About Saint Johns County, FL

"Palencia Golf Community: St. Augustine, Florida - Ted Tyndall

Located in northern St. Johns County, Palencia is an upscale master-planned golfing community
that affords residents easy access to Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach and the
World Golf Village. With an estimated population of 7,200 residents by project end, the property
spans 1,450 acres, with more than two miles of land bordering the tidal marshes of the Intracoastal
Waterway and Marshall Creek. Out of the 1,850 planned, 650 homes are already completed, while community amenities include an athletic park, swim and fitness center, 18-hole championship golf course designed by Arthur Hills, 10-court tennis center, golf clubhouse, and 30-plus acres of parks and walking, biking and jogging trails. Expansion is underway, as developers recently added acres, allowing 2,600 homes.

Real estate options consist of single-family homes, condominiums, patio homes, villas and spacious
executive lots.Located along the west bank of the Intracoastal Waterway, the community offers residents
convenient access nearby cities, while offering a resort-like family neighborhood with exclusive amenities.
The master plan for Palencia includes a variety of residential areas; each including parks and open spaces.
Linked to a Village Center near the project's main entry, it provides residents with recreational and
commercial uses, provides an architectural identity for the area and acts as a community gathering place.
Community leisure activities are endless, presenting fishing, para-sailing, boating,
water sports and golfing in Florida's year-round mild climate. Once completed, Palencia will act as
a complete epicenter for its populace to live, work, shop, learn and play.

Along with a Private Golf Course, Palencia offers an Amenity Center that will fill most residents needs. They have a full time Tennis Director as well as multiple pools with an adults only pool. There is a nursery, aerobics class rooms, massage rooms, and two exercise rooms.

Palencia is one of the area's newest developments and offers a variety of home styles including condominiums, patio homes, villas and even spacious executive lots.
It is an upscale gated community, located along US 1 and the Intracoastal waterway, a bit closer to St. Augustine than to Jacksonville, and about 5 miles due east of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The community includes single-family and condominium homes priced from $100,000 to $3 million for views, exclusive amenities and sprawling estates.

For additional information call Ted Tyndall, Jr. or Carol vonRabenstein who will provide you with any information or assistance with your home.

"Selling Homes to Generation Y: St. Augustine, Florida, Ted Tyndall"

I went to a seminar Friday where they handed out an article by Mathew Ferrara & Company that was great. I will not attempt to reproduce the entire article. It broke down dealing with the different generations in reference to real estate.

The dilemma for real estate companies today: Can their agent successfully build relationships with the next generation of real estate buyers? How are you preparing to deal with the 45 million Generation Y buyers starting to enter the housing curve?

Generation Y is in their 20's.Graduating college, these kids are the new first-time home buyer.No, it's not the Generation X anymore. First, the Y'ers are highly networked. They have grown up online, playing online games with friends thousands of miles away. They make friends by adding them to their Social websites they belong to. They have had a phone since they were 10 and don't make calls on it. They fully expect IM to replace e-mail. They don't check the Internet becaus they are always connected to it.

It gets harder. It's not just about the technology barrier between Boomer Realtors and GEN Y buyers: It's a cultural thing. Boomer Realtors are like barracuda: typically a Type-A personality. Generation Y is the complete opposite. They are the most docile, "can't we all get along" play-nicers in a hundred years. Their teachers were Boomers.

Coming from a super-structured, ultra-safe, uber-nice childhood, Generation Y further complicates the home purchase process because they don't do it "on their own" the same way Boomers and Gen X'ers did. Gen Y is a co-dependent purchaser with the most unlikely of creatures: a Baby Boomer. Gen Y co-purchases everything with either a parent or a trusted friend from the 45-plus age bracket. Open House are about to get a lot stranger: Boomer agents shouldn't make the mistake that another Boomer Buyer has arrived dragging their kids along when it's actually the other way around.

Are their solutions? You bet.First get the right tools - Blackberry, IM account, social networking account - and get beyond grudgingly using them. If you think AIM is still toothpaste, then just pack it in.

Great salespeople change their approach to match the style of their customer.

Pop. What Generation Y real estate buyers are about to teach us - finally and for good - is that real estate must learn that in sales, it's all about the consumer. We are about to get a two-decade lesson on that fact.

"Events at The Renaissance Resort: The World Golf Village, St. Augustine"

From the World Golf Village Community Journal

Thanksgiving Brunch at the Renaissance Resort: Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009

500 South at The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village will host it's annual Thanksgiving Brunch on Thanksgiving Day, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open to the public, the brunch will offer an array of Thanksgiving favorites as well as some of 500 South's chef's creations. The buffet is $36.95 per person, $32.95 for seniors and $16.95 for children 5 through 12. To make reservations call 904-940-8623.

Little Big Holiday Party: December 19,2009.

The Renaissance Resort will host it's "Little Big Holiday Party" from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Enjoy the holiday season with the Renaissance as you celebrate in the Grande Ballroom at the St. Johns County Convention Center adjacent to the resort. The Holiday Party is ideal for small businesses who want to treat their employees, offering an amazing holiday buffet and more for $31.50 per person. Special overnight room rates of $79 also are available at the Renaissance for those who book their group for the party. T reserve tables call 904-940-8635.

Holiday Brunch at The Renaissance Resort: December 25, 2009.

The Renaissance Resort at The World Golf Village will offer a special holiday brunch open to the public Christmas Day from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The brunch will feature a special holiday menu and will be $336.95 per person, $32.95 for seniors and $16.95 for children ages 5 to 12. For reservations call 904-940-8623

Anyone that would like the simplicity of not cooking at home for the holidays these are good alternatives.

For additional information call Ted Tyndall, Carol vonRabenstein or Davidson Realty Inc.

"Restaurants in Ponte Vedra & NE St. Johns County"

For the residents of Ponte Vedra and North St. Augustine, here are a sampling of the restaurants available that were listed in this weeks Folio Weekly.

These are a sampling of the restaurants in the areas that Carol and I concentrate in.

1. Al's Pizza - Voted Best Pizza by Folio Weekly. 543-1494
2. Aqua grill - Upscale Cuisine. 285-3017
3. Brucci's Pizza - Authentic New York style pizza. 280-7677
4. Cruisers Grill - 273-5446
5. Galangal Restaurant - Modern Thai Cuisine. 827-1150
6. Lulu's Waterfront Grill - On the Intracoastal Waterway. 285-0139
7. One Hot Cookie! Cafe - Fresh cookies and gourmet coffee. 273-2606
8. Peppe's Pizzeria & Deli - Homemade Italian Dishes. 273-0006
9. Pusser's Bar & Grill - Freshly prepared Caribbean Cuisine. 280-7766
10. Restaurant medure - Emphasis on seafood cooked with Southern & Asian Influences. 543-3797
11. Ruth's Chris Steak House - 285-0014
12. Santioni's At Sawgrass - Gourmet Italian Dishes. 273-7272
13. Tra Vini Grill - California-Mediterranean ambience. 273-2442
14. Urban Flats - 280-5515
15. Zoe's Kitchen - Greek and Mediterranean influences. 273-1100

These are a handful of the restaurants that are available for neighborhoods such as The World Golf Village, Palencia, Nocatee, Sawgrass, The Players Club and most of St. Augustine.

This does not include the dozens of great places in the Historic Section of St. Augustine.

Jared Biby of Showhomes Jacksonville emailed me these photos of a stunning home they just staged with a live in home manager in Marsh Landing, the exclusive golf community in Ponte Vedra:

Wow - what a difference! Builder Biege is tough in today's market. Every home has similar, monochromatic colors and if buyers look at several homes, the rooms quickly run together. I love the pattern on the area rug - it really changes the feel of the room. Great job by Kaye Biby on staging this home!

Nice work!

Thomas Scott www.showhomes.com