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Join us Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at Gasgoine Park on St. Simons Island for the 2nd Annual Pet Picnic and Expo. Max’s Animal Rescue, along with numerous other local animal groups and vendors will be set participating in a National Adoptathon Event. Sponsored by Purina, Bissell, Northshore Animal League, and Caesar Milan. Join us, bring your pet, where we will have a pet picnic, adoptions and contests. For information, directions or to be vendor please call 912-458-3263
Also on Saturday, is the 4th Annual Ride for the Rescue. This 70-mile ride begins in Hoboken and ends on St. Simons Island. Cost is $20 per bike, which includes lunch. All proceeds benefit Max’s Animal Rescue and the Humane Society.
For information, directions or to be vendor please call 912-458-3263
For the third year in a row, Hodnett Cooper is the presenting partner for Glynn County’s Relay for Life fundraiser. 2010 Marks the 16th Annual Relay for Life event in Glynn County.
Annually, Glynn County contributes more than $400,000 towards the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported, and that one day, cancer will be eliminated.
Please join us and our community for a lap around the track at 7:00 pm, Friday April 23 at the Glynn County Fairgrounds in Brunswick, Georgia. We welcome the entire community!
We are hiring! We have a seasonal inspector position available (May – August) in our growing vacation rental management division.
The ideal candidate will be energetic, motivated, and team oriented. Weekend work, a valid driver’s license, and reliable transportation is required. Please apply in person at 520 Ocean Boulevard, St. Simons Island – or via email at resumes@hodnettcooper.com
We would like to officially invite you to attend the 3rd Annual Rockstar Karaoke: A Benefit for the American Cancer Society, this Friday, April 9th 6:00-9:00pm at Ziggy Mahoney’s. Don’t let the title fool you…This isn’t karaoke to pre-recorded tracks. It is real LIVE performances with a full band. A group of locals have volunteered to pick a song, rehearse it, and sing it in front of a live crowd in order to raise money for a GREAT CAUSE! This year the theme is “Georgia On My Mind”. Performers were free to pick any genre, any time period, any artist, and any song…..as long as the artist or writer was from Georgia or the song was about Georgia. You’re gonna love this year’s show! Make sure you get there early so that you get a good seat. Last year’s event was packed!
After each performance a bucket will be sent out into the audience to collect “votes” (dollars). The Rockstar(s) that collect the most money will be crowned the 2010 Rockstar Karaoke Champion. Please bring a fist full of dollars and come support your favorite local rockstar! This is a great charity event and is sure to be a lot of fun.
Hodnett Cooper associates joined the community on March 29, 2010 to welcome home troops from Afghanistan. Roger Peterson was on hand to take photographs. Welcome home!!!
On Friday, April 2 the Atlanta Journal Constitution printed a story about Hodnett Cooper vacation rental owner, Jack Gerblick. See below. Article by C.W. Cameron.
It’s almost five hours door to door from Jack Gerblick’s home in Dunwoody to his vacation cottages on St. Simons Island.
In 2000, he bought his first lot there and built the house he calls “Yellow Jasmine.” Two years later he purchased a second lot, built “Tag Knot” for family and friends to enjoy, and moved his first house into the community rental program.
It wasn’t long before he started offering both houses for rent, and now he enjoys the houses when they’re not rented. They’re already reserved for family use this summer, when his oldest daughter, Natalie, will marry at the Jekyll Island Club. The houses are needed for his five brothers and sisters who are all traveling to St. Simons with their kids.
Why a beach house was important: Gerblick grew up vacationing at Delaware beaches, and as he and his family moved south, they vacationed on the Outer Banks, at Kiawah and Hilton Head in South Carolina, and at Sandestin Resort in Florida. When he was ready to buy a vacation home, he knew he was looking for an area that felt more like a community than a resort. St. Simons fit the bill.
A wonderful beach: “This is a great beach,” Gerblick said. “The water rises 7 feet from low to high tide, which is amazing. When it’s low tide, there are 400 to 500 feet of beach, perfect for riding your bike.”
He and his children enjoy dropping their sea kayaks on the marsh side and paddling around to the ocean. The town’s year-round residents give St. Simons a neighborhood feel, which is just what he was looking for.
A great property: It was on a bike ride that he and his daughters first saw Coast Cottages being developed. The charming cottages and red-brick streets drew them in. They built the fourth house in the development, hiring a local architect to create their cottage with its tin roof and wooden siding.
“We painted it yellow because that’s my daughter Kate’s favorite color and named the house ‘Yellow Jasmine,’ ” Gerblick said.
If you have owning rental property in mind: Gerblick’s choice of property worked out beautifully when he decided to begin renting his first home.
“If people are going to spend $3,500 to $4,000 a week to rent a place, they want to be close to the ocean, they want pools, they want their kids to have a safe environment to play in, and they want all the high-end features like flat-screen high-definition televisions,” he said.
He added that the house must have plenty of room to sleep 10 to 12 people, with a big enough kitchen and dining area that everyone can enjoy meals together. Designing a house so the bedrooms have en suite baths is another must.
Upkeep is critical: The beach environment can be tough on buildings, so exterior maintenance is key. Painting every three or four years keeps the wood in good shape, and meticulous attention to the caulking will keep the elements at bay. A good property manager who lives in the community makes it possible for Gerblick to follow things from Atlanta.
Community information
Realtor Len Hoshall, vice president of Hodnett Cooper Real Estate, said he’s comfortable predicting that St. Simons Island’s property values have seen all of the fallout they’re going to. The mix of primary residences and second-home rental property is about even. The rental market has remained strong the past three years. Homes are available on St. Simons from the $250,000s. There are still older beach homes available as well as larger new construction.
