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Light at end of tunnel for local Real Estate – Our Broker breaks it down in the Pocono Record

katrina.christian — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:04:44 +0000

Maggie Flartey, managing Broker of Century 21 Select Group, weighs in on the current condition of our local Real Estate market and it’s future in an article featured in the Pocono Record. Please follow the link to read the article and don’t forget – you can post your thoughts below.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100725/NEWS02/7250326/-1/NEWS02

REAL ESTATE NETWORKING GETS A NEW LOOK !!

katrina.christian — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:47:50 +0000

Submitted by: Vince Caputo

Vince Caputo of Century21 Select Group of Broadheadsville is embarking on a state of the art way to reach out to new clients and the community at large beginning February 11^th and every Thursday night there after with the airing of ?Pocono Homes Live? via the internet. Vince will host the LIVE call in show which begins at 7:00 PM. The hour and one half hour weekly presentation will combine live call in customers and online text chat panels giving all participants the opportunity to ask questions about area real estate issues or possibly building on a new buyer/seller/realtor relationship.

The communication between Vince and all new clients will be predicated on abiding with all Real Estate laws and required Consumer Notices and also be restricted to those who are not already working with a realtor. With that said, even those customers of other realtors can call in to obtain very general and non-specific answers to questions.

Vince will also have a guest speaker each week from area businesses who?s services closely relate to home ownership and maintenance. The guests will cover various topics including security, home renovation tips, energy conservation and mortgage and financing questions. The website can be accessed at 6:55 PM on Thursday evenings at

http://www.stickam.com/poconohomeslive

The live broadcast will begin promptly at 7PM. Feel free to log in at

http://www.Stickam.com

Anytime prior to the broadcast to obtain a FREE user screen name should you wish to use the online chat panels.

( PA Lic# RS311561)

Even More Education and Experience in Your Corner!

katrina.christian — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:36:40 +0000

Maggie Flartey Kaminski, Broker Owner of Century 21 select group is proud to announce Neal Van Hine has earned the Accredited Buyer Representation designation from the National Association of Realtors. The Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC), an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS®, to real estate practitioners who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria.

There are four steps to achieving this designation.

1. Successful completion of the two-day Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) Designation Course, including an 80 percent passing grade on the exam.

2. Successful completion of one of the ABR® elective courses, including an 80 percent passing grade on the exam.

3. Documentation verifying five (5) completed transactions in which the ABR® candidate acted as a buyer’s representative.

4. Membership in good standing in the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) and the National Association of REALTORS®.

Hope has been affiliated with the Blakeslee office since May of 2008 after a brief affiliation with a local independent.

”I am truly proud of Neal’s accomplishments with our company. His honesty, integrity and hard work are evident in his level of success with our company. Gaining her ABR is another step in building a highly successful career with us.” said Maggie Flartey-Kaminski, Broker Owner

Education and Experience in Your Corner

katrina.christian — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:02:57 +0000

Maggie Flartey Kaminski, Broker Owner of Century 21 select group is proud to announce Hope Fogarty has earned the Accredited Buyer Representation designation from the National Association of Realtors. The Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC), an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS®, to real estate practitioners who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria.

There are four steps to achieving this designation.

1. Successful completion of the two-day Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) Designation Course, including an 80 percent passing grade on the exam.

2. Successful completion of one of the ABR® elective courses, including an 80 percent passing grade on the exam.

3. Documentation verifying five (5) completed transactions in which the ABR® candidate acted as a buyer’s representative.

4. Membership in good standing in the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) and the National Association of REALTORS®.

Hope has been affiliated with the Blakeslee office since May of 2008 after a brief affiliation with a local independent.

”I am truly proud of Hope’s accomplishments with our company. Her honesty, integrity and hard work are evident in her level of success with our company. Gaining her ABR is another step in building a highly successful career with us.” said Maggie Flartey-Kaminski, Broker Owner

Pocono Lake Communities We Serve

katrina.christian — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:53:53 +0000

The Lake at Wagner's Forest Park - A Private Conservation Community

Welcome to Wagner Forest Park
This is located in the heart of the PA Pocono Plateau. It is a conservation-oriented community dedicated to preserving the natural environment and wildlife of the area. To this end, Wagner Forest Park Association, Inc. is resolved to be a residential community for healthful and harmonious living with nature, for those seeking their quiet corner away from the social and recreational amenities not created by nature.

One of the Many Poconos Vacation Communities!

Amenities include:

1 Lake
1 Beach
1 Dam

Lake Harmony Communities We Serve – Split Rock Resort

Lucille.Richmond — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:39:31 +0000

Tourism rises from coal’s ashes
Split Rock Resort, once a Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company offshoot, is flourishing in the shadow of its late, great parent
Among the largest hotel and businesses in the Pocono Mountains, Kidder Township’s Split Rock Resort has steadily grown since 1981 under the ownership of Jack Kalins. It may come as a surprise that this resort began as a hunting retreat for executives of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N.)
In the mid 1800s, to protect the watershed feeding their navigation system, LC&N purchased thousands of acres of wilderness at the headwaters of the Lehigh River. In Kidder Township, along the west shore of 127-acre Big Pond, property was purchased from the Keck estate. Later, Big Pond would change its name to Lake Harmony. The property included Big Spring, the source of drinking water for all the homes surrounding the lake.
A feature of the property was Split Rock, a mountaintop rock canyon outcropping part of the geologic formation that created Boulder Field at Hickory Run State Park. Located [1/2]-mile west of Lake Harmony at an elevation of 2,040 feet, it has been classified as red sandstone of the Duncannon Member of the Catskill Formation. The Wisconsin Glacier tilted the rock formation with subsequent erosion wearing away the exposed rock layers and creating the canyon.
The property was, in 1937, planned by Robert V. White, president of LC&N, to become a hunting and fishing retreat for company executives. The original rustic lodge had five rooms with baths and ten without for a total capacity of thirty. It opened in 1942 and was immediately popular.
The WWII years helped a declining LC&N gain temporary profitability. But by 1949, the company returned to its descent toward insolvency. Although its coal business was floundering, its resort business was growing. In 1946, White added a ski slope; a forerunner to what would become Big Bolder the first ski slope in Pennsylvania. White stepped down as LC&N president in 1954.
In 1962, LC&N reorganized. It was getting out of the coal and railroad businesses and focusing on resorts and real estate. Its Pocono properties were the one bright spot in its portfolio. It continued to expand Split Rock Lodge.
In the mid 1960s, the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the lessee of LC&N’s Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad, collapsed. In 1965, LC&N issued a liquidation plan. Among the assets, each shareholder received one share of Split Rock Lodge, Inc.
In August of 1970, a fire burned the main lodge at Split Rock. “It was a traumatizing experience for the community,” said Split Rock General Manager Chuck Dickenson. “It was an important focal hub.” Days later, plans began on construction of a newer lodge (completed in 1991) with additional rooms, and new dining and recreational areas.
In 1981, Jack Kalins, a former Pocono Raceway employee, fulfilled a lifelong dream to operate a recreational resort by purchasing Split Rock. He formed a corporation in 1978 and in 1979, changed it name to Vacation Charters, Ltd. (VCL.) with a focus on vacation properties. VCL purchased the Carriage House at Pocono Manor.
In 1981, VCL purchased Village Square and Pocono Recreation, Inc., which included Split Rock Lodge and the Lake Harmony property. In 1986, VCL purchased the Holiday Inn at White Haven currently the Pocono-Ramada Inn and in 1999, purchased Mountain Laurel Resort.
In 1985, the Galleria complex was completed at Split Rock. It had an indoor pool, movie theater, racquetball courts, tennis courts, game room, coffee shop and ice cream parlor. It later expanded by adding a salon, gift shop, and a new building with tennis courts-the old tennis courts became a ballroom. The building was expanded to house an indoor regulation NBA basketball court, a fitness center, massage operation, and an eight-lane bowling alley.
Building continued adding a 27-hole golf course, 98 rustic villas and a new section, Willowbrook, designed as a time-share condominium built around the golf course. Willowbrook’s unit three is currently under construction. Split Rock plans to add a 40,000 square foot indoor water park with a wave pool, surf ride, and tube rides.
VCL has historically generated sales in the $30to $35 million range while heavily depending on outside financing to support operations and growth. In 1993, one of its lenders withdrew its credit line in compliance with new banking regulations forcing VCL into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It emerged from bankruptcy in 1996.
Split Rock Resorts is currently about 1,000-acres and has a payroll of 600 higher in season. It employs an outside crew of 45 to keep the lawns mowed, the flowers cared for, and work on the ongoing construction.
Split Rock draws guests from the Philadelphia, New York and Delmarva markets. During the summer and winter seasons, it attracts families with children. In the spring and fall, it caters to couples. Its montage of geology, natural beauty and historic location caters to eco-tourism and heritage tourism. Guests enjoy viewing deer, which there are more of in Split Rock than in Hickory Run State Park.
Now that gambling is coming to Pennsylvania, Split Rock Resort is well positioned for gambling related growth. Being well-established and well-positioned in the New York and Philadelphia markets, for Split Rock Lodge success is looking like a sure bet.

Pocono Lake Communities We Serve

katrina.christian — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:27:19 +0000

Twin Lakes at Locust Lake Village - One of 4 lakes in this Community

Locust Lake Village -

Locust Lake Village is a four-season community with five Lakes, three having swimming beaches with lifeguards throughout the summer. These lakes are stocked with fish. Boating, except for outboard motor types, is permitted. It’s location is ideal for recreational activities as it is within 15 minutes of Jack Frost and Big Boulder ski areas and 25 minutes to Camelback ski area and Camelbeach Waterpark.

Recreation

Other recreational facilities include: a baseball field, a basketball court, shuffleboard, bocci ball, swings, seesaws, sliding boards and picnic areas. The Village also has it’s own ski area with a T-bar lift and lodge.
During the summer the recreation committee has activities planned for almost every day, including arts and crafts for the very young. Other activities, (i.e.) movies, holiday get togethers) for the whole family, are held throughout the year.

The Locust Lake Community

At the present time, approximately 200 families live in the development on a permanent basis. The Village, as originally planned, contains approximately 1,631 lots, approximately 1/2 acre in size. At the present time 1020 homes have been constructed.

To Maintain the cost of operation, property owners are required to pay dues. For homeowners, the dues are $932.83 annually ( this includes weekly trash removal service), while lot owners pay $746.26. Taxes are approximately 1.5 % of the value of the property. There is a $800 transfer fee for new owners.

The Village is located close to the major Pocono Ski areas of Jack Frost, Big Boulder, and Camelback. This is an important plus to those wishing to rent to skiers. It is adjacent to a main highway, Route 940, only 5 miles form Route 80 and 10 miles from the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It is close to a relatively large shopping center containing an excellent food market and a variety of stores. On the eastern boundary of the Village is the 21,000 acre Brady’s State Game Lands.

History

The developer of Locust Lake Village left in 1974 and it is now managed by Locust Lake Village Property Owner’s Association.