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2008 

Unusal facts about Fort Myers Beach:  (At least, some of these were unexpected to me.)  There are only 11% of households on the beach with children.  This probably explains why we don't have many people knocking on our door on Halloween. Average number of people per household:  1.9%.  We do have ...
09/29/2008
    Fort Myers Beach is seeing a slight increase of 46% for sold single homes or 19 homes sold instead of 13 homes sold for the period of  May 30th to September 28th from 2007 to 2008. In 2007 it took 153 Days On The Market on average  to close on a home for a total volume of just over $6 Million...
09/28/2008
Paul Newman passed on yesterday at the age of 83.  He was a great actor, definitely.  He was a good person, definitely, donating the profits from his salad dressing and spaghetti sauce to charity.  But, what is rare for a Hollywood man is that he was a good husband.  He didn't live the usual movi...
09/27/2008
Miss Mimi has been rather rambunctious this afternoon.She was doing so well yesterday and behaved on the Fort Myers Beach and schmoozed with a golden retriever and a very friendly bulldog.As a result I gave my card to the owner who is looking for a small fun vacation home in the near future.    T...
09/25/2008
The beautifull island of Sanibel does have a few foreclosures of interest. There are very few. There is one which stood out due to the outstanding Old Florida Architectural design. This home is located on the Est end part of Sanibel along a gulf access canal.The asking price is $649,000.       Th...
09/24/2008
There are some amazing deals in the attractive Yacht Club area of Cape Coral.  The properties below are short sales or foreclosues.    A 2/2 with pool, on Canal, Gulf Access, No Bridge:  $259,900 A 3/2 with pool and fireplace, on Canal, Gulf Access, No bridge: $299,900 A 3/2 with pool, on canal. ...
09/23/2008
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With Brady out, the Patriots lost with their backup. Brown and the Miami Dolphins ended the Patriots' record winning streak(21 regular seasons wins). Brown scored a team record four touchdowns rushing and threw for another - with four of the scores coming on direct snaps to the running back - as ...
09/21/2008
Real Estate has been "the" news story now for awhile, and not in a good way.  Today, supposedly, there will be another government bailout, this time of banks.  The government will be taking on thousands of bad mortgages.  Allegedly under discussion is the idea of setting up bulk auctions to buy m...
09/19/2008
According to a recent study by the University of Florida's Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studieswhich  does quarterly studies and surveys of industry executives, market research economists, real estate scholars and other experts, the second quarter 2008 study set forth that the long-term outlo...
09/18/2008
cell: 239-810-2980 Fax: 239-463-4826 home office: 239-463-5217 Estero Island or Fort Myers Beach is far away from the crumbling walls of Wall Street. It does have a Wachovia Bank. But will the island, like any town in the USA be affected by the fall of Lehman Brothers, the 158 year old institutio...
09/16/2008
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