Jim's AR Blog

We have a new listing of a bank-owned home in Cape Coral, Florida.  Priced at:          $152,000.  ($85/sq ft under air;  $65/sq ft total)Located at:       2818 NW 24th Avenue, Cape coral, FloridaThis home is a Buckingham Model by First Homes.  It has a den and has 1785 square feet under air cond...

Personal Branding was the mantra of the 90s and up through about 2005.  Every one of the Big Name Real Estate Speakers extolled the virtues of having your name on everything that you handed out - hats, refrigerator magnets, T-Shirts, flyers, postcards, pens, rulers, calculators, and what-have-you...

As we begin the long recovery in real estate sales and prices, many real estate investors are coming back to test the waters.  The primary motivation seems to be that they can buy inexpensive homes now, rent them at a small negative cash flow for three years and then turn the investment over for ...

The Lee County Real Estate Market is improving for some folks and getting worse for others.According to an article in the Business & Money section of the News-Press this morning, "Foreclosures hit new high".  Foreclosure "actions" filed in Lee County in April spiked up sharply to a new high of 21...

GOOD NEWS!The headline in today's business section jumps out to say that the Glut of (vacant) Homes in Lee and Collier Counties (Florida) is SHRINKING.  Now I just wish that the headline was on page one of the main section, like all of the negative reporting has been, but I'll take what we can ge...

                        Coral Oaks Golf Course 3/2/3 Pool Home;  1607 NW 31st Avenue, 33993         $369,000.2437 sq ft under air,  4714 sq ft totalVaulted ceiling in the family and dining rooms, Trey ceilings in the bedroomsHeated Spillover SPA, Saltwater Pool for low maintenance18" tile floors ...

While reading a blog by Jonas Kuchenberg about How to Move Inventory, it occured to me that one of the best techniques in this turning market has been to get a lot of signs up, all of which have flyers.  Sort of a "back to the future" kind of play.  Here's a twist that is working for me:Print off...

I've been working on a new website for a specialized venture (experiment) and I utilized a template site.  The developer has some prior experience in the chosen field, so I used one of his many semi-developed templates.  As I filled in the blanks and added verbage to the site, I was deeply immers...

One of our local developers, Gulfstream Development, has operations in Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi and they keep us updated on what's going on there.  They had a job fair on April 8 that attracted 130 employers, 2000 candidates and they expect to place 600+ people in good-paying jobs.  Wow, ...

I spent the better part of three days editing a new website that is a "template" site.  This is my preferred way of getting my personalization onto my sites.  I like the Point-2-Agent template site for a general agent site for this reason.  My new site is a FSBO site in another state and is a tes...