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Real Estate Agent - Downing-Frye Realty
A blog for real estate specializing in the greater Naples area market.
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With the Baby Boomer's arriving on the real estate scene, we are all licking our lips as we try to desperately find ways to market to them. And well we should, because, as we look at the statistics, they are staggering.A recent study revels the following interesting facts: Baby Boomers now have a...
01/10/2007
I never ceased to be amused (and amazed) while reading about the justification for the ever-increasing insurance rates when the insurance companies refer to Florida as "the most dangerous place in the world'. I find myself wondering whether they've ever been to Iraq...or maybe South Africa, Afgha...
01/08/2007
Since the time when it became no longer in vogue, smoking has become a hot-button issue in so many areas of our lives, so much so, that it can affect almost everything we do. Maybe it's because I'm a former smoker that I'm so sensitive to it. I believe that if I were a smoker today, I'd be far mo...
01/05/2007
It's not that I'm old fashioned and not tech savvy, because I certainly am. I have a new custom built rocket ship for a desk top computer and the latest in a lap top, that connects wirelessly wherever I go. In my home, I have a wireless router that allows me to go anywhere in the house and stay c...
01/05/2007
The great amount of real estate information available on the world wide web and elsewhere has certainly empowered both FSBOs (For Sale By Owner), as well as BUBBAs (Buyers Unrepresentated By A Buyer's Agent), the latest in a real estate acronym. Interestingly, according to NAR (National Associati...
01/03/2007
It is not uncommon that I hear from people who have had a bad experience with a builder regarding new construction of either a condominium or single family home. Many times they will complain about the quality of work, things left undone or how long beyond the scheduled completion date the projec...
01/02/2007
The state of the greater Naples Real Estate Market is certainly improving, although we would like to see that improvement across the board totally. The high end properties, $2,000,000 and up, are doing extremely well. Port Royal Aqualane and Bay Colony are three areas where sales are strong. On t...
01/01/2007
Pricing property can be more art than science in today's market. New home builders probably have the easiest time of it - at least without shocking the buyers - because everything is new. There are no bare areas in the carpet, fingerprints on the appliances, nicotine stained ceiling tiles in the ...
01/01/2007
Properly done, a 1031 Exchange can be a great strategy with regard to saving money and deferring any capital gains tax. One must remember that we are talking about deferring and not eliminating the tax, but with planning and forethought, it does make for a great tool in in your real estate invest...
01/01/2007
With inventory at record levels in every area of the real estate market in greater Naples, buyers remain squarely in the driver's seat and have the potential to pick up some good bargains at an excellent price point. One area that I find particularly interesting and think has huge potential for f...
12/28/2006
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V. K. Melhado

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A blog for real estate specializing in the greater Naples area market.