Luxury Real Estate

Courtesy of: Greg Moesser of Rodeo Realty

Following an International Agent Around the World

By Katharine Angelo of Bel Air Magazine

This international agent is not a gun-toting 007; instead he’s a real-estate agent that specializes in worldwide luxury properties. The name is not Bond, James Bond, but Moesser, Greg Moesser, Vice President of the Private Estates division of Rodeo Realty in Beverly Hills, and he’s a man that’s doing something different. Today almost every real-estate company advertises international marketing, but many companies define that as just having a few affiliated international property websites. Agent Greg Moesser’s business model is much more hands-on, bringing on-the-spot knowledge to the worldwide properties he represents. In a recent conversation, Greg revealed his undercover secrets to taking his luxury real-estate business to a global level.

BAM: How long have you specialized in international marketing?

GREG MOESSER: It began about seven years ago when I had two inquiries from my website, one was from a European buyer and the other was a vacation rental request from the Middle East. After specializing in the luxury market domestically, I found that many clients, instead of just moving locally, are often moving between global cosmopolitan cities. The number of foreign buyers in our market has also risen steadily in the last few years. This is even more true today with the weaker dollar and the recently devalued world property markets, such as Spain, Ireland and Dubai, just to name a few. Now I have inquires every month from all over the world on my website www.LAClassicEstates.com.

BAM: Why do you think you have been so successful in this exclusive niche?

GM: The difference is personal networking and connections. Agents and buyers want to work with someone they know and trust. You can’t achieve that by just marketing a property on a bunch of global websites. When an agent from New York, San Francisco, London, Dubai or Paris has a client for Los Angeles, they will call me first, because I have an established personal relationship. My approach takes a lot more effort and planning, but it gets results. It’s also a great advantage to my seller clients, as they get the benefit of both an extensive local and international market representation.

BAM: Where have you been already this year?

GM: In January I attended the International Luxury Real Estate summit conference in Rome, Italy. This is a worldwide group of top agents, owners and presidents of leading firms that meet annually to discuss global property trends and strategies to market luxury properties. In March I attended the MIPIM conference in Cannes, France. The agenda included meetings with top agents, buyers and investors, foreign ministers and even the American ambassador. I was also in Punta Del Estate, Uruguay performing some property research for a client.

BAM:What is the Private Estates division?

GM: The Private Estates division at Rodeo Realty specializes in representing multi million-dollar properties in Southern California’s premier luxury markets. Our specialists are able to provide the highest level of expertise, professionalism, personal attention and discretion that is simply not available at large companies or franchises. Our international database is second to none, including our Luxury Real Estate affiliation with luxury agent specialists in over 60 countries worldwide.

BAM: What’s currently your most interesting property?

GM: I just did a price a evaluation on an extraordinary pre-war, French-style estate in Hancock Park that was featured in one of the first issues of Architectural Digest and should be coming on the market soon. I’m also excited about my latest international project. I’ve been selected as the exclusive U.S. agent for the Residenza Del Lago Azure in Lake Como, Italy. This is a rare new luxury development of 28 villas and apartments and should be completed by early next year.

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By Garey De Martini of Hill & Co. Real Estate

San Francisco, CA – June 16, 2009 – Hill & Co. Real Estate announced today that one of San Francisco’s most preeminent REALTORS®, Joseph Gartland Moore, has joined the company. Mr. Moore will continue to represent buyers and sellers of fine homes and investment properties.

Mr. Moore brings with him over 20 years of experience representing buyers and sellers in the finest neighborhoods of San Francisco. His production consistently ranks him among the top 2 percent of agents in the City. Even as his business has grown, he has always been able to provide the personal service, client care, and in-depth market knowledge his clients expect.

Co-founding the much respected boutique brokerage, Ritchie-Hallanan Real Estate, LTD., Mr. Moore guided the company through substantial growth in both slow and explosive markets. His main focus was on the marketing side of the business where he gained an in depth knowledge of what “sells” a property. He is often quoted in both the local and national media in regard to the state of the local market and innovations in the marketing of real estate.

Ritchie-Hallanan Real Estate was acquired by Alain Pinel Realtors in April of 2007. Mr. Moore remained there as one of their top producers and advisors until his move to Hill & Co.

Mr. Moore was born in 1953, is a third generation native San Franciscan who grew up in Presidio Heights. He currently resides in Monterey Heights with his wife of 28 years. He has three children; one recently graduated from Georgetown University, another is a Georgetown senior, and the third is a sophomore at Boston College.

Educated locally he attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, The University of Santa Clara, and the Menlo College School of Business Administration. Mr. Moore began his real estate career in the fall of 1987 as a sales associate at McGuire Real Estate.

He is a member of the San Francisco Association of Realtors, the California Association of Realtors, and the National Association of Realtors. He has served on numerous community and charitable boards including the San Francisco Boy’s and Girl’s Club, The Salvation Army Advisory Board, and the Guardsmen where he was a director and President 1994.

Hill & Co.

Founded in 1956, Hill & Co. Real Estate is a San Francisco brokerage long associated with the City’s finest properties. With three offices and nearly 100 full-time agents, the company enables clients to successfully navigate San Francisco’s complex real estate market. Two additional Hill & Co. offices provide property management and rental services. For more information, visit www.hill-co.com

By Garey De Martini of Hill & Co. 

San Francisco, CA – May 14, 2009 – In the heart of North Beach, 567 Vallejo, comprised of four brand new luxury condominiums and one luxury penthouse, has been just recently completed. North Beach, ranked one of the 10 best neighborhoods in the nation by the New York Times, combines old world flavors with contemporary sensibilities.

It is extremely rare for a new development to be built in North Beach. City and neighborhood officials are justifiably concerned with maintaining the character and quality of the neighborhood. The approval process for new developments is rigorous, and consequently the few developments that are approved and completed are extraordinary.

Each luxurious home at 567 Vallejo offers 2 or 3 bedrooms, 2.5 or 3 baths, parking, top-of-the-line amenities as well as hardwood floors, granite countertops, chef’s kitchen, downtown views and more. The penthouse also has 3 private view decks. A common area roof deck offers even more views of the St. Francis of Assisi Church, St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Coit Tower, the Bay Bridge and waters of the bay.

In the warmth of the neighborhood’s favorable weather, residents will have the opportunity to walk around the corner to the famous North Beach Restaurant for a great Italian dinner or stroll over to Washington Square to take in an art show or the North Beach Festival. It is certainly an enviable lifestyle.

This is a rare chance to enjoy the old world charms of the neighborhood, while living in a world-class contemporary, luxury home.

Hill & Co. agents Lora Petroni and Stephanie Ahlberg represent the developer in the sale of these condominiums. They can be reached at (415) 321-4286 and (415) 321-4232 respectively.

Hill & Co.

Founded in 1956, Hill & Co. Real Estate is a San Francisco brokerage long associated with the City’s finest properties. With three offices and nearly 100 full-time agents, the company enables clients to successfully navigate San Francisco’s complex real estate market. Two additional Hill & Co. offices provide property management and rental services. For more information, visit www.hill-co.com.

By Garey De Martini of Hill & Co Real Estate

San Francisco, CA – February 10, 2009 – The property was extraordinary to begin with. Now, after more than a year of seismic upgrades and extensive remodeling, the former church has been transformed entirely into a stunning home, with enormous windows, hand-painted ceilings, warm hardwood floors and top-of-the-line appliances and amenities.

Once a church condemned by the City as no longer inhabitable, the home has been completely redone. Its interior has a modern sensibility about it, in breathtaking contrast to its Gothic Revival architecture. Some rooms, as you would expect, are enormous. Others are surprisingly intimate.

It is a remodel of remarkable scale and vision. Siamak Akhavan, owner of the home and a partner of BMP Construction, is delighted with the results and would be happy to live in the property. But he has engaged the Hill & Co. team of Woodruff & Miller, who represented him on the purchase, and asked them to facilitate a sale should a buyer be interested.

This is a one-of-a-kind property, and it will require a very special buyer. The public rooms give new meaning to the word “spacious”. The home includes a 5+ car interior parking area, spectacular stained glass windows and its own tower, with a custom steel and transparent plexiglass spiral staircase leading to a deck with 360 degree views.

Just a couple of years ago the building was in serious disrepair and abandoned. While occupying a desirable corner in one of San Francisco’s most vibrant neighborhoods, its prospects were bleak. Now, it is a true showcase. It is without question one of San Francisco’s largest, most extraordinary and stunning homes.

For more information and photos visit www.CastleOnThePark.com

Hill & Co.

Founded in 1956, Hill & Co. Real Estate is a San Francisco brokerage long associated with the City’s finest properties. With three offices and nearly 100 full-time agents, the company enables clients to successfully navigate San Francisco’s complex real estate market. Two additional Hill & Co. offices provide property management and rental services. For more information, visit www.hill-co.com.