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On Mar 22, 6:47*pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:27:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Utter nonsense! A GA airport does not negatively affect real estate values. Never said that. I said the market for resale is significantly affected by perceptions which reduce the number of people who would be interested in purchasing in an airpark. I would particularly point to the Captiva example. it's an absolutely gorgeous place...with a limited market. Resales there take loads of time, one reason is the perception of living near an airstrip. Here at Spruce Creek we have some of the highest-priced homes in the county (near Daytona Beach). There are $10M homse on Captiva. The price of the home means nothing in terms of what I said, MOF, the higher the price of the home, including airstrip, further limits the resale market. These are not speculations, they are mathematical and historical facts.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have not been to captiva in years but back then there was no bridge leading to it. The only access was by aircraft or boat. That fact in itself makes comparing captiva to anything else a act of futility..... Still no (rebuilt) bridge but capable, full time shuttle, easy boat access, plane....Captiva isn't unique by a long shot for FL though. But few of the islands have their own airstrips which equates to a very unique living circumstance (as evidenced by the number of resales to average).- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Your first sentence contradicts your second sentence.... Is it unique or not . ????????? |
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On Mar 25, 5:36*pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:05:54 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Mar 22, 6:47*pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:27:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Utter nonsense! A GA airport does not negatively affect real estate values. Never said that. I said the market for resale is significantly affected by perceptions which reduce the number of people who would be interested in purchasing in an airpark. I would particularly point to the Captiva example. it's an absolutely gorgeous place...with a limited market. Resales there take loads of time, one reason is the perception of living near an airstrip. Here at Spruce Creek we have some of the highest-priced homes in the county (near Daytona Beach). There are $10M homse on Captiva. The price of the home means nothing in terms of what I said, MOF, the higher the price of the home, including airstrip, further limits the resale market. These are not speculations, they are mathematical and historical facts.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have not been to captiva in years but back then there was no bridge leading to it. The only access was by aircraft or boat. That fact in itself makes comparing captiva to anything else a act of futility..... Still no (rebuilt) bridge but capable, full time shuttle, easy boat access, plane....Captiva isn't unique by a long shot for FL though. But few of the islands have their own airstrips which equates to a very unique living circumstance (as evidenced by the number of resales to average).- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Your first sentence contradicts your second sentence.... Is it unique or not . ????????? Unique for Kansas, not unique for Florida. Do you see why? -- Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either! I hesitate to add to this discussion because I'm not an instructor, just a rather slow student who's not qualified to give advice that might kill someone.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Beats hell out of me,,, I Live in Wyoming,,, not Kansas . P.S.. I was born and raised in Fla and you guys can have that god forsaken state now. Se habla espanol ????????? Ben |
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On Mar 26, 1:28*am, WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:56:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I have not been to captiva in years but back then there was no bridge leading to it. The only access was by aircraft or boat. That fact in itself makes comparing captiva to anything else a act of futility...... Still no (rebuilt) bridge but capable, full time shuttle, easy boat access, plane....Captiva isn't unique by a long shot for FL though. But few of the islands have their own airstrips which equates to a very unique living circumstance (as evidenced by the number of resales to average).- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Your first sentence contradicts your second sentence.... Is it unique or not . ????????? Unique for Kansas, not unique for Florida. Do you see why? -- Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either! I hesitate to add to this discussion because I'm not an instructor, just a rather slow student who's not qualified to give advice that might kill someone.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Beats hell out of me,,, I Live in Wyoming,,, not Kansas There's a radical change in potential island living. P.S.. I was born and raised in Fla and you guys can have that god forsaken state now. Se habla espanol ????????? Ben As I warm in 80 degree weather in the winter, and the flying days restricted by weather are few and far between, I am happy to teemendously my state and I thank you for the discarded gift.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Too bad that you are just another self proclaimed wannabe pilot and can't take advantage of those great flying days! |
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