Condo in Sterling Oaks reduced!!

Our condo listing in Sterling Oaks has been reduced to $225,000. This is a phenomenal price for a second floor 2 bedroom/2bath condo overlooking a beautiful lake and preserve full of waterfowl. Just north of Wiggins Pass Rd, this condo is in an excellent location for full time and seasonal owners. The furniture is negotiable. […]

Von Liebig Update

The Von Liebig Art Center released their newsletter this morning with the following events in the near future:
Artwork receiving for Through the Lens: NAA Members Photography Exhibition, is July 1 from 4 to 7 pm and July 2 from 10 am to 2 pm. There is no entry fee. NAA members are invited to submit […]

Harbor Lakes price reduction

We’ve been given permission for another price reduction on our listing in Harbor Lakes. This is a two bedroom, first floor condo in a unique, small community near Royal Harbor here in Naples. This condo answers all the questions of location, location, location. Near the beach, near 5th Avenue and near several golf courses. Step […]

Naples Tidbits for June

Some little tidbits from Naples for June… 

Earl and Thelma Hodges has donated $12 million to what was once International College. The school has upgraded itself to university status and will now be called Hodges University. The University currently offers 10 associate degree programs, 11 bachelor degree programs and seven graduate programs at its two campuses in […]

Pine Woods condo reduced

We’ve had a price reduction on our listing in Pine Woods here in Naples. This is a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath condo on the first floor in a very popular community off of Airport Road and is central to many of the amenities of Naples, Florida. The condo is nearly 1800 sq ft and […]

$40 million record home sale in Naples, Florida

The Naples Daily News is reporting that a record home sale for Collier County has taken place in Naples. Arthur Allen, Jr., founder of Naples-based software company Allen Systems Group, Inc., is the new owner for a record $40 million. The home, located at 2500 Gordon Drive in Port Royal, was sold by Miles Collier, […]

Rick skydives on his 60th birthday!

Skydiving is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time and finally got up the nerve to give it a try. Ruth treated me for my 60th birthday and we went up to Titusville, Florida over the weekend and she set up a wonderful day for me to skydive. It was a tandem jump and we […]

Tax Relief

The Florida Association of Realtors(R) just reported that the Legislature has adjourned Sine Die at 6:28 pm today bringing the 2007 Special Session on Property Tax Reform to a close.  Both the House and Senate passed all three bills making up the property tax reform package.  The package includes a statutory rollback and cap of property tax […]

Tibetan Monks to Create Sand Art at the Watson Gallery in Naples

The Naples Art Association emailed a news release today to announce that eight Gaden Ngari Monastery Tibetan monks will create an intricate and sacred mandala sand art painting from June 5 through 9 in the Watson Gallery. It is the monks’ first and only appearance in SW Florida as part of their national tour to […]

Barron Collier High School ranks high nationally

William Dukes from Summit Mortgage sent out an email this morning highlighting the fact that Barron Collier High School and Fort Myers High School ranked in the top 1 percent of over 28,000 high schools in the country since 2003. Read the article below. 
A recent education report released in Newsweek magazine ranks Barron Collier High […]