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Plain-English guides to buying, selling and living in Naples, written by me from the deals I work every week.

Naples Real Estate News & Buyer Guides

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The Truth About Agricultural Tax Breaks on Naples Acreage

The agricultural exemption Collier County owners ask about is really a classification. What qualifies on...

How to Build Your Dream Home on Naples Acreage the Right Way

How to build a custom home on acreage in Naples, step by step: budget, lot, financing, builders, site plan...

Want to Build in Naples? How to Buy the Right Vacant Land

Buying vacant land in Naples: what to check on zoning, wetlands, flood zone, fill, well, septic, clearing and...

Golden Gate Estates and land

ACREAGE, LAND AND THE ESTATES

Wetlands, wells, septic, zoning, building costs and prices: what I check before a client buys out here.

The Best Places to Buy Acreage in Naples, Compared

Where to buy acreage in Naples: Weber Woods, Logan Woods, Oakes Estates, Livingston Woods and the eastern...

7 Amazing Things You Can Do With 3 Acres in Naples

What 3 acres in Naples lets you do: pool, guest house, shop, horses, boat and RV parking, plus the well...

Do Solar Panels Make a Naples Home a Better Deal? Here’s the Truth

Buying a Naples home with solar panels? Owned vs leased, battery backup, roof age, Florida's solar tax rule...

Want a Big Shop at Home? Golden Gate Estates Makes It Possible

Want a home with a big shop in Golden Gate Estates? What Estates zoning allows, the permit and business-use...

Hurricane Power Out? Why Estates Homes Need a Generator Most

Why a whole-house generator in Naples matters most in Golden Gate Estates, where no power means no well water...

100% Upland: Why Buyers Love This Golden Gate Estates Land

What does 100% upland mean on Golden Gate Estates land? Why buyers love it, how wetlands change a lot's value...

Buying in Naples

BUYING A HOME IN NAPLES

Flood zones, HOA fees, inspections and how to win the house you want.

The Best Places to Buy Acreage in Naples, Compared

Where to buy acreage in Naples: Weber Woods, Logan Woods, Oakes Estates, Livingston Woods and the eastern...

7 Amazing Things You Can Do With 3 Acres in Naples

What 3 acres in Naples lets you do: pool, guest house, shop, horses, boat and RV parking, plus the well...

Love Golf? Here’s How Bundled Golf Works in Naples

How bundled golf works in Naples: golf included with the home, how it compares to equity and optional clubs...

Selling in Naples

SELLING YOUR HOME

Pricing, timing, costs and the first 14 days on the market.

The $650K Line: How to Price a Golden Gate Estates Home

In Golden Gate Estates, homes under about $650K go under contract in days, homes asking above it sit 114 days...

How to Prepare Your Naples Home: Avoid Costly Mistakes

Where to spend, what to skip, and the Naples-specific checklist, the preparation playbook that decides whether...

How to Know What Selling Your Naples Home Costs

Selling a Naples home costs 7-9% of the sale price. Every line item explained, commission, title, doc stamps...

Prices and the market

NAPLES PRICES AND MARKET

What homes are selling for, what changed and what it means for your move.

Why Families Love Valencia Country Club in Naples

Valencia Country Club in Naples: a gated golf community with optional membership, family-size homes and resort...

Want a Big Shop at Home? Golden Gate Estates Makes It Possible

Want a home with a big shop in Golden Gate Estates? What Estates zoning allows, the permit and business-use...

Hurricane Power Out? Why Estates Homes Need a Generator Most

Why a whole-house generator in Naples matters most in Golden Gate Estates, where no power means no well water...

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Wide aerial of Golden Gate Estates acreage lots, homes and lakes in Naples, Florida

Golden Gate Estates Zoning: The Best Guide for Owners

Golden Gate Estates zoning in plain English: one home per lot, guest houses, barns, horses...
Wide aerial of a Golden Gate Estates neighborhood in Naples, Florida showing homes, cleared lots and pine forest

Flood Zones in Golden Gate Estates: The Ultimate Guide

Golden Gate Estates flood zones decide your insurance, how high you build and what a...
Wide aerial of a Golden Gate Estates home on wooded acreage beside open farmland in Naples, Florida

Land Financing in Naples: The Best Options Right Now

Land financing in Naples isn't cash-only. Lot loans, construction-to-permanent loans and seller financing, what lenders...
Aerial of the community pool and low-rise condo buildings at a central Naples, Florida golf community

The Best Value in Naples at $500K Might Surprise You

Homes under $500K in Naples buy three very different lives: a low-maintenance condo, a Golden...
Front of a newly finished Golden Gate Estates home with a black garage door, ready to list before snowbird season in Naples, Florida

October Is the Secret Best Month to List in Naples

Naples season starts in about six weeks, and the sellers who win it are ready...
Aerial of a Golden Gate Estates home with a detached guest house on acreage in Naples, Florida

How to Build a Guest House in Golden Gate Estates the Right Way

Can you build a guest house in Golden Gate Estates? Usually. The size cap, lot...
Aerial of a Golden Gate Estates home on a selectively cleared building envelope surrounded by native pine forest in Naples, Florida

How to Clear Your Golden Gate Estates Lot the Right Way

Lot clearing in Golden Gate Estates is regulated. Permits, wetlands, gopher tortoises, real costs and...
Aerial of low-rise golf course condo buildings at Forest Lakes in Naples, Florida with the Gulf skyline on the horizon

How to Buy a Naples Condo and Never Regret It

Buying a condo in Naples? The unit can be perfect and the building the problem...
Wide aerial of Golden Gate Estates acreage lots with a new construction home, pine flatwoods and a pond in Naples, Florida

How to Never Get Burned Building in Golden Gate Estates

The real cost to build in Golden Gate Estates: wetlands and elevation, clearing and fill...

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Magdevys “Maggie” Rodriguez, REALTOR® · Coldwell Banker Realty · 4851 Tamiami Trail N, Suite 100, Naples, FL 34103 · (239) 289-0749 · FL license SL3286877

The property information herein is derived from various sources that may include, but not be limited to, county records and the Multiple Listing Service, and it may include approximations. Although the information is believed to be accurate, it is not warranted and you should not rely upon it without personal verification. Not intended as a solicitation if your property is already listed by another broker. Affiliated real estate agents are independent contractor sales associates, not employees. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker logos are trademarks of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. The Coldwell Banker® System is comprised of company owned offices which are owned by a subsidiary of Anywhere Advisors LLC and franchised offices which are independently owned and operated. The Coldwell Banker System fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.

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4851 Tamiami Trail N, Suite 100, Naples, FL 34103 · (239) 289-0749

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