captiva island homes: 10 Projects to "Green" Your Home - 09/08/15 09:48 PM
"Going green" means living in a way that's environmentally friendly. It uses less water, less electricity, and less fuel, conserving natural resources while protecting the environment. It also saves money on utility bills, which is something all homeowners can appreciate. From simple to elaborate, here are a few ways to green your house and property.
Focus On the LightReplacing your most-used light bulbs with CFLs will lower your electric bill while producing less heat and lasting longer than your incandescent bulbs.
While you're at it, consider adding dimmer switches, motion sensors, and timers for when you're away from home in the evening. Also, … (0 comments)

captiva island homes: 10 Projects to "Green" Your Home - 09/01/15 10:46 PM
"Going green" means living in a way that's environmentally friendly. It uses less water, less electricity, and less fuel, conserving natural resources while protecting the environment. It also saves money on utility bills, which is something all homeowners can appreciate. From simple to elaborate, here are a few ways to green your house and property.
Focus On the LightReplacing your most-used light bulbs with CFLs will lower your electric bill while producing less heat and lasting longer than your incandescent bulbs.
While you're at it, consider adding dimmer switches, motion sensors, and timers for when you're away from home in the evening. Also, … (1 comments)

captiva island homes: Choosing a Kitchen Sink to Match Your Style and Budget - 10/03/14 03:49 AM
 
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Choosing a Kitchen Sink to Match Your Style and Budget
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If you're remodeling your kitchen on a budget – or equipping a new kitchen and haven't a clue where to start – focus on the kitchen sink. Yesteryear's limited selection of cast iron and stainless steel can't compete with today's stylish, modern sinks.
Simply choose the mounting type and style, then select the material. A new sink will transform your kitchen.
Kitchen Sink Mounting Types and Design Options In general, your kitchen sink … (4 comments)

captiva island homes: Writing a Home-Offer Letter – Is It a Good Idea? - 08/17/14 10:42 PM
Writing a Home-Offer Letter – Is It a Good Idea?
 
The most important letter you'll submit to a home seller is the one you'll get from your lender stating that you are preapproved for a mortgage. Savvy listing agents will counsel their clients to refuse offers from unapproved buyers, so all the flowery prose of a home-offer letter will mean nothing without loan preapproval.
Assuming you have your lender's letter, whether or not you also submit a home-offer letter depends a great deal on the type of market in which you're buying and the competition.

 
The Market When … (0 comments)

captiva island homes: Climbing the Social Media Ladder? Here are the Facts. - 07/09/14 04:35 AM
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( I wrote this BLOG nearly 3 years ago. )
 
Social media facts I took from reputable sites:
•  On average, in the course of a year, we will share 415 pieces of content on Facebook; we’ll spend an average of about 23 minutes a day on Twitter, tweeting a total of around 15,795 tweets; we’ll check in 563 times on Foursquare; upload 196 hours of video on YouTube, and send countless emails.
•  Facebook now has over 1 billion active users. That means that one out of every seven people in the world has a presence … (1 comments)

captiva island homes: HOA's Made Easier? Here's an attempt. - 11/19/13 11:42 PM
HOA HOA stands for homeowner association – a nonprofit organization that is funded by all the association's members and overseen by an elected board of directors. In some states, HOAs must be registered with the department of real estate or another state regulatory agency.
Most of the country's HOAs are run by volunteers from within the community, with the remainder run by management companies.
The primary purpose of the HOA is to enforce the policies, procedures, regulations and restrictions agreed to by the members, thereby maintaining property values. Financial support for the HOA comes from each homeowner in the form of … (2 comments)

captiva island homes: The world LOVES Sanibel, Captiva Island, and Bonita Springs! - 09/18/12 12:53 AM
"When selling a home shouldn't the world know?"  This slogan began as the result of our investigations which revealed areas located outside the Lee County borders that purchase nearly half of all the properties sold here.  Some of these external markets remained untapped, until now.  
As a value added service to home sellers, Right Choice Realty opens multiple social network channels  push ad campaigns to demographically appropriate buyers in 4 countries and 14 cities!  We double the buyer exposure by creating a multi-faceted website featuring YOUR home and promote this platform across millions of smart phones, lap tops, and desk top computers.  We believe … (0 comments)