John Colin & Co.

John Colin & Co. Helping clients buy, sell, and invest with confidence. Trusted Real Estate Teams built on results, integrity, and experience.

06/08/2026

Naples real estate — what's actually moving in mid-2026:

🏝️ Park Shore beachfront condos: spring inventory finally building. Buyers who waited 3 years are starting to write offers.

🌴 Pelican Bay: still tight, but 6.5% inventory growth YoY tells me the standoff is ending. Best time to negotiate in 4 years.

⛳ Quail Creek + Mediterra: golf-community memberships are the swing factor. The right home with a transferable membership moves 3x faster.

🌊 Old Naples / 5th Ave: trophy market. Days on market still under 30 for properly priced homes. If you're listing, price is everything — overshoot by 5% and you sit.

📊 Median single-family in Naples 33102: trending up 4.2% YoY. Not a crash, not a frenzy — a healthy rebalance.

If you're a buyer, this is the best window since 2022. If you're a seller, you have leverage if the home is ready and priced right.

I work both sides every day in Naples. Call me. No pitch, no pressure.

📞 (781) 484-6310
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06/08/2026

Summer in Southwest Florida separates the people who get it from the people who just visit. The snowbird traffic thins out, you can actually get a table on Fort Myers Beach, and the afternoon storms roll through and leave everything green and washed clean by sunset. Mornings on the water, evenings on the lanai, and the kind of slow June pace that reminds you why you put down roots here in the first place. People think SWFL is a winter destination — those of us who live here know summer is the secret season. This is the lifestyle you're actually buying when you buy here. What's your favorite SWFL summer ritual?

06/07/2026

My take, and I'm not going to soften it: everyone still waiting for the SWFL "crash" is about to get run over by the data. We just posted around eleven straight months of year-over-year sales gains, and inventory didn't balloon — it dropped roughly 22% over the past year. The story that prices are about to collapse is two years stale. What actually happened is the market reset, absorbed the excess, and started tightening again. The people who bought during the soft window in 2024 and 2025 caught the bottom. The ones still "waiting for the crash" are watching their leverage disappear in real time. There's no fire sale coming. You're free to disagree — but what are you actually waiting for?

06/06/2026

Quick snapshot of the last couple weeks at JC&Co: we put a Fort Myers listing under contract after the previous agent let it sit for months — the difference was pricing it to the data and actually marketing it. We ran multiple showings on an Estero property the same week it hit, and we helped an investor identify an off-market opportunity that never touched the MLS. None of this is luck. It's a process: price right, expose it everywhere, and work the phones for people who treat their clients like people. With inventory tightening, the realistic sellers and the ready buyers are the ones winning. Want your property in next week's snapshot?

06/05/2026

Most brokerages hand you a sign in the yard and a prayer. We hand you a system. JC&Co isn't just a brokerage — we run an investing arm, our own CRM software, and a land-clearing operation, which means when you work with us you're tapping into how real estate actually makes money in SWFL, not just how it gets listed. I built this company young because I got tired of watching agents treat clients like transactions instead of relationships. You get direct access, real market data, and someone who's put his own capital into Lee County dirt — not a script. When your largest asset is on the line, "nice and available" isn't a strategy. Want to see what working with an owner-operator actually feels like?

06/04/2026

Here's the part most SWFL investors miss: the best deals rarely hit the MLS. The off-market flips and tired-landlord rentals trade through relationships, not Zillow — which matters even more now that inventory is tightening and the easy listings are drying up. And if you're sitting on an appreciated SWFL property, a 1031 exchange lets you roll those gains into your next deal without writing the IRS a check this year, as long as you hit the 45-day identification and 180-day closing windows. Pair off-market sourcing with a clean 1031 and you're compounding faster than the buyer refreshing listing alerts. The investors who win in this market have deal flow, not just capital. Want in on what we're not advertising?

06/03/2026

The Corkscrew Road corridor in Estero is quietly the tightest submarket in Southwest Florida right now — competitive months of supply there sat around 2.0 in April, the lowest in the region, with an Estero median near $532,500. Communities like Stoneybrook give you gated, amenity-rich living that still undercuts Naples, in a village that incorporated specifically so it could steer its own growth instead of getting swallowed by county sprawl. Low supply plus a town controlling its own future is exactly the setup that protects value over time. If you want newer construction with real demand behind it, this corridor deserves a hard look. Want a list of what's actually moving in Stoneybrook right now?

06/02/2026

Here's the Fort Myers number nobody on the sidelines wants to hear: single-family closed sales were up 4% year over year in April, the median sat at $465,000, and months of supply dropped to 4.3 — down 31% from a year ago. That means inventory is tightening, not flooding. The "I'll just wait for the crash" crowd has now watched SWFL post nearly a year of rising sales while the supply they were counting on quietly shrank. A 4.3-month supply isn't a buyer's market — it's tilting back toward balanced. If you've been waiting, the leverage you wanted is already eroding. What exactly are you waiting for?

06/01/2026

Hurricane season prep for SWFL homeowners (June 1 = Day 1).

If you own in Estero, Naples, Bonita, or anywhere coastal — print this list:

🔍 Insurance check — pull your policy. Confirm wind/hurricane deductible, flood coverage, contents limit. Most carriers cap roof coverage at "actual cash value" if your roof is 15+ years old.

🌳 Trim trees within 10 feet of your roof. Most damage isn't wind — it's debris.

🏠 Hurricane shutters or impact windows tested? If shutters, do a dry run NOW. Don't wait for the cone.

📸 Walk the house with your phone, video everything. 8-min insurance proof if you ever need it.

🔋 Generator fueled, batteries fresh, gas cans full. Most hardware stores sell out 48hrs before landfall.

📂 Important docs scanned and stored in cloud + USB you can grab fast.

🚗 Know your evacuation zone. Lee County: leegov.com → "Know Your Zone."

Real estate side note: insurance is THE biggest factor in 2026 SWFL home values. If you're buying, get the insurance quote BEFORE you finalize the contract. We do this with every client.

📞 (781) 484-6310
🌐 johncolinandco.com

05/31/2026

Rates hit 6.3% this week — lowest in over a year. Summer in SWFL means smaller crowds at Lovers Key, morning paddleboards on the Estero River before it gets too hot, and sunset dinners along 41. It also means sellers who list now get serious buyers without the seasonal tourist noise. If you've been waiting for a quieter window to make a move, this is it. What's keeping you in place?

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