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07-14-2008, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Bakiryu
Dear Jackie,
My family used to live and work there. DON'T GO. We all lost our jobs and had to relocate again! The area is very troubled, there are no jobs and most houses are foreclosured, everyone is selling and leaving!
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And what section, may in inquire, of Cape Coral did you live in? |
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07-14-2008, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Bakiryu
Dear Jackie,
My family used to live and work there. DON'T GO. We all lost our jobs and had to relocate again! The area is very troubled, there are no jobs and most houses are foreclosured, everyone is selling and leaving!
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I find this post a bit alarmist and exaggerated. I know the area has some problems, but to say there are NO jobs....(as in 100% unemployment??) and MOST houses are foreclosed, (like in 51% or more??) and EVERYONE is leaving, (so it is now a ghost town with palm tumbleweeds in the streets?) is a bit of an overstatement....., IMHO.
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07-14-2008, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by faithfulFrank
I find this post a bit alarmist and exaggerated. I know the area has some problems, but to say there are NO jobs....(as in 100% unemployment??) and MOST houses are foreclosed, (like in 51% or more??) and EVERYONE is leaving, (so it is now a ghost town with palm tumbleweeds in the streets?) is a bit of an overstatement....., IMHO.
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It IS a bit of an overstatement. I was just recently in Cape Coral. Only saw 1 house in f oreclosure, and houses that one point were for sale were sold!
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07-15-2008, 06:48 AM
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Been breezy and cooler, finally!
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And I live in Cape Coral full time, I see a LOT of houses foreclosed around here, houses that have been for sale for over a year. There are jobs, but the pickins are slim unless you are in healthcare. Even retail jobs are not hiring, they are cutting hours and putting hring freezes on. Also I do see many moving trucks in yards and they are not taking off, they are putting on... It's not a ghost town by any means, but there are a lot of people leaving the area, and state.
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07-15-2008, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Suncoast Guy
It IS a bit of an overstatement. I was just recently in Cape Coral. Only saw 1 house in foreclosure, and houses that one point were for sale were sold!
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This is funny!  11,748 homes found for sale with 6,690 in foreclosure. Cape Coral Florida right. |
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07-15-2008, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by firemed
This is funny! 11,748 homes found for sale with 6,690 in foreclosure. Cape Coral Florida right. |
What I was saying was that the last time I was in Cape Coral (July 4th weekend) I saw 1 house in foreclosure in the Golf Club, and a lot that were for sale in The Golf Club were sold. Since you do not currently live in Cape Coral, I would suggest NOT attacking other peoples observations, OBSERVATIONS! Not fact, observation. I didn't say that was fact, it was what I saw. I'm sure that there are a lot of homes in foreclosure, it's the times, I realize that, and I didn't visit a lot of Cape Coral, just the SE part. This is a forum, not a "I'm right" place, I know I'm not 100% right, it was a fact that I saw when I was down there. OK? Not trying to be mean or nasty, just very frustating when somebody is so nasty and they think there right, they have to push it in somebody elses face. |
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07-15-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Suncoast Guy
What I was saying was that the last time I was in Cape Coral (July 4th weekend) I saw 1 house in foreclosure in the Golf Club, and a lot that were for sale in The Golf Club were sold. Since you do not currently live in Cape Coral, I would suggest NOT attacking other peoples observations, OBSERVATIONS! Not fact, observation. I didn't say that was fact, it was what I saw. I'm sure that there are a lot of homes in foreclosure, it's the times, I realize that, and I didn't visit a lot of Cape Coral, just the SE part. This is a forum, not a "I'm right" place, I know I'm not 100% right, it was a fact that I saw when I was down there. OK? Not trying to be mean or nasty, just very frustating when somebody is so nasty and they think there right, they have to push it in somebody elses face.
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I have been in Lee County all my life. No I don't live in Cape Coral but I know what the market is like. I'm sorry if the numbers make you upset but thats what was listed today. Sorry if you feel I'm nasty or bashing.
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07-15-2008, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by firemed
I have been in Lee County all my life. No I don't live in Cape Coral but I know what the market is like. I'm sorry if the numbers make you upset but thats what was listed today. Sorry if you feel I'm nasty or bashing.
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The numbers don't make me upset, I realize the situation we are all in, but I don't like being mocked- "This is funny "- Everybody was their facts, their views, their opinions. That was my facts, that's what I saw a week and a half ago. |
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07-15-2008, 10:16 PM
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In my area(3 streets right around me) I know of about a dozen foreclosures I drive by every day, just a drop in the bucket... And some that have been for sale since LAST JUNE...2007 that is.
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07-15-2008, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BacktoFLigo
In my area(3 streets right around me) I know of about a dozen foreclosures I drive by every day, just a drop in the bucket... And some that have been for sale since LAST JUNE...2007 that is.
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