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Buying home in ‘Over 55’ community
August 5, 2011 Question: My daughter would like to buy my husband and I a condo for our retirement but the place we found is in an “Over 55” community. more »»
Much too hot ... too much work
August 5, 2011 By H.I. JEAN SHIELDS news@breezenewspapers.com We migrated south, for good, at the end of the year in 1994. We settled in our Southwest Cape Coral home, Dec. more »»
Handling the chores as estate executor
July 29, 2011 Q: I have heard that real estate is usually the greatest asset that people have at the end of their lives. This has been true for both my deceased father and grandparents. more »»
Festival is ideal for the mango obsessed
July 29, 2011 By JOYCE COMINGORE Special to The Breeze MANIA—obsession or irrational behavior. Today and tomorrow, Mango-Mania is upon us. more »»
Dealing with assessment delinquencies
July 22, 2011 Q: I have been the president of our condo association for seven years and this is the first time that we are faced with several owners who are delinquent in paying their assessments. more »»
Can installment sales provide lifetime income?
July 22, 2011 Question: Bob, I have been reading your columns since 1990 and have enjoyed 99 percent of them. I greatly enjoyed your article several months ago about real estate installment sales. more »»
Visiting our own Rotary Park
July 22, 2011 By JOYCE COMINGORE Special to The Breeze I have been a master gardener for 21 years, and in the past few years, I have gotten involved with Florida Yards and Neighborhood. more »»
Elderly neighbor good candidate for reverse mortgage
July 15, 2011 Q: I am writing for my 80-year-old neighbor. She is mentally sharp and owns a lovely home. But she says she is running out of money. more »»
Seller financing and ‘holding the paper’
July 15, 2011 Q: I’ve been trying to sell my house for a year. Every potential buyer has been hung up in today’s mortgage challenges. more »»
Good rains come and go in Lee County
July 15, 2011 Yeah, for our inches and inches of rain all around Lee County. It seems finally everyone in the county got a fair share last month. more »»
Can I do a tax deferred exchange with pending deal?
July 14, 2011 Question: Bob, I sold my rental property a few years ago and carried back the mortgage for my buyers. Now they are selling the property and paying off my mortgage. more »»
Reserve accounts common for boards
July 14, 2011 Q: I’m new to our condo’s board of directors. We will begin to plan next year’s budget in a few months and I’m supposed to work on the reserve portion. I want to be sure I’m prepared. more »»
Do the right thing at the right time
July 14, 2011 By H.I. Jean Shields Special to The Breeze It is always a challenge to do the right thing at the right time. more »»
Is a deed of trust the same as a mortgage?
July 1, 2011 Question: We are moving to a different state and have been looking at houses and are buying our first home. The realty agent keeps referring to a trust deed or a deed of trust. more »»
New classification of assets in computer age
July 1, 2011 Q: I have been helping my mother plan her estate. I think we understand the differences between real property like her house and personal property like her jewelry. more »»
Summertime, Fourth of July and ‘firecrackers’
July 1, 2011 By JOYCE COMINGORE Special to The Breeze Summertime and the living is easy? With the rainy season starting, we will be busy weeding, mowing, fighting bugs and fungus and... more »»
Friends of the Cape Coral Library invite you to become a member
July 1, 2011 The Friends of the Cape Coral Library invite you to become a member of the group. They meet bi-monthly in the Cape Coral Library meeting room at 9:30 a.m. more »»
Daughter must refinance mortgage to get it in her name
June 24, 2011 Question: About eight years ago, I co-signed to help my daughter buy her home. She has a flawless, on time payment recor. more »»
What you need to know about foreclosure sales
June 24, 2011 Q: I have noticed that there are a greater number of advertisements for real estate auctions than in the past. Some of these are foreclosure sales, others are not. more »»
Explaining how owner financing works
June 24, 2011 One alternative to bank financing is when the owner of real property owns the property free and clear and wants to receive monthly income as opposed to cashing out when the property sells. more »» |
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