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Buy a home in Wildcat Cove with McGreevy and Comisar, Top 1% nationally since 2008. We show every closing, the three layers of fees and the club application before you offer. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 for a buyer consultation.
By Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, McGreevy and Comisar, Domain Realty Group. Updated September 2026.
Buying in Wildcat Cove means choosing among 40 detached homes with private pools on one street inside the gated Wildcat Run club, and few come up: 5 closed in the Southwest Florida MLS in the 12 months to September 29, 2026, and 13 in five years. This guide sits beside our Wildcat Cove neighborhood guide and inside the Wildcat Run community guide, and it shows what a buyer pays, what a buyer must be approved for and what to ask before writing an offer.
Price is one question, so our Wildcat Cove home valuation guide shows how each plan has priced across cycles, and if you own a home to sell first, our Wildcat Cove seller's guide covers that side. If you are still choosing an agent, our guide to the best real estate agents in Estero sets the options side by side. For the wider club, see how we help buyers across Wildcat Run, and for the carriage-home condominium next door, see how we help buyers in Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run.
McGreevy and Comisar are the best realtor for buying in Wildcat Cove because we read every recent closing, the master, Cove and club documents and the fee structure before you write an offer, and we negotiate for you personally. We are the #1 Team in Southwest Florida since 2012, and Top 1% nationally since 2008.
If you're searching for the best realtor for Wildcat Cove in Wildcat Run, Estero, whether you're ready to buy your Wildcat Cove home or sell the one you own, McGreevy and Comisar is the team that delivers. We lead Domain Realty Group, the #1 real estate team in Southwest Florida since 2012, Top 1% Nationally since 2008, with over $2.5 billion sold as a team and $900 million in personal sales between Jesse and Marc.
Recent Wildcat Cove market record (12 months to September 29, 2026, Southwest Florida MLS): 5 closed resales (n = 5, a small sample) at a median of $499,000, a range of $371,000 to $545,000, a median of 123 days on market and a median sold-to-list ratio of 87.3%. One home was active on September 29, 2026, asking $625,000. We publish no count of Wildcat Cove purchases we represented, because none is on file for this neighborhood, and we do not dress up a public-record comparison as our own deal.
In the last 12 months we tracked every one of the 5 Wildcat Cove closings in the Southwest Florida MLS, and we tracked all 13 closings the MLS has recorded here since November 2021. Each one is listed below by month, price, bedrooms and area only.
For Wildcat Cove buyers: we pull the closings, the association records and the fee schedules before you offer, negotiate at the partner level, and handle the gate, the estoppels and the club application timeline so the closing date is realistic.
Honors and recognition:
Those are career honors across Lee and Collier County. What we claim about Wildcat Cove is narrower and checkable: we have read the closings in the MLS and the county record plan by plan, and we tell you which costs are public and which are not.
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Wildcat Cove buyers who read nothing else on this page should know these eight facts, each sourced in the sections below. They decide what you pay, what you must be approved for and how long the purchase takes, and each is specific to this 40-home street off Wildcat Cove Circle.
Buying in Wildcat Cove takes a written buyer agreement with your agent, a price set from the closings, a contract with the homeowners' association disclosure, inspections of a 2000 to 2002 home and pool, three estoppels and an approved club membership application. The club application is the step buyers most often start too late.
Since August 17, 2024, a buyer's agent must have a written buyer-broker agreement in place before touring a home, stating the compensation and that it is negotiable. We review it with you before the first showing, and we explain what you pay if the seller offers nothing.
With 13 closings in five years, we set your offer from the closings of the plan you want, read against the asking history and days on market. The 2026 closings came in 4 to 17 percent under final list, which gives you room that a 2022 buyer did not have.
The contract should carry the Section 720.401 disclosure summary before you sign, the Section 689.261 property tax disclosure and the Section 689.302 flood disclosure. We check each before an offer is final.
A 2000 to 2002 home with a private pool warrants a full inspection, plus separate roof, air-conditioning and pool inspections, and a wind mitigation inspection if the insurer wants one.
The master association, the Cove's association and the club each issue paperwork, and the club's estoppel waits on your completed membership application. Start the application the day the contract is signed.
The closing agent prorates master, Cove and club dues to the closing date, and Florida property taxes, which are paid in arrears, are credited to you for the seller's days of ownership. Within 30 days of recording, the master declaration asks a new owner to send the deed and a sales information form.
We track the Wildcat Cove market from three records: every closing in the Southwest Florida MLS, the Lee County Property Appraiser's 2026 roll and recorded sales, and the associations' own published documents. Because the neighborhood is tiny, we read each new listing and each new closing against the 13 already on file.
We pulled every Wildcat Cove closing and active listing on September 29, 2026: 13 closings in 60 months, from $371,000 to $724,900, and one active at $625,000. The pull covers marketed resales, and sales entered after closing without marketing are listed but excluded from medians; none of the 13 here was.
Lee County's qualified recorded sales cover more years: 48 qualified sales in all, 4 since September 29, 2025 at a $519,500 median, through July 29, 2026. County figures carry their own label and are never compared with MLS square-foot figures.
The county roll lists 40 residential parcels on lots 1 through 40. The Cove's association was incorporated in May 1999 and its declaration recorded in January 2000, and the master declaration was restated and recorded in 2015. We read what is public and say what is not.
When a home comes up, a buyer who has already read the closings, asked for the estoppel and started the club inquiry can act in days. We set up a Wildcat Cove watch for buyers so you hear of a new listing as soon as it appears.
The Wildcat Cove market favors buyers who are patient and prepared. The Southwest Florida MLS shows 5 closings in the 12 months to September 29, 2026 at a $499,000 median and 87.3% of list, one active listing at $625,000 after 124 days, and about 2.4 months of supply, which reflects how few homes come to market here.
Data updated: September 2026
| Window (to Sept 29, 2026) | MLS closings | Median sold | Median $ per MLS sq ft | Median days on market | Median sold-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 12 months | 5 (small sample) | $499,000 | $203.54 | 123 | 87.3% |
| Last 24 months | 7 (small sample) | $540,000 | $213.95 | 114 | 90.7% |
| Last 36 months | 7 (small sample) | $540,000 | $213.95 | 114 | 90.7% |
| Last 60 months, first window with 10 or more | 13 | $579,900 | $238.06 | 16 | 97.5% |
Source: Southwest Florida MLS (Matrix), Development Wildcat Run, Sub-neighborhood Wildcat Cove, pulled September 29, 2026.
Every one of the five closings in the last 12 months sold below its final list price, by about 4 to 17 percent, and none closed in under 48 days. Across 60 months, 8 of the 13 sold below the final list price, 2 sold at it and 3 sold above it, and all 3 above-list sales closed in 2021 and 2022. A 2026 buyer has more room than a 2022 buyer did.
On September 29, 2026 the MLS showed one Wildcat Cove active: a three-bedroom, three-bath, 2,653 square foot home listed at $625,000 with 124 days on market. The same plan closed at $540,000 in June 2026 after 114 days, so the ask is about 16 percent above that closing (our arithmetic). The 124 days say the ask, not the neighborhood, is the obstacle.
One active against 5 closings a year is about 2.4 months of supply (our arithmetic). In a 40-home neighborhood that number says little: it is how few homes come to market, not how easily they sell. The better measure is days on market and the gap between list and sold price.
Since September 29, 2025 the county file shows 4 qualified sales at a $519,500 median, against the MLS's 5 closings at $499,000 over 12 months. The county file ends July 29, 2026, so it lags, and each count carries its own label.
If you are ready to look, call Marc at (239) 287-5873 and read how we represent buyers. If you are selling first, call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072 or request a free home valuation.
Wildcat Cove homes closed 13 times in the Southwest Florida MLS in the 60 months to September 29, 2026, from $371,000 to $724,900 at a $579,900 median. A neighborhood this small is read one sale at a time, so every closing is listed below by month, bedrooms, living area, price and days on market.
Data updated: September 2026
| Closed | Beds | MLS living area | List price | Sold price | Sold-to-list | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 2 plus den, 3 baths | 2,150 | $549,900 | $460,000 | 83.7% | 154 |
| Jun 2026 | 3, 3 baths | 2,653 | $649,900 | $540,000 | 83.1% | 114 |
| Apr 2026 | 2 plus den, 2 baths | 2,166 | $569,000 | $545,000 | 95.8% | 123 |
| Mar 2026 | 2, 2 baths | 2,145 | $425,000 | $371,000 | 87.3% | 48 |
| Mar 2026 | 3 plus den, 2.5 baths | 2,477 | $549,900 | $499,000 | 90.7% | 193 |
| Apr 2025 | 2 plus den, 3 baths | 2,160 | $739,900 | $724,900 | 98.0% | 11 |
| Feb 2025 | 2 plus den, 2 baths | 2,452 | $598,900 | $583,715 | 97.5% | 16 |
| Apr 2023 | 2 plus den, 2 baths | 2,166 | $725,000 | $680,000 | 93.8% | 15 |
| Apr 2023 | 2 plus den, 3 baths | 2,167 | $699,000 | $699,000 | 100.0% | 6 |
| Jun 2022 | 3, 3 baths | 2,655 | $579,900 | $579,900 | 100.0% | 16 |
| Apr 2022 | 3, 3 baths | 2,653 | $599,900 | $650,000 | 108.4% | 10 |
| Feb 2022 | 2 plus den, 2 baths | 2,166 | $549,900 | $710,000 | 129.1% | 2 |
| Nov 2021 | 3 plus den, 2.5 baths | 2,482 | $425,000 | $440,500 | 103.6% | 4 |
The 60-month window totals $7,483,015 in volume, with days on market from 2 to 193 and a mean of 54.8. The February 2022 row sold at 129.1 percent of its final list price in 2 days, an outlier; a final list price in the MLS can lag a bidding-war close, so we read that row as a peak marker, not a pricing rule.
Every year below is a small sample, so treat each median as a description.
| Year | MLS closings | Median sold | Range | Median days on market | Median sold-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (November) | 1 | $440,500 | one sale | 4 | 103.6% |
| 2022 | 3 | $650,000 | $579,900 to $710,000 | 10 | 108.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | $689,500 (mean of $680,000 and $699,000) | $680,000 to $699,000 | 10.5 | 96.9% |
| 2024 | 0 | none | none | none | none |
| 2025 | 2 | $654,307.50 (mean of $583,715 and $724,900) | $583,715 to $724,900 | 13.5 | 97.7% |
| 2026 to September 29 | 5 | $499,000 | $371,000 to $545,000 | 123 | 87.3% |
The pattern is a fast, above-list run in 2021 and 2022, a still-quick 2023, no sales in 2024, two quick closings in the first half of 2025 near $584,000 to $725,000, and a slower 2026 in which every sale closed below list. For a buyer, the trend is your leverage.
The county's qualified recorded sales cover more years than the MLS, including the years before 2021, with their own label and denominator.
| Year | Qualified county sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to July 29) | 4 | $519,500 |
| 2025 | 3 | $705,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | $689,500 |
| 2022 | 3 | $650,000 |
| 2021 | 6 | $399,500 |
| 2020 | 6 | $359,750 |
| 2019 | 1 | $255,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | $363,750 |
| 2017 | 3 | $325,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | $395,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | $400,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | $326,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | $325,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | $315,000 |
| 2010 | 3 | $300,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | $375,000 |
From a $359,750 median in 2020 to $689,500 in 2023 is a 92 percent rise, and from $689,500 to $519,500 in 2026 is a 25 percent fall (our arithmetic). No qualified sale is recorded for 2016 or 2024. Small counts move medians, so read the direction.
A Wildcat Cove home costs what its size band has recently closed at: the 2,145 to 2,167 square foot band closed from $371,000 to $545,000 in 2026, the 2,477 square foot home closed at $499,000, and the 2,653 square foot plan closed at $540,000. The county roll groups the 40 homes into four size bands.
Data updated: September 2026
The roll shows 19 parcels between 2,145 and 2,191 heated square feet, 5 between 2,357 and 2,409, 10 between 2,452 and 2,482 and 6 between 2,641 and 2,655. The roll counts 2 bedrooms on 24 parcels, 3 on 11 and 4 on 5, and 31 homes with two baths and 9 with three. The MLS adds den labels the roll does not carry, so count bedrooms from the plan.
The small band has seven MLS closings from $371,000 to $724,900; the four from 2022 to 2025 have a $704,500 median and the three from 2026 a $460,000 median. The mid band has three, at $440,500, $583,715 and $499,000. The large band has three, at $650,000, $579,900 and $540,000. No MLS closing in five years falls in the 2,357 to 2,409 band.
The 2,166 square foot plan closed at $710,000 in February 2022, $680,000 in April 2023 and $545,000 in April 2026, a $165,000 or 23 percent drop from the first to the last (our arithmetic). The 2,653 and 2,655 square foot three-bedroom closed at $650,000 in April 2022, $579,900 in June 2022 and $540,000 in June 2026. A buyer should see the cycle before judging a listing price.
Condition, updates, pool age and lease status differ from home to home, and the MLS does not tag renovation. We compare finishes in person and tell you when a difference is larger than the record can measure.
Wildcat Cove has 40 homes on the county roll and, on September 29, 2026, exactly one for sale, asking $625,000 after 124 days. Few homes come up here, so the buyer who has read the closings and started the club inquiry moves first.
Buying in Wildcat Cove? Call Marc at (239) 287-5873, read how we represent buyers or start with our Wildcat Cove home valuation guide.
Selling a home in Wildcat Cove at Wildcat Run? Get a free Wildcat Cove home valuation or Call Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072.
Wildcat Cove's $499,000 12-month median is above the carriage homes at $390,000 and the villas at $257,000, and below the estate section, where closings ran from $797,000 to $2,800,000 in the community hub's August 2026 pull. The Cove is the middle rung: a detached home and pool without an estate lot.
Data updated: September 2026
| Neighborhood | Units | Regime | Built | MLS closings, 12 months | MLS closings, 60 months | 12-month median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Cove | 40 | Homeowners association, Chapter 720, detached homes | 2000 to 2002 | 5 | 13 | $499,000 |
| Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run | 44 | Condominium, Chapter 718, carriage homes | 1999 to 2000 | 4 | 16 | $390,000 (mean of $385,000 and $395,000) |
| Village at Wildcat Run | 36, or 54 with Lakeside Villas and Cypress Bend | Condominium, Chapter 718 | 1989 to 1995 | 4, or 5 with its merged sections | 12, or 14 with them | $257,000 (n = 5 with its merged sections) |
The estate section, about 310 parcels on the master plat with 16 MLS closings in 12 months, is covered on the Wildcat Run hub. The community's roster counts 33 closings in 12 months across about 448 dwellings.
The Cove suits a buyer who wants a detached home, a private pool and the Wildcat Run club address without an estate lot. The carriage homes suit a buyer who wants a lower price and a condominium that maintains the building, and the villas suit a buyer at the entry rung. The master invoice, the gate and the club requirement are the same across all three.
Buy in Wildcat Cove for a detached home of 2,145 to 2,655 square feet with a private pool, at a $540,000 median on 7 MLS closings in 36 months. Buy in Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run for a lower-priced carriage home of 1,624 to 2,131 square feet in a condominium, at $395,000 on the same 7 closings.
Data updated: September 2026
| Factor | Wildcat Cove | Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run |
|---|---|---|
| Residential parcels (2026 roll) | 40 | 44 |
| Product | Detached single-family homes | Carriage homes in condominium buildings |
| Regime | Homeowners association, Chapter 720 | Three condominium associations, Chapter 718, plus a Commons association |
| Built (roll) | 2000 to 2002, median 2001 | 1999 to 2000, median 1999 |
| Bedrooms (roll) | 2 on 24, 3 on 11, 4 on 5 | 3 on all 44 |
| Heated area (roll) | 2,145 to 2,655, median 2,360 | 1,624 to 2,131, median 1,878 |
| Pool | Private pool on every home, plus the shared pool | The shared pool |
| Association manager | Pegasus Property Management | WMC Property Management |
| What the local dues list includes | Landscaping, irrigation, tree trimming, management, Commons | Water and sewer, pest control, exterior insurance, basic cable, roofs about every 3 years, painting about every 7 years, landscaping, reserves |
| MLS, 12 months | 5 closings, $499,000 median (small sample) | 4 closings, $390,000 median (small sample) |
| MLS, 24 months | 7, $540,000 (small sample) | 4, $390,000 (small sample) |
| MLS, 36 months | 7, $540,000 (small sample) | 7, $395,000 (small sample) |
| MLS, 60 months | 13, $579,900 | 16, $385,000 |
| Median $ per MLS sq ft, 12 months | $203.54 | $239.37 |
| Median days on market, 12 months | 123 | 30 |
| Median sold-to-list, 12 months | 87.3% | 95.4% |
| Active listings, Sep 29, 2026 | 1 at $625,000 | 2 at $425,000 and $329,900 |
| Months of supply | 2.4 | 6.0 |
| County qualified sales, since Sep 29, 2025 | 4, $519,500 median | 3, $395,000 median |
| Milestone and structural reserve rules | Do not apply to detached homes | Apply to buildings of three or more stories; the club describes two floors of units, so confirm |
Sources: Southwest Florida MLS Matrix, pulled September 29, 2026; Lee County Property Appraiser 2026 roll and recorded-sales file; the club's local-association page; Florida Division of Corporations. MLS and county figures are never mixed.
Price, size and what the dues cover. Over 36 months, Wildcat Cove closed 7 times at a $540,000 median while Cypress Cove closed 7 times at $395,000, a gap of $145,000 or about 37 percent, for homes about 480 square feet larger at the roll medians (our arithmetic). Cypress Cove's local dues cover more of the building, including exterior insurance and roofs, while the Cove's dues cover the landscape and the shared pool and leave the home to the owner.
Over 12 months the Cove's median per MLS square foot was $203.54 and Cypress Cove's was $239.37, so the smaller carriage homes cost more per square foot. Over 60 months the order reversed, $238.06 for the Cove and $215.36 for Cypress Cove. A 2026 buyer of a Cove home pays less per square foot than a Cypress Cove buyer, which was not true for the 2021 to 2025 buyer.
Both medians rest on very few sales: 5 for the Cove and 4 for Cypress Cove in 12 months. We lead with the 36-month and 60-month windows for the comparison. The Cove's 123 median days on market against Cypress Cove's 30 is the clearest current difference: buyers are moving faster on the lower-priced carriage homes, though the two listed there have waited 112 and 217 days.
Choose Wildcat Cove if you want a detached home, your own pool and more square feet, and you accept the club membership and a maintenance list that is yours. Choose Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run if you want a lower price, a condominium that maintains the building and roof and a smaller home, and you accept condominium rules. The master invoice, the gate, the club requirement and the shared pool are identical. McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, and we show both on one morning. Our Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run neighborhood guide covers its side in full.
The steps to buy a home in Wildcat Cove are: sign a buyer agreement, get pre-approved, choose a band and a budget, tour with the gate arranged, write an offer from the closings, review the disclosures, inspect, collect three estoppels, finish the club application, then close. The club application and estoppels are the steps that differ from most Estero purchases.
The agreement states your agent's compensation, which is negotiable and not set by law, and what you pay if the seller offers nothing. We walk through every line before a tour.
A lender reviews your finances and issues a pre-approval. Tell the lender the home is in a homeowners' association with mandatory club membership, so the monthly payment includes the dues you can see and you plan for the dues you cannot yet see.
Decide which size band suits you, using the closings above, and set a budget that leaves room for the master invoice, the Cove's dues, the club's dues, tax and insurance. We show you each published figure and mark each unpublished one.
Wildcat Run is gated, and showings follow the master's realtor rules on sign-in and access hours, which we handle. We tour Wildcat Cove beside Cypress Cove and the Village on one morning if you like.
We build your offer from the closings of your band, the listing's days on market and the sold-to-list pattern, with terms that cover the inspection period and the club timeline. In 2026 the closings sold at a median 87.3 percent of the final list.
The seller provides the Section 720.401 summary before you sign, the tax disclosure and the flood disclosure. We confirm each is in the contract file before your deadline.
Order a general inspection and specialist inspections of the roof, air conditioning, pool and cage. Ask the seller for permits and design review approvals for any exterior work.
Ask the closing agent to request the master and Cove estoppels, and file your club membership application immediately, because the club's estoppel waits on it.
Sign, fund and record. Register for the gate system, buy transponders at $35 each and send the master the deed and sales information form within 30 days of recording.
Club membership for a Wildcat Cove buyer is required at the social level: the master declaration requires one owner of each lot to be a social member of Wildcat Run Country Club, membership does not convey with the deed, and the club approves applications. Golf is a separate optional membership, and the club does not publish its fees.
The declaration requires one owner of each lot to be a social member. The club's application says initiation fees, dues and any capital contributions are stated on a Schedule of Fees that is not posted publicly, and club dues for social and golf memberships are due September 30 per the residents' handbook.
Ask the club for the current schedule of fees, the approval timeline, whether the seller's membership resigns or transfers and what the club's estoppel will cover. Get the answers in writing before you make an offer, because this is the largest cost we cannot quote.
The course is an 18-hole, par-72 Arnold Palmer signature design, created with Ed Seay, with six sets of tees from 4,342 to 6,912 yards and an $8 million renovation completed in summer 2023. The club lists four Har-Tru tennis courts, four pickleball courts, two bocce courts, a fitness and wellness center, a formal dining room and a casual Grill Room. Resident golf memberships are available, and non-resident golf has a waitlist.
The Cove owns no clubhouse and no courts. Its dues pay for landscaping, irrigation, management, tree trimming, monument signs and the Commons that runs the shared pool, so every club amenity comes with the club membership, not with the home.
If you plan to rent the home, the rental guidelines let an owner's privileges transfer to a tenant for a fee, and owner privileges are suspended while the tenant holds them. The required social membership stays with the lot.
Florida's disclosure laws give a Wildcat Cove buyer a Section 720.401 homeowners' association disclosure summary before the contract is signed, a Section 689.261 property tax disclosure, a Section 689.302 flood disclosure and protection against a seller's concealment of known material defects. The Cove is a Chapter 720 association, so condominium resale rights do not apply.
The summary must be given before you sign, by the parcel owner on a resale. It states that membership is mandatory, that recorded covenants govern use and that assessments are owed and may change. If it was not provided first, you may cancel by written notice within 3 days after receiving it or before closing, whichever comes first, and the right cannot be waived.
Subsection 720.401(2) excludes associations under Chapters 718, 719, 721 and 723. Wildcat Cove is a homeowners association of detached houses, so the Section 720.401 summary applies to it, while condominium buyers at Cypress Cove or the Village receive a different resale set. This page is information, not legal advice; your closing agent or attorney confirms your package.
Section 689.261 requires a summary warning that you should not rely on the seller's current taxes, since a change of ownership can trigger reassessment. The Lee County Property Appraiser's 2026 roll and the Tax Collector's bill show the actual figures, and a first bill after a sale can differ from the seller's.
Section 689.302 requires the seller to give a flood disclosure at or before contract, covering known flood damage, insurance claims and disaster assistance, and stating that homeowners' policies do not cover flood. It is the seller's knowledge, not a map reading.
Under Johnson v. Davis, a Florida seller who knows of a fact that materially affects value and is not readily observable must disclose it, and an as-is clause does not remove that duty for a known latent defect. A death in a home is not a material fact that must be disclosed under Section 689.25.
Milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies apply to condominium buildings of three or more habitable stories under Sections 553.899 and 718.112. Wildcat Cove is detached homes on platted lots, so a buyer does not receive a milestone report from the Cove. Ask instead for the Cove's budget and reserve schedule, which Section 720.303 gives owners access to.
Three estoppels come with a Wildcat Cove purchase: the master association's, the Cove association's and the club's. Section 720.30851 requires an association to issue its estoppel within 10 business days of a written request, with capped fees, and the club's estoppel cannot be generated until your completed membership application is on file.
The master association's manager lists $280 for its estoppel including a platform fee and a $100 rush charge. It states the master dues, any assessment and any amount owed on the home.
The Cove's manager, Pegasus Property Management, issues its estoppel. It is the only source for the current quarterly dues, any special assessment, any capital contribution the Cove charges at sale and any amount owed. Florida caps a current-account homeowners' association estoppel at $299.
The club's estoppel waits on your application. Because the club and the two associations are separate bodies, a clean master estoppel does not clear the club.
In Lee County the seller customarily pays estoppels, though the contract controls. We confirm the contract says so, and we check each estoppel against the seller's disclosures.
We found no board approval requirement for a sale in the public master documents: the declaration asks a new owner to send the deed and a sales information form within 30 days of recording. Whether the Cove's own declaration adds a sale approval or a transfer charge is a question for Pegasus, and we ask it before you offer.
Before buying in Wildcat Cove, inspect the roof, air-conditioning system, pool, pool cage, water heater, electrical panel, windows and doors, and ask for the permits behind each. The homes were built in 2000 to 2002, so these systems are 20 to 25 years old unless replaced, and dates matter more than condition photographs.
The master declaration requires a conventional gable or hip roof covered with tile or another approved material, and a roof re-covered with tile cannot return to shingles. Ask for the roof date and any permits and design review approval.
A first air-conditioning system on a 2001-era home is likely at or past its expected life. Ask for service records, and have the inspector check the ducts, the air handler and the water heater.
Every Cove home has a private pool, so the equipment, surface, cage, screens and any leak history are the items to inspect. The roll does not carry a pool flag and the MLS does not tag pool condition, so verify each on the home you are buying.
The Village of Estero's Community Development Department issues building permits, and the master's design review committee approves exterior changes separately. We did not read a permit list for any Wildcat Cove address, so we ask for both for any roof, air-conditioning, window, pool or cage work.
A wind mitigation inspection on the state's uniform form records roof shape, roof covering, opening protection and roof-to-wall connections, and can earn insurance credits. With a 2001-era roof stock, the roof date is the first question an insurer asks.
Do not assume a view, a courtyard or a lot position from a listing photograph. The club says many Cove homes have lake, preserve and golf vistas and that the largest models are courtyard models; verify it on the lot.
You insure a Wildcat Cove home with a homeowners policy on the house, roof and pool, plus liability, and flood coverage if you want it, because the Cove's published dues do not mention a master policy on the structures. At a point we geocoded to the Wildcat Cove Circle range, FEMA showed Zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Because the homes are detached and the Cove's dues list does not mention building insurance, expect to carry a full policy on the home and its pool. Price wind, roof age and any mitigation credits before you offer, and ask the seller for the current policy and claims history.
A federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance in a special flood hazard area, which means zones starting with A or V. Zone X is outside it, so a lender does not require flood insurance on the map alone, although a lender or insurer may, and any owner can buy it. The Village of Estero says anywhere it rains, it can flood.
Hurricane Ian made landfall in September 2022 as a Category 4 storm near Cayo Costa, and Hurricane Milton made landfall in October 2024 near Siesta Key as a Category 3, per the National Hurricane Center. Our community research describes Ian at Wildcat Run as a wind and tree event inland, not a surge event, but we hold no Wildcat Cove specific damage record and never say any home was undamaged.
The design review rules allow mill-finish shutters only three days before a predicted hurricane and require them down within three days after, while shutters painted to match the home may stay up during the season.
Citizens Property Insurance publishes its flood coverage requirement, which buyers relying on the state insurer should read. We publish no Wildcat Cove premium because no public source does, and we send you to an insurance agent for a quote on the specific home.
You will pay three layers to own a Wildcat Cove home: the master invoice, which was $3,710 for 2025, the Cove's quarterly dues and the club's social dues, plus insurance and tax. Only the master invoice is published with a dollar figure; the Cove's and the club's charges sit behind the manager's and the club's own schedules.
Data updated: September 2026
The club's FAQ lists 2025 master fees as $2,457 in dues plus $1,253 for bulk Comcast cable and internet, a $3,710 annual invoice, about $309 a month (our arithmetic). The Welcome Realtors packet lists 2024 fees of $2,450 plus $1,207, or $3,657, so the invoice rose $53 or about 1.4 percent. The master's February 2026 presentation reports no increase in 2026 fees and a new lower-cost Comcast contract, and dues are due by December 31.
The presentation shows a 2026 budget of $1,691,090 in income, with $503,500 for grounds maintenance, $271,900 for security and the gatehouse, $498,500 for utilities, $98,190 for administration and $319,000 for reserves, up from $280,000 in 2025 and 2024. The 2025 preliminary result was $1,721,693 of income against $1,706,770 of expense. Those are the master's numbers, not the Cove's.
Quarterly dues include landscaping, irrigation maintenance and equipment reserves, property management and legal fees, hardwood and palm tree trimming, monument sign care and the Commons dues for the shared pool. The amount is not published, and the Pegasus estoppel states it.
A social membership is required, and the club's schedule of fees is not posted. Golf is optional and separate.
Lee County property tax is billed on the county's assessed value, which depends on exemptions and millage for the year, and a first bill after a sale can differ from the seller's. We do not quote a Wildcat Cove tax bill. We found no Community Development District for Wildcat Run in our community research, and a tax bill would show one.
At a $499,000 price, the master invoice is about 0.74 percent of the price a year, or roughly $309 a month, and the Cove's dues, the club's dues, tax and insurance come on top. Because two of the layers are unpublished, we do not publish an all-in figure, and any number on a listing sheet without a source is an estimate.
The Cove's dues do not include golf, dining, the club's social dues, building or roof insurance, water and sewer, or the pool at any one home. There is no bundled-amenity model: a Cove owner pays the master invoice, the Cove's quarterly dues, the club's social dues and any golf dues, each to a different body.
Buyer closing costs in Wildcat Cove include the lender's title policy, recording of the deed and mortgage, Florida's documentary stamp and intangible taxes on a mortgage, prepaid items and the small association items. In Lee County the seller customarily pays the deed doc stamps and the owner's title policy, and the contract controls.
Data updated: September 2026
The buyer customarily pays the lender's title policy and the recording of the deed, and the mortgage costs. The seller customarily pays deed doc stamps at $0.70 per $100, the owner's title policy and the association estoppels. Florida law assigns neither, so the contract controls.
On a $499,000 purchase with a loan of $399,200 (80 percent, our example), documentary stamp tax on the note at $0.35 per $100 is $1,397.20, and the nonrecurring intangible tax at $0.002 per $1 is $798.40 (our arithmetic on the Department of Revenue rates). A cash buyer pays neither.
Clerk recording fees are set by Section 28.24: $10.00 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page. A typical deed therefore records for roughly $18.50 to $35.50, customarily paid by the buyer.
Taxes are paid in arrears, so at a mid-year closing the seller credits you for the days the seller owned the home, and you pay the full bill in November. The title company usually estimates from the prior year's bill.
Known charges are small: transponders at $35 each, a Dwelling Live registration, the club's personal-information form and the deed and sales information form the master requires within 30 days of recording. The unknown ones are the club's initiation and any capital contribution, and any transfer charge in the Cove's declaration.
Budget for a general inspection, roof, air-conditioning and pool inspections, a wind mitigation inspection and a survey if the lender or you want one. These vary by provider, and we do not quote a price for them.
Buyer representation after the NAR settlement means a written buyer-broker agreement before your agent tours a home with you, compensation that is stated and negotiable, and offers of buyer-agent compensation that can no longer appear on the MLS. The practice changes took effect August 17, 2024 and apply to every Wildcat Cove purchase.
The agreement must state a specific amount or rate of compensation and conspicuously state that broker compensation is fully negotiable and not set by law. We review it with you before the first showing.
A seller may offer to pay or contribute toward the buyer's agent, off the MLS, and buyer concessions such as a contribution toward closing costs may still appear in the MLS. If the seller offers nothing, you pay the agreed compensation, and in a market where 2026 closings sold at 87.3 percent of list we negotiate it as part of the offer.
We track the closings, read the documents, arrange the gate and showings, negotiate the price and terms, manage the inspections, estoppels and club timeline and coordinate the closing. We explain each so you see what the compensation covers.
Yes, you can finance a Wildcat Cove home with a conventional mortgage through a lender who accepts a homeowners' association property with mandatory club membership. The appraiser reads the same small set of closings we do, so we prepare the comparable sales in advance, and cash buyers simplify the timeline but not the club application.
The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey is the public benchmark for weekly average mortgage rates, and your lender's quote is what you pay. We do not quote a rate on this page, because it changes weekly.
With 13 closings in five years, an appraiser has few comparable sales, and the six closings before May 2023 were at a $665,000 median against $499,000 for the last 12 months. A low appraisal is answered with the closings of your band, adjusted for condition, which we prepare in advance.
Lenders count association dues in your debt-to-income ratio. Ask your lender which dues it will count, and give it the estoppels, because the Cove's and the club's dues are not public.
A cash buyer avoids the mortgage taxes and the appraisal, and the seller may value the certainty. The club application, the estoppels and the design review timeline still apply.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Owning a Home tools explain loan estimates and closing disclosures, and we recommend comparing loan estimates from more than one lender.
We find you the right Wildcat Cove home by setting up a watch on the MLS, reading every new listing against the 13 closings on file, touring with the gate arranged and telling you honestly how a home sits in its band. With one home active today, we also look at adjacent Wildcat Run neighborhoods if you want.
We set up a Wildcat Cove watch so you hear of a new listing as soon as it appears. In a 40-home neighborhood, a listing is an event, and the buyer who has already read the closings moves first.
For each listing we check the plan against the roll, the ask against the closings and days on market, the roof, air-conditioning and pool dates and the documents the seller can provide.
If you are undecided between a detached home and a condominium, we tour Wildcat Cove, Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run and the Village in one morning so you compare them directly.
If no Cove home fits, the estate section, where closings ran from $797,000 to $2,800,000 in the hub's August 2026 pull, and the other sections share the gate and the club. See the Wildcat Run community guide.
We negotiate for you in Wildcat Cove from the closings, not from the asking price: the 2026 sales closed at a median 87.3 percent of list, so a well-supported offer below ask is normal here. Price is one lever, and the inspection period, repairs, club timeline and closing date are the others.
We compare the list price with the closings of the same band and with the days on market. A home listed near 2022 prices and waiting is the one where a supported offer below ask tends to be received.
On a 2001-era home, the roof, air conditioning and pool are the likely findings. Exterior repairs need design review, which takes 30 to 45 days, so we often negotiate a credit instead of a repair.
We write the club application timeline, the estoppels, the disclosure summary and the closing date into the contract, so you are protected if the club, the Cove or the master is slow.
If an estoppel shows an unexpected assessment, the club schedule is higher than you can carry or the inspection finds a problem the seller will not address, walking away within your inspection period is an option, and we say so plainly.
The Wildcat Run rules that decide whether a Wildcat Cove home works for you are the required club membership, the three-month minimum lease with approvals, the two-pet interpretation, the no-street-parking rule, the design review requirement for any exterior change and the gate procedures. Each comes from the master documents, and the Cove's declaration may add to them.
The master declaration bars leases of less than three continuous calendar months and bars room rentals and transient tenants. Leases need approval first from the Cove and then from the master board, applied for at least 30 days ahead, with a $100 processing fee paid by the renter and a $40 background check per adult. A buyer who wants short-term or vacation rental income should not buy at Wildcat Run.
The master board has interpreted a reasonable number as a maximum of two pets per home. Pets must be leashed and attended outside the home, may not be walked on the golf course or cart paths, and cats must be confined to the home per the residents' handbook. Assistance animals for a person with a disability are handled under federal fair housing rules, per HUD. The Cove's declaration may be stricter, so ask Pegasus.
There is no street parking: visitors park in the driveway, and overnight guests beyond the driveway's capacity use the community's asphalt lot. Only passenger vehicles may be parked overnight in driveways, trucks need master approval, and boats and RVs are garaged or stored off site. Electric golf carts are allowed with a community decal and stay in a garage overnight.
No exterior work, including repainting in the same color, roof replacement, landscaping changes and pool cage work, may begin without the design review committee's written approval, and Section 720.3035 requires architectural control to rest on written, consistently applied standards. The master's presentation describes a 30 to 45 day review.
The gate is staffed around the clock. Guests and vendors register through the Dwelling Live system, vehicle decals go on every vehicle including golf carts, and residents can buy transponders at $35 each.
Wildcat Cove is not a 55-plus community as far as the documents we read show; we found no housing-for-older-persons designation in the master documents or the club's materials. We describe the property, not who may live in it.
Wildcat Cove is the right place to buy if you want a detached home with a private pool inside the Wildcat Run gate and you accept a required club membership, unpublished dues and a 2000 to 2002 home with a maintenance list of its own. It is the wrong place for short-term rental income.
A private pool on all 40 homes, detached single-family living without an estate lot, a small 40-home association, no condominium milestone or structural reserve rules, a published master invoice, a Zone X map reading at our test point and a member-owned club with a renovated Palmer course.
The Cove's dues and the club's fees are not published, 2026 closed well below list, prices have eased from a $650,000 median in 2022 to $499,000 in 2026 on the MLS, the market is thin with no sales in 2024, and roofs, air conditioning and pool equipment on 2001-era homes may be near replacement.
You pay the master, the Cove and the club separately and receive an estoppel from each at purchase. That is the structural difference from a single-association community, and it is why a documents file matters here.
The record shows 2026 closings from March to September and a club calendar that is fullest in season. The documents allow leasing with approval for three months or more, which suits some seasonal owners; we describe the property and do not suggest who should live there.
We show you the closings, the public documents and the unpublished items, tour Cypress Cove and the Village beside the Cove if you like, and tell you honestly which fits the facts you give us. Our Wildcat Cove neighborhood guide has the plat, the associations and the homes in depth.
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The Cove's homes fall into four size bands, and we help you choose the band that fits, not the largest one.
A personalized Wildcat Cove buyer consultation starts with a short form or a call to Marc, and we return with the closings of the size band you want, the public and unpublished costs, the club timeline and any homes that fit. It carries no obligation, and few homes come up here, so the buyer who is prepared moves first.
Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 or read how we represent buyers. If you own a home to sell first, see our Wildcat Cove seller's guide or request a free home valuation.
The plan and band you want, the closings behind each, the three layers of fees, the club application and what to ask the Cove's manager. You leave with a written list of documents to request.
Your target budget, your timeline, your lender's pre-approval if you have one and any questions about the club. If you are selling first, bring the address so we can coordinate the two closings.
A Wildcat Cove specialist matters because the neighborhood's 13 closings in five years are too few for an average to mean anything, and because a purchase runs through three bodies and a club application. A specialist reads each closing, knows which document comes from whom and tells you what is not published.
With 13 closings, a generalist's average is an opinion. We read each sale, group them by plan and year and explain why a 2022 closing does not price a 2026 listing.
The master's manager, the Cove's manager and the club each hold part of the file. We send the requests on day one and do not guess at documents we have not read.
The Cove's dues, the club's fees, the Cove declaration's clauses, permit histories and any special assessment are not public in the records we read. We mark each as unverified and tell you who holds the answer.
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In the last 12 months we tracked all 5 Wildcat Cove closings in the Southwest Florida MLS, pulled September 29, 2026, and every one of the 13 the MLS has recorded since November 2021. As the leaders of Domain Realty Group our team has closed over $2.5 billion in real estate, and Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar account for over $900 million in personal sales inside that number.
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Start with a free Wildcat Cove home valuation. Jesse follows up with the closings that fit your home, adjusted for condition, updates, pool age and any lease in place. (239) 898-6072, text or call. Our Wildcat Cove seller's guide walks through the sale step by step, and our home valuation guide shows how homes here are priced.
For a home priced to the recent closings, the market is workable but slow: 2026 closings took a median of 123 days at 87.3% of list (Southwest Florida MLS, September 29, 2026).
Against Wildcat Cove's own recent sales, by plan. The 2,145 to 2,166 square foot plans closed from $371,000 to $545,000 in 2026, and the 2,653 square foot plan closed at $540,000 in June 2026.
The 12-month median is 123 days and the 60-month median is 16, with a range of 2 to 193 days over five years.
We found no board approval requirement for a sale in the master documents, and the Cove's declaration is the place to check. The club's estoppel needs a buyer's membership application.
Generally yes, subject to the lease and to master and Cove approval on file.
Wildcat Cove owners and buyers work directly with Jesse McGreevy and Marc Comisar, who lead Domain Realty Group and tracked every recent Wildcat Cove closing and public record in Wildcat Run before writing this guide. Learn how the team was built on our about McGreevy and Comisar page.
Jesse has been in the business since October 2004, and the team launched in October 2008.
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These are the questions buyers ask most about Wildcat Cove homes for sale, HOA fees, club membership and living in Estero, answered from the records cited below. Each answer names Wildcat Cove and points to the section that holds the detail. Where a record is not public, the answer says so.
Wildcat Cove is a neighborhood of 40 detached single-family homes with private pools, built in 2000 to 2002 inside Wildcat Run Golf and Country Club, a gated community of about 450 homes in Estero, Florida. It has its own homeowners association and one street, Wildcat Cove Circle.
No. Wildcat Cove is the 40-home single-family neighborhood on Plat Book 66. Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run is the neighboring 44-home carriage-home condominium that shares a pool with the Cove by deed, and Cypress Cove at Grandezza is a different community. Wildcat Creek and Verdana Village are also unrelated.
Wildcat Cove is inside the gated Wildcat Run community, whose club address is 20300 Country Club Drive, Estero, ZIP 33928, inland and east of I-75. The Cove's only street is Wildcat Cove Circle.
The Lee County 2026 roll carries 40 residential parcels, all single-family use, on lots 1 through 40, and the club and the master declaration's table of associations both give 40 homes. Three tracts hold common property.
The county roll records 2,145 to 2,655 heated square feet with a median of 2,360, and the club describes 2,160 to 2,656 square feet of air-conditioned living space. Confirm the size on the specific home before you compare prices.
The roll shows 2 bedrooms on 24 parcels, 3 on 11 and 4 on 5, and the MLS adds den labels such as two plus den and three plus den. Count bedrooms from the plan, not the label.
The club's local-association page says each of the 40 Wildcat Cove residences has its own private pool, and residents also have the community pool shared with Cypress Cove. The county roll does not carry a pool flag, so verify the pool, cage and equipment on the specific home.
Between 2000 and 2002 per the county roll: five homes are dated 2000, thirty-three 2001 and two 2002. The homeowners association was incorporated in May 1999 and its declaration recorded in January 2000.
On September 29, 2026 the Southwest Florida MLS showed one Wildcat Cove active: a three-bedroom, three-bath, 2,653 square foot home listed at $625,000 with 124 days on market. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873 for the live list, since one listing changes the picture.
In the 12 months to September 29, 2026, 5 MLS closings ran from $371,000 to $545,000 at a $499,000 median. Over 60 months, 13 closings ran from $371,000 to $724,900 at a $579,900 median. Those are the homes that actually closed, not asking prices.
The 12-month median is $203.54 per square foot of MLS living area, the 36-month median is $213.95 and the 60-month median is $238.06. County and MLS square-foot figures measure different things, so we never compare them.
Down from the peak. The MLS median was $650,000 in 2022 (n = 3), $689,500 in 2023 (n = 2), $654,307.50 in 2025 (n = 2) and $499,000 in 2026 to date (n = 5); county qualified sales show $689,500 in 2023 and $519,500 in 2026. Small samples describe direction, not a rate.
The 60-month median is 16 days on market, but the 12-month median is 123 days, and the 2026 closings ranged from 48 to 193 days. Homes priced to the current market close; homes listed near 2022 prices wait.
Three charges. The master association's 2025 invoice was $3,710 ($2,457 in dues plus $1,253 for bulk cable and internet), the Cove's own dues are quarterly and not published, and the club's social dues are not published. Ask for the Pegasus estoppel and the club schedule.
Roads, storm sewers, perimeter landscaping, lakes, irrigation, the entry and gatehouse, security and enforcement of the covenants, plus Comcast bulk cable and internet for the Wildcat Cove home, per the club's FAQ and the residents' handbook. It does not cover the golf course or clubhouse.
Landscaping, irrigation maintenance and equipment reserves, the management company and legal fees, hardwood and palm tree trimming, monument sign care and the Commons dues for the shared pool, per the club's local-association page. The published list does not mention roofs, insurance or water and sewer.
Yes, at least at the social level. The master declaration requires one owner of each lot to be a social member of Wildcat Run Country Club, and the club approves applications. Golf is a separate optional membership. Membership does not convey automatically to a buyer.
The club does not publish its fees. Its application says initiation fees, dues and any capital contributions are stated on a Schedule of Fees, and dues are due September 30. Ask the club's membership office for the current schedule in writing before you write an offer.
No. Golf is a separate optional membership, and the club says resident golf memberships are available and non-resident golf has a waitlist. The course is an 18-hole, par-72 Arnold Palmer signature design renovated for $8 million in 2023.
Your usual lender and title costs, any charges in the Cove's declaration, the club's membership fees, and the small items the master requires: transponders at $35 each and the deed and sales information form within 30 days of recording. Ask Pegasus and the club for the exact figures.
Our community research found no Community Development District confirmed for Wildcat Run, and a tax bill would show one. We found no public record of a Wildcat Cove special assessment; the estoppel and minutes are where one would show.
They depend on the Lee County assessment, exemptions and millage for the year. We do not quote a figure for Wildcat Cove. The Lee County Property Appraiser's 2026 roll and the Tax Collector's bill for the home show the number, and a first bill may differ from the seller's.
Not as far as the documents show. We found no housing-for-older-persons designation in the master documents or the club's materials. The master declaration's leasing section sets tenant eligibility rules, which are a leasing term and not a 55-plus restriction.
Yes with approval: the minimum lease is three months, the application goes in at least 30 days ahead, the Cove's association and then the master board approve, and occupancy before approval is prohibited. Fees include a $100 renter processing fee and $40 per adult for a background check.
No. The master declaration bars leases of less than three continuous calendar months and bars room rentals and transient tenants. A buyer who wants vacation rental income should not buy at Wildcat Cove.
The master board has interpreted a reasonable number as two pets per home, pets must be leashed and attended, and pets may not be walked on the golf course or cart paths. Cats must be confined to the home. The Cove's declaration may be stricter; ask Pegasus.
Yes. The master declaration requires every residence in the community to have a garage of 500 to 1,000 square feet, so each Wildcat Cove home has one. Overnight parking in driveways is limited to passenger vehicles, and there is no street parking.
At a point geocoded to the Wildcat Cove Circle address range, FEMA's flood hazard layer shows Zone X, area of minimal flood hazard, outside the special flood hazard area. That is a map reading for one point; check your exact address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center.
No. Milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies apply to condominium buildings of three or more habitable stories, and Wildcat Cove is a homeowners association of detached houses under Chapter 720. Ask instead for the Cove's budget and reserve schedule.
Wildcat Cove is detached and larger, at a $540,000 median over 36 months against $395,000 for Cypress Cove at Wildcat Run, whose condominium dues cover more of the building. They share a pool by deed. See the decision table above.
Ask for the Pegasus estoppel, the Cove's declaration, budget and reserve schedule, the club's fee schedule and membership timeline, the roof, air-conditioning and pool equipment dates, permits, and design review approvals for any exterior work. Marc runs that list on every buyer's behalf.
McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008 and lead the #1 team in Southwest Florida since 2012. We pull the closings, the association records and the fee schedules for you before you offer. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
Call Marc at (239) 287-5873. Wildcat Run is gated, and showings follow the master's realtor rules on sign-in and access hours, which we handle. McGreevy and Comisar are Top 1% Real Estate Agents Nationally Since 2008, and we tour Wildcat Cove beside Cypress Cove and the Village on one morning if you like.
Pegasus Property Management in Bonita Springs is the Cove association's principal address and registered agent on the state register. The master association is managed by Alliant Association Management, and the Commons that runs the shared pool has its own manager.
Every fact on this Wildcat Cove buyer guide traces to a primary record below: the Wildcat Run club and master association's own documents, Florida statutes and state records, Lee County and Village of Estero records, FEMA and federal sources, and our own Southwest Florida MLS pull. Where a record was not public, this page says so.
Wildcat Cove buyers can pull the documents behind this page directly from the authority that issues each one, so you always see the official, current version rather than a copy. The last rows name records that are not public and the office that holds them.
| Document | What it shows | Issued by | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Amended and Restated Master Declaration | Leasing, design review, garages, roofs and the required social membership | Wildcat Run master association, recorded February 19, 2015 | Master declaration, PDF |
| Welcome Realtors packet | Sign, showing, open house, pet and estoppel rules for agents | Wildcat Run master association, current file | Realtor packet, PDF |
| Local association information | The Cove's dues list, manager and the shared pool description | Wildcat Run master association, current file | Local associations, PDF |
| Rental Guidelines | The three-month minimum lease, approval chain and fees | Wildcat Run master association, October 15, 2025 | Rental guidelines, PDF |
| 2025 Master HOA annual meeting presentation | The master budget, reserves, fees and project list | Wildcat Run master association, February 7, 2026 | Annual meeting deck, PDF |
| Design review committee application | The approval every exterior change needs before work starts | Wildcat Run master association, current file | DRC application, PDF |
| For-sale signage information | The sign size, color and placement rules for a listing | Wildcat Run master association, current file | Signage rules, PDF |
| Florida Statutes 720.401 | The homeowners' association disclosure summary, its pre-contract timing and the 3-day cancellation right | Florida Legislature | Section 720.401 |
| Florida Statutes 720.30851 | The estoppel certificate, its 10 business day deadline and fee cap | Florida Legislature | Section 720.30851 |
| Florida Statutes 689.302 | The seller's flood disclosure owed at or before contract | Florida Legislature | Section 689.302 |
| Florida Statutes 689.261 | The property tax disclosure summary a buyer receives | Florida Legislature | Section 689.261 |
| Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form | The wind mitigation form that can earn insurance credits | Florida Office of Insurance Regulation | OIR-B1-1802, PDF |
| Documentary stamp tax overview | The $0.70 per $100 rate on deeds | Florida Department of Revenue | Doc stamp overview |
| NAR settlement FAQs | How commission and buyer broker compensation work after August 17, 2024 | National Association of REALTORS | NAR settlement FAQs |
| Hurricane Ian Tropical Cyclone Report | The official storm record behind the storm section | National Hurricane Center, 2022 | Ian report, PDF |
| The Cove's own recorded declaration, budget, reserve schedule and minutes | Dues, maintenance duties, any special assessment and any stricter rule | Lee County Clerk official records, and the Cove's manager on request | not posted publicly |
| Wildcat Run Country Club schedule of fees | Initiation, dues and any capital contribution | The club's membership office | not posted publicly |
You reach the Wildcat Cove buyer team by calling Marc at (239) 287-5873, calling Jesse direct at (239) 898-6072, or starting with a buyer consultation. A Wildcat Cove consultation is free, confidential and tied to the closings of the size band you want, and the buyer who is prepared in this 40-home neighborhood moves first.
Read how we represent buyers, see our Wildcat Cove home valuation guide, or read our Wildcat Cove seller's guide. Call Marc at (239) 287-5873.
Market data from Southwest Florida MLS, pulled September 29, 2026. Brokered by Domain Realty.