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2010 

All over Florida the "TRIM" - Truth in Millage - notices have been sent to all home owners as is required. It recaps the assessed value (called Market Value or "Just Value") of your property for last year and it shows your current assessed value for tax year 2010 among other items such as the Tax...
08/28/2010
Reported in the August 17th issue of The News-Press... The 11,000 seat Fenway south stadium and training complex is expected to be ready for Spring training season 2012. One more season in the City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. The $75 million project is located on Daniels Rd about 1 mile east of ...
08/17/2010
What's a Quad? Condominium units built around the perimeter of a rectangle with a swimming pool, barbecue area, sitting and gethering area in the inside has come to be know as a Quad. Think of it as a  large courtyard for the excusive use of the owners with units around the Quad. It's like having...
08/15/2010
Short sale transactions abound in 2010. I'm not sure what explains it because the bargains and good deals were there in 2009 too. Perhaps it's just that so many more sales are taking place in 2010 (evidenced by the significantly changing inventory over the past 12 months) that it stands to reason...
08/13/2010
Our Beaches are Pristine is the tag line for a southwest Florida media campaign. This was sent out by the News-Press Media Group today to all email subscribers. Naples is some 600+ miles from Pensacola Florida along the coast. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project a l...
08/09/2010
Connected to what? Well, the "mainland" and amenity center! Rapallo just annouced the completion of the winding boardwalk over the preserve area that provides residents in the Enclace a leisurely walk to the amenity center. How good is that!?! Please visit Rapallo at www.BobPisa.com Please visit ...
08/05/2010
Jeremiah... brought the the crowd to its feet during the Three Dog Night Concert at The Naples Philharmonic. The venue was packed and most everyone knew the words to this too! Of course, One Is the Loneliest Number and a raft of their hits rang out all night. They even threw in a little rap...tha...
08/05/2010
If you haven't read Long Short Sale, Too Long, Too Late? yet, please do. Just scroll down to the previous post. I think the previous post was a last-ditch, hope, and prayer for my customers. Now, I'm the first to admit that hope is not a plan but when it's totally out of your control what else is...
08/04/2010
I have been processing a lot of short sales lately, even closing some of them. To be exact, four closed this year and six more in process with contracts. Here is the (I hope not) sad story for one of them. I helped a young newly wed couple find their first "perfect home." After a couple of weeks ...
08/04/2010
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Author Bio: Bob Pisa moved to the Naples area after spending 30 years in the Boston area. He was raised in the metro-NYC area and graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) in 1974. His career has been primarily in high-technology manufacturing and enterprise software for multi-national companies. Bob was also a successful small business entrepreneur and ultimately sold his start up business after six years of operation to a major corporation. He is the former Vice President for the Grandezza Master Homeowner's Association (two terms) and former President of the Santa Lucia Homeowner's Association (three terms.) Bob attained his real estate license in 2005, and is working in commercial and residential real estate. He is a member of Naples Area Board of Realtors®, NAR, and Florida REALTORS.