Bonita Springs Real Estate

Dec. 28, 2008

Pimping Out Buyers For a Hot Cup of Joe

Image courtesy Jeffrey Guterman

When The Real Estate Market Gets Better

There are thousands of economists and analysts that are trying to predict when the economy and when the Florida real estate market is going to get better. They all think they have the answer. In actuality, they’d bet better …

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Dec. 19, 2008

Maybe You Actually Get What You Pay For...

Taking Advice of Strangers Instead of Hiring Professionals

There was a time when we would have our winter tourists come to Bonita Springs and fall in love with the area. They’d get “drunk on palm trees”, fall head over heals in love with the area and want to shop for …

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Dec. 11, 2008

Banks, Bail Outs and Bull Sh*t in Bonita Springs, Florida

Banks Didn't Turn Their Back on Homeowners

They Turned Their Back on Our Nation

Billions and trillions of dollars of bail out money is what they have all got their hands out for. That’s not even counting the auto industry. Since I’m not expert about the auto industry I …

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Nov. 30, 2008

Bonita Springs Real Estate Market Report - October 2008

Bonita Springs & Estero Real Estate Numbers

Here you go, your bona fide, 100% authentic Bonita Springs real estate market report with a side of Estero real estate market report.I’m only about two weeks late.Better late than never, right?

 

So what’s been my hold up?Just busy …

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Nov. 20, 2008

Taking Your Bonita Springs Home Off The Market

Real Estate Has No Short Term Fixes

Some people who decide to sell their Bonita Springs home find out the value that they had in mind isn’t really the reality of their current situation. Well, I guess a fair number of them find that out, not just some of them …

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Nov. 12, 2008

What About Gators, Sharks, Hurricanes, Floods in Bonita Springs, Florida

If You Quit Sniffing Fear You Might Actually Smell The Salt Air

There isn't a buyer that I work with that doesn't eventually ask about gators, sharks, hurricanes or floods.  I've noticed it lately more than any time in the past.  I can't help …

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Nov. 11, 2008

Ameridream and Down Payment Assistance For First Time Home Buyers

First Time Home Buyers Circle Your Wagons

As you know, AmeriDream and other Down Payment Assistance (DPA) programs were eliminated October 1, 2008 due to the passage of H.R. 3221. You are probably asking yourself how Congress could eliminate these programs that are so critical to the stabilization of …

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Nov. 5, 2008

What If The Real Estate Market Really Is Getting Better?

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 …

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Oct. 29, 2008

The Finger of Blame

Beating a dead horse usually involves a dead horse, a striking object of some type, a person who is delivering the beating and an observer that is probably in denial about what is happening. Feel free to pick your character in this act.

Sometimes I wonder if everyone has just …

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Oct. 19, 2008

Bonita Springs Real Estate Market Report - September 2008

Fire up the video below so you'll have some back ground music.  If you don't see the video box below the link to the tune is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbOEZ8c8dM

Welcome home toBonita Springs, snowbirds.We’ve noticed that you’ve returned.My own …

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