Choosing to age in place is a monumental decision, and it can bring many benefits to seniors who choose to do so. According to the AARP, nearly 90% of adults over 65 wish to remain in their homes as they grow older. From being happier in the comfort of familiar surroundings to having more ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I read your article weekly and enjoy learning from you and your other readers. Now I have a question. We own our Cape Coral home but have no homestead in Florida. Our Michigan home is land attached to three of our adult children. We reside in Florida from the middle of ...
Arbor Day is a special day designated to recognize the importance of trees to our environment, and to celebrate the planting, upkeep and preservation of trees. The Latin word for tree is “arbor,” hence the name Arbor Day. Now celebrated across the United States and throughout the world, ...
Looking back on the year that was 2023, in our tip of the cap to the late Robin Leach of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” fame, the Cape Coral luxury home market posted what one could argue was a return to a more normal, albeit seemingly sluggish year. For our purposes, the Cape’s ...
Bullet is a 1 to 3-year-old male. Life threw him a curveball, but he is still wagging his tail non-stop. His special skills include cuddles, funny faces and the art of finding the coziest spots. If you're ready for a friendly sidekick, let's get together and meet! Tuck is a 1 to ...
While those up north are blanketed with the white stuff, here in Cape Coral, we plant our vegetable gardens! With plenty of sunshine and fresh air, we can get our exercise, save money and eat the freshest produce. If you have never grown vegetables, it might seem too complicated. Yet taking it ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: Happy New Year! My husband and I bought our home four years ago, right before prices took off in Cape Coral. We cannot believe our home has gone up in value nearly $350,000 since purchase. We find ourselves needing to move back to Wisconsin to be near my parents, and will ...
The New Year is, if nothing else, shaping up to be an interesting one. Call us crazy, but with what will likely prove to be a wild presidential election year, combined with multiple global hot spots that have the potential to quickly spiral out of control, and this could easily become a chaotic ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: My father is elderly and can no longer take care of himself in the home. He is moving to an assisted living facility next month. He wants to make sure that the home passes to me and my brother if he dies. He also may decide to sell it if it becomes clear that he is unable ...
Last year at this time when we were writing about the condo sales results for November 2022, we commented about the rapid deterioration that we witnessed in the number of closed sales in the Cape Coral condo market from the first six months of that year compared to the July through November ...
