Luxury Real Estate

Courtesy of: Katrina Delgado of John Daughtery, Realtors

In the JDR tradition of community involvement, John Daugherty was invited to teach at Rice University for the fifth year running. Taught in Rice’s prestigious Jones Business School, the Real Estate Development class is offered to second-year MBA candidates.

To promote the importance of the professional real estate agent, John Daugherty pointedly recalled earlier, less expeditious times. Mr. Daugherty recollected an era when Realtors were required to await the arrival of the MLS book in contrast to the spontaneity of today’s MLS system, providing immediate access to the constantly occurring changes. But while Mr. Daugherty offered praise for today’s new and instantaneous technologies, he counseled the continued value of firms like JDR. He made the point that despite the Web’s impact on the real estate market agents are still vital to the buyer to help them find the right property.

Mr. Daugherty stressed JDR’s commitment to the continued use of technology as a marketing and networking tool and underscored the importance and vitality of the professional agent, an importance that with the advent of current and future new technologies has made the real estate agent even more necessary to the market today.

July 2, 2009, HOUSTON, TX —John Daugherty, Realtors is taking their customers’ website experience to a whole new level with the addition of live chat. Now, anyone visiting the John Daugherty, Realtors site can chat with a real estate agent online if they have any home buying questions or if they need help in selling their home.

“Implementing live chat on our website provides potential home buyers and sellers an alternative way to communicate with us. In today’s fast moving world of technology, the real estate industry has been revolutionized and our multi-generational clients need options to communicate the way they prefer. With 87% of home buyers starting their search on the Internet, live chat was a natural progression for us. Our website is continuously evolving with the goal of making it as easy as possible for customers who are searching for homes and market information,” stated, Darren Moore, Web Marketing / IT Manager at John Daugherty, Realtors.

Live chat allows website visitors to connect instantly to a real estate agent at John Daugherty, Realtors and have their questions answered instantly from the hours 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. John Daugherty, Realtors real estate agents are excited about being on the forefront of cutting-edge technology, so visitors to the web site are very likely to find an agent available online as early as 6:00 am and as late as 11:00 pm to answer real estate questions. John Daugherty, Realtors will continue to take a forwarding thinking approach by providing their agents, clients and website visitors the latest use of technology.

John Daugherty, Realtors has been servicing the Houston Real Estate market since 1967 with the mission of providing superior service for their clients while encouraging maximum teamwork among the agents and staff. Today John Daugherty, Realtors is comprised of over 160 real estate professionals and over 85 highly trained administrative staff members. Their sales have grown steadily since their founding, surpassing $8 billion since the year 2000. Visit www.JohnDaugherty.com for more information.

By Robyn Flick of John's Island Real Estate Company

VERO BEACH, Fl. – April 7, 2009 – John’s Island Real Estate Company is pleased to announce that Bob Gibb, President, was honored by the Cultural Council of Indian River County on March 25^th, 2009 at the 14^th Annual Laurel Awards Dinner at Grand Harbor Club. The Laurel Awards recognize leaders that contribute to the quality of the cultural community of Vero Beach in the areas of business, philanthropy, professionalism and volunteerism.

The particular award Mr. Gibb received is the Carolyn K. Eggert Award. This award is given to individuals who have made long-term, noteworthy contributions of both money and time to the wider cultural community. It is not awarded every year, and only at the discretion of the selection committee.

Cultural Council board member Mary Schenkel, who submitted Bob’s name as a candidate for this award said, “You’d be hard-pressed to find a non-profit organization that Bob has not supported or touched in some positive manner in Vero Beach and he throws himself whole-heartedly into everything he does for this community.”

John’s Island Real Estate Company sells exclusively John’s Island properties and has been since 1969. John’s Island is a private residential, oceanfront community of approximately 1,300 families. It offers a fine selection of elegant homes and gracious condominium residences encompassing 1,650 acres between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intercoastal Waterway.

The exclusive John’s Island Club offers fine dining in several clubhouses, including a new Beach Club with exquisite ocean views, three championship 18-hole golf courses designed by Pete Dye and Tom Fazio, tennis and squash facilities, state-of-the-art fitness center and three miles of private beach access.
 

Pete Dye (http://www.dyedesigns.com/)

Tom Fazio (http://www.faziogolf.com/)