Selling a Home Off Season

Back in the day they use to roll up the sidewalks and board the windows of a lot of the Southwest Florida businesses precisely seventy two hours after Easter Sunday. US 41 use to be a two lane road and by two lane I mean …

The Red Hot Appliance Market on Craigslist

Home buyers and real estate agents have become used to to the echoing hollowness of a kitchen with no appliances. The surprise of it has worn off, especially in communities with excessive amounts of short sales or foreclosures.

If they were included in …

Notes From A Foreclosed Home Owner

The home buyers and real estate agents shopping in the current market see just about everything when dealing with foreclosures or bank owned homes and especially their swimming pools.

Sometimes, it is clear that vengeance is all that is left.  Homes are destroyed …

Your Kids Are Worried, Too

Many people in Southwest Florida believe that it is the land of haves or have nots. It’s no secret that there’s an incredible amount of affluence in the area. When there are a couple of million dollars of cars in a restaurant parking lot and …

Shouldn’t Real Estate Buyers Actually Buy?

Never will your home seem to be instantly sold more so than the day you mention to your friends, neighbors or colleagues that you’re putting it on the market. Suddenly, it seems people come out of the woodwork that really, really secretly loved your …

Real Estate Scams | Stealing From Tenants

About a week ago I received a phone call from a college student who was in the process of securing a rental for the coming school year. A couple of students had gotten together, decided to become room mates for the following school year …

Lately, when I show real estate there have been a lot of short sales and foreclosures.  Sometimes homes are not in so great of condition.

When a home is for sale as a short sale it means that the owners owe more than they can sell the home for …

What Price Points Are Selling?

Here’s the latest statistics that show which price points in Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Naples, Estero, Fort Myers Beach and Marco Island are selling the most.  The stats are based on real estate that sold during the month of March 2009.

Motivated Home Sellers …

Bonita Springs Sales Report

Here you go, the official numbers for the Bonita Springs real estate market report for March 2009.  If you’ve been wondering what’s going on with the local real estate market and if things are getting better or worse, this is the spot.

Real estate sales …