Click on any photo above for additional information on that specific Cape Harbour Home. You can also see the entire slideshow below:

What is good happening in Cape Coral? Well, it seems that anytime you search for “good news” and “Cape Coral” you find negative news. That is because pretty much all news stations focus on the negative. Whether it be crime, accidents, budget cuts or weather they sell more news when it is negative.

Don’t more people want to focus on the positive? I know I do. I rarely read any news. Why? Because it is depressing. I’d rather create my own happy news.

Cape Coral is a beautiful place to call home. With awesome weather year round, friendly residents, boating, fun & so much more!

How about the real estate market in Cape Coral for instance? Have you heard it is gloom and doom? Well, sort of. The values have been decreasing since the bust in 2006. Let me see if I can place a positive spin on this though. This allowed more homeowners to actually be able to afford to live in Cape Coral. In 2005 the least expensive house in Cape Coral was still about $250,000. Figure out the payments on that and not many ‘average’ people could afford to comfortably live here. Take that to our now $90,000 average house and it is a totally different story! Investors can also purchase homes that will actually cash flow now. Before that was completely unheard of. Sure, we still have more work to do. For instance, there are still too many vacant houses in Cape Coral. But we are selling those along with the regular occupied homes as well. To the tune of an average of about 500 residential homes per month in Cape Coral alone! That is a lot of inventory moving.

What about for sellers? You can see that there are great opportunities for buyers but are the sellers losing out? Nope! If they are upside down in their home and need to sell we can help them with a short sale. And if they have equity in their house there are plenty of buyers out there right now too! If they don’t need to sell, then they shouldn’t be trying to sell. That is easy

In closing, we all need to try to focus on the Happy Positive of ANY situation. Quit focusing on the negative and watch your life change. I hope you enjoyed this little ray of sunshine today!
Learn more about our team of short sale professionals or feel free to call us directly at (239) 542-8521.

Ready to search for available homes now? Visit our Cape Coral real estate source!

We look forward to hearing from you! If you have any questions at all give us a call!

(239) 542-8521

Susan@SusanMilner.com

We look forward to working with you.

Browse through currently offered single family listings in West
Cape Estates.

Browse through currently offered single family listings in
Trafalgar Woods.

Today we will be visiting homes that can be purchased right around
$1,000,000. There are several great options from single family estate
homes, to beach houses to oceanfront condos!

So what does 1,000,000 buy in the Cape Coral, Florida and Fort Myers,
Florida 2010 real estate market?

Here are a few of my favorite
options:

Cape Coral homes for 1 million dollars

So, what do you think? Ready to make the investment?

Call Susan Milner at (239) 218-2229 for more information on these, or
any other listings in and around Cape Coral & Fort Myers, Florida.

Susan is the broker in charge & owner of Florida Future Realty,
Inc.. Florida Future Realty, Inc. is an independent real estate
brokerage centrally located in Cape Coral, Florida.

You can also continue to search for other real estate online at
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Copyright 2010 Susan Milner | Florida Future Realty, Inc.

Cape Coral Florida in our opinion is a great place to live and raise a
family.  Cape Coral is considered to be one of the safest cities
in Florida with populations over 150,000 according to the Florida Dept
of Law Enforcement. There are approximately 167,000 residents in Cape
Coral soaking up the 355 days a year of sunshine.

Cape Coral offers a rich quality of life, affordable home prices, and
waterfront living that has attracted now permanent residents.  Not
only do we offer several golf courses, we have 400 miles of canals and
mega-river that will exceed the expectations of any water
enthusiast.

Cape Coral is rich in diversity and culture that is celebrated
through festivals throughout the year. Oktoberfest, Red-White-and-Boom,
and Cape Coral festival of art are just a few that attract thousands.

Florida Future Realty is so proud to be a part of this community, and
we are sure you will too.

The Florida Future Realty Team

(239)542-8521

www.florida-future-realty.com

Just click below to view through currently offered condo & villa listings in
Sandoval.

As the prices of homes in SW Florida are, can we say, more than
affordable,
many people across the U.S. and abroad are entertaining the possibility
of a
second home. The biggest question on everyone’s mind is “What will it
cost
me?” Obviously it is pretty easy to find the listing prices of homes
online
but to truly understand what the ‘cost’ will be can take doing some
research. In this article I will go over the basic costs you can expect
to
pay when investing in a second home here in beautiful Cape Coral or Ft.
Myers, Florida.

First to consider: Cost of Money

Are you planning to pay cash or do you plan to get a mortgage for some
of
the purchase price? If you plan to pay cash make sure that you are
comfortable with the rate of return on your investment. You may wish to
consider getting a loan for some of the purchase to keep more capital
for
other investments (more houses, or?).
If you are going to obtain financing make sure you determine which loan
is
best for you and your needs. Most investment properties will require
20-25%
down. If you are Foreign National you must be prepared to put down at
least
30% in most cases. You can also attempt to receive a loan from your
country
as well. The rates will be lower but you may have to put up your current
home as collateral (borrow against your equity). Some second homes may
be
purchased with less money down. But your payments will be much lower
with
the more money you put down on your purchase.

For comparison purposes here let’s take one of current waterfront
listings.

It is located at 1429 Vendome Ct. Cape Coral, Florida 33904. It is a
gulf
access home, built in 2007.

The current asking price is $375,000. Let’s
assume that you plan to put down 25%. This means that you will be
putting a
down payment of $93,750.

Here is an estimate of closing costs:

Taxes: $ 6,422.24*

Loan fees: $3,846

Prepaid taxes & insurance: $5,778

Total costs to close: $103,374.

* from current 2008 tax bill – properties are reassessed every year
here so this could change. Currently this home is assessed at $374,230.

To find insurance companies who are still readily writing homeowners
insurance in the state of Florida visit href="http://www.shopandcomparerates.com/" target="_blank">www.ShopandCompareRates.com

You can verify tax information online at target="_blank">www.LeePA.org

Ready to search for available homes now? Visit our target="_blank">Cape Coral real estate
source!

We look forward to hearing from you!

Yours in Success,

Florida Future Realty, Inc.

(239) 542-8521

FloridaFuture@gmail.com

www.Florida-Future-Realty.com