‘Real Estate’ Archives
Marco Island Area Association of REALTORS® launches its new Real Estate Magazine
The Marco Island Real Estate Guide, the official publication of the Marco Island Area Association of Realtors®, makes its inaugural debut on June 30, 2011. The real estate guide is a full color magazine of listings featuring properties on Marco Island and in Naples. The magazine also features information about products and services from Affiliate [...]
“Real Estate Best Buys” Radio Show
Of course, everyone wants to find real estate best buys. And now you can by tuning in to 98.9 FM every Sunday morning at 10 AM for a brand new radio show aptly called, “Real Estate Best Buys.” Co-hosted by Jeff Popick and Jeff Tumbarello, two leading success stories in real estate today, the show is sure to be entertaining and enlightening [...]
Have we reached the turning point?
THE MARCO ISLAND REAL ESTATE MARKET By Ken Gandy The 2011 “season” has come to an end as the snow birds have returned north to warmer weather. But, has the real estate buying season ended? Certainly not! The scenario of yesteryears on Marco Island where the real estate market totally slows down until next Thanksgiving or Christmas is [...]
The Experts speak
By Ken Gandy A day doesn’t pass that I’m not asked… “How is the real estate market on Marco Island, have prices stabilized, and when will our values start going up again?” The answers I give my friends and clients on Marco are based upon a daily study of statistics, trends, and the overall confidence levels observed from the [...]
To Rent or to Buy?
The answer to this question may be “yes” to either, depending on one’s circumstances. You may get satisfaction by listening to one of the “talking heads” on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX or any of other networks that read their crystal ball daily. But you need to consider your specific position in terms of job, family needs, desires and even [...]
What is staging?
If you talk to enough “sales” people, you’ll get a goodly share of opinions as to the meaning of “staging.” While I can’t equate the term with marketing, it is a function of it. Most recently the term has been associated with real estate; but the term or practice has been part of the selling process since I was first allowed to go to [...]
Why are you buying?
If you are considering buying real estate, you should ask this question: why? There are three reasons for a real estate purchase: First, you believe that it is the best place to invest to maximize a financial return; Second, you want a place for you and your family to dwell, whether as full-time residents or as a place to vacation; or third, you [...]
Vacation Home Sales Up
The economy may be facing some challenges, but that didn’t stop many buyers from investing in vacation properties last year. The National Association of Realtors® 2010 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey shows vacation home sales rose 7.9 percent to 553,000 in 2009, compared to 513,000 in 2008. Susan Ackerson of Marco Island Area [...]
Working together as a team
An important leg of the Marco Island Area Association of REALTORS (MIAAOR) is the Realtors Support Network (RSN). RSN is made up of approximately 50 Affiliate Members of MIAAOR and is composed of businesses in the community who have the means to contribute towards successful real estate transactions. The attorney, lender, title insurance provider, [...]
Oil and Real Estate
For the past several years oil (more specifically, gas) prices have been an issue at this time of the year. It seems as though for the summer months the gas companies, not just BP, have wonderful profits—compliments of the American vacationers. Even those of us who fly to that once-in-a-lifetime vacation have a tendency to take other “short [...]
