Article: Realtor Takes New Approach - By Sea

In the last year or so, there have been articles on the innovative ways estate agents or realtors are showing properties that are for sale. With the huge amount of stock, some agents offer tours (in mini buses and the like) for a small daily fee, where a group of people can view a number of properties in the space of a few hours - with some light refreshments and snacks thrown into the bargain.

One such agent, in Cape Coral (on the west coast of Florida - it is near Fort Myers) has returned to conducting such tours, but this time by boat. The agent in question, Marc Joseph, conducts tours of upscale foreclosed homes, using the canals in the area to navigate from one house to the next. Joseph shows a variety of homes per three-hour tour in different price ranges, almost all of which have had their prices slashed.

Joseph also suggests that now is a prime time to buy - he believes that the market will bottom out in the next six to eight months, and then an upturn will start as the oversupply of properties will reduce considerably. He also comments on what Florida is about by saying:

"The sun is still shining. Our roads are full, our beaches are packed. People
are down here looking. The product will not last long."

And, well, he does have a point. There may be much economic strife, but what Florida has to offer will never go away.

At the very least, going on a boat tour is a relaxing way to see properties!

Article: Realtor takes new approach -- by sea (28th March 2009, Miami Herald)