Brant Keller's (sunwaterandfun) Blog

Suppose you had done everything right: interviewed several Naples & Fort Myers real estate agents and compared what they told you; prepped your property to near-perfection before the professional photographer’s arrival; confirmed all the descriptive details before they appeared in the local MLS l...

“Is now a good time to sell?” A Naples or Fort Myers area home is never put up for sale on a whim. Although outside events can conspire to control the timing of that kind of major real estate venture, in most cases, the sale or purchase of a home happens on a timetable the buyer or seller thought...

 It’s probably inevitable (and may have something to do with the way our brains are wired) that when most people start looking for a home in the area, they’re automatically drawn to the new Naples & Fort Myers listings first. Let’s face it: all things being equal, who wouldn’t choose a new car ov...

As its name clearly implies, The 184 Things a Real Estate Agent Does for You is an exhaustive list of the actions a  real estate agent is called upon to perform on behalf of a client. It is an authentic real estate Golden Oldie. Whenever someone wonders aloud what it is that Naples real estate ag...

The return of a healthy Collier & Lee County real estate market has meant that you don’t hear nearly as much about Naples Fort Myers bank owned homes. Back before the economic recovery had begun to take hold, the wave of foreclosures triggered a raft of Collier & Lee County bank owned home auctio...

There are two specific times each year when Naples Fort Myers and Cape Coral real estate investors find their thoughts wandering in the general direction of impending tax bills. As we approach year’s end, this is one of them. The other, of course, will be coming up in April—but this is the time o...

This past week, after a Thanksgiving feast wherein the average American is said to have enjoyed chowing down 2,000+ calories (equivalent to 3 Whoppers), the average American is said to have either trooped off to an early bird Black Friday sale mob scene or else (more likely) settled onto the couc...

The possibility that a Naples Fort Myers or Cape Coral real estate bubble might be forming again is a subject that draws everybody’s attention. For all of us who went through the subprime mortgage mess and drop-off in Collier & Lee Counties real estate prices, the possibility that the current ong...

Is Listing in Collier or Lee County in Winter a Good Idea? The Definite Answer If you intend on listing your Collier or Lee County home sometime soon, this is the time of year when you may well be uncertain about whether you should go ahead right now, or hold fire and wait. The question is whethe...