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Calls claiming you owe money are likely scams

Mr. Feichthaler: I closed a loan refinance title transaction with you and your team two years ago, and everything went great. We locked in a low interest rate, which looks really good now with the massive increase in interest. Now to the problem. I received a call from someone at the Florida ...

Cape’s February home sales down sharply from last year

With all eyes focused on this Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, the banking crisis, interest rates and inflation, the long anticipated decision about when the Fed would “blink and pivot” away from its “higher interest rates for longer” war on inflation was being made after we ...

What’s eating my plant?

Have you ever been leisurely strolling through your garden, admiring your handiwork and suddenly stopped short because you see a plant that is in distress? Perhaps you’ve seen pieces of the plant on the ground, or leaves that have holes or tears; and the worst case is a plant that appears ...

‘Luck of the Fed’ runs out as Cape’s market normalizes

Ironically, just about three weeks shy of April Fool’s Day and a week before St. Patrick’s Day, the “Luck of the Fed” seems to have come up a couple of four leaf clovers short in its attempt to engineer a soft landing in the U.S. economy when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) swiftly collapsed ...

Protecting yourself from fraudulent sales transactions

Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I purchased a lot from a German family last year, and used a local title company. They issued me an owner’s policy for the sales price we paid, and there were no exceptions on the policy, other than the standard plat exceptions for Cape Coral. Last week, I received ...

For the birds

I have been rethinking my gardens. After Ian stripped our holly tree of all its red fall berries, I was worried our mockingbirds wouldn’t find anything to eat. As they sat on the wires above me, I started throwing blueberries on the driveway. They flew down and ate them! It became a daily ...