Naples Real Estate Voice

One thing that absolutely drives me crazy, and it's no different here in Naples, is small town politics. You vote for politicians, because you feel that it is your civic duty, and expect that they will listen to the will of the people. Boy how wrong we are in our thinking! Continue

5th Avenue South in Naples has always housed some of the finest restaurants in the area. One of the jokes, although it is not really a joke at all but a factoid, is that every year some 15 new ones come in and some 15 go out. Continue

Now I haven't been blogging long at all, (just a matter of months) and I respect my peers who say that even though you have a real estate blog, it's all about content. They say write about interesting things that pertain to your town, your area and that will somehow tie it all in with real estate...

Port Royal in Naples, Florida is a community of just 600 estate sized homes situated on a maze of direct-access Gulf of Mexico canals directly south of Olde Naples and Aqualane Shores.Port Royal has always fascinated me, both from a real estate standpoint, as well as from a community standpoint. ...

Yesterday, I wrote about having to stand in line at Starbucks to get that revered cup of ‘joe', which made me think about other lines that I have to endure, while waiting for service here in Naples, Florida.Maybe it's the same elsewhere, but here it seems they are everywhere. Continue

Maybe I show my age, but who would have ever thought that we would be paying $3.00 and more for a cup of coffee. Granted some of the offerings from Starbucks are far more than your normal cup of coffee, but still, what am I missing.Everywhere you go in Naples, no matter which Starbucks you go to ...

People, especially other agents, are bemoaning the fact that the real estate market isn't what it was a year and a half ago. Well naturally...the Naples Real Estate Market, like other over-priced areas in the country, could not sustain itself and needed a correction. Continue

We have become so jaded when we look at the real estate market, that we hardly believe what we are seeing, specifically with regard to home sales. In 2006,there were 4,500 home resales, which historically, is very consistent with annual trends. The problem is that we all tend to look at 2004 and ...

Since moving to Naples from the North Shore of New England some fifteen or so years ago, I've always marveled at how pristine the area is, not a blade of grass out of place, no trash in the streets. As I've traveled around the country and returned home, it has really stood out to me how beautiful...

With the huge influx of foreign investing in Panama, including many Americans who find Panama a paradise to retire to for substantially less than other places around the globe, it would seem prudent to discuss the banking policies regarding financing real estate. Continue