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Contact:  Dustin Oldfather

March 2, 2011                                                                                       

Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty

330 Rehoboth Avenue 

Rehoboth Beach DE 19971                                                                                                                                                                                       302.227.6767

Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty; Delaware REALTOR ®, Dustin and Mariya Oldfather, Hit Amazon.com Best-Seller List with New Book

“Counter-Attack:  Business Strategies for Explosive Growth in the New Economy”

Debuts at #2 in the site’s Direct Marketing Category

Rehoboth Beach, DE.  Dustin and Mariya Oldfather, one of the top sales teams at Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty, recently joined a select group of America’s leading entrepreneurs and businesspeople to collaborate and co-write the business and marketing book titled, “Counter-Attack: Business Strategies for Explosive Growth in the New Economy.”  Celebrity Press™, founded by JW Dicks, Esq. and Nick Nanton, Esq, is a business book publisher that publishes books from thought leaders around the world.

The book, released on Thursday, January 27, 2011, features lessons that business owners can use to fight against declining revenues and learn the secrets of success in the new economy.  On the day of release, Counter Attack reached best-seller status in two Amazon.com categories: Marketing and Direct Marketing. Dustin and Mariya Oldfather authored a chapter in the book titled, “Legacy.”  The book, which peaked at #2 in those categories and remains on the best sellers list at #39, is available for purchase through Amazon.com. 

“The book provides strategies on working within the parameters of the new economy: how to become profitable and stay profitable in an increasingly competitive environment,” said Dustin Oldfather.  “We thoroughly enjoyed working with the other book’s contributors and are delighted with its initial success.” The Oldfathers have been part of the Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty since 2008 and have consistently been one of the brokerage’s top-performing teams. 

To learn more about Dustin and Mariya Oldfather, visit http://www.TheOldfatherGroup.com or contact Ocean Atlantic Sotheby’s International Realty at 302.227.6767.

Sited on 530 acres, Island and Sanctuary Farm is nestled along the tranquil shores of the Broadkill River. This picturesque retreat is graced by a world class three bedroom three bath custom crafted Log Home of more than 3500 square feet. The idyllic Hunting Lodge features soaring timber frame interior with timeless sophisticated amenities and is built to last for generations. Multiple fireplaces set the stage for fellowship and intimate family gatherings. Sweeping verandas surround a tranquil salt water pool creating the vantage point for dramatic Broadkill River front sunsets.

Perfect for hunting, fishing, or equestrian interests, this spectacular offering is adjacent to the Primehook Wildlife Refuge, designated by the American Bird Conservancy and National Audubon Society as a globally significant habitat. Preserving and protecting a diverse landscape featuring freshwater and salt marshes, grasslands, and forested areas, the sequestered acreage is abundant with diverse wildlife and open pastures.

This romantic paradise offers sanctuary to endangered and threatened species and provides habitat for the Delmarva fox squirrel, nesting bald eagles and migrating peregrine falcons. Migrating tropical land birds pass through and utilize the refuge's upland forested habitat during the fall and spring. Three ponds stocked with game fish, can be flooded to make substantially larger wildfowl improvements.

The property is improved by two 5 acre building envelopes along the Broadkill River, allowing for enhancement with additional custom construction. This creates an opportunity for 1/3 or 2/3 Fractional ownership opportunities, which may be considered. Additional amenities include a Pole Barn, improved boat launch, bulk head and dock. This infinitely private estate is an extraordinary offering seen once in a lifetime.

Open Space and Wildlife

•           Remarkable wildlife, hunting, fishing and bird watching

•           Three ponds stocked with game fish (can be flooded to make larger                  wildfowl impoundments)

•           Extraordinary Fur and feather hunting

•           Plus Prime Hook Refuge added to other preserves and permanently                   protected farmland this is well on the way to a 17,000 acre “Great                     Marsh” landscape

•           Designated by the American Bird Conservancy and National Audubon as             a Globally Important Bird Area

This 530 acre compound is offered at $6,495,000.

•           Shares common boundary with the 10,000 acre Prime Hook National                 Wildlife

Refuge administered by the US Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service.

•           1.5 miles of River Frontage on the Broadkill River

•           Served by underground electrical, delivered natural gas, on-site water     wells and on-site septic system

•           Amenities include Pole barn, improved boat launch, bulk head and dock

This offering  may also be sold separately in two private packages.

Sanctuary Farm ~ $3,900,000 Includes Custom Log Home lodge

•       313.068 acres permanently protected allowing existing lodge plus a five acre separately deeded “Homestead site” and ¼ miles along the Broadkill River

Island Farm ~ $2,850,000 Includes a waterfront five acre building envelope along the Broadkill River.

•       217.149 acres permanently protected allowing only one future  river front house to be built in a 5 acre “building envelope”

•      150 Tillable Acres

For additional information visit www.islandsanctuaryfarm.com

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What's my Delaware Home Worth?

We have partnered with Top Producer to create a new free website that is connected to the Delaware MLS to show you a personalized report that charts market activity, current and up-to-the-minute, with homes in your area, including such data as sold homes, properties for sale, inventory counts and even days-on-market.

That way you can see what is happening in the market without having to speak to an agent and find out your Delaware Home Value. Of course, we'd love to talk to you, but we respect that sometimes people like to do their own research prior to listing or buying a new home.

Your report is personalized: it charts market activity-- current up-to-the-minute --with homes in your area, including such data as sold homes, properties for sale, inventory counts and even days-on-market.

There are many 'intangibles' behind this data, such as whether homes were fixed up or not, special amenities and the like. As Delaware Real Estate Agents, we have the local market expertise to help you interpret this information fully.

A Delaware Market Snapshot is a real-time Delaware MLS market update and trend analysis overview. It provides the most current sold data, active listings, inventory, and days on market counts – information that is unavailable on any other similar website. This information is sent automatically to customers: when customers request information on the value of their property, Delaware Market Snapshot emails both customers and agents a one-click link to the Market Snapshot.

The setup of Market Snapshot is simple, it updates to the Market Snapshot are automatically created and sent out for you. In addition, it gives you up-to-the-minute MLS graphical information.

Other market-evaluation services provide generalized evaluations of average homes. This is only one of the many pieces of information customers need to make good decisions to determine their Delaware Home Value Market Snapshot improves on this by including additional key information, such as:

   1. graphical analysis of important market trends

   2. volume comparisons of recent sales and new listings

   3. percentage comparisons of asking price to selling price for recent sales, and

   4. average, median, and high/low prices for homes that have recently sold or that are currently for sale

The Asking and Sold Prices tab displays graphs and tables that chart trends in housing prices. The top graph is Asking Prices and Sold Prices, or in other words, a Price Trend chart. This gives the consumer a general idea of whether prices are rising, falling or staying stable for similar properties in his or her area, and what are the extremes in the price ranges. You can easily see when expensive homes come on and go off the market.

If you select a sold property on the map or in the listing under the map, a red pin will be displayed on the chart to indicate the red dot that is for that property. If you select an active property, a blue line will appear to show the listing price of the property.

I'm often asked if this is a good time to buy a home. Some clients are concerned that home prices may fall further than they have already. They are assuming that the best course of action is to wait for the bottom in the market and then buy. The problem with this approach is that you don't know where the bottom is until you see it in the rear view mirror, meaning until you've missed it!

Home prices are one factor in determining your cost of ownership, but so are interest rates and financing availability. Even though interest rates have gone up in the last six months, they are still near historic lows. Since your monthly mortgage payment is a combination of paying down your principal and paying the interest owed, if home prices come down a little further but interest rates up, it could cost you even more to service a mortgage on an identical home!

While a home is a major investment, it is also the center of your personal life. It's important to live in a home that reflects your taste and values, yet is within your financial "comfort zone." To that end, it may be more important to lock in today's relatively low interest rates and low home prices, rather than to hope for a further break in prices in the future.

Please give me a call if I can be of any assistance in determining how much home you can afford in today's market.