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New Beach-House Resort, Seahorse Beach Club & Residences, Announces First Private Residence Club on Texas Gulf Coast

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013


Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 14, 2013

Seahorse Beach Club & Residences (http://www.beachclubatseahorse.com/) today announced a limited release of Phase One homes for sale in this new luxury beachfront master-planned development on Folletts Island, located across from San Luis Pass, 60-minutes from downtown Houston, access from Bluewater Hwy between Galveston & Surfside, TX.

As the first Private Residence Club on the Texas Gulf Coast, Seahorse Beach Club & Residence will offer owners fully managed and maintained beach-house ownership in this country club on the beach destination with luxury beach homes, a spacious and feature-rich club house, resort-style pools, a spa and fitness center along with casual and formal dining options, crabbing/fishing piers, picnic area, dune walkover, and kayak access. Services will include concierge and housekeeping, pre-arrival shopping and grocery-stocking.

BEACHFRONT & BAYFRONT LUXURY

Set on 108 acres, Seahorse Beach Club & Residences is a master-planned vacation-home destination that respects the unchanging traditions of Gulf Coast beach-house design. Beachfront houses at Seahorse are oceanfront mini-estates, steps from the Gulf, on sizeable 70 x 300 foot lots that feature 200 feet of beachfront with unobstructed views – no 2nd or 3rd row homes. At 3,300 square feet, each residence offers two living rooms, five bedrooms two spacious master suites and three additional bedrooms, a home office space, four and one-half baths, covered decks, and private elevator with high-end finishes and fixtures throughout. These are raised, multi-story luxury homes that provide for maximum ocean views, designed for comfort and built for safety.

Slightly smaller than Beachfront houses, Seahorses Bayfront residences provide 2,731 square feet of living space with two living rooms, four bedrooms (including two master suites), a home office space, and four and one-half baths, covered decks and private elevator with high-end finishes and fixtures throughout. These raised, multi-story luxury homes also provide for maximum views and are designed for comfort and built for safety.

Combining classic style and modern conveniences, Seahorse residences are luxurious whole family homes in which closeness-to-nature is a guiding principle, along with home and family safety and storm protection, which is why every home at Seahorse is designed and built significantly above federal safety standards.

As of this release, 36 homes are available for whole or fractional purchase, with whole-ownership of beach-houses beginning at $ 1,185,000, and fractional beach-house ownership beginning at under $ 300,000. And whole-ownership of bay-houses beginning at $ 1,020,000, and fractional bay-house ownership beginning at $ 170,000

CHOICE OF OWNERSHIP STYLES

Homes at Seahorse are available on a whole-ownership or a fractional-ownership model — the latter structured in the tradition of fully deeded luxury Private Residence Clubs around the world.

Private Residence Club members enjoy flexible access to fully furnished and luxuriously appointed homes, reaping the benefits of vacation home ownership but with fewer upfront and ongoing costs, and with none of the maintenance or management headaches typically associated with vacation home ownership. Owners have access to Seahorse facilities when not in residence, plus unlimited day access anytime; concierge and housekeeping services; pre-arrival shopping and grocery-stocking; and personal-belongings storage while not in residence.

9,000 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE

The center of life at Seahorse is the grand Club House, architecturally inspired by old Galveston. It offers individual resort-style pools with three separate levels of pool-deck that provide facilities for everything from fitness lap-swimming to kiddie-splashing. The Club House also features a fully equipped spa, a family game room, a complete fitness center, bars, and both casual and formal dining options. Depending on residents preference and mood, this facility serves as recreation center, gathering place, mealtime venue, kid space, grownup getaway, poolside retreat, and gym.

A COUNTRY CLUB ON THE BEACH

Thats how Seahorse development partner and lifetime Houstonian John Howton describes Seahorse.

We designed Seahorse specifically to meet the needs of residents of Houston and south Texas who, in our research, told us they demand several things in owning a beach house retreat. They want a spacious and luxurious family home; an easy-drive location to an uncrowded destination; the services and amenities of a top-notch resort or fine hotel; genuine real-estate value; and most important, fully managed and hassle-free ownership, whether theyre in residence or not. And thats Seahorse in a nutshell.

To help realize his vision, Howton teamed up with Arizona-based Star Resort Group, as well as award-winning California-based interior and architectural design firm Architectural Concepts, and Houston’s own award-winning residential Design firm Kent & Kent Building Design.

Also a development partner in Seahorse is Star Resorts, the celebrated developer, marketer, and seller of luxury vacation real estate. Comments Star Resorts’ CEO Carl Berry, Seahorse is a distinguished new addition to Star Resorts portfolio of private residence clubs and whole-ownership resort real estate projects throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America. Stars expertise in resort development, combined with John Howtons in-depth knowledge of the Houston and south Texas markets, have made Seahorse a winning project from its conception.

Developer Howton adds, Weve created luxuriously livable homes where design is in the details. And despite the sense of luxury, these are comfortable and casual places where families and friends come to relax, and where informal elegance is the watchword. Its the Gulf Coast I knew growing up, and always cherished.

SALES OFFICE AND DIRECTIONS

The Sales Office at Seahorse Beach Club & Residences is open Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm (1-800-396-8227). To get to Seahorse from Houston, go south on Highway 288. Take the FM 523 exit, just before Angleton. Follow to Oyster Creek, Texas and take a left on SH 332. Go over the high bridge to the first traffic light (at Surfside, TX) and turn left. Follow 5 miles to Seahorse. Alternatively, traveling from Galveston, just follow Seawall Drive west to the San Luis Pass Bridge at the end of Galveston Island. Cross the bridge and follow the Bluewater Highway for nine miles.

For more information, please call 1-800-396-8227 or visit http://www.beachclubatseahorse.com.

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FiveStreet.com Launches First Universal Lead Consolidation Service for Real Estate Industry

Saturday, June 29th, 2013

Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) June 25, 2013

FiveStreet, Inc. (http://www.fivestreet.com) today announces the real estate industrys first universal lead consolidation service, enabling software providers to integrate instantly with 40+ lead vendors. Powered by an artificial intelligence system affectionately named Doris, the product is targeted at CRMs and other lead-management applications, and is available as a white-labeled, hosted service.

FiveStreet receives emails from lead vendors at an assigned email address, and Doris automatically extracts relevant lead data using a sophisticated parsing engine, then relays the lead information to each agents CRM. This eliminates the need for agents to manually enter information into their CRM, increasing customer engagement and allowing agents to be more responsive while on-the-go.

Originally developed as part of FiveStreet’s lead management software, the artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms that constitute Doris are the product of a year and a half of R&D.

BJ Tregoning, a co-owner / Real Estate Broker at Organic Realty said, We consider FiveStreet a game-changer for us. We are no longer held hostage to one lead generator. We can now collect leads from multiple sources into one place, evaluate their effectiveness, and then make intelligent decisions on how to allocate our marketing dollars.

Rusty Klophaus, co-founder and architect of FiveStreets lead consolidation technology, adds, Over 80% of subscribers to FiveStreets retail service receive leads from multiple online real estate platforms. We believe that automatic lead consolidation is the next must have feature for CRMs. Agents want their leads to funnel seamlessly and automatically into a single application, regardless of origin. They want a set-and-forget, one-stop solution.

FiveStreets retail lead management platform is currently used by top real estate teams and brokerages nationwide to improve their response to online leads. 60% of the leads routed through the platform are claimed by an agent within 5 minutes.

FiveStreets technology currently supports leads from over 40 sources; new sources are added regularly upon customer request. Supported lead vendors currently include 1ParkPlace, AgentAchieve, BoomTown, Buyer Acquire, Diverse Solutions, Estately, FindWell, Gravity Forms, HUD Seeker, HomeFinder, Homes Database, Homes.com, HotPads, IDX Broker, Keller Williams, REMAX, RealEstate.com, Realtor.com, Realty Store, LeadRouter, ListHub, Lone Wolf, Long & Foster, LoopNet, MLS Finder, MRIShomes, Movoto, Point2, RealtyTrac, Reliance Network, ShortSaleSeeker, Simple Foreclosures, Smart Targeting, Spatial Match, Street Easy, TigerLead, Top Producer, Trulia, VFlyer, WolfNet, and Zillow.

FiveStreets lead consolidation technology is available immediately. To learn more, please email sales(at)fivestreet(dot)com.

About FiveStreet, Inc.

FiveStreet.com is a software and technology company that empowers real estate agents, brokers, and related companies to manage and convert leads more effectively. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, the company currently provides service to over 1,000 agents nationwide and processes in the order of 150,000 leads per year originating from over 40 different online platforms; and all of these figures are growing quickly. The companys retail service for agents has five components: (1) automatic lead consolidation; (2) automatic lead research; (3) automatic lead engagement; (4) automatic lead routing; and (5) automatic lead tracking. For more information on the company and its retail service for agents, please visit http://fivestreet.com.

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FiveStreet is a trademark of FiveStreet, Inc. Other names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Five Street, Inc.







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Peak 1031 Exchange Inc.s First Quarter Analysis of Southern California Real Estate Activity Reveals Spike in Small Investor and Single Family Rental Transactions

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013


Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013

First quarter analysis of regional trends in the industry indicates a significant increase in small investors favoring the 1031 exchange process as a means to defer capital gains taxes, states Kevin M. Levine, Executive Vice President of Peak 1031 Exchange Inc. (http://www.peakexchange.com). As Bush-era tax cuts ended at the beginning of 2013, we had anticipated a slowdown in activity as a result of heavy investor transactions at the end of 2012 to beat the deadline. To the contrary, our first quarter transaction volume shows a significant spike in 1031 exchange activity, especially among investors with strong positions in single-family residential income property.

Recent data affirms strong small investor activity in Peak 1031 Exchange Inc.s core Southern California market, with all-cash buyers in February alone accounting for 31.4 percent of the Southland homes sold, and 30.6 percent in March of this year. Despite strong acquisitions from REITs, institutional investors, and larger asset management firms in single-family properties for rental purposes, Levine comments, investors with much smaller portfolios found room to successfully participate in the market as well. Weve observed that many of the smaller investor shops utilized the Delayed Exchange in 2013 to quickly capture opportunities in an extremely competitive environment. The Delayed Exchange allows for the sale of an existing property, in which the funds are placed in a binding trust for up to 180 days while the seller identifies a similar property for acquisition and is allowed to defer capital gains taxes on the transaction. While analysts projected a slowdown in activity, Levine continues, our client base was extremely active in identifying single-family rental opportunities and leveraging their existing properties to seize on opportunities that would not be available later in the year.

Tight inventories in single family housing are causing a spike in values felt across the housing industry that could limit small investor participation, and Levine believes that those investors chose to act quickly on opportunities in light of the dwindling supply. We work with a savvy, nimble investor clientele that understood that the 1031 Exchange process could assist in mitigating severe tax liabilities as a result of the sunset of Bush era tax cuts, but concedes it could be a more difficult time ahead given the lack of single-family product available right now. However, Levines team has been working closely with investors and exploring the Reverse Exchange option. When the right investment opportunity does present itself to investors with access to available capital, states Levine, the assistance of a qualified intermediary can help them acquire the property immediately with 180 days to sell a similar property already a part of their portfolio. We anticipate being able to benefit this sector of the market with tax deferment strategies, regardless of the limitations of inventory.

Peak 1031 Exchange, Inc. is a leading national provider of tax-deferred 1031 exchange services, specializing in all like-kind transactions including Simultaneous, Delayed, Reverse, Improvement and Personal Property exchanges. It is part of the Peak Corporate Network (http://www.peakcorp.com), a brand representing a group of entities providing a comprehensive array of commercial and retail real estate services nationwide including mortgage lending, loan servicing, short sale services, foreclosure services, insurance, real estate brokerage and escrow services.







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GCA Equity Partners, LLC Announces First Quarter Results for its GCA California Real Estate Fund

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013


Campbell, California (PRWEB) May 14, 2013

GCA Equity Partners, LLC, today announced that the GCA California Real Estate Fund, LLC provided its investors with a net annualized return of 14.27% for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Investors who have participated since inception have realized a net annualized return of 12.77%. The fund provides short-term financing for the purchase and rehabilitation of distressed properties as well as for new construction.

Strong real estate market conditions are driving the funds performance. According to the California Association of Realtors, The March price {for single family homes} was up 28.2 percent from a revised $ 295,630 recorded in March 2012, marking the 13th consecutive month of annual price increases and the ninth consecutive month of double-digit annual gains. The structure of the GCA California Real Estate Fund enables its investors to benefit from market appreciation, as well as earn regular interest income.

Its very gratifying to know that our investors are so pleased with the funds performance, said Charles Tralka, fund manager for GCA Equity Partners. We attribute its consistent double digit results to-date not only to strong market conditions but also to our unique deal evaluation, structuring, and management processes, which are designed to reduce risk and increase returns.

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About GCA Equity Partners

The Fund, a California State registered offering, offers investors an 8% annual preferred rate, but targets total annualized investor returns in the low double digit range through its combined interest and shared appreciation (contingent interest) lending model. Investors must be California residents, meet certain income and/or net worth requirements, and limit their investment in the Fund to no more than 10% of their net worth as defined by the State of California. More information about GCA Equity Partners and the GCA California Real Estate Fund is available at http://www.gcaequitypartners.com.

About the Fund Managers

The managers of the GCA California Real Estate Fund, Thomas Braegelmann and Charles Tralka, have a combined total of more than 50 years of real estate investment experience. They strategically identify properties to be funded by looking for strong profit potential, and then structure deals that are closely aligned with investor interests.







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News Flash: Your Home’s First Showing is Online – Knoxville Real Estate Team, the Holloway Group, has Posted a New Article on their Website

Saturday, January 26th, 2013


Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) January 24, 2013

The Holloway Group, the leading Knoxville real estate team at Gables & Gates, REALTORS, has posted a new article to their website titled “News Flash: Your Home’s First Showing is Online.”

A recent cooperative study released by The National Association of Realtors and Google shows how people search for homes on the Internet. In The Digital House Hunt: Consumer and Market Trends in Real Estate, we are able to see the amazing impact and effect digital media is having on real estate. There is no doubting the huge impact that the Internet has become in everyday living, but the statistics brought to light by this study show with blazing clarity both the effectiveness and importance this tool has for searching Knoxville homes for sale. The following are some highlights of the study:

90% of home buyers searched online during their home-buying process.
52% of home buyers use the web as their first step in the process.
Real estate-related searches on Google.com grew 253% over the past four years.
36% of new home shoppers utilize a mobile device while they are watching television.

Troy Stavros, Broker and Partner with the Holloway Group at Gables & Gates, REALTORS stated, “As a seller, you have to realize that your first showing is no longer taking place in your home, it is happening on the internet. If your listing isn’t winning a potential buyer over online, they more than likely will never show up at your door.”

The benefits of the digital home search are widespread. Buyers have the opportunity to complete “first showings” of potential homes at their leisure from a computer or mobile device. Buyers can not only search Knoxville homes for sale, but research areas to live and find a REALTOR for representation. Because of these buyer benefits, home sellers benefit from having more educated buyers and more effective showings. Real estate agents benefit from getting buyers who have already done research and are able to make faster buying decisions.

While there is no doubt a wealth of information is out there in the digital space for home buyers and sellers, there is still an abundance of value to be garnered from a seasoned agent. REALTORS are still the best resource for local information, negotiations, and the pulse of the local market.

ABOUT THE HOLLOWAY GROUP AT GABLES & GATES, REALTORS

The Holloway Group is committed to bringing the best possible experience to fruition for buyers and sellers of Knoxville real estate. At the Holloway Group we don’t believe average is good enough for our clients. At the forefront of the Holloway Group is experience. Our team was created to serve our clients even better with specialization and expertise. We know that individually we cannot be everything to everyone so we have come together as a group, bringing all of our different strengths, so you always work with the best. We pride ourselves on being ahead of the curve on technology and how it can serve our clients. When you are a client of the Holloway Group, you can expect to have our entire team of professionals working to fulfill your individual real estate goal. As a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World the Holloway Group and Gables & Gates, REALTORS can assist you with finding the most qualified real estate professional to suit your needs, anywhere in the world! Visit our website to search ALL Knoxville homes for sale. Contact us today for assistance.







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