Author: Production Team
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Packing Up, Leveling Up: Starting a Home Business While Moving House
There’s something exquisitely chaotic about chasing a dream while dismantling your life into cardboard boxes. You’re planning a business—your business—just as your current space declares itself unfit for the future you’re building. Maybe the kitchen table has served double duty as a desk one too many times. Or maybe your focus crumples beneath the din…
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Paper Less: Getting on Top of Home Buying/Selling Documentation
Buying or selling a home can entail large amounts of bureaucracy, legality, and headaches to boot. Paperwork adds up, and so, whether you’re reviewing, signing, or simply trying to organize documents, it pays to stay organized. Here are some tips from Bonita Springs-Estero Realtors to help you keep on top of the fine print and…
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Q2 2024 Market Insights: Collier & Lee Counties
As we progress through 2024, the real estate landscape in Southwest Florida continues to show remarkable trends, particularly in Collier and Lee Counties. These shifts are driven by ongoing migration patterns, robust demand, and significant market dynamics that present valuable opportunities for Realtors to excel in this competitive environment. Migration Trends: Driving Demand in the…
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Real Estate Goes High-Tech:
Harnessing the Power of AI for Marketing Success Over the past few months, we have heard about the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically OpenAI’s ChatGPT. You may be wondering what that is and how you can use it in your business. After spending several weeks exploring ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence (AI), I am…
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Realtor Safety in 2024: Essential Tips for Florida Real Estate Agents
Realtor safety is an increasingly important topic in the real estate industry, especially in Florida, where agents often work independently and interact with clients in unfamiliar environments. The nature of the job—visiting vacant properties, meeting clients alone, and handling valuable financial transactions—places real estate professionals in situations that could be risky. To help mitigate these…
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Redrawing the Map: Why a Midlife Move Can Redefine Your Entire Life
There’s a moment — sometimes loud, sometimes quiet — when your life stops fitting like it used to. Midlife isn’t a crisis. It’s a recalibration. A chance to shift not just where you live, but how you live. The right move, at the right time, can realign career goals, lifestyle rhythms, and personal priorities in…
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BER Member Benefit Series:
RentSpree – An All-In-One Platform to Power your Rental Business As the rental market in Southwest Florida continues accelerating, members of Bonita Springs-Estero Realtors can take advantage of a comprehensive suite to manage rentals efficiently. RentSpree, a free tool for BER members, lets you screen tenants instantly in just a few clicks and manages your…
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Solar Panel The Good, Bad & the Ugly
Installing Solar Panels For now, there are a lot of barriers to entry when it comes to installing solar panels – One of the biggest right now might be the state of our local roofs after Hurricane Ian as solar only makes sense to be installed on a brand-new roof. A good installer wouldn’t dare…
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Southwest Florida Housing Market 2019–2024: A Tale of Two Counties
Introduction The housing markets of Lee County and Collier County (Southwest Florida) experienced dramatic swings from 2019 through early 2024. This period saw a stable pre-pandemic market give way to a pandemic-fueled boom, followed by a post-boom cooling. Key metrics –median sale prices, closed sales volume, days on market, and inventory levels– all fluctuated in…
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Southwest Florida Real Estate Market Report – September 2025
Regional Overview: A Stabilizing Southwest Florida Market September 2025 data indicate that the Southwest Florida housing market is continuing to stabilize. Across the region (Lee, Collier, and Hendry counties), closed sales surged year-over-year while inventory growth slowed, signaling a market inching toward balance. Single-family home sales jumped +12.4% in September compared to a year ago,…