Valerie Jarvie

A Spirited Realtor: Tequila Empresaria Sheela Marshall

By Valerie Jarvie / June 26, 2017 /

  What’s the connection between Tequila Sheela and the real estate business? Every real estate agent has a bit of an entrepreneur in them. By its nature, real estate sales work requires initiative, nimble problem-solving, and often innovative thinking to get deals done. Realtor Sheela Marshall has taken her entrepreneurial inclination even further, developing a…

On SecondShelters.com: Mayakoba Undertakes Reef Restoration on the Riviera Maya

By Valerie Jarvie / June 15, 2017 /

One of the world’s most beautiful beach destinations, Mayakoba, is undergoing a rehabilitation project to repair damage resulting from climate change. The eco-friendly Mayakoba resort development is set in the area known as “The Riviera Maya,” a 75-mile stretch south of Cancun on the Caribbean Coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Developed by OHL Desarrollos, Mayakoba…

On SecondShelters.com: Hangin’ at the Lake Like Hemingway in Petoskey, Mich.

By Valerie Jarvie / June 12, 2017 /

Petoskey, Mich., real estate is in view today. Why? Petoskey is a small, coastal resort town in Northern Michigan that was once a haunt of Ernest Hemingway. It offers lake house living in scenic beauty with a surprising array of amenities, especially for a small town. On SecondShelters.com, we take a look at a cozy farmhouse-style cottage footsteps away…

A Big Aloha to a Five-Star Hawaiian Home: Montage Kapalua Bay

By Valerie Jarvie / May 31, 2017 /

  Oh to look out the window and have a view like this every day! Here’s the coastal sight to behold off the lanai of Residence 2604, one of 82 residences in the Montage Kapalua Bay, a five-star Maui resort named by Travel + Leisure Magazine as one of the world’s best hotels (No. 4…

A Luxe Northeast Texas Sporting Resort Up for Sale

By Valerie Jarvie / April 21, 2017 /

You may remember an enticing members-only hunting and fishing resort featured in sporting magazines a few years back: The Hageman Reserve, an uber-posh private club with lodging in where members could hunt, fish, dine, and relax in baronial splendor in a scenic northeast Texas rural setting. Now known as The Reserve at Sulphur Bluff, the…