Engel & Voelkers Winter Park, Dream Quarters and E3 Escapes Offers Ultra-Luxury Fractional Ownership Package in Cabo San Lucas

“Three Dimensional” Ownership Includes Villa Las Palmas Mansion, Luxury Sport Fishing Yacht, and Private Jet Hangar

Winter Park, FL (September 26, 2008) – Engel & Voelkers Winter Park, one of the world’s most respected names in upscale international real estate, is pleased to offer an ultra-luxurious fractional ownership program in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Through its partnership with Dream Quarters, an Orlando-based turn-key fractional ownership company, E3 Escapes, a Cabo San Lucas fractional property developer and Engel & Voelkers is featuring this exclusive program, which includes the lavish and magnificent mansion of Villas Las Palmas, a luxury sport fishing yacht, and just minutes away, a private jet hangar at the nearby Cabo Executive Airport.

This spectacular 13,000-square-foot, fully-staffed Villa Las Palmas mansion is nestled in the exclusive hillside gated community of Pedregal, and provides stunning views of Cabo Bay and the gleaming Sea of Cortez. Featuring elaborate Mexican architecture, the property offers six/seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, as well as endless array of amenities.

“Spartacus at Sea” is a 60-foot Hatteras sport fishing yacht, complete with a full-time crew and available exclusively to the owners whenever they are in Cabo. The yacht presents countless opportunities for true luxury fishing in the “Sport Fishing Capital of the World”, snorkeling excursions, whale watching adventures, sunset dinner cruises and many other leisurely trips or group outings for friends and family.

This revolutionary new fractional ownership program will also provide a private jet hangar located in a full-service executive airport offering the ultimate in comfort, convenience, customs and immigration service.

The Villas Las Palmas mansion was the featured cover property in the September issue of Orlando and Central Florida’s feature luxury home magazine, Portfolio. Engel & Voelkers’ own quarterly lifestyle magazine, GG Global Guide to Lifestyle, People & Real Estate, which is distributed worldwide, is also featuring the Cabo fractional program. Additionally, more information on the Cabo program can be found at http://www.e3escapes.com/cabo/.

Dream Quarters and E3 Escapes selected the Engel & Voelkers Winter Park Property Shop to begin marketing its luxury fractional ownership properties in late summer 2008. The program is just one example of how the Shop offers opportunities for buyers across the globe to own a diversified portfolio of luxurious vacation homes in several desirable destinations for a fraction of the cost of owning one home in one destination.

Fractional ownership is the fastest growing segment of the vacation home market because it is recognized as being a more cost effective alternative to buying and maintaining a luxury vacation home that might only be used a few weeks out of every year. Fractional plans provide the owner an equity stake in the property, which can be sold or transferred like wholly owned real estate, while providing the flexibility of only owning and paying for the time you use. Dream Quarters and E3 Escapes offer 1/6 (8 weeks) and 1/12 (4 weeks) fractional options in Cabo San Lucas.

Broker Chris Sterns of the Winter Park Property Shop said, “We’re thrilled to be able to provide this ultimate extravagance to our clients. Through our relationship with Dream Quarters and E3 Escapes, we’ve expanded our reach to a broader base of global clients by participating in fractional ownership, the up-and-coming real estate trend. In 2007, there were over $2 billion in US fractional sales, and that number is rapidly growing.”

Dream Quarters markets and sells luxury fractional ownership opportunities throughout desired vacation destinations in Florida, the Florida Keys, the Caribbean, Mexico and the Southeast US. The company works directly with brokers to train and educate them on the benefits and sales methods of fractional ownership, as well as with developers to establish and market their properties as fractional ownership.

“This Cabo fractional ownership offering is indicative of how Engel & Voelkers Florida is at the forefront of current real estate trends,” Stefan Bolsen, managing partner of Engel & Voelkers Florida. “Throughout all of our growing number of franchises, our goal is to feature the most up-to-date global programs and options.”

Unlike any other existing real estate company in Florida, Engel & Voelkers opens the state to an international real estate-selling network offered by parent company Engel & Voelkers Group’s worldwide brand with 320 offices in 26 countries and four continents. The Hamburg, Germany-based organization’s growing portfolio of global locations includes the Hamptons; Greenwich, Conn.; England, Ireland, Italy, Chile, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa and Thailand. Impulse, a magazine targeting the German-speaking community in Singapore, rated Engel & Voelkers in the top 20 of its “Best 100 Franchise Companies” listing, out of 900 companies considered, in September 2008.

With many European style Property Shops soon to be open throughout the state and an anticipated 200 more debuting over the next 10 years, Engel & Voelkers Florida is rapidly exposing the Florida residential market to its elite international network of agents and buyers, offering premium property representation. The company was recently cited in the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) International Real Estate Report as bringing “European Culture to U.S. Industry.” International Service Check, a renowned worldwide customer service quality analysis firm, has rated Engel & Voelkers Florida as one of the top five real estate companies in the state in regards to its dealings with European investors.

Engel & Voelkers Florida Property Shops are currently open in prestigious locations such as Bradenton, Cape Coral, Celebration, Naples, Coral Gables, South Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers River District, Punta Gorda, Sarasota, Tampa Hyde Park, and Jupiter. Franchises are currently available for purchase in Miami, Boca Raton, Tampa, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and various other Florida cities.

The Engel & Voelkers Group provides real estate brokerage services for both buyers and sellers, focusing on upscale residential and commercial properties in top locations worldwide. Engel & Voelkers provides a proprietary buyer and seller system, advanced technology that connects property shops throughout the world and an academy that offers extensive training and support for their franchises.

Engel & Voelkers Group also publishes its own lifestyle and real estate magazine, known as GG Global Guide to Lifestyle, People & Real Estate. The glossy, quarterly publication focuses on luxury living, exclusive destinations and famous artists, designers and business leaders plus features magnificent Engel & Voelkers listings from around the world.

Engel & Voelkers Florida serves as the master franchise headquarters for Florida, providing statewide support to franchisees to ensure they have all of the necessary tools and services they require to develop, manage and grow successful real estate agencies within a clearly defined sub-market. For more information on Engel & Voelkers Winter Park, please visit www.engelvoelkers.com/winterpark or contact Chris Sterns at (407) 210-3943 or e-mail chris.sterns@engelvoelkers.com.
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Engel & Voelkers Florida serves as the master franchise headquarters for Florida, providing statewide support to franchisees to ensure they have all of the necessary tools and services they require to develop, manage and grow successful real estate agencies within a clearly defined sub-market. For more information on Engel & Voelkers Winter Park, please visit www.engelvoelkers.com/winterpark or contact Chris Sterns at (407) 210-3943 or e-mail chris.sterns@engelvoelkers.com.

Engel & Voelkers Winter Park
Chris Sterns
(407) 210-3943 or chris.sterns@engelvoelkers.com
www.engelvoelkers.com/winterpark

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