Clayton & Clayton Real Estate Blog - October, 2014

Luxury Real Estate Conference A Big Success

It was another successful Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference in Boston, earlier this month at the uber plush Fairmont Hotel  in Copley Plaza.

Some of the biggest brokers in luxury real estate made it to Boston for the 3-day event including Shawn Clayton from Bay Head, NJ., Christopher and Shae Invidiata of Oakville, Ont., Tim Savage from Naples, FL. and Sheri Norris from Tampa, FL., among others.

Topics of discussion varied over the three days and included one-on-one coaching from Carol Vickers and Saba Arjomand from Empower Consulting. The agenda also included:

• Using technology to win and market a listing.
• The changing homebuyer and the changing face of home design.
• Leveraging your network to grow your business.
• How to grow your…

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Our Newest Bay Head Listing on East Avenue.....A Spectacular Home!

Bay Head Lifestyle at its Best!

A spectacular Bay Head home with ocean views from every level. This Classic Bay Header home is exclusively located on East Avenue. A well designed home with 3 levels that include a wraparound porch, guest suite with its own private entrance and spacious backyard with deck. This waterfront home for sale features 6 bedroom suites, living room with fireplace, gourmet kitchen, two laundry rooms and a fabulous 3rd floor master suite with its own fireplace, office, a master bath and its own private balcony overlooking the ocean. This is an incredible location with exceptional detail throughout the home. 

 You'll find this fantastic residence at 444 East Avenue in Bay Head listed for $2.875 million. Call Shawn for a…

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Top-5 Most Off-The-Wall Vacation Homes

Check out our top-5 most off-the-wall vacation homes and see how you can rent an amazing remodeled jet or live in a shell!

1. Sleeping in the Doghouse

This is the famous Dog Bark Park Inn Bed & Breakfast in Cottonwood, ID. Cut out of wood, the unit is shaped like a giant Beagle and offers amazing views of prairie grain fields and the area mountains. It's a two bedroom unit where being in the doghouse is a good thing! Naturally dogs are welcome with their human owners.

2. Amazing Mexico Shell Home

Vacation in pampered luxury in this Caribbean Shell home at Isla Mujares, Mexico, which is off the coast of Cancun. It's a 5,500 sq. ft., two bedroom unit with a swimming pool and lush tropical landscaping overlooking the Caribbean. The…

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Top 5 Reasons To Live In Mantoloking, NJ

1. The Lifestyle

Living in Mantoloking brings about a certain lifestyle. With a population of just under 300 people, it's an exclusive area to live which is even more defined by the fact Mantoloking is the wealthiest community in New Jersey. In fact it's one of the most expensive areas to live across the entire United States. So if you're looking for an exclusive New Jersey oceanside community to call home, check out Mantoloking homes for sale.

2. The Location

Built along the Barnegat Peninsula, there aren't many places in the world like Mantoloking with water on both sides of a long strip of sand. Your front porch is the beach looking over the surf of the Atlantic Ocean, while your backyard is the beautiful Barnegat Bay with its calmer…

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Documentary Details How Lives Were Impacted By Sandy

The world premiere of a movie, "Heart of the Shore: Defying a Superstorm", documenting the lives of several New Jerseyans as they deal with the aftermath of Sandy will be on Saturday, October 11 at Seaside Park Beach. Directed by Cliff Charles and Ron Elliot, this amazing documentary details what regular folks have had to go through to get their lives back into some kind of order.

Following the utter devastation left in Sandy's wake, people living and working where the storm hit hardest faced all kinds of challenges and barriers to rebuilding and getting their lives back to some kind of normalness.

This film documents a year in the lives of those people as they fight and engage with Insurance companies, Mortgagors, and Governmental agencies to…

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Our Newest Listing.....Amazing Location On The Open Bay

One of our newer listings: 224 Squan Beach Drive in Mantoloking, with more than 191 feet on the open bay. This property is one of the large parcel of properties in Curtis Point, with two sides of water this property can easily accommodate a large yacht. This contemporary home has a unique open floor plan. The living room, kitchen, and dining room overlook the water, plus a first floor master and guest suite. Second floor two large guest suites with balcony. This private location come with tennis counts and guarded beach.  The sunsets are so amazing! View this fantastic home here.

Property is featured on the cover "American Luxury Estate"  

For more information call Shawn Clayton 732-295-2222 for a private showing.

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Does New Jersey Need 5 State Songs?

After going decades without a state song, New Jersey could soon have no less than 5 state songs.

After some 50 years of bickering, lobbying and backroom dealing, New Jersey lawmakers have come up with a unique bipartisan deal they hope will solve the long-standing State Song issue. To that end, a proposed new bill (S2438) would create five songs New Jerseyians can call their own.

Sadly none of the songs are by Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston or even Frank Sinatra. Instead the list includes:

• "I'm From New Jersey" by Red Mascara would be called the "state song"
• "New Jersey My Home" by Patrick Finley would be the "state anthem"
• "In New Jersey" has lyrics inspired by a 4th grade class would be the "state children's song"
• …

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