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Thank You LRE Members!
Courtesy of John Brian Losh of Luxury Real Estate
Thanks, in part, to the generosity of some of our Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate members, Lance Corporal Juan Dominguez, United States Marine Corps, a triple amputee as a result of a land mine explosion in Afghanistan, will be able to purchase a customized automobile to enable him to drive when he returns home to New Mexico from Rehab in Washington DC. Thank you so much for making a difference in this brave man’s life.
A letter sent to our members from Chairman/Publisher John Brian Losh:
Fellow Colleagues,
I was recently in Munich, where I had the honor to meet two US Navy corpsmen working at the hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. This is the facility where severely wounded soldiers of the multi-national forces are sent for treatment from the war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Corpsmen Ruth, a nurse, shared a story of one young Marine named Juan Dominguez from New Mexico. Lance Corporal Dominguez stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan and lost both his legs as well as his right arm. Ruth was with the Lance Corporal when he awoke from his coma, and relates that his first words to her were, “Don’t be sad for me ma’am, I would do it again for my country…”
While the Lance Corporal continues to recover at Walter Reed hospital from severe infections, his home town of Deming, New Mexico is trying to raise $50,000 to purchase a handicap- modified vehicle for his transportation and have raised only $7,000 to date.
To thank Lance Corporal Dominguez for his valiant service to our country, Luxury Real Estate is raising money for this fund. Our goal is to raise $43,000 by the end of March 2011.
Thank you so much for your generosity to this very brave and selfless individual.
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LCPL DOMINGUEZ, MALE, 0311, SUSTAINED A BILATERAL AMPUTATION OF BOTH LEGS ABOVE THE KNEE AND SHRAPNEL TO HIS RIGHT ARM DUE TO AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) BLAST, WHILE CONDUCTING DISMOUNTED COMBAT OPERATIONS AGAINST ENEMY FORCES IN SANGIN, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. LCPL DOMINGUEZ WAS CONDUCTING A PARTNERED PATROL WHEN HE STRUCK AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. LCPL DOMINGUEZ WAS EVALUATED AND TREATED ON SCENE BY COMPETENT MEDICAL AUTHORITY AND WAS MEDEVAC’D TO THE DWYER ROLE III MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND TREATMENT. LCPL DOMINGUEZ WAS WEARING THE SCALABLE PLATE CARRIER WITH FRONT AND BACK ESAPI PLATES, TWO SIDE ESAPI PLATES, THE NEW KEVLAR HELMET, BALLISTIC GLASSES, AND NOMEX GLOVES. LCPL DOMINGUEZ WAS IDENTIFIED BY HM3 FUKE BY MEANS OF PERSONAL ASSOCIATION AND NAME TAPES ON HIS UNIFORM. (MM: 10-23H) SATURDAY OCTOBER 23, 2010 IT WAS ANNOUNCED TO MARTHA DOMINGUEZ (JUAN'S MOTHER) THAT DESPITE EFFORTS TO SAVE HIS RIGHT ARM THEY WERE UNABLE TO. A bank account has been established at First New Mexico Bank to help the Dominguez family defray medical & recovery expenses, and donations may be sent to the bank in Dominguez's name at: There is also a Vehicle Fund set up to help fund the purchase of a handi-capable vehicle for Juan to get around. To donate to this fund, please specify: Juan's address to send cards and letters at Walter Reed is: |
Courtesy of Kirsty Bryson of Luxury Homes by VAPF
The Spanish property group Grupo VAPF will be taking part in the 1st Spanish real estate fair to be held this coming weekend on the outskirts of Berlin in Germany. Specializing in properties on the Costa Blanca coast of Spain, where Grupo VAPF’s developments are located, the exhibition will also provide an introduction to the Spanish way of life, with wine tasting, flamenco dancing and “tapas”, typical Spanish taster dishes which include Spanish omelette and cured ham.
The event has been organized by ERES, the European Real Estate Service and is to be held at the magnificent Ribbeck Castle, starting at 10am on Saturday the 9th of April and lasting until 6pm on the Sunday evening, followed by a piano concerto by Antonio Soira to bring an end the event filled weekend.
The show will also include lectures by German/Spanish lawyers covering all topics concerning the purchase of a property in Spain and the screening of a film about the Costa Blanca region.
Grupo VAPF will be presenting the new villa designs that have been produced by its in-house architect and the luxury villa projects marketed by the luxury division Luxury Homes by VAPF to the German prospective buyers, after interest in the Spanish property market from this Northern European country has risen considerably for the first time since the world crisis hit the nation.
By Michel Cruz of Rimontgó
Rimontgó already hosts Spanish and English websites and now it has gone one step further and launched a German site, which will help clients from Hamburg to Munich to find their perfect ‘Luxus Immobilien.'
Rimontgó prides itself on its international focus: Rimontgó’s Managing Director, José Ribes Bas, says “We see Germany as one of the world’s leading markets and it is definitely a key area of interest for us in terms of a growing German clientele.”
The new product offers exactly the same features as the English and original Spanish sites, allowing visitors to find the exact property they require by country, area, price, property type and facilities such as bedrooms and bathrooms.
Traditionally Rimontgó has serviced many German clients, but it is anticipated that the new site will help the company to raise its profile within Europe’s largest economy, while providing a first-class service to customers in Germany and to those German speaking clients living overseas.
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