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What To Do If You Think Your Contractor’s Business Is Going Under
What To Do If You Think Your Contractor’s Business Is Going Under BLOG Contractor Gone Bust? Here’s What Comes Next Cape Coral homeowners have watched what happens when a builder closes its doors for good. If you find yourself in that situation, it helps to understand your options before things get worse. When a contractor becomes insolvent or simply walks away from a job, litigation may be the path to recovering the cost of finishing the work, fixing defective construction, and covering other losses. The cost of litigation can feel like [...]
Know Your Courtroom
Know Your Courtroom When you walk into a courtroom for the first time, it can feel overwhelming. It is a world with its own rules, its own language, and its own rhythm. Whether you are a plaintiff, a defendant, or simply a witness, understanding the environment you are walking into can make a real difference in how you carry yourself and how well you are able to participate in the process. BLOG At Powers & Rogers, we created our "Know Your Courtroom" video to pull back the curtain on what a Florida [...]
Hidden In The Paperwork: What Cape Coral Landowners Need To Know
Hidden In The Paperwork: What Cape Coral Landowners Need To Know BLOG Leave Land, Not A Liability I agree with everything Robson has laid out, and I’ll add a step that happens long before any contract is signed:What you tell your heirs before they inherit the property at all. Many of the people caught off guard by a UEP assessment are heirs, not original owners. They inherited a lot in Cape Coral they’ve never seen, often from a parent or grandparent who bought it decades ago as an investment or a future retirement [...]
Property Tax Reform: Relief Or Risk For Cape Coral?
Property Tax Reform: Relief Or Risk For Cape Coral? BLOG Give Homeowners A Break For many Cape Coral homeowners, the dream of homeownership is getting harder to hold onto. Insurance premiums are climbing, inflation persists, and property assessments keep rising without any corresponding increase in household income. Florida’s proposed homestead property tax reforms are a direct response, and they deserve support. In my practice, I regularly speak with homeowners worried about the cost of staying in their homes. Rising property values may look good on paper, but they translate to higher tax bills, [...]
Battle For The Waterfront: Is Denying Cape Coral Rowing Club A Home At Tropicana Park Good Governance Or A Fiscally Irresponsible Bait And Switch?
Battle for the Waterfront BLOG Bait-And-Switch Leaves Rowing Club High And Dry The Cape Coral Rowing Club (CCRC) has served our youth for nearly 20 years. In a self-described “waterfront wonderland,” providing athletic programs that leverage our unique environment should be a no-brainer. Yet, despite decades of success, including launching athletes to prestigious institutions like MIT and Stetson University, our city council just ran the club aground. For 15 years, CCRC operated out of Cape Harbour before commercial development forced a temporary move to Seven Islands in 2022. The long-term solution was supposed [...]
One Flag, Two Views
One Flag, Two Views BLOG One City, One Flag: A Beacon of Freedom Cape Coral stands at a rare crossroads where symbolism and community identity can align in a meaningful, lasting way. The proposed 250-foot flagpole at Bernice Braden Park is not an act of excess; it is an act of intention. This project represents a visible commitment to our shared American values at a time when they are too often fragmented. At 250 feet, this structure is designed to be the tallest freestanding flagpole in Florida, flying a massive 80-by-150 foot American-made [...]
