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I've had my eye on a 3/2 pool home in Lehigh Acres, Florida for some time.  I've posted in several of my blogs that I am using my IRA for real estate to purchase income producing investment properties with Entrust Freedom. This 3/2 pool home was listed at a somewhat aggressive price when I looked...
08/03/2011
Today I received an email from a prospect inquiring about seller financed homes and it went like this: I have good credit and the 5/% down, also the aproved loan from the Bank, but I am looking for better deal thant the one the bank offer me, and lower price on a 3/2/2 on a place that I may like ...
08/03/2011
Per Bankrate, the interest rates for home loans are increasing as a direct result of the ongoing debt crisis talks going on in Washington.  Less important is the need to raise the debt ceiling...no one really thinks we are going to default on our debt payments in spite of all the comments intende...
08/01/2011
Several weeks back my mom's adopted Shih Tzu "Spikey" passed away.  He was a mess when she picked him up, so much so that she thought twice about keeping him.  Matted, covered with fleas, smelly, two badly damaged eyes, and personality that was less than friendly.  We advised mom to give him time...
08/01/2011
Per Trulia the average price per sq ft of homes sold in Lehigh Acres, Florida went up 5.26% from the prior quarter.  Moreover of the 180 homes sold in the last 60 days, the average listing price went up .26%. Lehigh Acres, Florida, long the poster child of the down turn in the housing market is s...
07/27/2011
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Ted C. Jones said it in his blog post on April 2, 2009 and it still applies today: Postponing a Home Purchase Waiting for Home Values to Decline Further May Price You Out of the Market Primary residence buyers, Florida vacation home buyers and real estate investors alike are on the fence about pr...
07/25/2011
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What do I love about working as a real estate agent in sunny SW Florida?  Working in paradise of course!! I work with a lot of clients who are investors looking to take advantage of the home prices in Florida by investing in Florida Real Estate in Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, and Fort Myers FL.  Man...
07/25/2011
When purchasing investment properties we look at the homes that require minimal cash outlay to update and make move in ready for renters.  Some of the same practices can apply to sellers getting their homes tip top shape for the market.  1.  Curb appeal:  It takes little or no cost to ensure that...
07/23/2011
There is hardly anyone in the real estate business today that doesn't recall the "flipping" heyday of the pre-market collapse.  You could hardly turn the television on without flipping through the channels (pun intended) and running across shows like "Flip This House" on TLC.  I used to love to w...
07/23/2011
Recently I was speaking with a client.  I had sent him a photo and listing of a home for sale in Lehigh Acres, Florida that I thought was an excellent value at the asking price.  It was a very large, new, pool home, on the golf course, with granite everything, fireplace, screened pool/lanai...all...
07/22/2011
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