Greg Snow - Southwest Florida Real Estate Expert provides real estate services to Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva Islands

 When our Lee County Florida Property Appraiser, www.leepa.org, Ken Wilkerson warned us of a likely 30% drop in our property values , and maybe 50% or more in Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres, the idea of extra revenue to keep our area going was only a remote possibility. The May 6th Wednesday edition of the News-Press, www.news-press.com, had 88 pages of 7 lines each with tiny print of all the tax certificates from 2008 that are delinquent, many are unimproved land , but homes, condos, income property are all well represented. Our unemployment rate at almost 12%, the hungry and homeless incresing in large numbers, funding for arts and other civic projects on hold, local leaders and businessmen getting fired or facing jail time, rainy season on the horizon and hurricane season only 17 days away, we're hoping we have reached the time to look for the best opportunities for redemption and resuscitation.

Whether it's Paradise "Lost" or "Found",  the final determination is on the near horizon.