Show Off Your Green House Features

Green houses are selling these days, unlike most traditional homes that are spending far too long on the market. Buyers who are after a green house will come and take a look, but you must be clear in your house description that your house is, indeed, a green one.

The terms low VOC’s, passive heat gain, FSC certification, solar powered, etc. are what green oriented buyers are looking for when they peruse the online house sale listings. Most of the online real estate sites, in fact, now have the boxes you can check for green features to narrow your search. You will want to have your house included in those searches.

There are many areas of the country where this is particularly true. New York City, Colorado, and California, for example, have many eco-conscious citizens who are either in energy inefficient houses now and want to buy newer and better green systems, or they are already living green and want to continue when they move. Many other states have pockets of interest in ecologically sound living and more of those areas are popping up every day.

Don’t let this selling point slip by you. If you have a solar panel to heat your swimming pool or spa, advertise it. If you have put in south facing windows or a garden room off the kitchen to catch the heat of the sun in winter, advertise that, too. Can you boast of a micro garden in your patio area? Do so.

If you don’t have much in the way of green energy in your house and you want to put some in, there are a number of things you can add or do when you replace another appliance. Use only Energy Star rated appliances when you replace the old ones. Try installing a tankless hot water heater when you must replace the old one that’s just about worn out. These appliances are just slightly more expensive than buying traditional appliances without good energy ratings.

Look for sales on appliances to get the green versions as opposed to paying full price for the older types. Don’t replace the heat pump on the pool without checking on the possibility of a solar heating panel. You might be surprised at the cost if you look for bargains and it will be worth your while. You will be able to advertise your house’s green features when you put it on the market for sale.

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Non-Recourse Financing Available for Medical Office Properties

Winter Haven-based 6/10 Capital Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the 6/10 Corporation, announces availability of non-recourse, fixed rate permanent loans (up to 75% LTV) for the acquisition and re-financing of existing, leased income producing medical office properties. The company maintains relationships with numerous bank and non-bank institutional capital sources that are actively originating non-recourse permanent loans.

“Our ‘sweet spot’ in terms of transaction size is $1 – $10 million, although we have the capacity to handle much larger transactions,” states John Herbert, Managing Director of 6/10 Capital Advisors. For additional information, visit www.610capitaladvisors.com.

About The 6/10 Corporation
The 6/10 Corporation is a Winter Haven, Florida based investment company. Its primary holdings are Florida commercial real estate properties and private equity positions in Florida based operating companies. The 6/10 Corporation’s commercial real estate portfolio includes office, medical, data center, industrial, specialty retail and undeveloped land. Operating companies included in the 6/10 Private Equity portfolio include software, commercial real estate services, colocation and data center, manufacturing and IT services. Formed in 1985, 6/10 has many years of experience in the acquisition, development, ownership and management of a broad range of investments. www.610corp.net.

Categories of investors in Real estate investing

Investments in properties are considered as one of the most lucrative investments. Money invested in properties or land will surely reap you huge amount of profits than expected if kept for longer years. Various options of investments are available within this. One can invest in land, plots, residential properties, commercial properties, residential flats and even in built-up areas. But before going for any real-estate investing you must have a basic idea of what the investment actually is.

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Investments in real estate varies a lot one can invest their hard earned money in a lump-sum or else you can even make your investments in installments or loan based. Some investors believe an investment made in lump-sum is not of a good choice when compared with the installment based investments, whereas some investors object with this statement. They perceive that real estate investing through installments is a step for making loss or will not be able to gain high profits from the investments. While there are some categories of investors who assume that by whatever means you invest in properties the ultimate objective of investment should be for longer terms so that you will be able to achieve higher profits which is not possible in the short term of investment.

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The perception and objective of each investor varies. Every investor is having his/ her own reasons to support their statement. In the first category of investors who invests in lump-sum their perception is correct with the logic of no need of paying any extra money to the third person (i.e.) interest rates paid to the bank. Thus they can enjoy their whole profits whenever they feel to sell.

In the second category of investors they state that if a real estate investing is done through installments it is much beneficial. Here they have applied the logic that it is of sure that we have to sell property in longer term. But will happen if the development takes place all of sudden and your possession in property is got cancelled then you have to bear huge loss. Thus here you can be saved with the third party who will take the responsibility of selling the property and take his money which is remaining and will return back the amount to you which is surplus. And thus the left over is the profit which you have earned by paying in installments. And in other case if the development is positive (i.e.) which is not taking place where your land or property has been placed, however it is taking place in within the square kilometers then it is a positive sign for you and for your land to reap huge profits for all.

In the last category of investors they have supported their statement stating, it does not matters by what means you have made your investments in real estate investing your objective of the investments should be to make profits which is possible only in longer term. Here development is least concerned for them.

Billie Redmond Named Master of Ceremonies For 2010 N.C. CEO Forum

RALEIGH, N.C. – Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties (www.cbctmp.com) has announced that Billie Redmond, CEO of the company, has been named the master of ceremonies for the 2010 N.C. CEO Forum (www.ncceoforum.com), an invitation-only business event scheduled for Tuesday, May 18 at the Raleigh Marriott City Center.  The event will feature a keynote address by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.  Cohen and Greenfield will provide insight into the role of leadership as it applies to the event’s theme, “The Triple Bottom Line: 21st Century Leadership in People, Planet and Profit.”  Attendees at the 2010 N.C. CEO Forum will also hear a keynote address by
Chuck Swoboda, the CEO and chairman of Durham, N.C.-based Cree, Inc. (www.cree.com).  Cree is setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting technology.  Redmond also led the 2009 forum event of more than 350 business leaders, which featured keynote speaker Steve Forbes and operated under the theme of “The Global Economic Crisis: Tactical and Strategic Implications to North Carolina.”

QUOTES:
“I am excited to once again be leading the N.C. CEO Forum,” said Redmond.  “The 2010 forum will be an excellent opportunity for North Carolina’s business leaders to unite, discuss and provide each other with insight into the future of our state’s economic and environmental conditions and initiatives.”

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DETAILS:
- The 2010 N.C. CEO Forum event will be hosted by Summit Performance Systems (www.summit-performance.com), the N.C. Chamber (www.ncchamber.net) and RDA Recruiters (www.rdarecruiters.com) in association with Bayer CropScience (www.bayercropscience.com).

- For more information on the forum and to request a ticket to this year’s event, visit www.ncceoforum.com.

ABOUT COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL TRADEMARK PROPERTIES:
Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties offers a full range of real estate and investment advisory services.  From acquisition evaluation and due diligence tasks, to value enhancement and disposition strategies, TradeMark guides its clients through every phase of real estate investment opportunities.  Partnering with strategic alliances, TradeMark offers coordination of services such as equity development, financing, credit management, architectural and engineering services, development or project management oversight and relocation services.  

TradeMark is organized around advisory services, such as sales, leasing, and asset management, including facility management and maintenance services.  Its advisors are market experts in their areas of industry specialization, which include commercial, residential, retail, industrial, multi-family and investment property sales.  The executive management team of Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties has more than 200 years of combined real estate experience.  The Triangle Business Journal has named the firm among the area’s Best Places to Work and for the past three years the publication has ranked the firm as the No.1 Commercial Real Estate Company in the Triangle.  TradeMark is also recognized as one of the Top 25 Women-Owned Businesses in North Carolina.  For more information, please call (919) 782-5552 or visit www.cbctmp.com.  

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Advanced Training Group and Social Networking in Action

Social Networking is making the business world smaller whilst making each business target a larger client base and audience. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Flikr are allowing clients to window shop more for the products and services that they require and for the business owners it’s indirectly buying client loyalty.

From a networking perspective with Distressed Invest Property being based in Europe, while Advanced Training Group based in Bangkok, Thailand, it proves that social networking and conducting business globally to be easier than ever. A point that is not lost on both companies.

Distressed Invest are property specialists focussing on international properties that need selling quickly and for a price under the market value.  For example, clients may have defaulted on their mortgage payments and the bank has foreclosed the mortgage. This leaves the bank with a problem as they still are owed the money and they now have a bank of properties they have no experience of selling.

Ken Thorkildsen, of Advanced Training Group, has been advising and consulting with Distressed Invest on how best to use and market with social networking. “Distressed Invest usually market to their clients with email and telephone call. You just need to check your emails every day to see the amount of junk and spam that is being sent to us all every day via email which means that the proper business emails you send can often not get read or indeed may end up in the junk mail folder.”

“One to one telephone consultations will definitely build up a relationship with clients and indeed advising clients that all calls will be followed up by an email is always to be recommended.” Ken goes on, “Social Networking will now allow Distressed Invest Property to give clients up to the minute news and information on products and properties without the need to keep inundating the client with telephone calls and emails. It also gives clients the opportunity to browse of “window shop” the services and also to make comment etc on Distressed Invest and for other clients to browse these comments. Facebook for example has 462m users worldwide and will grow into an excellent shop window for Distressed Invest.”

“The AT Group, in addition, believe that Twitter will also be an excellent marketing tool for Distressed Invest. Twitter is non offensive in that it is a simple couple of lines of marketing to each client directing them to updates etc at the blog they have started.” Ken concludes, “I wouldn’t say it is a new direction for Distressed Invest, however it is an additional approach to their already professional and successful business model and AT Group look forward to helping and watching the business grow and the success that will grow with it. This ultimately is the mission for Advanced Training Group and their clients.”

Matthew Moore, founder of Distressed Invest adds, “I have been involved in marketing and real estate for many years and I feel that that the external expertise and new approach from AT Group will definitely help grow Distressed Invest. The amount of networking contacts we all have through our many years of business it makes sense to move our marketing into this direction. With AT Group behind the majority of the marketing, it will allow me and my team to focus directly on servicing our clients. I am very pleased and indeed very excited about the way forward.”

Distressed Invest can be found at
http://www.facebook.com/DistressedInvestProperty
http://www.twitter.com/DistInvProperty
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On Facebook @ Advanced Training Group
http://www.ATGroup.org
http://www.twitter.com/advtraininggrp

International capabilities prompt Realtors® to refer clients

Robb & Stucky Interiors, in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park, frequently receives referrals from area Realtors® who represent international clients wanting home furnishings they have selected here to be shipped out of the country.

“Referrals from real estate professionals continue to increase due to the beautiful product lines showcased in the Robb & Stucky showroom in Boca Raton, along with our reputation for world-class service, as well as our well-honed shipping capabilities. We also have a multi-lingual design team fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, & German,” said General Manager Alan Steinberg.

Steinberg cited a Realtor-referred client from Portugal who recently ordered more than $100,000 in merchandise from Robb & Stucky during a visit here. The client spent two days making selections with a Robb & Stucky designer who could communicate in Portuguese. “We were able to seamlessly execute the process from selection through shipping and installation, which pleased the client as well as the referring Realtor from Fort Lauderdale,” he said.

“My client came to South Florida with time constraints and asked me where he should go to find everything he needed to decorate his home in Portugal. He didn’t want to go to too many places,” said Pat Anglero with Galleria International Realty on Las Olas Boulevard. “I recommended Robb & Stucky, where he was immediately put in contact with an interior designer who was in sync with both his language and taste. Also, the designer was very astute and mindful that my client wanted to furnish his residence quickly. So she selected in-stock merchandise available for very quick delivery. He was treated very well and it worked out perfectly for everyone.”

Serving an international clientele isn’t new for the interior design and premier home furnishings showroom. Robb & Stucky operates a booming design studio in Costa Rica that was established to service a large developer’s project where the homebuyers could select from a choice of turnkey concierge packages. These packages included not only furnishings and accessories, but also housewares – down to the very last detail – with each package priced to include shipping, tax, duty, delivery and installation.

“Likewise, many of our interior designers and design consultants serve clients outside the United States that came to them without a Realtor referral. These international clients have multiple homes both abroad and in South Florida,” Steinberg pointed out. “In the last year alone, Robb & Stucky has shipped merchandise to Austria, England, Canada, Portugal, Mexico, Honduras and Chile, as well as to Trinidad and Haiti in the Caribbean. With South Florida being a melting pot of different cultures, this isn’t surprising. But, what gives us an edge is that we can ship to international locations easily and quickly, and we have the breadth of merchandise that appeals to the international buyer.”

Founded in 1915, in Fort Myers, Fla., Robb & Stucky is a nationally recognized interior design and premier home furnishings retailer with showrooms in Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, and Costa Rica. Robb & Stucky offers a unique lifestyle shopping experience with an unparalleled collection of fine furnishings and an award-winning ensemble of designers.

Robb & Stucky is certified by the state of Florida to practice interior design, license number IB0000745. The company is an industry partner with the American Society of Interior Designers.

Robb & Stucky Interiors in Mizner Park is located at 200 Plaza Real in Boca Raton. Showroom hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday- Friday, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday. For further information, call (561) 347-1717 or visit www.robbstucky.com.

Developer Acquires 32 Lots in El Sobrante, CA

San Ramon, California based residential land developer Americap Development Partners recently announced the acquisition of thirty-two lots located in El Sobrante, California. The project, Colina Canyon, had become a causality of the past few years’ real estate woes and was languishing on the books of a large national bank until it was discovered by Americap Development Partners’ President, Mark Rowson.

“We have been working on this deal for over a year now,” Rowson explained. “We believe in Colina Canyon, and in the viability of El Sobrante as a Bay Area submarket. The original developer had the misfortune of acquiring the project at the peak of the market, and due to current market conditions we were able to make this acquisition well below replacement cost.”

Acquisitions below replacement cost are a key component of Americap Development Partners’ current acquisition strategy, which focuses on discounted acquisitions in key Northern California submarkets. Americap’s CEO, Scott Clark was recently quoted as saying that America "needs 1.2 million new units per year for the next 10 years just due to population growth, to address the inevitable pent-up demand. We want to acquire and aggregate a significant number of mapped and finished lots to be ready for demand as the market returns.”

Americap Development Partners will complete Colina Canyon’s infrastructure by July of this year, and looks forward to bringing the community online to meet the local need for new housing.

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