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Real Estate Law | Is establishing an LLC a good way to go?

Mr. Feichthaler: My wife and I have inherited a rental property in Cape Coral from my parents, and we are considering whether to sell it or keep renting it out. The property was held by my parents as husband and wife, and not in an LLC. Although they seemed to have no issues, I have heard an ...

Fishing | Beware hooking a low-flying, feathered friend

Anglers know that super predators like Spanish mackerel attack and feed on schools of helpless baitfish often driving them to the surface where sharp-eyed feathered predators also attack them from above. Obviously a bad time to be a baitfish but a plus for the alert angler looking for that hot ...

Garden Club of Cape Coral | Plants grow well despite fertilizer ban

Just a reminder that our fertilizer ban goes into effect June 1 to Sept. 30. No nitrogen or phosphorus is allowed, which are the first two numbers on the fertilizer bag. This is because we get most of our annual rain in the summer. It washes off any loose particles into our storm drains and ...

Homing In | Part two: Perfect storm? Or what a return to normal feels like?

Last week we discussed the recent local television news report about our real estate market that pointed out there were a large number of homes for sale in Cape Coral, along with noting there were a lot of open house signs everywhere on the weekends. This report accurately said it was taking a ...

Homing In | A perfect storm? Or is this what normal is supposed to feel like?

Last week we had some clients in town from the Northeast and they mentioned a friend of theirs had just emailed them a recent local TV news report about the Cape Coral real estate market. The story opened with a reporter commenting on the number of homes for sale in her neighborhood, and that ...

Homing In | Cape condo sales and prices down from a year ago, listings up

The results for the month of March and the first quarter of this year for the Cape Coral condominium market are in, confirming the number of closed sales and median sales prices are both lower than they were a year ago. The one exception was in the typically lower priced dry lot (non-canal) ...