Cape Coral Florida Real Estate

The market is not bad. It is very good. The problem is that there are so many homes on the market righ now.

Builders over built. I search sales every day and see a lot. A lot is defined as in a hot market. The problem is so many speculators bought to flip and builders to sell that they have flooded the market.

Will It get better? Yes! How long? Educated guess, 5 years. Why so long? The builders are buying lots (land) to build on while vacant land is so severly depressed. They are stealing land. This means even if the market recovers, we will still have a lot of inventory.

Knowlege is a great thing. Hope this helps!

Sincerely Joseph Beauvais owner/ agent 21 years.

I hope you enjoy these humorous sayings by sellers. They are real.

I usually only post a blog once every two weeks, but I did not want you to miss this one.

Seller: I was trying to sell my home of over 6 months now. No one bought at the price I wanted.

Me: Well, let me look at your home and I will try to assess the problem and if you wish I will tell you why.

Seller: Ok! Thank you.

Me: How many showings have you had?

Seller: around 40 with two low ball offers.

Me: After viewing this nice lake front home and reviewing the asking price,I determined that the asking price is right.

Seller: Well why no reasonable offers.

Me: You have so many bushes, plants, banana trees (plants) that the buyers cannot even see the water. 1/3 of your value is the view. You are blocking 1/3 of your value. Remove the bushes etc and it will sell for much much more.

Seller: We like the plants. If buyers want to remove them, that is easy and they can do it themselves. That is not the reason. The market stinks.

Me: Well if the market stinks, evidentially 40 buyers have not agreed with your assessments. I strongly suggest you clean up the view.

Seller: No way!

Me: Ok! Call me when you change your mind.

Comments; If they ever sell it the way it is, it will go to an investor that can spend 3k to clean it up for thousands less.

I hope you will listen to a real pro that gives you good advice. Most agents are afraid to tell people the truth. The then loose the listing opportunity. I am not afraid to be honest and wait until the work is done. I know most buyers do not want to take on a task like this. They want a home with a view.

Well I hope you are enjoying this humor.

Seller; I do not care if other people are giving their homes away. I took an equity line loan out last month and now my payoff is 20,000 more than the others are asking. I need to get $$$$ to pay off my loan and have a profit.

Me: I understand "I think". Let me see if I have this straight.

When I show a buyer your home and he says, "Based on the other homes, this seems over priced", I should tell him, "but they need the money and are really nice people" so you should pay more for the home.

If you think this is funny, it is. I hear this more often than you could imagine.

Sometimes the humor is realized by the seller and they laugh and see what I am saying.