What is a short sale, foreclosure or forbearance as it relates to buying and selling real estate? What good real estate deals are currently available on the Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast? Why do banks allow a short sale, foreclosure and forbearance?

THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

Boaters will love this 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Canal Front Chalet. It is in a great location just over the bridge to white sugar sandy Beaches, Entertainment, ect. The Canal Front Chalet can also give Boat access to the Beach, Restaurants and/or so much more, with virtually no traffic at all in the Back Bay.
This is Florida living at its best, gorgeous interior you need to see. Fully equipped open plan Kitchen & 2 Bathrooms. 3 spacious double bedrooms. Families can rent here for less and still have the great location for your Boat and your Family to holiday and enjoy. Amenities in the area include Golfing, Tennis, Boat Rentals,fishing, Jet Ski, Kayaking, Casino Boats, Key West Hi-Speed Ferry, Para-Sailing, sugar-sand,swimming beaches (numbered in top 10 beaches in the USA)
All the shopping and the Islands Clubs and Eateries you want. Easy access off the Island to Sanibel and Captiva islands and the world class amenities of Naples and Bonita Springs -Estero too.

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THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

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While this fort was being built, the political situation in the U.S. was deteriorating at a rapid rate. Following the election of Abraham Lincoln, there was a call from southern political leaders to leave the union. Federal forts along the eastern seaboard in the southern states were being seized by secessionists. While Florida delegates were meeting to decide their course of action, U.S. Corps of Engineers Captain E.B. Hunt–the latest commander of the construction project at Fort Taylor–met with U.S. Artillery Captain John Brannan, Captain Meigs, the engineer in charge of the Fort Jefferson project, and Lieuts. Craven and Stanly of the U.S. Navy to discuss securing Fort Taylor and Fort Jefferson. All reasoned that the projects were too important to the Union to lose. It was decided that Craven and the Mohawk would protect Fort Jefferson while Stanly and the Wyandott would remain at Key West to protect Fort Taylor. On November 20, 1860, Brannan ordered Lieut. Webber of Battery B and 20 men to move into Fort Taylor under the guise of training on the large seacoast cannon. Capt. Hunt arrived at the fort on December 2, 1860 with another 60 laborers who all pledged their loyalty to the Union and proclaimed they would fight to hold Fort Taylor.1 On 11 December 1860 Brannan wrote his superior officers in Washington, D.C. for instructions. None were forthcoming and the possibility Florida leaving the Union was rapidly becoming a reality. Delegates at Tallahassee voted in early January to secede. The news reached Key West January 11, 1861.

Brannan received a letter from Capt. Hunt on 12 January 1861 requesting that Brannan assume military command of Fort Taylor. On the night of 14 January 1861, Brannon marched the remaining troops under his command at the Key West Barracks and 16 civilian laborers to Fort Taylor and secured the fort for the Union. 60 cannon had already been sent down and mounted and there were enough stores for four months. In a letter to his superiors dated 15 January 1861, Brannan requested more soldiers and supplies. On 26 January 1861 Brannan received a reply from his superiors who ordered him to secure the fort. That letter was dated 4 January 1861. Mail services had been cut off, which is why Brannan didn’t receive a reply to his initial letter of 11 December 1860. All communications were now being routed through the American Consul in Havana. In the months to come, the fort received additional cannon, black powder, ammunition and supplies.

Fort Taylor was one three forts in Florida to be held by Union forces throughout the Civil War. Fort Jefferson remained in Union hands as did Fort Pickens in Pensacola. The main role of Fort Taylor during the war was to serve as headquarters for the Union Navy East Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron. Close to 300 vessels were captured by the squadron and forced to anchor in front of Fort Taylor.

Fort Taylor never saw hostile action. But once the federal troops moved in, they discovered that while the fort had formidable defenses seaward, a land attack from Key West could cause problems. The engineers hastily worked on the cover face between the island and the fort and mounted ten 8-inch Columbiad. The attack from Key West never came.

The fort was “modernized” during the Endicott Period. The top two levels were removed and newer coastal artillery was emplaced, which remained through mid-World War II. Anti-aircraft guns replaced the coastal artillery pieces. Fort Taylor’s military role came to an end in 1947. The property was transferred to the Navy and it was then used a storage yard for scrap metal. Later, the Department of the Interior took over the property until it was deeded to the State of Florida in 1976. The fort now is part of a state park.

http://www.forttaylor.org/history.html

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THE SAIL HARBOR “Key West Style” TOWNHOMES are the newest addition to our inventory of luxury living at its best. Sail Harbor Townhomes offer that Key West style in the heart of South Ft Myers. These spacious two storey homes boast over 2000 sq foot of air conditioned luxury. The first floor is where the bedrooms and bathrooms are located, the master suite offering a luxury en-suite bathroom. The ground floor consists of the Living area, kitchen and dining room. This brand new community boasts one of the best locations in the area. Just a short five minute drive to the exotic Islands of Sanibel and Captiva and the beaches of Ft Myers. All local amenities are close by, including fine dining, shopping and recreational activities. COME EXPERIENCE FLORIDA LIVING AT ITS BEST COME VISIT SAIL HARBOR.

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