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Brokers giving home tours by land, air and sea

April 24th, 2009

By land, by air and by RV, real estate brokers won’t stint to sell homes in an ailing housing market.

One broker in Florida’s Cape Coral area gives boat tours to show foreclosed homes to potential buyers. Another offers affluent prospects helicopter tours. Still another tours the Southeastern United States in an RV and sleeps in vacant homes to raise awareness of bargains in the ravaged real estate market. Whatever it takes, they say.

Ree Cole caters to high-end clientele through the Skywater Group. The Fort Lauderdale-based brokerage sells jets, estates and yachts. Her yacht- and jet-buying clients are candidates for home sales and vice versa. But these busy, wealthy folks don’t have time to drive around South Florida looking for the perfect mansion along the coastline.

“With a helicopter, I can show my clients homes all over the state in less than a day,” Cole said. “The helicopter also gives them a perspective of where the home is in relation to downtown or the beach or whatever their desired location is. You don’t get that perspective in a car.”

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