Your Florida Waterfront Home

This is the 4th location of the “11 Southwest Florida Waterfront Vacation Home Communities” eBook, which is available as a free download!

The Landings is a beautiful riverfront community located in Fort Myers. It is situated on 250 acres of splendor, encompassing 12 condominium associations and two homeowner associations. The Riverside Yacht Club Estates is an additional homeowners association within The Landings community.

If you choose to make The Landings one of your Fort Myers waterfront homes, you will have the luxury of enjoying:

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This is the 3rd location of the “11 Southwest Florida Waterfront Vacation Home Communities” eBook, which is available as a free download!

As far as waterfront communities go… Gulf Harbour Golf & Country Club is the crème de la crème. This is a very exclusive, upscale community with every imaginable luxury.

Gulf Harbour is a unique, equity member-owned, private Club on the shores of the Caloosahatchee River. The Gulf of Mexico is only 4.5 nautical miles from your home (yes, “nautical miles”… you’ll soon be speaking in “Waterfront Living” terms as well!) It is also only 10 minutes from beautiful Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island.

If you decide to make Gulf Harbour your vacation home, you will enjoy:

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This is the 2nd location of the “11 Southwest Florida Waterfront Vacation Home Communities” eBook, which is available as a free download!

Located behind the Peppertree Pointe gates in the beautiful Iona section of South Fort Myers, this upscale, gated condominium community offers a wonderful alternative for riverfront living. Panoramic views of the Caloosahatchee River are spectacular. Many consider this vantage point to be the best view along the river.

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This is the 1st tip of the “11 Southwest Florida Waterfront Vacation Home Communities” eBook, which is available as a free download!

This little slice of paradise is located just off historic McGregor Boulevard, and is an established gated boating community located along the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers. Caloosa Yacht and Racquet Club is an intimate community, with just 121 single-family homes and low-rise condos in the Isles of Caloosa neighborhood.

The Caloosa Yacht & Racquet Club has everything that Fort Myers waterfront properties should have… and more! It not only has a private marina for your boat, but also has some amazing amenities including:

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Hello! I hope you are celebrating the first day of Spring doing something fun! I just wanted to take a minute to share some exciting news with you. Cypress Realty Inc has just received the “2012 Best of Fort Myers Award”  :)

The full copy of the news release (see below) can be found online on our web site www.shanewaterfrontwilson.com.

Congratulations to our broker and all the great real estate agents at Cypress Realty! So happy to be a part of this great organization!

Make it a great day!

Shane “Waterfront” Wilson

Cypress Realty Inc Receives 2012 Best of Fort Myers Award.

A waterfront home is more than just a location, it’s a lifestyle! In Southwest Florida, we have enough waterfront vacation homes to fit every type of personality…

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It’s something that we in Southwest Florida have known (and kept a secret) for a very long time and now thanks to Aurther Frommer, the rest of the world will know it too!

Sanibel Island Florida is a #1 Travel Destination!

That’s right, Arthur Frommer himself has said that his #1 Favorite Travel Destination is Sanibel, Florida! It only takes one trip to these pristine, white sand beaches of our quaint little island to get hooked. The beaches, shelling. birding, kayaking, boating, diving, swimming, and of course RELAXING are a few of the things that keep people coming back year after year for more!

I am ok with the secret being out Sanibel was meant to be shared with good people like you!

Here is some local 2012 real estate news, that you might find interesting:

• Fort Myers Home Prices are Up 33%
• Cape Coral Market Shows Signs of Improving
• Homes are Worth at Least 20% More Than in 2000

Whether you are thinking of buying or selling (or just visiting) now is the best time to start considering your options. Don’t hesitate to give me a call (800) 741-3757 or contact me online if you have any questions!

Look forward to seeing you out on the beach or boating in 2012

Make it a great day!

-Shane “Waterfront” Wilson

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I hope the season is treating you all well. It’s been a busy buying season in Southwest Florida – not only are people busy out on the roads buying presents, they are also busy buying HOUSES! If you are interested in buying a home in Southwest Florida, give me a call!

Also I wanted to share with you a Southwest Florida fishing charter guy that we just love. If you have a fisherman in the family that you are still trying to figure out a gift idea for – a GIFT CERTIFICATE for a Southwest Florida fishing charter with Capt Bill at Endless Summers Charters, can help you out, without leaving your home. You can buy and print the Gift Certificate right from your computer & printer.

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Welcome back to Part Three of Camping by Boat to Cape Sable!

Hope you are doing well this holiday season, can’t believe we are coming up on the end of the year already. 2012 will be here before you know it! I hope you are taking the time to enjoy your family and friends during the holidays. I’d love to hear what you have been up to, please leave a comment below and share!

Alright, so we left off last with a long night of fun pranks while sleeping on the beach at Cape Sable. The next morning or should I say when the sun came up. It was so beautiful. Cold as could be, but beautiful clear skies and no storms, Yippee..

We did have a small problem though, when we looked down to the boats, we realized that we had not anchored them far enough off shore. With the tide dropping so drastically, one of the boats sterns was high and dry…UGGGGG… Not a good thing..

It was not bad, we were able to get the boat right off… We went to check on the other boys still sleeping and they were out like lights….could not wake them up for anything. We started to cook the Bacon and Eggs and toast and wouldn’t you know, there heads popped out of the tent, we are hungry. We ate like kings, it was soooooo good. Imagine this… cooking an amazing breakfast on a beach that overlooks the gulf as far as you could see.. check out the photos….

After breakfast we all decided to run up to Lake Ingraham and fish for awhile. Lake Ingraham is amazing. There are all different types of Creeks feeding into it. This is a great place to catch Red Fish, Snook, Trout, Tarpon and some times Snapper if you can find some type of structure, whether it be man made or Mangrove Roots.

We did okay fishing caught a lot of fish, many of them too small so we released them. It was time to head back and pack up our camp and get ready for the beautiful journey ahead of us.. check out the photos and photos of our way home.

All in all, it was an amazing adventure. The weather was amazing and beautiful. Everyone caught fish, no one got hurt. The memories these kids have made. They will never ever forget this trip for as long as they live.

This is what life is all about, enjoying your family,friends and Loved Ones…

Make time to make time and enjoy life. It is far too short.

Until next time……

Shane”Waterfront”Wilson

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing great.

Our local Real Estate Market is still going strong. Homes continue to sell and new construction is being built. It is hard to believe, but the market is transitioning from a buyers market to a seller market. Our inventory is continuing  to shrink. Banks are loaning money to qualified buyers, yes qualified buyers. Although many of the transaction we are seeing in todays market are cash.

As they say, cash is king….

Home prices are so low and there are some amazing waterfront deals still out there,  but they are being bought up. If you would like any information on our local Real Estate Market, please let me know, by contacting me online or calling me at (800) 741-3757 . I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. I can set you up on an automatic program that will give you full access to our MLS. It will also update you on new listings that come on to the market as well as homes going pending. You will like it, it is a great program and it is free.

Okay now on to the fun stuff, the Boating Guide, Camping at Cape Sable by Boat Part 2.

We last left off with the sun getting ready to go down and getting ready to start dinner. We had the best dinner. Uncle TJ is a chef, seriously he is a chef and prepare this amazing food on the main land and brought it out in coolers. We warmed it up on the fire and cooked all of the fresh fish we caught, oh my it was just amazing. Out in the middle of no where and eating like kings. Of course with every campfire, you must have marshmallows.

After there fill of marshmallows, the kids decided to go on a walk about with their torches. This is gonna be good. I think they made it a couple miles down the beach and the torches burned out. Now that was funny, dark out, no light, & the flash lights back at the camp.

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