Thought You'd be Interested

Thought You'd be Interested   Now that we are getting close to fall we all know winter cannot be far behind. Marco Island and Naples have seen a very active summer with sales going on daily. Many buyers felt the time is right to purchase their piece of paradise now. South West Floridas pricing is still very attractiv and way below from the height of Real Estate pricing in 2004 and 2005. Prices have stabilized and in many instances have increased by 10-15 % over 2011 sales. With decreasing inventory prices will go up again, hopefully at a normal rate not the crazy jump of pricing seen at the height of the market. There are still sellers which are more motivated than others and foreclosures and short sale often are not the best deals available. Most sellers now choose to sell for their own reason, buy up, size down, go back to be closer to family. Most do not have to sell at any cost. They will wait to get a fair offer or wait for the next buyer to come along.
If buying property in Marco Island or Naples this is a great time to get it done and enjoy all that the Paradise Coast has to offer. Our prices start at $75,000 and go up to $12,900,000. There is a property waiting for you.

Enjoy Marco Island beach front living at South Seas Club

Enjoy Marco Island beach front living at South Seas Club
Great opportunity to own a wonderful beach front residence in Marco Island, FL. Many people come to visit and once they cross the Jolly bridge to Marco Island they know they found home. The view over the Marco River, the Yacht Club, ABC Island and 10,000 Islands is always breathtaking, no matter how often you cross the bridges. We now have 2 bridges on the North End of the Island and it has helped to regulate the traffic and run smoothly even in season.  There is also the Goodland bridge from the south end of Marco Island to Naples.
South Seas Club is a wonderful community with great amenities. Gated community on 60 plus acres of land, Beach, bay with boat docks and an active tennis club.
This residence has been updated to the highest standard and is a must see at $ 479,500.
Properties on Marco Island start in the $75,000- $ 12,500,000.
The time is right to find your piece of Paradise in South West Florida. There is no snow in Marco or Naples  and as we all know the next winter is just arounfd the corner.

marcoflrealtor-futureof shortsales: Short sales are they here to stay?

marcoflrealtor-futureof shortsales: Short sales are they here to stay?: "Short sales and the financial bailout. Did it affect our business? Love to have your thoughts on the now not so new financial package. Many ..."

Short sales are they here to stay?

Short sales and the financial bailout. Did it affect our business?

Love to have your thoughts on the now not so new financial package. Many of us thought we would now be working with the government as an agency instead of working with the banks. It probably wouldn't  be worse, but then haven't we all set at a DMV office and thought a few hours later " why am I here". This is not the way short sales would be working. Actually a few hours would be nice, in the case of short sales it is how many long month will it take?

Any thoughts how we the consumer or the Realtor did fare? Did sellers withdraw short sales because they were given different options. Not really. Did the banks start handling the situation better. Not at all in my experiences. Nothing has changed.

One of my attorney friends let me know that he noticed a better and faster time to negotiate and get those contracts accepted. That was 3 month ago, he just told me he is is starting to change his mind and likes to change this comment to: Nope, nothing has changed

Short sales seem to be a way of life in SWFlorida  Many of my colleagues do not get involved with them, but if a buyer can get a great buy or it helps the seller to get out of a difficult situation I have taken on the challenge. I did sell a property over the Internet, buyer never saw the house. He found it on my web site. Well it only took four month instead of the previous six month. Do I think this is an improvement? May be,  have to see what the next three short sales will bring. 
Will this continue to be part of our business. I think in this area it is, but many buyers now do not want to get involved in this frustrating process.
We need to have the banks become proactive and develop the same guidelines as the banks use  with foreclosures. Price short sales at the right price and eliminate the four to nine month process of accepting or not accepting the offer. To many sales get lost, leaving nothing but frustrated buyer, sellers and Realtors.   
Love to have your thoughts re the future of short sales. Looking forward to your comments and experiences