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Hiding Behind The Door? Come On Out

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Hiding Behind The Door

Folks are hiding behind doors when the doorbell rings. They haven’t made a payment for a long time on their mortgage. The Ostrich syndrome I call it. Don’t think about it and maybe it will go away. It won’t, but we can help minimize the damage. Please let us help.
Perception is reality. Changing perception is always an uphill battle. A home owner in trouble is scared and trusts in the banks, still. They have the misconception, fostered by these same banks that they are truly out to help. The lending institutions are a corporation in business to make money. Never forget that.
Perception that Realtors made gobs of money in the hayday and they are all out for themselves is still prevalent. It is so hard to fight fear and gain trust. So my goal is to save one homeowner at a time from foreclosure. It feels really good to have a homeowner finally get thru the shortsale process and get back to their life.
My husband and I both became CDPE certified to help homeowners mitigate the damages in a more timely manner. It has changed my attitude and business. We can really help one homeowner at a time make their life a little better.

Evictions Suspended For the Holidays.

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Freddie Mac said Wednesday that it will suspend foreclosure evictions from Dec. 20 through Jan. 3 of next year.  This is the 3rd year in a row. This is just for those that have Government backed loans; but it is a good thing for those that really need it.

Sales Numbers for September and October 2010

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Single family homes were the big winners in both Cape Coral and Fort Myers.  I imagine condo sales will pick up when season is here.

Single family homes closed: September October

Cape Coral                                   422                           411

Fort Myers                                   253                           193

Condo’s Closed:

Cape Coral                                     36                             37

Fort Myers                                    139                         114

If you need information for your specific neighborhood, just let us know.  We have lots of tools that can help if you are thinking of selling your home.

Fastest Growing City! Cape Coral, FL

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Cape Coral, FLorida - We're on the List!

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Cape Coral made it to the list of America’s fastest gorwing cities. This is a great honor to be recognized as America’s best and top cities.

We’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

We all know the story of Cape Coral’s early years.  There were a lot of brave people that came to the “promised land”.  They fought off mosquito’s and lots of growth issues with very little money and look at us now.

We went from the “fly um, wine um and sign um” to beautiful waterfront wonderland and back again to national news of the highest number of foreclosures in the country.

Ok, I know there were problems of overbuilding, over spending by government and the housing debacle which has brought this city to its knees.  But, I think the worst is over and new people are making Cape Coral home. They have new ideas and positive expectations of their future here in Cape Coral.

The vacant homes are being sold and filled with new residents that are neighbors, tax payers, shoppers and volunteers.  We still have blue sky, palm trees, pelicans, eagles, borrowing owls, tropical breezes and the Publix bakery. It’s still Paradise!