Wonderful Naples Florida Living

SUNDAY, 21st November, RIVERSIDE PARK in BONITA SPRINGS, SW Florida   TASTE  OF  BONITA  Organized by the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs Noon, this event will benefit local charities and will showcase local restaurants from Naples, Bonita Springs and Estero                                         ...

For those of you who are in leadership positions on committees, association boards, etc. and feel that you should learn more about holding organized and effective meetings .......  take a course!  The state organizations of the National Associaton of Parliamentarians list their local units where ...

I enjoy reading the Economist for news/commentary from around the world.   Recently they features several articles about the emergence of India and China as economic power houses.  The Economist gave India the edge for various reasons, including that it is a democracy. An example of the entrepren...

Every agent should read this, so I am reblogging it, Judy.  Here in Florida we now have a special form to report Escrow Deposit Receipt Verification within a certain time frame.  I will put the form on my blog.  It has serious consequences for a broker in Florida not to comply!A contract on one o...

Here is a very helpful short history lesson in mortgage rates over the decades, by Jamie Lutz Carroll from South West Washington State, with Capstone Washington Real Estate, LLC in downtown Vancouver. Mortgage interest rates have been pretty attractive for a long stretch of time. So long, in fac...

These are statistics everyone should see and know about.  I am, therefore, reblogging this very useful post of yours, Michael.  Thanks and kind regards from sunny Naples, Florida! According to a new study, Home Structure Fires, from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), home fires acc...

Every ActiveRain agent should read this, that's why I am reblogging it.  Thank you Michael.  This will affect some "short sale agents" in our market place who disclose as little as possible.  I do hope that Florida we'll apply this California decision in Florida soonest! The California Courts ha...

Excellent post, thank you.  I do hope that your county also insists that the banks take care of the foreclosed properties and do not let the grass grow high and the pool become stagnant.  Has happend here in Florida!!  We all knew it was coming. Local governments are now getting  into the forecl...

Mention "West Coast" and most people's minds think California, surfing and beautiful sunsets.  There IS another West Coast in the United Sates, the West Coat of Florida, where the sun sets nightly, in great splendor, into the Gulf of Mexico. Here in the Naples area in SW Florida we enjoy miles of...

Thank you, Debbie, this is an excellent post and I am happy to re-blog it, Debbie.  Thank you for pointing this out.  I am in Naples, Florida.  As a matter of fact many people form CA buy in FL now - mainly to escape high CA taxes.  At this time we have no state income tax in sunny Florida!  Fore...