Leslie Barad's (listwithleslie) Blog

Anyone who reads the paper or watches the TV news knows the whole country is in a housing crisis fueled by irrational optimism and bad loans.  My area, Lee County on Southwest's Florida's west coast is, according to the latest polls,hardest hit of all.The Associatd Press reports foreclosures up 5...

These days a lot of Realtors in the Fort Myers, Florida area are working in teams.  Usually this means one Realtor has been so successful that they have more business than they can handle so they hire other less successful Realtors to take on some of their listing and showing duties.  There's one...

I wanted this listing so bad because I just fell in love with this waterfront house.   ABSOLUTELY CHARMING.  First of all the lot is huge and the owners have spared no expense in keeping it manicured.  Lots of mature palm trees, all neatly trimmed.  The back yard slopes gently down to a deep-wate...

I wanted this listing so bad because I just fell in love with this waterfront house.   ABSOLUTELY CHARMING.  First of all the lot is huge and the owners have spared no expense in keeping it manicured.  Lots of mature palm trees, all neatly trimmed.  The back yard slopes gently down to a deep-wate...

If you read a newspaper or watch tv, I don't have to tell you this is a bad time in real estate...you already know it.  In spite of that, there are many agents who are having a good year this year.  While I won't be breaking any records in 2007, I really can't complain either.  That's because i h...

You really have to mind your p's and q's as a realtor.  There are many,many rules to follow, official paperwork to file and regulations to observe. Break a rule and you could get hauled off to Real Estate Jail.  No,no...only kidding, there is no such thing as Real Estate Jail.  But there is the t...

Those of you who are old enough to remember this song and the movie by the same name about Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale many Springs ago will probably relate to this blog.Let me be completely honest with you:  I moved to Southwest Florida because thre are MEN here, age-appropriate men who are ...