Hi everyone. Bids on my Estate will close on Sunday evening, 3/29/09. Thank you to those of you who have already responded. Monday morning I will contact the person best suited to take over my Islands and begin the transfer process. I'll repost probably daily to give everyone an opportunity to take advantage of this excellent opportunity for the right person.
Take care!
Ashton
Treat yourself to instant income when you invest in this beautiful, fully terraformed, occupied estate containing 16 Islands. Full transfer. Please, respect my time and bring serious inquiries only. Only in rare, and exceptional circumstances will I separate my Estate to be sold as more than one unit.
Package Includes:
6 Full Prim (15,000) Class 5 Islands. Strong occupancy rate overall with substantial profit margin. Contains long term, loyal residents.
10 Homestead Islands (3750 prims), all but one is fully occupied.
The 6 Full Prim Islands are intricately landscaped/terraformed into several themes including:
(2) Forest/Lake Regions
(2) Mountain Regions - One standard and one Autumn themed
(1) Winter Region
(1) Beach
The 10 Homestead Regions are currently landscaped with varying shades of green terrain, with several having smallish mountains with rocky tops. Seven of the 10 Homesteads are occupied and paid for by a single individual, making tier collection and customer service a breeze. Two Homesteads are occupied by 2 residents, and the last one has three.
All of the Islands have been happily living under a covenant similar to living in a wealthy gated community, so there is no lag on either the full prim Islands or the Homesteads. I wear a monitor to keep any issues in check the moment I sense any problems. My residents do not pay cheap tier and are happy to pay more for the quality in the Islands they choose to call home. I provide excellent customer service and expertise to help them in their SL in many areas. These are in part why they are agreeable to a higher tier rate. If you plan to show up once in awhile, or to in any way provide sloppy service/availability, you will find these residents will seek these features elsewhere because it is important to them. They can find cheap, service-less land anywhere on the grid if that's what they wanted.
15 of the 16 Islands are joined together, with wide areas of navigation between them for sailing, jet skiing, hot air ballooning, or flying non-stop between them. The 16th Island is one spot over, right next to the estate as a whole.
All of my flat Islands are designed with full interior lake view as well as coast and ocean views for each parcel except those in mountain regions of course. They have been intricately created by hand and each Island contains unique, one of a kind landscaping and terrain formation. The terrain file has not been used anywhere else in SL.
Below you will find a short description of the Islands along with tier due dates, profitability as well as occupancy rate as of today. My business plan included these margins of profit, and I have been able to successfully meet my goals when the Islands are full. I am happy to provide documentation and explanation in regards to the profitability and how I have arrived at these figures. Profit numbers reflect full Islands, after tier is paid to Linden Labs.
(2) Lake/Forest Regions - both similar but slightly different in terrain colors/textures.
Profit per month, after expenses:
$222
$270
Tier Due Date:
6th
6th
Occupancy:
91% - 10 out of 11
73% - 8 out of 11
(2) Mountain Regions. One is standard green with rock at higher altitudes and the other is Autumn themed with fall leaves in the green ground texture.
Profit per month, after expenses:
$206
$230
Tier Due Date:
1st
22nd
Occupancy:
100% - 11 out of 11
73% - 8 out of 11
(1) Beach with multiple high quality sand textures.
Profit per month after expenses:
$130
Tier Due Date:
11th
Occupancy:
91% - 10 out of 11
(1) Winter, snow covered Mountain-ish Estate with canal snaking through it. Contains beautiful terraforming, snow, and an ice rink with skating animations. Tends to stay very full in the late fall through early spring, and then again in the summer.
Profit per month, after expenses:
$245
Tier Due Date:
6th
Occupancy:
60% - 6 out of 11
(10) Homestead Islands with 9 currently full. Profit on them are as follows:
(7) Single owner, private Estates
Profit per month, after expenses:
$235
Tier Due Dates:
24th
24th
28th
15th
13th
11th
8th
Occupancy:
83% - 6 out of 7
(2) Homesteads, each with 2 owners, and (1) Homestead with 3 separate owners.
Profit per month, after expenses:
$123
Tier Due Dates:
24th
24th
24th
Occupancy:
100% - 3 out of 3
I am posting this offer from an alt avatar of course, so that residents do not panic. I would love for everyone to continue on as usual for you.
In conclusion, I am offering the Estates for sale simply because I feel I have accomplished what I set out to do, and that is to be a successful land owner in SL. I have other areas of interest and business here in SL at this point, and rather than backburner them, it may be time for me to explore them.
In the case that you should decide to purchase my Estate, I will be available each day to answer any questions or to help with any transitional situations that may occur. Keep in mind as well that, as far as I am aware, there would only be ONE transfer fee for ALL Islands. This could ultimately save you over a thousand dollars versus buying each Island individually from different people.
Please make a reasonable offer to me and I will consider it. When deciding upon the offer to make me, please consider current market rates for both Full Prim and Homestead Islands, and also account for ready-made profits. My residents have been quite important to me because they are loyal, high quality people who will in turn become loyal to you if you treat them with the care and respect they deserve.
I do not intend to "sell" you on why my Estate is valuable, although I will happily answer any and all questions you have concerning it and it's business plan and profits.
My messages here are forwarded to my email box, so feel free to respond anytime and I will get back with you as soon as possible. Take care!
Ashton