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

Reading our slimmed down Sunday's News-Press, www.news-press.com, a feeling of resigned optimism caressed my visage as we work our way to high season here in Lee County, Florida. Even though the terrible tradgedy in Haiti is still our lead story as we head for week two coverage, there were certain other various items that lead me to wonder where we will be soon. If one survey's the top ten homes sold last week, topped by two sales on Sanibel Island of over one million dollars, then a fair point would be that we are still selling real estate. Another item indicated mortgage interest rates were still under 5% for 30 year fixed (although not quite as low as last week) which means cheap borrowing costs (if a bank will lend it ). Does the jobless rate still stand in our local recovery. Hovering near 14% non seasonal here is very high. Should Fort Myers Beach spend millions on beach re-nourishment? I think so if they want to keep the"family" environment and sun and sea seekers. I think the biggest question for me is how will we receive the drama "Spring Awakening" that opens Tuesday at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. Will it be a success? Will the brief nudity and some profanity in the songs bring down the house? Life is really tough for teens. i know..my Jordan just turned sixteen and she looks at me sometimes like "WHY................." :)