The Gates of Serrano

Magnolias in The Making

Magnolias in The Making

Yes, we grow magnolia in Bonita Springs.  Their shelf life is short and when they fade they look tea stained and wilted.  When they’re blossoming they’re just beautiful and they have the faintest smell of sweetness.

These magnolias are at the gates of Serrano …

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May 19, 2010

Building Cairns in The Community

Field of Cairns

More Than Just a Pile of Rocks

Several weeks ago I walked though a field of cairns on a trail. What’s more shocking than the wild notion of outside exercise is the idea of a positive message formed rocks. It was just a river bed of rocks and one day …

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