Linda Flack & Associates

Optimism Is What I Do. I’ve been accused of always being positive and sometimes over the top.  I try to stay optimistic and believe the best in people and circumstances. That attitude will win the day.  It makes me feel good.  I think that kind of attitude creates a synergy of positive direction. My crystal ball seems to ...

 Short sales and mercury have very similar qualities.  The agents and the public are being inundated with short sale information.  This crazy market is like liquid mercury.  Ever break one of those glass thermometers?  I did as a kid. I held it in the steam of the old vaporizer and POW it broke; just like our real estate ...

Lending Peace of Mind By Laura Hess CMPS© In today’s news all you read about is the negative side of our market, but I always make it a point to find the positive side of whatever news I take in. Knowledge can be empowering and I hope to “Lend You Peace of Mind”, and empower you to see the solutions that are available in ...

The Rich Get Richer It was just a matter of time for some of the high end homes to hit the foreclosure market in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The recent homes to hit the skids are million to multi-million dollar homes.  They make fantastic buys for those that were financially secure during the recent real estate boom.  Many of these ...

Olympics are here. Very exciting to have something fun to focus on.  China truly has just gone crazy with the planning for this venue.  I can’t wait to see the opening ceremonies tonight. They promise to be the best ever.  The USA is looking at some steep competition but seem ready and should bring home lots of Gold!We in ...

These are the numbers for Fort Myers  and the beach from our MLSFort Myers Single family homes112 sold in June107 in July171 pending79 active contingent short sale1900 still on the market Condo’s92 sold in June78 sold in July85 pending43 active contingent short sale2233 still on the market (ouch)  Ft Myers ...

 Cape Coral has seen the highs of the growth engine of SW Florida to the exodus of many of its residence.  This morning ready the News-Press the article was talking about the numbers.  I realize that with counting the residence of Cape Coral things are always after the fact.  The graph shows the increase.  I don’t ...

Hot Hot Market in Cape Coral! Don't miss the boat!  June MLS numbers are 409 single family sold! July  MLS numbers are 437 single family sold! There are 537 short sales pending. Maybe half will close. There are another 420 pending.  There are currently 4385 still available.  One or more could be yours. Enough said. ...

Again Lee County; mainly Cape Coral, Fort Myers are on the top of the list for foreclosures. WOW what a buying opportunity.  My goal is to capitalize on this amazing opportunity.  Watch for an upcoming video on the foreclosure market.  This is an unprecedented time. Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity!!! Every investor I know ...

Recently I’ve been working with a young single father looking to buy a home.  It is critical that his payment stay in an affordable range near his rent payment.  He is admittedly living in a less than desirable location on a main road in a duplex but he makes only so much money and is afraid of getting in a bad situation. Due to ...