Page 14 www.marcoreview.com Spring 2011 Fantastic DealsOur local real estate recovery actually began the fi rst quarter of 2010 but the BP oil disaster squelched any kind of recovery since our beloved media made it look like our beaches were regurgitating that black gold. Leave it to the press for blowing everything out of proportion. The lights went out for our Southwest Florida tourist and real estate busi-ness, and sales and rentals suffered greatly.However, we are still here and I must say it's percolating. The cautious buyers who have been sitting on the fence observing/studying our markets are beginning to jump off and start-ing to pull the trigger. They are realizing that prices are not going down any lower. This could be the greatest buyers' market in modern Marco Island's 46 year history! Each real estate cat-egory: condominiums, homes and vacant land(lots), have absolutely, positively fantastic deals.Prices not seen since 2001It's been 10 years since the realtors on Marco have used those archaic Multiple List Books (MLS) with pictures and descriptions of properties, plat maps of lots etc. I was skim-ming through the January 2nd, 2001 book which happened to have been a smaller one of only 346 pages. I remember ones that were twice that size and weighed more than our I-Pads and laptops. What a difference 10 years makes! My point is that the prices I saw in that 10 year old MLS book were, in many instances, the same prices for the same properties today. Hello! Wake-up consumer! The time to buy is now! Your window of opportunity is shrink-ing rapidly. We are at a Turning Point. What's your savings account doing? What are your bonds and stocks doing? What are your CDs doing? Convert them into your Marco Island CD and you will thank me some-day. What's your inheritance doing? Buy Marco now and you will see that your pur-chase will be the wisest and safest you ever made.Window of Opportunity Marco is your safe haven. We are a pre-ferred investment opportunity. Prices will never again be this low. We are a very limited commodity. The only way for our local resort destination real estate market to go..is up! The press, the media, the nay-sayers say it won't happen but they are wrong. Resort real estate markets traditionally lead the way and I believe that this incredible buying "window of opportunity" will be the last one of its kind in our area.Are you in awe of Marco Island, our crown jewel? Do you want to know what to buy? Call me, the guru, at 239.592.3000 direct DIRTY GOLDContinued on page18REALTY REVIEW