2366 E Mall Drive, Apt 303 $80,000

Third floor, and the balcony looks straight down over the heated pool and the courtyard palms. That is the first thing you notice here, and it is the reason this particular unit is worth the walk through. Inside, the work has already been done. Plank flooring runs through every room, so there is no carpet to pull up and nothing to budget for before you move in. The kitchen was opened to the living room at some point and it changed the whole feel of the place. A peninsula seats three, the cabinets are flat panel wood, and a glass mosaic runs behind the sink under recessed lights. Both bathrooms have been redone with tiled surrounds and newer vanities. The primary closet is a walk in deep enough to hold its own vanity, which is not something you usually find in a two bedroom this size. Take your coffee out to the screened balcony and you are looking at water and landscaping rather than a parking lot. Southeast exposure keeps the hard afternoon sun off it. The Towers gives you an elevator, a covered parking space that comes with the unit, a clubhouse, grills out in the courtyard and a laundry room in the building. The association takes care of the roof, the exterior and the grounds, so your weekends stay yours. Flood zone X puts the building outside the 100 and 500 year floodplains, which means flood insurance is not something a lender will force on you. Edison Mall sits a block away, so shopping and dinner happen without moving the car, and downtown Fort Myers and the river district are a short drive from the door. If you are buying this to rent, the association allows leasing straight away on a one year minimum, one lease per year. If you are buying it to live in, it is a finished, low maintenance address in the middle of everything Fort Myers actually uses.

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