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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.buyplaya.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Life's a Beach | Expat Life in Playa del Carmen : Auction, Market Conditions, Events</title><link>http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Auction/Market+Conditions/Events/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Auction, Market Conditions, Events</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 61019.2)</generator><item><title>Condos to be sold at Public Auction in Puerto Aventuras - Feb. 24, 2008</title><link>http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/2007/12/10/30bc86412e73496f98a562d42bfb0383.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">14a763be-f740-46b4-a9dd-f83ef9d28be2:205907</guid><dc:creator>Rob Kinnon</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/comments/205907.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/commentrss.aspx?PostID=205907</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=205907</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real Estate News/Market Update, Puerto Aventuras &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;1,500 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2/3 bedroom&amp;nbsp;condos&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Originally Priced from &lt;span&gt;$219,000 - $395,000&lt;/span&gt; usd&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The developers of Marina Mia, in order to pursue other endeavors, have opted to auction off the remaining units at Marina Mia in Puerto Aventuras. These condos will be sold at Public Auction on February 24,&amp;nbsp;2008. This could be a VERY good opportunity to pick up a 2 or 3 bedroom in condo at a very attractive price. Opening bids will be just $170,000 usd for the first 10 units!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*****If you would like to attend this auction or have us attend as your proxy, PLEASE CONTACT US ASAP to make arrangements.*****&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We will post updates in space as they become available. Keep checking back for more info!! &lt;br /&gt;What follows is the&amp;nbsp;correspondence from the developers to the Real Estate professionals on the Riviera Maya. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;For purposes of accelerating the sales program at Marina Mia, we the owners, R&amp;amp;R Real Estate Development, have selected an aggressive program to sell its residences.&amp;nbsp; As you know, the real estate market in Puerto Aventuras is very competitive. Therefore, a high profile campaign that will offer buyers an opportunity to purchase a condominium has been selected.&amp;nbsp; The program is a public real estate auction.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;To assure that this program will be implemented in the highest quality manner possible we have retained Sheldon Good &amp;amp; Company, North America&amp;rsquo;s leading real estate auction marketing firm to sell these fantastic units at Marina Mia. A public real estate auction will take place in mid February.&amp;nbsp; We will alert everyone of the exact date when it is determined. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The residences will be sold individually and many of the units will be offered with very attractive minimum bids.&amp;nbsp; This will be a wonderful opportunity for you or someone you know to purchase a condominium at a very special price.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We look forward to working with you and will be offering a referral fee to those agents whose clients&amp;rsquo; purchase at the auction.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for your interest in Marina Mia and we look forward to seeing you at the auction.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;Very truly yours,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;Rodolfo Correa &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri" size="3"&gt;Rafael Correa&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt 0in 0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buyplaya.com/Puerto_Aventuras/Quintana_Roo/Condos/Puerto_Aventuras/Bahia_Katenah/Agent/Listing_1075012.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/5ac2/1678/ad29/d71fb5cc2628648d9412/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Amazing pool" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="cutline"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enormous 2 and 3 Bedroom Condominiums&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.buyplaya.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=205907" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx">Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx">Market Conditions</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx">For Sale</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Announcements/default.aspx">Announcements</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Events/default.aspx">Events</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Buyer+Information/default.aspx">Buyer Information</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Luxury+Real+Estate/default.aspx">Luxury Real Estate</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Condominiums/default.aspx">Condominiums</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Mayan+Riviera+/default.aspx">Mayan Riviera </category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Investing/default.aspx">Investing</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Development+/default.aspx">Development </category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Puerto+Aventuras/default.aspx">Puerto Aventuras</category><category domain="http://www.buyplaya.com/blogs/rob_kinnon/archive/tags/Auction/default.aspx">Auction</category></item></channel></rss>