Back when COVID first hit in 2020, we were putting our own spin on the often used phrase to describe any seismic changes to the economy, the markets or the culture, which would inevitably be described by the pundits as “the new normal.” Our take was we had entered a period better described ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I hope you and your family are OK after Hurricane Ian. Like so many others, I sustained significant damage to my home from wind. My insurance adjuster says we do need a new roof. I had enough money to put down the first payment, but I won’t have enough to make the ...
We have lived in Cape Coral since 1979, and although we are not among the “original pioneers,” we are in a relatively small group of residents who have seen much more than most when it comes to the development of our community. We stayed in our Southwest Cape home during the storm and ...
The devastation of Hurricane Ian astounds me! I have blissfully enjoyed living in paradise knowing hurricanes were part and parcel of the joyous weather and glorious sunshine! But the “I” storms, Irma and Ian, seem to have targeted us for massive wake-up calls. Everyone I spoke with ...
(Editor's note: The following Real Estate Law column was written prior to Hurricane Ian and set to be published on Sept. 28.) Dear Mr. Feichthaler, I am sure your attention is on Hurricane Ian, and so my question relates to insurance. My policy is scheduled to lapse in a week, and I have been ...
(Editor's note: The following column from the Garden Club of Cape Coral was written prior to Hurricane Ian and set to be published on Sept. 28.) I write this as we are anticipating Ian coming to our area. I can’t wait till the hurricane passes and I can go outside and see how the “little ...
(Editor's note: The following column was published previously in The Breeze.) Imagine a self-seeding bush that produces tiny, sweet tomatoes all year long. Now imagine this bush is disease and pest resistant, requires little care and thrives in our hot, humid climate. If this sounds too ...
The key takeaways in our local real estate market involve rising mortgage rates, now above 6 percent, a substantial drop in the number of closed home sales in August and a shift away from a wildly active seller’s market earlier this year to a much slower paced neutral market right now. ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: My mother held her house in a trust and recently passed. I am the successor trustee, and my sister and I are the beneficiaries. The trust provides that we each receive half of the assets of the trust. My sister wants to keep the house and move in, while I would be happy ...
Do you feel that we’ve had a lot of rain over the past several weeks? This is only my fourth summer in Cape Coral, but I don’t remember as many morning or evening storms as we have experienced lately. I recall instead the reliable 3 p.m. pop-up thunderstorms that seemed to form and erupt ...
