As soon as you are offered a great new job or promotion – even if it’s in a new town -- your natural response is, “Absolutely, yes!” After all, you landed the opportunity because you are a go-getter -- someone who solves problems! Experience teaches that seamless relocation to Naples, Florida
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04/29/2013
Every edge counts when you’re selling your area home and want it to stand out from all the other listings. Whether you have an underused room you have been wondering what to do with, or already have a ‘game room’ you’re looking to improve before an upcoming open house, in honor of next we
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04/27/2013
Never mind what those TV get-rich-quick infomercials would have us believe: building long-term wealth requires focus and patience. Patience, because a steady growth is a more reliable strategy than flashier single investment ‘wins’ — and focus, because opportunities slip past when daily dem
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04/21/2013
The truism has it that real estate is the most local of assets. If you exclude California-style earthquakes, the land a home is built upon tends to stay pretty much in one place. That being the case, local home prices tend to reflect our local area conditions: when business is popping and e
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04/16/2013
The sun rises in the east and, almost as dependably, someone in Congress comes up with the bright idea of chipping away at the mortgage interest rate deduction. Think of all that money Washington could spend! The National Association of Realtors® is one of the main reasons that idea doesn’t
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04/15/2013
Pelican Bay, Naples Florida, Paradise! Anyone who is buying a house in town -- or even just checking up on the market -- is likely to find that some of the rules of the game seem to have shifted. Particularly anyone expecting to be deluged by the kind of amazing deals being offered in 2008
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04/10/2013
…an energy audit, that is. That’s a lot more than a piece of tax-time humor – it’s a growing trend that rising energy costs have made ever more practical. A survey by Fannie Mae found that the cost of heating, cooling, and hot water is now the highest single cost of homeownership, second only
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04/09/2013
The first day of spring falls on the 20th—making Wednesday the day many homeowners start planning their ritual seasonal maintenance. Spring is also the traditional launch of the busy season in real estate, when safeguarding area property values can become a less abstract matter. Because water
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04/02/2013
Of all the things first time homebuyers in our area are told, some that turn out to be pretty important are too often overlooked. Here are four items first time homebuyers will find useful to know: 4. Remodeling costs more than you think You’ve found a fixer: your energy is to be ap
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03/25/2013
Here are the First 3 First time homebuyers in town are told a lot of things — “Save your money,” their parents advise. “Location, location, location!” their friend’s friend cautions. Reasonable advice, for certain. But there some important elements of the home buying process which a typical
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03/25/2013