Luxury Real Estate

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Beaver Dam Farms, built and designed by country music legend Kenny Rogers, is an expansive 973-acre private estate tucked away in the rolling foothills of Athens, Georgia, on the original site of one of the state’s grandest plantations. Just listed for $20 million, this luxurious, fully-furnished estate features a 12,000 sq. ft. main house complete with two gyms, a movie theater, a billiards room, and an Italian marble wraparound porch. For guests, the estate also offers a six bedroom guest home, a four bedroom guest home, and four one bedroom villas. Purchased from Rogers by the Wes Adams family in 2003, Beaver Dam Farms still includes Rogers’ (an accomplished interior designer and one-time partner in an Atlanta design firm) one-of-a-kind design and many of his original furnishings.

The centerpiece of Beaver Dam Farms is a private (as in, only for the owner - there are no members), 6,285 yard, 18-hole executive championship golf course that Rogers designed after years spent traveling to play some of the world’s best, and is often compared to world-renowned Augusta National. The course has played host to golfing greats Payne Stewart, Lanny Wadkins and Ray Floyd, as well as many of Rogers’ celebrity friends. The estate also includes a clubhouse, a 90,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art equestrian and multi-use facility, two barns, a lake house, two swimming pools, clay tennis courts, a spa, conference center, various outdoor entertaining venues and three fish-stocked lakes.

Courtesy of Dac Carver of Beacham & Company, Realtors

More than 200 guests turned out for the Spring launch party of The Beacham Series magazine at the Buckhead cover home, 3418 Pinestream Road, also known as "The Pink Castle." In this video, guests talk about the historic Neel Reid designed estate and what makes The Beacham Series so special.

Courtesy of Haley Dalton of Harry Norman, REALTORS^®

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Harry Norman, REALTORS^® released the Spring issue of Harry Norman HOME Magazine on April 27^th, 2011. Harry Norman HOME is the company’s signature magazine published twice a year and distributed to a targeted mailing list of 25,000 home and business owners throughout metro Atlanta, as well as the most reputable luxury real estate brokerage firms across the United States.

Gorgeous professional photography, elegant, sophisticated design and informative narrative accompany each property featured in HOME. This issue features over 100 exceptional luxury homes with a median sales price of more than $2 million throughout Atlanta’s most affluent residential areas, along Georgia’s most beautiful lakes and into the mountains of North Carolina.

Harry Norman HOME Magazine is produced both in the traditional magazine format and in an online format. The online version of the publication, not only provides a more eco-friendly way of viewing many of Harry Norman, REALTORS^® distinctive homes for sale, but also allows consumers nationwide to view this showcase of homes from their own computer. The digizine concept is unique in the sense that the viewer can “virtually” turn the pages of the magazine, flip to any page instantly, and access agents website or property details page with clickable links. Click here to view the online version of Harry Norman HOME.

Since 1930, Harry Norman, REALTORS^® has built its reputation for excellence by providing the best in residential real estate products and services. As Atlanta’s oldest and largest independent real estate firm, Harry Norman, Realtors^® knows real estate and Atlanta.

To receive a complimentary copy of the Spring 2011 Harry Norman HOME Magazine or to view the online version, please visit http://www.harrynorman.com/Home.

About Harry Norman, REALTORS®

Founded in 1930, Harry Norman, REALTORS^® is Atlanta’s oldest and largest residential real estate firm with 23 sales offices, various franchise and satellite offices, and more than 1,000 real estate professionals. Harry Norman, REALTORS^® is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. HomeServices is the second-largest full-service independent residential real estate brokerage firm in the U.S. with 17,000 sales associates spanning 20 states. Harry Norman, REALTORS^® is the exclusive Atlanta affiliate of Christie’s Great Estates and achieves additional international exposure through membership in exclusive real estate networks. More information is available at www.harrynorman.com.

Courtesy of Michael McFadden of Luxury Real Estate Vacation Rentals

Good news for Holiday Isle Properties customers:

“Getting to Northwest Florida just got a lot easier, thanks to Vision Airlines. The Southeast-based airfare provider, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, recently announced an expansion that will allow fast and efficient travel to and from the Northwest Florida Regional Airport in Fort Walton Beach. The announcement is great news for clients of Holiday Isle Properties, a premier vacation rental management firm specializing in Destin, Florida properties. Previous customers have been absolutely awed by Holiday Isle's choice selection of Destin vacation rentals and prime Gulf-front properties. Now, instead of driving hours to get to their beautiful Destin Florida rentals, guests can choose to fly there.”

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Beacham and three other Buckhead business leaders were asked how Buckhead has held up during the downturn compared with other metro Atlanta submarkets. Beacham said Buckhead’s rebound has far outpaced the rest of metro Atlanta, which is up just 6 percent.

 

Sam Massell, president of the Buckhead Coalition, was also quoted in the article in which business leaders discussed the state of Buckhead. Massell said Buckhead “was the last to be  ffected (by the downturn), but, as expected, is also the first to start to rebound.”

Courtesy of: Dac Carver of Beacham & Company

ATLANTA --- While the rest of the world celebrates Mother’s Day on May 6, every day feels like Mother’s Day at Beacham & Company, REALTORS because more than one quarter of the company’s 46 agents are mother and daughter teams.

While it is not unusual to find mothers and daughters working together in real estate, it is unusual to find so many working together in one office, said Dac Carver, Vice President and Managing Broker for Beacham & Company.

“We haven’t sought out mother-daughter teams, it’s just happened that way,” Carver said. “We are a family-owned, family-run company, and I think the mothers and daughters who work here appreciate the supportive environment we offer.”

When asked what makes for a good mother-daughter real estate team, many of the mother-daughter agents at Beacham & Company say communication is so much easier because of the mother-daughter relationship.

Ruth Skogstad, who has worked with her daughter, Kristen Sodemann, for more than 15 years, says she often calls Kristen when she has something on her mind only to find Kristen has been thinking about the same thing.

“We both think alike,” Ruth said. “It makes things so much easier when you work with someone who thinks like you do. You can bounce ideas off each other and you don’t have to worry about where the other person is coming from. We both have the same value system.”

Janey Lowe, whose daughter, Elise Baumann has worked with Janey for nearly two years, agrees that the ease of communication with her daughter makes them a great team.

“She understands me,” Lowe said. “There is a trust factor. We both have a vested interest in each other’s success. Also, she has grown up with real estate her entire life so she knows the demands of the job.”

Sometimes mother and daughter teams work well because, like most teams, each member has different strengths that compliment the other. Glennis Beacham, founder of Beacham & Company, began working with her daughter Blayne several years ago. Glennis is a full-time agent while Blayne is in charge of Beacham & Company’s marketing department.

“I have a little of my mom’s salesmanship in me, but marketing and photography are really my strengths,” Blayne said. “My mom knows great marketing when she sees it but she would never have the patience to sit down at a computer for hours at a time working on a marketing project. I’ve grown up watching her work so I know what she expects of me.”

Jan Hart has worked with her daughter, Georgia Rae Hart, a recent college graduate, for two years. Jan credits Georgia’s computer savviness with helping Jan relate to younger clients who are interested in technology. Jan also says the age difference with her daughter has helped to expand her customer base.

Susan Traynor recently began working with her daughter, Kelly Moulton, who has an extensive corporate background in the financial brokerage industry.

“Kelly is an accomplished businesswoman,” Traynor said. “She is very precise and focused, so she has helped me make my office time more productive. On the other hand, I have been in real estate for 15 years so I can share my experience and knowledge with her. Everything is instinctive to me. More than anything else though, we laugh a lot together.”

As much as complimenting skills sets makes them great teams, their similarities are what keep these mother-daughter teams working together. Alice McDonough and Wight Mixon have sold real estate together for 10 years and are both very active with the Atlanta Board of Realtors where Alice is a past president of the board of directors and Wight is the president elect. Both women simply love the real estate business and feel fortunate that real estate affords them the opportunity to work together.

“We have fun together and love the challenges that this business brings,” Mixon said. “We both embrace new technology and educational opportunities. We ‘pinch hit’ for one another whenever necessary, share stories of our good times and not so good, and love having the opportunity to be together doing something we love so much.”

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Beacham & Company, Realtors® is a residential real estate company that specializes in Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods. The company was founded in 2006 by Glennis Beacham, one of Atlanta's most celebrated real estate agents over the last 20 years. The firm has Atlanta's highest average sales price and the top selling office by closed dollar volume of homes sold. For more information about Beacham & Company, go to www.beacham.com or call 404.261.6300.

Courtesy of: Dac Carver of Beacham & Company

ATLANTA - In the first quarter of 2010, Beacham & Company, REALTORS® was once again the top selling office in Buckhead and “In-town Atlanta” based on dollar volume of residential real estate sold.

The results for the first quarter come on the heels of Beacham & Company finishing 2009 as the top selling office in the three MLS areas (21, 23 and 132) that make up Buckhead and In-town Atlanta. 

In addition to being the top selling Buckhead real estate firm for the last 15 months, Beacham & Company is also the fastest growing among firms with at least $60 million in sales for the 12-month period ending March 31. Beacham & Company grew its market share by 43 percent from April 2009 to March 2010. The next closest competitor grew by just 13.7 percent.

According to Dac Carver, managing broker of Beacham & Company, the firm’s sales have been driven by a significant increase in the number of buyers who are working with Beacham & Company.

“Since the first of the year, we have seen a huge jump in the number of buyers entering the real estate market,” Carver said. “After many buyers postponed home purchases in 2009, the improving economy and attractive home prices have combined to entice buyers back into the market and send sales in Buckhead up 46 percent in the first quarter.”

Beacham & Company has benefited more than any other company from the increase in buyer activity, as the company’s share of transactions in which the firm represented a buyer increased 92 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Carver said many of the firm’s buyers have a relocation package or are foreign buyers who do business in Atlanta and have been lured by great real estate deals.

“Many large corporations told us in 2009 that they were postponing moves until 2010,” Carver said. “2010 is here and those companies are following through with their plans. We are fortunate to be working with many of them.”

Beacham & Company, Realtors® is a full service residential real estate firm located in Buckhead that specializes in the most affluent areas of Atlanta real estate. For more information about Beacham & Company, go to www.beacham.com or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlanta-GA/Beacham-Company-REALTORSR/56262810063.