On June 19th I wrote about the possibility of Collier county commissioners voting in mandatory code inspections for foreclosed homes.  You can read about the past post here.  Needless to say, there was a standing room only turnout for that meeting with 37 people scheduled to debate the proposed ordinance.  Not only were Realtors present but members of the Collier Building Industry Association were there as well. 

The good news is the commissioners are allowing NABOR and CBIA to come back in September with a proposed solution because they did not vote in the current proposal.

This should also be considered as a nice little window of opportunity for banks and investors who are dragging their heels about accepting offers on foreclosed properties.  I firmly believe some sort of ordinance will pass which will ultimately mean more cost to those banks and investors when selling.  Now, they've all been fair warned and have real time to resolve their issues, get those properties moved before the ordinance goes in place.  If they still snooze...well...I don't think they're going to get much sympathy now that they this extra time.

The concept behind the ordinance is great...how the ordinance was written and feared to be passed was horrible.  You can read more about the details here.

Best Regards,

Your Naples Smart Girl