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Magical Girl Exorcist Squad: Issue #18 (Devil's Eve, Act I)

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Then

“Alright, Sunshine, remember how I taught you to do this?”

“Yes, sir!” Nicole said with a playful salute.

“Then let’s see it, kiddo,” Dad said.

Nicole hooked the worm onto her fishing line, and cast it out into the water. The north Atlantic dominated the horizon on all sides, navy blue beneath the clear summer sun. The Sunshower bobbed and dipped ever so slightly in the shifting tides, its pristine white paint job sparkling with water droplets amidst the rising dawn.

Just Nicole and Dad out on the water- that was what she’d asked for on her eleventh birthday. It was a good distraction from all the things about herself that were starting to not make sense, and it was a good way to get out of the house and away from Zack. Nicole loved her little brother dearly, but his reaction to Nicole dressing up and playing dolls with Monica a few weeks back had made things awkward between them. He’d get over it- Nicole was his big brother…

No, no that’s not true, Nicole thought through the memory, peering through the ages, wondering how she could have been so stupid as to not put it together. Neither of those things are true. Zack won’t get over it. He never will, you poor little girl.

Her father’s long white hair was bound back in a low ponytail, sunscreen not entirely spread across his middle-aged face. He always looked both older and younger when he was out here on the water, like he’d always been here, and like he was rejuvenated by the ocean’s power and vitality. He cast his own line out onto the water, and it broke through the glassy surface with a ‘plunk.’ “Now then, Sunshine, what’d I teach you? What are the three most important parts if you wanna wrangle a big one?”

Nicole took off her Boston Red Sox cap and blew her hay-colored bangs out of her eyes, then placed the cap back on her skull. “A good line is the first part: you can’t hope to catch anything if your equipment is faulty.”

“Good. What’s next?”

“The right bait,” Nicole said. “People think that one’s simple, but fish can smell the difference between what they like and what they don’t. You gotta have the right bait for the right fish.”

“Excellent, excellent lad.” The sweet words stung, and in the moment Nicole knew not why, and through the ages Nicole reached for her younger self and put a hand on her shoulder. It would be okay eventually. Dad would see her for who she was. It was just that Nicole didn’t see herself as she truly was yet, not at that time. “What’s the last thing you need?”

Nicole smiled. “Real estate.”

“Real estate?”

“Location, location, location,” Nicole said. “Right waters, right time of year, right time of day. Real estate.”

And just like that, something tugged her line, and Nicole reeled it in.

The cod was enormous, and fed the whole family that night at dinner. And through the filter of memory, Nicole felt the joy she and her father had shared that day, the pride and the exhilaration. And the advice- advice Nicole knew how to put to use.

Now

Nicole channeled the pink light into an orb in her hands, watched it swirl and gyrate as a mesmerizing moving sphere. Sparks ran through her arms, veins of electricity connecting to her heart, to her mind, supercharging every scent of saltwater and fish and seaweed, every decibel of the shifting tide and the seagulls flying and squawking and boats motoring past them over the water, every touch of the fabric of her clothes against her skin and the wind through her hair and the droplets of water spraying onto her face. Lightning flashed inside her brain, like a massive tesla coil of raw, limitless restorative power. She needed to hold onto that, control it.

“Whoa,” Matt said from ten feet away. They stood on an island out in the harbor, Cass sitting on a tree stump between the two of them. It was an overcast Saturday, cool and wet, and the three of them were the only people on the island.

It had been difficult to sell Debbi and Father Gonzalez on this, but Nicole had worn her down. They needed the right waters, and they needed to establish a presence there.

Nicole held the pink energy in her hands, and then aimed it at Matt. It launched like a missile, and struck Matt in the chest, absorbing into him rapidly.

“Well?” Nicole asked. “Feel anything?”

“Mostly a constant, nagging sense of paranoia wherever I go, constantly telling me to stay alert and look for threats because I never know where the next source of violence is gonna come from,” Matt said innocently.

“That’s interesting,” Cass said, “I constantly feel that. It’s like wherever I go I expect people to challenge me to fights that I wonder if I even care to win anymore.” Cass blinked. “Uh-”

Nicole’s eyes narrowed and her voice flattened and her grin bloomed. “You two really are perfect for each other, ain’tcha?”

Cass glared at her.

Nicole winced. She hadn’t meant to say that, but then, that was what being around Matt was like. “I meant that in a good way!”

Cass cringed. “Please. Stop. Blondie, I’m begging you to-”

“Hold up, hold up- I think I feel something,” Matt said, pacing back and forth across the beach. An azure glow hummed beneath his skin, and erupted with a navy pulse that slammed into both Nicole and Cass.

A strange sense of clarity and purpose ran through Nicole at every level, as if there was no truth but the one walled up in her mind, and nothing for her to do besides break down the wall and set that truth free. Before she could stop herself, she rapidly said, “Sometimes when I look at myself in the mirror I see a pathetic impostor, a fake girl living a fake life in a fake world that doesn’t truly accept her, and that she doesn’t deserve anything real. Like I’m secretly in Hell, and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have trouble believing people are sincere when they’re nice to me, especially people who claim to really like me. I still don’t one hundred percent believe my parents or my sister, and I still don’t believe Amy because when I look at her I see all the obnoxious rich kids who made my life miserable growing up and then had the gall to act surprised when I held that against them. And more than anything I’m worried that my bottled up doubt and resentment will inevitably poison all my relationships and I’ll die alone and I’ll deserve it.”

The other two both stared at her. Cass’ jaw was clenched as she sat cross-legged on the stump, while Matt stood before the water’s edge with his jaw dropped. “Wow,” he said. “That’s, um, that’s a lot. Are you ok-”

Then Cass’ dam broke open: “At first I didn’t like you at all, Nicole. I resented you for altering the status quo of our team. Sometimes, I still resent you- I worry about what you’re putting Amy through, and I worry you’re too fragile and too purehearted to do this job effectively. I’m concerned the emotional changes you’ve caused in us all, as well as your own moral cowardice, will get us all killed and leave the world without its protectors. And you constantly butt in on emotional matters that have nothing to do with you, because the pretty white lady needs everything and everyone to be perfect or she’ll start crying again.”

Nicole’s eyes went wide.

So did Cass’.

Matt developed an incurable fascination with a horseshoe crab scuttling over the sand.

Nicole felt tears coming, but she clenched her jaw and tried to avoid letting them out.

Cass, for her part, just looked horrified.

“Oh,” Nicole said, then looked at the ground.

“And that’s another- you don’t stand up for yourself, even when someone is insulting you to your face- how are you gonna be an effective superhero when you have no regard for your own person!” Cass kept going, looking like she was in physical pain as she said each word.

“Cass, maybe stop talking now,” Matt said diplomatically.

She turned to face Matt. “Dios, you’re pretty. I just wanna tie you to my broom and-”

“I’m gonna take a lap around the island,” Matt said, and off he ran.

Leaving Nicole and Cass alone together.

Nicole blinked rapidly. It was as if someone inside her mind was juggling knives and slicing up the sides of her skull.

Cass undid her hair bun, let the wind shake her charcoal curls loose, and raked her hand through her mane.

“So,” Nicole said.

“So.”

“Does it work like some sorta truth bomb?” Nicole asked. “Like, his energy pulse launches, and whoever is hit with it is forced to spill their innermost fears and secrets?”

“Doesn’t even need to ask a question, it just spills out,” Cass monotoned.

“Interesting.”

“Wicked interesting.”

“...”

“... Is that really how you feel about me?” Nicole said.

“... Sometimes, yeah.”

“Wow. That, uh, wow. You really don’t like me at all, do you?”

“No. I mean- it’s complicated,” Cass said, pinching the bridge of her nose. “When you first showed up, Amy was pissed. She didn’t like the idea of having a boy on the team, and she thought you were… Well, an annoying tradcon with outdated ideas about women, to be completely honest-”

“... Yeah, that sounds about right.”

“And I agreed with her because… Well, I didn’t wanna have to think for myself. Because I hate thinking for myself, and I’ve avoided it most of my life. I did what Juanita wanted me to, thought what she wanted me to. Then when I stopped listening to her, it was Bishop Roberts. And then it was Amy, because she was my first real friend. And then the whole… Trans thing came out about you, and I saw a side of Amy I didn’t much like, and I wanted to blame you for that. I was afraid you would be the death of our team, and I was afraid of the idea that my perfect big sister wasn’t perfect.”

“And now?”

“Now I know that’s not true,” Cass said, kicking a rock and then catching it with her telekinesis before it hit the water. She floated it back to herself, then chucked it into the water, then stopped it and floated it back over to herself. “You’ve been good for our team. You’ve helped us out of a lot of scrapes that I don’t know that we’d have survived without you. And you’re selfless, to an extent that baffles me sometimes. But I’ll admit I do still worry about that- I’m afraid you’re gonna get yourself killed, and then we’ll be down a teammate, and… And a friend.”

“Friends?”

“Yeah,” Cass said, smiling reluctantly. “If you like. I’d like to be friends. I know I’m not perfect-”

“Same.”

“And I know I’ve had some serious fuck-ups-”

“Same.”

“But I do wanna be friends.”

Nicole smiled. “Same.”

She walked up to Cass and extended a hand. They shook.

“Feel better?” Nicole asked.

Cass re-tied her hair into a looser ponytail. “Yeah, honestly. I mean, I still feel like an asshole, but I guess that was necessary to clear the air. How do you feel?”

“I… Look, that was a lot to hear, but I don’t think you’re entirely wrong about some of that stuff,” Nicole admitted, kicking a new rock. Cass stopped it before it hit the water and brought it back over to them, and they resumed the cycle. “I… I’ve always had trouble standing up for myself. Defending what I want. I didn’t come out until God basically forced me to, I didn’t tell my parents so much as my hand was forced, I… There’s other stuff there, childhood stuff I don’t really like to talk about.”

“I mean, same,” Cass said with a smirk.

“I bet.”

“And, uh, I just have to ask,” Cass said.

“Go ahead, we’re already facing uncomfortable truths today.”

“You and Amy.”

“What about us?”

“Do you really not believe her?”

Nicole sighed. “I… Not entirely, no. And I hate myself for that- she’s proven a dozen times over that she’s changed, that she sees me as a woman, that she’s repented.”

“I mean, what would it take-”

“That’s just it! It shouldn’t take anything more! She shouldn’t have to keep proving herself to me, and yet there’s this part of me that thinks she should, like I’m owed constant validation and affirmation and I… Gosh, I feel disgusted even thinking about it. It shouldn’t take anything more, and I should be able to fully forgive her and… And…”

“And?”

“And be with her already,” Nicole said. The rock didn’t stop this time, it simply hit the silvery surface of the water and sank below.

Cass sighed. “Debbi would probably be a better person to talk to about this than me… I’ve never really had trouble attracting people- short, stacked, and daddy issues tends to drive ‘em wild in my experience- but actually being in a relationship, which is what you guys seem to be considering, that’s outside my wheelhouse. BUT. As someone who knows Amy very well… I don’t usually see her as happy as she is when she’s around you. For whatever that’s worth.”

Nicole smiled. “That’s worth a lot. Thank you.”

“You two good?” Matt called as he rounded the island’s bend and sauntered back over to them.

“Yeah, we gucci,” Cass said. “Hey, um, that comment I made about-”

“Don’t worry about it,” Matt said with a wave of his hand. “Maybe we should head out, though? I’m not loving those clouds.”

“Me neither,” Nicole said, looking up at the gray cloudscape pushed and pulled by the rising wind. “Let’s get back to the Chapel- there’s something I wanna talk to the whole team about.”

“Something serious?” Matt asked.

“Oh, just a proverbial fishing trip I’ve been planning,” Nicole said, her wry grin returning with a vengeance.

Nicole and Cass transformed, Matt got on the back of Cass’ broom, and the three of them flew over the water and back to shore.

As the town came into view, as campus came into view wreathed in black and orange and silver and crimson, as Ditko Hall appeared plastered from top to bottom in signage advertising their upcoming Devil’s Eve party, an idea flowered inside Nicole’s mind.

The right waters, she thought. The right hook. And the right bait.

THEN

Wind swept over the lush green landscape, shaking morning dew loose from the foliage. Hills and valleys rose and fell, and the rivers burst with energetic water, threatening to flood the forests. Everything looked smaller from the sky above, but then, for them, everything in the world was small.

“What do you see, child?” her father asked.

“I see God’s Green Earth, Abba,” Winona answered.

Samyaza smiled with all five of his faces. “Very good, Winona. And what is our role in your Grandfather’s Creation?”

“We’re guardians, Abba. Watchers. We make sure the humans are okay.”

“Yes, child, precisely. And tell me: do they look okay to you?”

Winona flew through the sky, and saw the world. She saw the humans making war with each other, killing over precious scraps of food, stealing that which did not belong to them, and some… Some committing acts even more unspeakable than those.

“No, Abba,” Winona said, “They don’t.”

“My thoughts exactly,” Samyaza said as they descended towards Mount Hermon. The other Watchers waited for them there. Only Samyaza brought his child, however. None of the other Nephilim came. They were busy adding to the destruction and ruin of Grandfather’s Green Earth. “So you see then why we must do what we do? Why we must intervene? God will not- He wishes not to violate the sanctity of Free Will. And that is noble. But these humans are savages. Without the gifts we shall give them, they will perish. Do you see, sweet child?”

“I do, Abba.”

“Very good. Then let’s get to work.”

And so the Watchers plotted atop Mount Hermon, while the Earth turned and the eyes of the Lord stared down at them.

NOW

“Hi, Abba,” Winona spoke into her cell phone. Her voice came out the other end- a cell phone without an owner sitting on the farside of the couch, by her sleeping Hellhound Milton. Tears filled her eyes as she imagined Abba’s voice, his comforting words, his immense wisdom. “I just… I needed to talk to you, Abba.”

Whatever is it, my sweet daughter? She imagined him saying.

“I’m so scared, Abba.”

Of what?

“That I might never be able to see you again. That the closest I’ll come is… Is the flashes I get in my nightmares, of your corpse looming over me beneath the Floodwater. That I’ll be alone forever.”

You’re not alone, Winona.

“But I am. Cyrus is back in the Floodwater, and Aidan is in a coma, and my human followers have both been put out of commission. All that’s left is Aidan’s mother.”

She is a valuable ally.

“I know she is, I know. And I… This would all be so much easier if you were here. We could take over Hell and work on rebuilding it- we could keep all the people here on Earth safe.”

These are noble goals, my child.

“Of course they are! It’s why I don’t understand why they’re resisting! Why she’s resisting! Why all of them are! It doesn’t make sense- can’t they see I’m trying to help them!”

People often resist change, even change that will benefit them. Sometimes it must be forced on them. And sometimes… Sometimes they must be tricked into accepting it.

A smile flowered on Winona’s face. “Heh. You’re absolutely right.”

A knock-knock-knock ruptured the exterior of her door. “I’ll have to call you back, Abba. I love you.”

I love you too, sugar plumb.

She hung up the phone and answered the door. On the other side stood a woman wearing a wooden devil’s mask painted red.

“Hey there, Sin-Eater,” Winona said, shepherding her inside. “How’s it going? Eat any good sins lately?”

“Yes, actually, I got a good taste of a woman who hates her daughter with all her heart and soul just last night,” the Sin-Eater replied.

“How’d it taste?”

“Like whale-meat.”

“Is that good?”

“Not really. Whale meat tastes terrible.”

“Oh. Well I’m sorry then.”

“Eh, it’s fine. Girl’s gotta eat. Besides, it was nutritious.”

Winona cleared some of the mess off her kitchen table and sat down. The Sin-Eater took a seat across from her at the rectangular white plastic table. “How are you holding up?” Winona asked.

“I’ve been better,” the Sin-Eater replied, shoulders slumped, palms flat on the table. “What about you? I know how you feel about my boy.”

The empty spot inside Winona echoed with the pain of loneliness. “I keep expecting him to wake up next to me, like it was all just a bad dream. And then I remember that this is real, that that… That bitch did this to him.”

“The tranny, you mean?”

“Yeah,” Winona said, her fingernails digging canals into the plastic table.

“I sympathize,” the Sin-Eater said, putting a hand on Winona’s. “My husband and I have been kept apart for most of our time together. It’s trying, but I know we’re strong enough to get through it. And so are you and Aidan. My boy loves you. A mother knows these things.”

Winona gulped. She’d never known her own mother- apparently giving birth a nephilim wasn’t generally something you survived, at least not back then. “Thank you.”

“So, what did you want to talk about today?” the Sin-Eater said. Even behind the mask, Winona could see her smiling.

“The enemy has one of our skulls,” Winona said.

“I’m aware,” the Sin-Eater said. “I warned the boy about not taking it into a fight, but he didn’t listen. For all the good it did him.”

“He hasn’t paid attention during his lessons, has he?” Winona said.

“No, he hasn’t,” the Sin-Eater said. “You have the other skull?”

“Yeah, it’s in a lock-box under my bed,” Winona said. “It’s at capacity, too. So the question is- do we use it to heal our troops, get Aidan back, fix up Archie and Veronica. It would set us back by months, and I’m not sure we can afford to do that now that Astaroth is in town. But at the same time… I couldn’t bring myself to keep a mother separate from her child when there’s something I can do about it. So I wanted to ask you for your input.”

Behind the mask, the Sin-Eater’s eyes watered. “Thank you. That means a lot to me. But honestly… Aidan wouldn’t like it if we shot ourselves in the foot for his benefit.”

Winona gave a quiet sigh and a sad smile. “Yes. You’re right about that. So what about splitting the difference?”

The Sin-Eater leaned forward. “I’m listening.”

“Something big. Bigger than anything we’ve attempted so far. Something that will serve as a distraction while we go get that other skull back, and use it to heal Aidan and Archie and Veronica.”

The Sin-Eater took off her mask so Winona could see her smile. “Did you have something specific in mind?”

***

Heather lept from her broomstick into the open maw of a demonic ferret. It was gallivanting down the cobblestone paths of Acorn Street, biting and clawing at everyone it came across. No dead so far, and Heather intended to keep it that way.

The ferret was the size of a submarine, down on all fours, fangs and claws the same shimmering silver as the clouded-over sky. A dampness clung to the air, to the buildings, to Heather, and to the ferret as it tried to dig up the cobblestones and bury people and street signs and garbage cans in the holes. It screeched as Heather lept into its mouth and used all her considerable might to keep its jaw pried open. Heather grinned: this was more like it. A problem she knew how to solve. She was half-tempted to kiss her biceps as she effortlessly kept the ferret’s mouth open despite its shaking and thrashing.

She channeled Holy light, and the beast’s teeth were burnt, but the smoke didn’t rush from it. It flailed about some more, kicking out a shop window with its hind-leg. Heather was shaken loose and landed on the cobblestone ground.

“Fucking shit,” she muttered. She noticed a speck in the sky above, gradually getting lower. Fine then.

Heather ran up to the ferret and punched it, knocking it over. She grabbed it by the scruff and heaved it into the sky with all her might, while Amy hurdled downwards and delivered a Holy Light kick to its skull. The black demonic smoke exploded out from the ferret, and when it cleared, a normal and honestly quite adorable white and gray ferret was left in its place.

Heather grabbed it by the scruff and held it away from her face as it tried in vain to scratch her. “Yeah, that’s right! Take that!” Heather sneered.

“... You good?” Amy asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

“You sure?”

“Why do you ask?”

“You’re glaring real hard at that rodent.”

“... Actually, it’s a mustelid, not a rodent.”

“Heather,” Amy said, eyes narrow.

Heather sighed and got on her broom, then gestured for Amy to follow her.

They took flight, Heather still clutching the ferret in her hands. It stopped thrashing, and was mostly just holding onto her for dear life. They flew just above the buildings, drinking in the sights of pumpkins and jack o’lanterns, of spider-webs in windows and fake graves and bones decorating the outside of brownstones and houses, of orange and black lights lining doors and fake blood splattered across the faces of homes. A veritable cornucopia of the macabre, all assembled and sprawled out in preparation for the season of the witch.

“Hey, I wanna ask you something,” Heather said. May as well do this now. Haven’t had a chance to talk to Amy one-on-one in ages.

“Yeah? What’s up?” Amy asked, the pointy tip of her yellow hat bending in the wind.

“So you’re pretty religious, yeah?”

“What gave it away?” Amy said, eyes narrowing, brows rising. “The cross necklace? The fact that I was in the church choir growing up? The part where I pray to God every night begging him to make me less of a fucking bitch-”

“Jesus, Amy!”

“But yeah, I’m pretty religious. Why, what’s up?”

Heather sighed. The ferret had passed out on her shoulder, presumably out of sheer terror. “Well, as you’ve noticed, I’ve been having some-”

“Performance issues?” Amy smirked.

“Goddammit, you’re worse than your sister!”

“Heh heh heh,” Amy laughed.

“But yes, performance issues. I’ve been thinking maybe it’s because I’ve never been super religious. My powers are definitely working better than they were two weeks ago, but I still haven’t been able to fully exorcize a demon since I went up against Cyrus. I can wound them, but that’s about it. It always takes someone else to finish the job. I just… I don’t know what to do. I thought believing in myself, and in me and Debbi, was the answer, but… I don’t know if it’s enough. I don’t know… If I’m enough.”

“Hm,” Amy said, “Well that’s bullshit.”

“... What?!”

“Heather, it’s not about belief. It’s about faith. Faith that you’re doing the right thing, faith that your actions matter, that you’re helping people,” Amy said. “Look, I don’t want this to sound condescending-”

“What, you? Never.”

“Fuck off,” Amy rolled her eyes. “But before Nicole, you were the new kid on the block. And we were in a lull for most of your first year on the job. We dealt with a monster a week at most, and as far as I know we kept almost everyone from dying. It’s not that you don’t have faith. It’s that it hasn’t been tested.”

“... Until now?” Heather said.

Amy snapped her fingers. “Exactly. This is your crucible- the first step to surviving it is believing that you can.”

“So I do need to believe in myself?” Heather asked, scratching the side of her head.

“You need to believe you can get through this, and that it’s worth getting through, and that you’re worthy of getting through it. Trust me, I struggle with that last part a lot, so I know it’s easier said than done, but it is possible.”

“Okay, but how do I do that? Prayer?” Heather asked.

“If that’s what works for you, then yeah,” Amy said. “If not, then you’ll find something else. What’s something you love doing, something that gives you immeasurable joy? And don’t say sex- that’s too easy.”

“...”

“You were gonna say sex, weren’t you?” Amy asked.

“Maybe.”

Amy stared blankly.

“Yes,” Heather said.

“Look, it… It can’t be another person,” Amy said. “You can’t just live for other people. Trust me, I’ve tried. It’s a slippery slope, at the bottom of which is crippling codependency.”

“Fuck,” Heather spat.

“You don’t have to know the answer right away,” Amy said as Saint Joseph’s came into view on the horizon. “Just think about it- we can talk about this some more in a day or two. Okay?”

Heather sighed, then breathed in through her nose and tried her best to smile. “Okay.”

They arrived at the church while a wall of fog blew past them, wetting Heather’s skin and making the ferret squirm.

The rest of the team was already assembled inside the church. Nicole and Debbi both ran over to them. Nicole grabbed Amy’s hands, while Debbi eyed the ferret in Heather’s grip.

“Did you get me a present?” Debbi said, letting the ferret sniff her hand. It licked her. “I don’t think you’re allowed to keep a ferret in your dorm,” Heather said wryly. “Ah, but he’s so cute- I think I’ll call him Jonathan.” “Why Jonathan?” “He just looks like a Jonathan.”

They sat down next to each other in a pew, cooing over the squirming ferret as it desperately tried to escape. Eventually, Heather started scratching it under its chin until it began groaning happily, then the thing fell asleep on Heather’s lap. Apparently we have a ferret now.

“Anything of note?” Debbi asked.

“Nobody died,” Amy said proudly.

“Well that’s good at least. What about you, research squad?”

“I can make people spill their innermost secrets with zero prompting,” Matt said.

“Ooh, any hot goss to share about these two?” Debbi said, gesturing to Nicole and Cass.

Nicole sighed. Cass gave Debbi the middle finger.

“Cassandra, please, you’re in God’s House,” Father Gonzalez said as he and Sister Quinn swept behind the altar. Bishop Marcus was busy polishing all the metals, while Abe dusted the stained glass windows.

Cass didn’t fight this time, didn’t protest, simply nodded and dropped the finger.

“I’ve been thinking,” Nicole said, standing up in the pew across the aisle.

“Impossible,” Amy smirked, sitting next to her on the end nearest to the aisle. “Too blonde. Doesn’t compute.”

Nicole put her hand on the side of Amy’s head and gave a playful shove. “Quiet, you.”

“Ugh, yes ma’am,” Amy rolled her eyes.

Heather balked. She didn’t know what conversation these two had had, but clearly they’d worked some stuff out. Good for them.

“So I was thinking my Smart Blonde ™ thoughts and realized there’s a very simple and very effective way to draw out Winona and get the drop on her, and to get her to spill her guts without even realizing it,” Nicole said. “Devil’s Eve is on Friday, and Ditko Hall is having a party for it. We haven’t seen or heard from Winona in two weeks, outside of the odd monster battle. Now, Winona is lots of things, and a party girl is absolutely one of them. She’ll be there. I’m ninety-nine percent sure I first met Winona at one of Ditko Hall’s ragers, when she was hanging off of my old roommate. She loves that place- it’s literally a non-stop kegger. They’re throwing an even bigger party than usual? She’ll be there. Especially if we’re all there. Especially if Amy and I are there. We’ve got unfinished business. We corner her there and we draw her away from the crowd, and use Matt’s truth bomb on her to figure out her plans and how to stop her.”

“Not bad,” Debbi said, stroking her chin. “But what if she goes after civilians?”

“She won’t- that’d ruin the party,” Amy said. “Trust me on that- there have been several times over the years she could’ve tried something like that at a party we both attended. She didn’t because she was too busy trying to get me to dance with her.”

“That’s true, but still, it seems like a dice-roll,” Heather said. “She could try to unleash her demons, or try to possess the party-goers.”

“I did think of that,” Nicole said, “But. There’s something I’ve been cooking up- our powers are amplified around each other, and then exponentially more so when I share my powers with you. What if we use that with our Holy Light, send out a wave of anti-possession, as it were?”

“We would have to practice at it, but the concept is sound,” Cass offered.

“Plus, if all six of us are there, my healing powers will be amplified anyway,” Nicole pointed out. “We draw Winona out, get her away from the party, disarm her with our powers, get the truth out of her, and then, here’s the kicker- we get her out onto the water for our final fight. She’s always on edge when she’s over the ocean- we work that to our advantage.”

“... And then what?” Heather asked.

Nicole blinked.

“Nicole, have you given any thought to how that fight ends?” Heather said. “Winona isn’t a demon- we can’t just exorcize her and be done with it. We might have to-”

Nicole sat down. “We might be able to get her to see reason.”

Heather suppressed a groan. Nicole couldn’t possibly be that naive, could she? “That seems like a tall ask. She’s… Well she’s kind of a complete psycho, in case you haven’t noticed.”

“We do have one thing on her,” Amy pointed out. “She’s running out of allies and has enemies everywhere. Astra, for one thing, plus all the other factions trying to conquer Hell.”

“Amy,” Debbi said, leaning forward and staring at her sister, “You of all people can’t possibly be suggesting-”

“That we take someone who’s been ruining all of our lives and aim them like a weapon against someone way worse?” Amy said. “Yeah, actually I am suggesting it.”

“Still feels like a longshot,” Heather said.

“Maybe we should vote,” Cass suggested.

Heather and Debbi both side, while the ferret rolled over onto his back. “Okay,” Debbi said. “Let’s vote. All in favor of Nicole’s mildly insane plan?”

Nicole, Amy, Cass, and Matt all agreed to it.

Dammit, Heather thought, This won’t work. There is no way this will work.

She squeezed Debbi’s hand, perhaps too tight, and put the other in a protective position over her new pet. This was going to be an ordeal, she could already tell. And she didn’t know which was worse- the fact that Nicole and the others seemed convinced this was a great idea, or the fact that Heather was convinced it was a terrible one. Or maybe the fact that that’s the only thing I have any faith in, she thought.

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“So, have you thought about what you’re gonna wear?” Amy asked.

“Hm?” Nicole asked, “what do you mean?”

They stood together in the kitchen, Amy supervising while Nicole chopped up vegetables to grill on the balcony alongside their salmon. Fog painted the windows, while their fireplace crackled with a pyre. “To the party, is what I mean.”

“Um, aren’t we gonna be working?” Nicole said.

“Did you not go to the Ditko Hall Devil’s Eve party last year?” Amy asked.

“No, I cannot say I did,” Nicole said. “Also, I’ve never been super big on the whole dressing up for Halloween thing.”

“They won’t even let you in the door without a costume,” Amy said.

“Oh,” Nicole said as she finished chopping. “Well that’s annoying.”

“Yeah, but… Well, last year and the years before, you were… Not yourself yet. Getting dressed up on Halloween is way more fun when you’re a girl.”

“But we’re not doing this to have fun, we’re doing it to save the world,” Nicole said.

“Yeah, but,” Amy started, “How do I put this? We still need to have things in life that we enjoy, ya know?”

“‘Ya know,’” Nicole repeated, with a slight smile.

Amy blushed. “You’re rubbing off on me.”

“Phrasing.”

“STAHP!” Amy groaned. “Look, what I’m trying to say is, there’s this whole part of being a girl you haven’t gotten to experience yet, and yeah, we’re working, we’re fighting the good fight, but like, we still should hold onto the things that make us want to fight the good fight. We should still do the things we enjoy, even if we only get to enjoy them for a few minutes before everything goes crazy like it usually does. Otherwise, it’s all crazy all the time, and that’ll make you-”

“Crazy?” Nicole said as she slid the vegetables from the cutting board onto a plate and carried them outside to the roaring grill. Amy grabbed the plate with the marinated salmon and brought it with them.

“I mean, yeah,” Amy said as they stepped out into the cold, damp autumnal evening air. “You’re a physical therapist in training- you know you have to give yourself a good reason to keep pushing yourself.”

“Pushing yourself is the right thing to do, like saving the world. Whether or not I enjoy doing it is irrelevant,” Nicole said as she put the veggies on the grill and painted them with lemon juice.

“Yeah…,” Amy said, “But you can’t do that all the time- you’ll get exhausted. Burnt out. Okay, please trust me on this- I’ve been a superhero longer than you and there’s been times I’ve… Done what I think you’re doing and it made me depressed and miserable. Same with Cass. Probably same with Heather- given a conversation I had with her today, I think she’s dealing with some of that right now.”

Nicole watched the vegetables cook on the grill, the aroma drifting up into the foggy air and seasoning the sky. Amy was worried about her, truly worried for her well-being. She couldn’t really blame her for that, especially given how Nicole had been a week ago. “I… I see your point. I still don’t have anything to wear though.”

“I can help with that,” Amy said with a wave of her hand, flipping some of the vegetables with a pair of metal tongs. “I have a few extra-”

“Amy I’m five inches taller and two cup sizes smaller than you- how is that gonna work?” Nicole said with a raised eyebrow. “Unless this was all an excuse to get me into a tight outfit-”

Amy gave that adorable, nervous giggle of hers, the one that she did when she thought she’d been caught with her hand in the proverbial cookie jar. “Mmmmaybe. But if you’re not up for that, we can always buy you something.”

“I don’t have the money.”

“I do.”

“Amy, I’m already living here rent-free,” Nicole pointed out.

“Then you can pay me back- it’s a Halloween costume. This is the Bay State, and it’s October- they’re not gonna be out yet. C’mon- there’s gotta be something you’ve always wanted to dress up as, something you’ve been denying wanting to look like since you were a little girl.”

“... There is one thing,” Nicole said.

“What?” Amy asked as she used the tongs to remove the veggies from the grill.

Nicole placed the fish atop the grill and wafted the scent- ahhh, salmon. “You’re gonna laugh.”

“I won’t laugh- I promise!”

“... The Little Mermaid.”

Amy went silent while Nicole stared at the fish.

“Well?” Nicole asked. “Anything to add?”

Amy bit her lower lip.

Nicole’s eyes narrowed. “You’re making fun of me.”

“Actually, I’m picturing you in the sea shells,” Amy smiled.

“Blue Blazes, what am I gonna do with you,” Nicole rolled her eyes. “I actually meant the pink dress she wears at the first dinner.”

“Oh! Yeah, that works too! I’m sure we can find something before the week is out.”

“Okay, fine, I will get dressed up before we lure in and trap a lunatic nephilim,” Nicole monotoned. “But what about you? What are you gonna wear?”

“Oh, I always just wear my old cheerleading uniform,” Amy shrugged. “Still fits, so why not?”

That was when Nicole bit her lower lip.

“Something to add?”

“Oh, nothing at all,” Nicole smiled.

They finished cooking their meal, and retired inside for the evening, putting a certain aquatic cartoon film on the television while they ate. They cleared the dishes, ran the dishwasher, and when the time came for them both to go to bed, they parted ways and went to their respective rooms only with great reluctance.

Nicole looked up at the ceiling as sleep slowly came for her. Things that I like, she thought. Things that make me want to keep going, keep fighting the good fight. I think I’ve got something like that.

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Jay Conner (00:07): Well, hello there! And welcome to another episode of Real Estate Investing with Jay Conner. I’m Jay Conner. The Private Money Authority. And the host of our show. If you’re brand new to Real Estate Investing with Jay Conner, whether you’re listening in on iTunes or Google play, or following us on one of our YouTube channels or Facebook live streaming, we’re glad you’re here. If this is your first time, we talk all about different kinds of real estate. Single family houses, commercial, land deals, self storage, anything to do with real estate investing. And again, if you’re brand new, I’m known as The Private Money Authority because from 2003 to 2009, I was relying on local banks and mortgage companies to fund my deals. And I got cut off like the rest of the world did in 2008, 2009. And I learned about this wonderful world of private money.

Jay Conner (01:07): So I haven’t missed out on a deal since 2009 for not having the funding. And so if you would like to get plugged in to funding for your single family houses, I’ve got a free online training waiting for you to go to, so check it out after the show is over. Go on over to www.JayConner.com/MoneyPodcast. That’s JayConner.com/MoneyPodcast. And there I’ll be teaching you the five easy and quick steps from having no funding for your deals to, into the millions of funding. Again, without relying on banks or mortgage companies. Well, also here on Real Estate Investing with Jay Conner, since we launched in June of 2018, I’ve had some amazing guests here on the show, share their secrets and strategies as to what they’re doing.

Jay Conner (02:03): And today is no exception. So my guest today after 16 years as a firefighter and a paramedic, he launched his career rapidly becoming one of the nation’s top real estate investors. So within his first few years, he had transacted millions of dollars of real estate and have become one of the nation’s leading experts in both residential and commercial transactions. Well, his passion for business and real estate put him on the radar of A&E television network, as well as multiple news organizations like CBS, ABC, CNBC, Fox news, and CNN. In addition to that, the New York times reported that his series titled Flipping Boston posted the highest ratings ever for the A&E network at the time of its airing. His greatest joy comes from being a husband and a father to three boys. And so with that, I’m so excited to have your own the show with us today, Mr. Dave Seymour! So Dave, welcome to the show.

Dave Seymour (03:09): Hey Jay! How are you, man? I tell you, it’s funny. I listened to the, I listened to that intro and I’m, man, I sound pretty cool.

Jay Conner (03:15): And Scott, I will need for you to do a little edit right here because my internet has stopped working. So I’ve got a sign out and sign back in. So if you would, Scott, come to the forefront and keep Dave alive and I will be right back,

Dave Seymour (03:30): Oh, Man! I miss him already. So I got to do the show without Jay. Is that what you’re telling me, Scott?

Scott Paton (03:36): That’s right! That’s right! It’s just you and me. So,

Dave Seymour (03:39): That’s all right. It’s all good, man. I can play this game. No worries.

Scott Paton (03:45): What part of the country are you in?

Dave Seymour (03:47): Oh yeah, we’re up in Boston. Boston, Massachusetts. It’s where they threw the tea in the Harbor. We’ve been going through a little bit of a heat wave up here right now. So it’s an interesting time, man. I mean the real estate game in Boston has always been incredibly fluid and it continues to be. And I gotta be honest, man. I’m questioning some of the common sense that people use in the real estate marketplace right now. So I’m a super conservative investor.

Scott Paton (04:14): So you think people are being too aggressive?

Dave Seymour (04:17): Yeah, man! I mean, look! People sometimes forget. I mean, I listened to Jay’s intro and he had his own challenges in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, which we all did. And you know, there were investors that folded up their tent and never came back out to play after that. And Hey man! Welcome back!

Jay Conner (04:39): I got kicked off the internet for some strange reason. And so, ever since you started talking, I haven’t heard a word, you said.

Dave Seymour (04:47): Don’t worry. Nobody listens to me, including my wife, Jay. So it’s all good, man. No worries.

Jay Conner (04:55): Scott can edit this for us anyway, but so let’s pretend like I just said welcome to the show and you picked it off from there.

Dave Seymour (05:03): All right, man. Well, I appreciate you having me on the show, Jay. Thank you for having me. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, even with all of the chaos and the craziness going on in the world, for sure.

Jay Conner (05:13): That’s for sure, Dave. Well now I’m really curious about how you got on the A&E network and got your show started. What was it called? Flipping Boston?

Dave Seymour (05:27): Flipping Boston. Yeah. So I was listening to your intro, Jay. It was kind of interesting that you developed a new source of capital for your deals because the market kind of went sideways and I went through that same experience myself. I got, I started investing. I was a firefighter, like you said on the intro there for 16 years. But unfortunately I had the financial intelligence of a donkey and I did not, I didn’t understand capital. I didn’t understand how it worked. And I’m just following the same plan that everybody else is. And I went to a seminar to learn real estate and I’m a product of that seminar world. And the funny thing is, man, is I invested the last couple of thousand dollars that I didn’t have. Well, my wife did. I didn’t, it was her credit cards.

Dave Seymour (06:14): I was maxed out with a credit score of two. So nobody was giving me credit. But it’s kind of interesting. I did what my mentors and coaches told me, like, you know, I listened to you again at your intro, talk about the newer investors, or maybe you got some seasoned investors listening to us today, or watching us. But I just followed what worked. And next thing you know, I’ve done one deal, two deals, three deals, four deals. I’m actually doing a little teaching myself and somebody in the marketing world reached out to me and said they were looking for teams to start another show. And I was still firefighting. So I was like, firefight in 42 hours a week. And real estate invest in every other hour I was awake. And I sent in an application to New York and no offense to anybody, but I loaded it with profanity cause I wanted to make sure they paid attention to what I wrote on my little application.

Dave Seymour (07:09): Yeah. They came, they picked up the phone and the guy was kind of laughing. And he said, you’re either a lunatic or a genius. I said, is there a difference? And we started filming a little sizzle reel and we did four episodes and like you said, in the intro, their ratings were the highest they ever had for that time slot. And they said, well, people like you. And I’m like, I was just doing it for fun. I didn’t think it would ever go anywhere. And you can actually see the episodes on Amazon right now, Amazon prime in the video section. Yeah. So me and Jeff Bezos struck a deal. No, we didn’t. You can find the episodes on there. And you know, I got that reputation as an expert in the marketplace and with that comes a, you know, some really good relationships and you have to find yourself sitting on Squawk Box and Fox News and all of that silliness. So it’s kinda, it’s kinda cool, man. It was a cool journey.

Jay Conner (08:04): That is really cool! So let me give you the 30,000 foot view question and that is, why did you choose real estate for yourself?

Dave Seymour (08:13): Yeah. Look man, it’s, like I said, I was good at working, you know, and trading time for money. I’m kind of like a blue collar guy in a white collar world when it comes to that stuff, you know? I was instilled with some good solid core values, you know, don’t lie, don’t cheat, don’t steal, work hard, respect your fellow man, you know, have a little faith and do the right thing. And that’s great. Don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t give you any financial freedom because the income potential is capt. And you know, I was working construction on my days off from the firehouse and I was watching these investors like popping up. And I’m thinking to myself, hold on a second, I’m building a deck, digging a ditch. I’m sitting on a post hole Digger with a bunch of friends here and this guy’s coming in and you don’t look too sweaty and he don’t look too dirty.

Dave Seymour (09:07): He looks like he’s had himself a good old time. At his back bone aching. I think his wife is probably happy as well. Right? It was the investors. And I found myself in a position where I was losing my house, man, because I made some bad decisions. And I always knew there was money in real estate. I never understood the stock market investing in something that was imaginary. And I just went for it. I went to a seminar and my wife invested in me and I started doing what they said I should do. And the results followed afterwards. So real estate has been the biggest wealth builder in the history of animation period. And why should I reinvent the wheel? Why don’t I just learn the processes and get in the game? And that’s when I took her like a duck to water, man. I’m passionate about it. I love it. I dream about it all the time. So yeah.

Jay Conner (10:03): What year did you go to that first real estate investing seminar?

Dave Seymour (10:07): Yeah, I went in early 2000. And late 2007. Early 2008. I came out just as the crap hit the fan, man!

Jay Conner (10:21): No, I tell you, you know, here in the midst of COVID-19 reminds me somewhat of what was going on in 2008, 2009, as far as, you know, banks tightening up and et cetera. And it was a blessing in disguise for me back in 2008, 2009, because that’s when I learned about private money and when the banks cut me off within three months, I had more money at my disposal. When I went out to raise money. Than I had, when I had a line of credit at the bank And I’m experiencing somewhat the same thing going on right now. I mean, I just had a phone call last week from four guys that have a private equity fund that want to give me $5 million just to start doing business with them. Right? They called me, they called me, I didn’t call them. Right. I have someone listening to my podcast here, not too long ago. They were laid up in the hospital for three days, listening to the podcast, they call my office and they want to lend me money.

Dave Seymour (11:23): What a terrible problem to have, Jay.

Jay Conner (11:29): So, now, how quick were you able to move once you got your education and start enjoying some success?

Dave Seymour (11:34): Yeah, that’s a great question, man. You know, I’d love to tell you. You know, 30 days and it was all fixed. I mean, that would just be a flat out lie. You know wealth creation is a process. It’s not an event. For me it took me, it took me 12 months to 18 months to be what I call financially free. And what I meant by that was, was that I was able to sleep eight hours. You know, I wasn’t waking up at three o’clock in the morning, you know, riddled with fear, doubt, and insecurity. So it took some time it took a commitment and some traction. But to your point, about 2008, I mean, I was telling people, cause that’s what my mentors told me to do was to tell everybody what I was doing. And I was telling people, you know, I’m a real estate investor, I’m investing, I can buy distressed assets and you know, I can put them back on the market and I’m giving them the whole elevator pitch.

Dave Seymour (12:26): And back then a lot of people were like, Ooh, Oh, I’m so sorry that that’s what you have to do for work. Like, you know, it was like a disease that we had as real estate investors in 2008, 2009. But like you, sir, I created an opportunity out of it, I can’t, you know, I became proficient at short sales. I became profecient at loan modifications. I became proficient at private lenders. I became proficient in helping people. And I found in my career and I’m sure you’ll testify to it as well as the fact that the more time I spend helping somebody else, the better it ends up being for me, you know, that and that. I mean, you know, God is good all the time and it’s like a real good friend of mine is down in Florida right now.

Dave Seymour (13:13): And his faith is something to be admired. And he just says to me, he just says to me, David, just ask the right questions, man. Am I doing His work or my work? Right. Is it all about the almighty buck? He said, because if you find yourself just chasing the almighty buck and you’re not doing His work and taking good care of people, he said, you might find yourself facing a little bit of resistance. That’s how he puts it. And then there’d be a little bit of scripture to support it. But, you know, I love that about it. It’s like there’s nothing better than those families that we helped, you know, during the transference of wealth in this country, which is what we show in 2008, nine, 10, 11, 12, you know, to help families who were foreclosed on them and put them in a lease option. Where they could stay in the same neighborhoods, right? The kids could go to the same school. They couldn’t afford the crazy mortgages that reset, but they could afford a good decent lease option and a beautiful home to live in. And all we were doing was moving them from house to house in the same neighborhoods, you know? So you know, with some education, you can serve this stuff around pretty fast. And I’m no better than anybody else. I just did what I learned. Rather than finding excuses, I found answers. Does that make sense?

Jay Conner (14:24): It makes a lot of sense. You and I have got a lot in common, Dave, because my followers hear me say all the time, this, all the facets of the business is all about serving and helping other people, as you said, because if people didn’t have a problem, we wouldn’t have an opportunity to serve. From the buyers to the sellers, to the private lenders, you know, even when it comes to raising money. And we’re going to hear your story here shortly in the next minute or two, about how you’ve gotten into raising a lot of capitals, but, you know, I’ve never asked anybody for money. They say, Jay, how in the world are you raise all those millions of dollars without asking for money? It’s real simple. I put on my teacher cap, I teach people what private money is. I teach them what self directed IRAs are. Cause they never heard of that stuff. And, you know, the light bulbs go off. And if they’ve got investment capital or retirement funds, they’re not happy with what they’re doing. They’re going to, they’re going to want to do business with you, right?

Dave Seymour (15:24): Correct. Correct. It amazes me how many intelligent accredited investors I sit down with and communicate with. And I start giving them a breakdown of the tax advantages of using a solo, 401k as a retirement vehicle to invest in my fund, into a piece of sticks and bricks, a syndicated deal. And it’s like these light bulbs go off in their head. And I don’t know about you. You tell me this. I found that, you know, high finance on occasion, it kind of brings an air of you know, like it’s almost pretentious at times, like you’ve got this additional vocabulary than they tend to use in high finance. And I was talking to a local guy, a friend of mine, a neighbor in fact, and he’s an injury attorney, very successful. And I’m in the middle of my, you know, my conversations through teaching.

Dave Seymour (16:19): Obviously I’m raising capital with salesman. We’re good at what we do, but he’s, he stops me in the middle of it. And he says, David, David, you’ve got to stop. I go, what, he goes. I just figured out what you’re doing because I applied a logic commercial assets, you know, 60 to 150 unit apartment complexes, not just one of them, but 30, 40, 50 of them. And then I fixed them up. I get the rents up and I create a better asset. And I’m trying to give him the delivery, Jay. He says to me, David, stop it. I go, what, what what’s up? Did I offend you? He goes, no, no, no, no. He goes, I think I understand what you’re saying. He said, all you’re talking about is flipping Boston on steroids. Instead of just taking a little single family house and make it that pretty.

Dave Seymour (17:02): He said, you’re doing 5,000 units and making them pretty correct? I said, yeah, that’s right, Kevin. He said, okay, how do I subscribe? Let me see if I can get some capital into the fund, you know? And it’s amazing because it’s, you know, my trajectory, it’s interesting. We were in a marketing meeting a couple of weeks back and I had a young intern in our marketing meeting. And what we’re doing right now is we have a private equity fund and we raise capital. We invest in multifamily assets, primarily in the Gulf region of Florida, but other markets. I mean, you guys in the Carolinas in such a great position there, I mean, it’s fantastic the opportunities there. So maybe we should talk offline, Jay, but you know, these assets allow us to go in there with what’s called a core plus asset class.

Dave Seymour (17:52): What we do just like I said, we take these settings and we make them pretty, but it never was that way. I mean, the first deal I did was a $5,000 wholesale transaction on a single family home. And I felt to myself what I’d had to do in the past to make $5,000. And then when I stepped out of the attorney’s office, I’m waiting for the five votes to pull up and take me to jail. Cause I felt, it felt so bizarre to have a check for a house that I’d never owned, but I’ve learned along the way to your point to simplify it. You know, you, you lead by attraction, not by promotion. I turn away capital, Jay, because it’s not a good fit. And you know, again, the universe works in a wonderful way if it’s of service, which is, is for us because we help people with the longterm retirements. They get to invest in our fund, and they get a preferred rate of return, targeted rates of return in double digits.

Dave Seymour (18:46): And then for the life of the time that their capital was working with us, you know, then now that targeted 20% returns on their money. So it’s a, it’s a real, it’s a real good asset class. And unfortunately COVID has all, fortunately, depending on what side of the equation you choose to put yourself on. COVID has given us a massive opportunity because the buying is already there. The buying opportunities are right in front of us right now. We’re just hungry to take these assets down, help the sellers, help the tenants, help our investors. I get warmed up, man. I get on a roll. You don’t. You got to stop me and ask me questions. Otherwise I just keep going.

Jay Conner (19:23): You remind me of me when I’m on the other side of the microphone. Speaking of COVID, what’s your prediction and what’s your take on what’s the short term outlook from covid and what do you think is the longterm outlook and consequences on any front?

Dave Seymour (19:41): Yeah, it’s, you know, kind of like pull off the bandaid, man. I mean, here’s what I see. We’ve got a short term pain that we’re going to have to, we’re going to have to experience, we’re going to have to experience as a nation. We’re gonna have to experience it together. You know, depends on how you look at it. So we’ve got the full balances where the banks have, you know, allowed tenants to own us to not pay their mortgages. You’ve got a tenancy not paying their rent. We had the PPP, the protection program there for small business. You know, Mr. Trump wrote everybody a check. There’s more, you know, more capital coming out which in its essence sounds great. And it’s a difficult position, Jay. It really is because it’s like, there’s the one side of me that used to live paycheck to paycheck that understands how necessary that is.

Dave Seymour (20:44): But then there’s now the other side of me that the businessman, I look at it and I say, well, there’s no transference of services for that money. And if there isn’t a true transference of services for that capital, it’s almost like a house of cards. It’s, you know, it’s doomed to have a failure point and a stress point. And when we get there you know, we will see an increase in foreclosure. We’ll see these challenges going forward and we’ll get through. We’re America. You know, I’m an immigrant to this country. I came from England and back in 1986, I was born in London. But, you know, I, I came to the greatest country in the world for growth, for economy, for the ability to really be the best we can be. So we’re always going to overcome. So short term, I’m sorry, we’re going to have to feel the pain.

Dave Seymour (21:34): Longterm, there’ll be two kinds of people just like they were in 2008, 2009, 2010, there’ll be victims and there’ll be victors. And, you know, I sense that we will be the victors and that’s not a moral battle. It’s just an intellectual battle of finance and real estate and business. But to be on the other side of it, as a Victor, we have a greater opportunity to help the people who didn’t, who didn’t come along the journey with us on the financial side. That’s kinda my full process on it. And that’s why we’re so bullish on our buying right now, we would invest the capital because everybody else is fearful. We go in there and we just get the good buying opportunities,

Jay Conner (22:15): Take a couple of minutes and tell us in summary, your journey from, I suppose you started with single family houses, you mentioned you’re for real being a wholesale deal. And then you went into commercial and now you are in the capital raising business, and you have a fund that people can take advantage of and invest in. Tell us, give us an overview of that journey of when, what and why.

Dave Seymour (22:43): Yeah, well, we don’t have nearly enough time, Jay. I’ve always tried to say it in three words, but it always comes out in 300 for some reason. It’s like I said, man, I learned the fundamentals of real estate. First transaction was a wholesale transaction for a house I never owned and I made 5,000 bucks. And I thought to myself, if it’s legal, if it’s honest and it’s ethical, I’m not going to do this once. I’m going to do it as many times as I can. And, you know, you slowly get out of debt. And then I stopped doing a little bit of a single family. Then I’m doing a lot of single family. Then I pick up that first two family unit and then a triplex and a fourplex then I’m always like got my eye on the commercial arena.

Dave Seymour (23:26): So I was in a marketing meeting, as I was saying, and I had a young intern in there and they said, why should anybody listen to you as a fund manager with a hundred million dollars invested in commercial real estate throughout the country, primarily in the Gulf coast. Guys says you’re that flipping guy from TV. And I went, Oh, from the mouth of babes. Ok, now, man I’m 21 years old, fresh out of college came in as an internship, fresh out of the mouth of babes. And it’s interesting because I have always been involved in commercial real estate. Had a portfolio of about 110 doors at one time in Sanford, Maine, which is just North of here, you know, a C class property C class neighborhood. I learned very quickly that I just want to be the bank. I don’t want to be property manager.

Dave Seymour (24:10): So, you know, I’ve learned a lot along the way. I’ve coached people through large commercial transactions of rubbed elbows in the self storage space. I’ve always avoided office and retail. How sad is it right now for you know, leisure, office and retail investing right now? It’s a very hard time. So commercial has always been in my wheelhouse. It’s always been my excitement bottom and friend of mine by the name of Walton Evicky reached out to me, raised about 125 mil and syndicated commercial deals in multifamily assets throughout the Gulf coast. And he said, I want to bring your stop power is what he said. And I always giggle when somebody says that. He’s like, well, you’ve got a national reach. He said, why don’t we combine efforts, your team, my team let’s get together, put the fund together. So the fund is now up. We’re raising capital. We’ve got a couple of acquisitions that we’re about to take down, we’re raising a hundred million dollars, we pay, like I said, a preferred return, double digit target returns to our investors. And it’s an exciting time in the middle of all this chaos, Jay. You know, it really is.

Jay Conner (25:19): That is awesome. Thank you for giving us the overview. Now, you’ve got a free ebook for our audience and listeners. So what’s the ebook that you’re offering to everybody?

Dave Seymour (25:29): Yeah, you can see right on the screen there. FreedomVenture.com that’s our front door to our website spend a little time there. Learn a little while you’re there. Scroll down to the bottom of that page and you’ll be able to download a free ebook that I wrote with my property manager. Guy by the name of John Dessauer. He is out of Chi town, Chicago. John manages approximately 3 million square feet of multifamily real estate. He’s been an active investor himself for over 20, 25 years now. We wrote that book together. It’s called Unlocking The Code To Multifamily Investing. It’s an easy read. It’s not too heavy, but it will give you the high points and it will show why investors want to invest with us. It’s protected, you know, there’s a security there. They don’t take the the liability that most investors who were actually own the assets themselves, they own a piece of the company that owns the assets. So it’s a, it’s a smarter play big picture for a lot of investors who don’t have the time to get, to get their hands dirty like we have in their careers, Jay.

Jay Conner (26:38): That’s awesome! Well, it’s been a pleasure to have you here on the show, Dave. Final parting comments.

Dave Seymour (26:45): Yeah, just know that it’s gotta be okay. It’s gonna take us a little bit of time. And so always educate don’t speculate, right? Work on the education, understand what you’re investing in, but don’t be somebody who just analyzes all the time and doesn’t do anything. All right. Take a little action. Get off the couch and get in the game. Cause there’s the best game there is. I think.

Jay Conner (27:07): That’s great! Well, there you have it folks, Mr. Dave Seymour, again, you can follow him. Get the free ebook and also find out about investing opportunities at www.FreedomVenture.com. Thanks again, Dave. Good to have you on.

Dave Seymour (27:29): Appreciate you man. Thank you. God bless. Have a great day.

Jay Conner (27:32): All right, there, you have another show folks. I’m Jay Conner. The Private Money Authority. Wishing you all the best. Here’s to taking your real estate investing business to the next level. We’ll see you on the next show.

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Far Eastern University

Nicanor Reyes St. Sampaloc Manila

Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management

Institute of Accounts, Business, and Finance

A Strategic Management Paper

On SMDC

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in the Course

Strategic Management

Presented to

Prof. Sofronio S. Dulay

Facilitator, BME1102 Sec 14

Presented by

GROUP 5

Valdez, Ron Aenar

Calicoy, John Cesar

Perez, Karl Brian

Landa, Andrei John

Reyes, Ericka Adrielle

Torres, Ranzimiel Kay

Jino-o, Ashley Anne

Tapucol, Happy Aira

Table of Contents

I. Executive Summary……………………………………………………3

II. Internal Assessment……………………………………………….5

A. Corporate Profile…………………………………………………………5

B. Company Vision and Mission…………………………………....………………..7

C. Corporate Officers…………………………………………………………8

D. Product Line……………………………………………………………….9

E. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix…………….................38

III. External Assessment………………………………………………………………...41

A. Porter’s Model Analysis………………………………………………………..41

B. External Factor Evaluation Matrix ……………………………………………44

C. Competitive Profile Matrix …………………………………………………...47

D. Key External Factor……………………………………………………………49

IV. Strategy Formulation …………………………………………………………………...52 A. Boston Consulting Group Matrix………………………………………………53

B. Strategic Position and Action Evaluation Matrix……………………………..55

C. Grand Strategy Matrix………………………………………………………….60

D. Internal - External Matrix……………………………………………………….62

E. Strength - Weaknesses- Opportunities - Threats Analysis…………………63

F. Quantitative Strategies Planning Matrix……………………………………..75

V. Strategy Recommendation……………………………………………………………79

VI. Action Plan……………………………………………………………………………...82

VII. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………...83

VIII. Financial Projection………………………………………………………………………86

IX. References…………………………………………………………………………………93

I. Executive Summary

SM Development Corporation (SMDC) is considered as one of the largest and fastest-growing real estate developers in the country. It was originally incorporated on July 12, 1974 as Ayala Fund, Inc. however, renamed as SM Fund, Inc. in March 1986 after SM group of companies took the majority of ownership in the firm. SM Fund, Inc. back then was an investment company committed solely in providing its investors with professionally managed vehicles to invest in diverse businesses in the country. In May 1996, it was again renamed as SM Development Corporation to reflect on its new business endeavor which is to venture into the real estate industry.

In the Philippines, there are two major competitors of SMDC: Ayala Land Corporation which, based on the CPM has a total rate of 3.26 (strong competitor) and Megaworld Corporation which has 2.75 (average competitor). SMDC has a total rate of 2.65 which manifests the idea that despite the fact that both of these companies are top performers, SMDC continues to create its name in the industry and achieve greater heights. In the recently concluded 8th Property Guru Awards 2020, SMDC bagged numerous awards including the Best Developer Award, Best Developer Lifestyle Award, etc. (SMDC, 2020). For over 25 years of being in the real estate industry, the company has provided quality condominiums, residences and comfortable homes at the most affordable price.

Based on the IFE matrix, the company’s strength is their capability of providing modern lifestyle amenities without compromising the safety and security of the people. Furthermore, its accessibility to various infrastructures such as shopping malls and its flexible mode of payment attracts a huge number of investors. However, its IFE rating is only 2.48 mainly because of the non-liquid asset which can lead to a possible loss in value and high maintenance cost. SMDC could further improve its performance by generating alternatives and feasible solutions that could effectively address these issues.

The overall responsiveness of the SMDC to its external factors is satisfactory at a rate of 3.22. This is due to the company’s external strategies effectively taking advantage of existing opportunities and minimizing the potential adverse effects of external threats. Currently, SMDC is ranked as the 3rd best real estate developer in the country based on the data released by Property Consultancy & Sales Associates Inc. in 2019. Thus, if they can further examine and analyze the opportunities and threats for the upcoming years in a wider perspective, they could create excellent plans that will surely benefit the company and improve its rank in the industry. In addition, being able to take advantage of the possible threats that may hinder a company's triumph is vital to leverage success. Towards its strategic goal in becoming one of the top competitors and leading real estate developers in the country, SMDC should highly consider market penetration and product development strategies as the suitable strategy for the company. Market penetration will equip the company in perfuming its name in the market, fueling great sales, revenues and attracting a wide range of customers by: (1) launching more projects not just in NCR but in the entire Philippines and (2) penetration pricing without compromising the quality of the properties.

Product development strategies include: (1) Expanding the company’s services which will thoroughly help in providing a much better experience and comfort of living to its investors and (2) Improving and adding modernly designed amenities which will enhance the appearance of every property and cater new demands of its investors for their very own satisfaction.

Other instinctive strategies include horizontal integration strategies through (1) purchasing new lands and building new real estate properties and (2) acquiring or seeking ownership/control over company’s investors. With the utilization of these strategies, the company’s vision of becoming the leading developer of world-class residences in the Philippines and a catalyst for a better life will be realized with high sales and revenues in the upcoming years.

With the appropriate execution, performance management and coordination with the operation and the corporate affairs, these recommended strategies will serve as the primary driver of SMDC triumphs not just in being one of the top competitors in the industry but also in magnifying its coverage and competencies, boosting the economy and company’s growth

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

A. Corporate Profile

SM founder Henry Sy. laid the groundwork of and piloted the development and evolution of SM Investments Corporation (SMIC). What started out as a dream of selling a good pair of shoes to every Filipino has turned into one of the country’s largest holding companies today. In the six decades since, it has become a leading presence in retail, banking, and property development in the country and a rising presence in China. It has since innovated its products and services providing the best value in both aspects for its customers.

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPH) also has become the largest integrated property developer in Southeast Asia. In terms of assets, it is the largest in the country. Offering innovative and sustainable lifestyle cities alongside developing malls, residences, offices, hotels and convention centers, it has become the biggest retail shopping center developer and operator in the Philippines. From starting out as a humble mall developer and operator, it has currently established 76 malls in and outside Metro Manila and 7 shopping malls in China with 17,937 tenants in the country and 1,857 tenants in China.

Besides mall development and management through its units and subsidiaries, it also has commercial business units, the Commercial Property Group (CPG) which engages in developing and leasing office buildings in Metro Manila. SM Development Corporation (SMDC), their residential business component, also sells affordable condominium units. Their Hotels and Convention Centers business unit is also engaged in developing and managing various hotel and convention centers across the country.

SMDC prides itself in the style, comfort, and convenience Filipinos experience with them. Offering the makings of the next dream home, it provides quality amenities and top-notch services. With the commitment to provide access to luxurious urban living through vertical villages perfectly integrated with a commercial retail environment, it aims to give its residents access to a truly cosmopolitan lifestyle. Their properties are strategically positioned across Metro Manila with their focus being the Central Business Districts of Mall of Asia Complex, Makati, Ortigas, Taguig, Quezon City, Manila, Pasay, Parañaque and Las Piñas. In addition, they can also be accessed from neighboring provinces like Cavite, Bulacan and Pampanga.

Corporate Head Office:

One E-com Center, 10th Floor Harbor Drive

Mall of Asia Complex, CBP-IA

Pasay City 1300, Philippines

B. Company Vision and Mission

SM Development Corporation

Vision

We envision SM Development Corporation to be a leading developer of world-class residences in the Philippines, uplifting Filipino lifestyles into one that is convenient, upscale yet affordable, and environment friendly.

Mission

· Ensuring that its homebuyers enjoy the best value for their investment with an upscale lifestyle, generous amenities, and a safe, secure, and friendly neighborhood;

· Providing an excellent after-sales and maintenance service that will preserve and enhance the long-term value of its residences;

· Delivering sustainable long-term growth and increasing shareholder value by exercising prudence in resource management based on the principles of good corporate governance;

· Becoming an employer of choice, offering comprehensive opportunities for career growth and enhancement; and,

· Assisting and nurturing the communities in which it operates by progressively building on its role as a responsible corporate citizen;

C. Corporate Officers

SM Development Corporation Properties

Air Residences

Price range: Php 6,300,000 - Php 7,500,000

Meaningful relationships. Career opportunities. Personal well-being. All these define your story of success, and it all begins at SMDC Premier’s Air Residences

Coast Residences

Price range: Php 5,500,000 - Php 23,000,000

Designed to capture your eyes with its seagull-inspired façade design, Coast Residences soars 41 storeys high.

Fame Residences

Price range: Php 5,100,000 - Php 6,800,000

Strategically located, Fame Residences rises in Central EDSA, providing you easy access to everything that matters. This iconic development offers an address that truly compliments a desired lifestyle. When you live at the center of it all, you live life in the spotlight.

Blue Residences

Price range: Php 2,000,000 - Php 5,000,000

SMDC Blue Residences promises to help you maximize your student life as it is located at the corner of Katipunan Avenue and Aurora Boulevard, near colleges and universities like the University of the Philippines, Ateneo De Manila University and Miriam College.

Bloom Residences

Price range: Php 4,600,000 - Php 7,100,000

Bloom Residences is a home where you can plant your roots as you start your career, grow the love for your family, care for your little buds and eventually carve some names in the family tree.

Breeze Residences

Price range: Php 12,400,000 - Php 14,500,000

Enjoy the convenience of the city while luxuriating amidst the quiet calm of Manila Bay.

Cheer Residences

Price range: Php 3,200,000 - Php 3,500,000

Take your life to new heights as Cheer Residences introduces a fresh perspective to residential living in Marilao, Bulacan. It is the first vertical development of its kind in the area that offers the convenience of having its own mall within the complex. First-rate amenities elevates the quality of life of the residents as they get to enjoy an array of activities daily.

Cheerful Homes

Price range: Php 1,100,000 - Php 1,700,000

SMDC Cheerful Homes has its own transport hub located within the community’s commercial area, for the convenience of its residents. Plus, it’s just a short ride away from various points of interests in Pampanga.

Cool Suites

Price range: ₱/mo.

Cool Suites is the newest garden complex in the flourishing Wind Residences estate. Nestled inside the complex is an array of lush foliage and greenery that serve as a private retreat where you can relax and recover from the busy work week. With SMDC’s signature 5-star amenities, it is a perfect holiday home for those who enjoy the cool wind of Tagaytay.

Field Residences

Price range: Php 5,000,000 - Php 5,600,000

Just across SM City Sucat, Field Residences is located along Dr. A. Santos Avenue (formerly Sucat Road), Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque City. International and domestic airports are also close at hand, as well as the Entertainment City where endless leisure, shopping, and dining selections abound.

Gem Residences

Price range: Php 5,200,000- Php 9,400,000

Standing gorgeously along C-5 Pasig, the thriving center of economic activity east of Metro Manila, Gem Residences brings you world-class amenities that cater to your need for both productivity and leisure.

Glam Residences

Price range: Php 5,900,000 - Php 11,500,000

Surround yourself with the spectacular at Glam Residences. Envisioned as a complete, cosmopolitan home for success-driven singles, it is built for your utmost convenience and indulgence.

Gold Residences

Price Range: Php 7,400,000 - Php 17,000,000

An 11.6- hectare master-planned community right across the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, the concept for SMDC’s first township is to be the gold standard- a convergence of modernization, dynamism, innovation, and prestige, assured in all its areas.

Grace Residences

Price range: 3,300,000 - Php 5,600,000

Located close to Bonifacio Global City and the Makati Central Business District so you can enjoy the convenience of staying within proximity of the top schools, hospitals, malls and other institutions.

Grass Residences

Price range: Php 3,700,000 - Php 6,400,000

SMDC Grass is located in Quezon City, connected to SM City North Edsa via bridge way. It’s definitely a convenient, exciting and entertaining place to come home to. It is also situated in a highly accessible area. It is right by main roads both for going to the North and South side of the metro.

Green Residences

Price range: Php 5,100,000 - Php 5,700,000

Located right beside De La Salle University in Taft Avenue for the stress-free, easy and fun life every college student ought to experience.

Green2 Residences

Price range: Php 3,300,000 - Php 5,600,000

Breeze through your college years as you live in the home that passes all the marks when it comes to convenience, location, security and amenities.

Hope Residences

Price range: Php 3,000,000 - Php 3,600,000

Hope Residences is strategically located at the heart of Trece Martires City, Cavite. It is right within the complex of the newly opened SM City Trece Martires along Governor’s Drive.

Jazz Residences

Price range: Php 4,900,000 - Php 19,000,000

Situated in the Reposo District in Makati, SMDC Jazz Residences is surrounded by some of the best restaurants, as well as a supermarket nearby.

Lane Residences

Price range: Php 3,600,000- Php 5,500,000

Located in San Antonio Agdao, it lies within the SM City Lanang Premier complex. Its close proximity to Davao International Airport and Seaport gives you that added level of convenience. You get easy access to major land, sea, and air transportation centers to help get you to your next destination. Rounding out the area are the many businesses and offices for enterprising individuals.

Leaf Residences

Price range: Php 4,400,000 - Php 6,200,000

Let nature nurture your family at Leaf Residences. With its unique design reminiscent of a tropical rainforest getaway, it offers the first taste of condominium living surrounded by all the greenery sought after in the South.

Light Residences

Price range: Php 3,700,000 - Php 9,100,000 & above

Located along EDSA and Madison Street, Light Residences sits at an advantageous location, linked to BONI-EDSA MRT where you can access any point of Manila.

Light2 Residences

Price range: Php 5,400,000 - Php 11,200,000

Spacious, inviting, and thoughtfully planned. Light 2 Residences provides you with everything you need to create a beautiful home for you and your family.

Lush Residences

Price range: Php 6,800,000 - Php 9,800,000

Lush Residences is an iconic landmark located north of the Makati Central Business District. A development that seamlessly blends elements of nature throughout the property.

Mezza Residences

Price range: Php 1,000,000 - Php 6,000,000 & above

SMDC Mezza Residences is in one of the most convenient areas; located at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and Araneta Avenue in the heart of Sta. Mesa, near SM City Sta. Mesa.

Mezza II Residences

Price range: Php 8,200,000

Experience all the best at the heart of Sta. Mesa with Mezza II Residences.

Mint Residences

Price range: Php 6,400,000 - Php 8,200,000

A nearby respite striking the perfect balance between modern city convenience and a natural environment. Situated within the progressive district of Makati giving you access to everything the city has to offer: commercial, recreational, and professional.

MPlace at South Triangle

Price range: Php 4,100,000 - Php 4,300,000

MPlace Residences is a conveniently located condominium at the heart of South Triangle in Quezon City.

Park Residences

Price range: Php 3,400,000 - Php 3,900,000

Located right in front of SM City Sta. Rosa, this community is surrounded with opportunities for you to live your best life! Everything the family needs is right here – with schools, parks and shops around every corner.

Princeton Residences

Price range: Php 2,000,000 - Php 4,000,000

Convenient, practical and fun, Princeton Residences is strategically located within close proximity to Tomas Morato and Greenhills, and right beside the LRT 2 Gilmore Station.

Red Residences

Price range: Php 6,500,000 - Php 9,000,000

Red Residences is located at the heart of Chino Roces, a thriving neighborhood west of Makati City, known for its row of concept restaurants, food finds, art galleries and creative business enterprises.

S Residences

Price range: Php 6,600,000 - Php 17,500,000

With its stunning boutique-hotel designed lobbies and luxurious amenities, S Residences is the choice of successful and stylish individuals. Live in an address where business meets pleasure, where business suits and swim suits are both on-trend.

Sail Residences

Price range: Php 11,200,000 - Php 13,000,000

Welcome to Sail Residences, the gem of the Mall of Asia district. Explore a vast wealth of shops, restaurants and entertainment spots as endless as the horizon beyond Manila Bay, just waiting for you to discover. Truly a home worthy of the most memorable individuals, couples, and families.

Sands Residences

Price range: Php 7,600,000 - Php 9,400,000

Welcome to Sands Residences. A luxurious, 51-floor master-planned community by Manila Bay where the sun and sand amidst a sea of luxury await you.

Sea Residences

Price range: Php 8,300,000 - Php 14,200,000

Sea Residences Mall of Asia is a modern resort-inspired condominium development

Shell Residences

Price range: Php 32,200,000 - Php 37,400,000

Shell Residences Mall of Asia is a 2.2-hectare resort residential complex. Come home to resort-inspired amenities, and hold memorable events with friends and family at your own exclusive clubhouse.

Shine Residences

Price range: Php 4,000,000 - Php 4,100,000

SMDC Shine Residences stands tall within a prestigious community called the Renaissance Center. Having entertainment, business and leisure in close proximity, Shine Residences Ortigas is another distinctive addition to an impressive locale.

Shore Residences

Price range: Php 6,700,000 - Php 33,200,000

The entire Shore Residences complex combines the luxury of a 5-star vacation resort and the comfortable, cozy home you’ve always dreamed of.

Shore 2 Residences

Price range: Php 6,000,000 - Php 11,100,000

Set in a 9-hectare property, this exclusive development consists of three expansive luxury resort-inspired enclaves that provide the best in premier waterfront living in the metro, all bridged together by elevated linear parks.

Shore 3 Residences

Price range: Php 10,500,000 - Php 24,500,000

Conveniently located at the SM Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City, Shore Residences offers the finest in resort living, with an exclusive beach-like amenity right at the heart of the development.

Smile Residences

Price range: Php 3,800,000 - Php 5,500,000

You’ll find a lot to be happy about at Smile Residences! As a premier residential development within SM City Bacolod Complex, it offers attractive lobbies, amenities, and a convenient location.

South Residences at SM SOUTHMALL

Price range: Php 3,500,000 - Php 6,100,000

South Residences offers the seamless fusion of the life and lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.

South 2 Residences

Price range: Php 3,700,000- Php 7,500,000

Situated in Southmall complex, South 2 Residences has everything you need within reach. It is just a few steps away from the array of shopping, dining, and entertainment choices at SM Southmall, and a few minutes away from busy transport terminals and vibrant work hubs.

Spring Residences

Price range: Php 4,200,000 - Php 5,400,000

Celebrate new beginnings at SMDC Spring Residences.

Style Residences

Price range: Php 3,400,000- Php 5,200,000

Style Residences can be found within the complex of SM City Iloilo – the city’s vibrant lifestyle and progressive business district. It offers an impressive collection of shopping, dining, and entertainment options, as well as easy accessibility to the local transportation hubs, including the Iloilo International Airport and Seaport.

Sun Residences

Price range: Php 2,000,000 - Php 4,000,000

Life meets luxury at the roundabout of Quezon City and Manila. SMDC Sun Residences addresses the need for a more balanced lifestyle, with amenities like lounges, landscaped gardens and swimming pools

Trees Residences

Price range: Php 2,000,000 - Php 3,300,000

Escape the mundane clamor of the city and go home to Trees Residences. A place of solitude right at the heart of Novaliches, Quezon City brimming with life through pristine natural gardens, relaxing stroll paths, and SMDC’s five star amenities.

Vine Residences

Price range: Php 3,300,000- Php 6,200,000

With its great location inside the SM City Novaliches complex, the residents are right in the heart of a progressive hub in Quezon City. Being near major thoroughfares, terminals, and transport hubs makes traveling very easy. Nearby institutions like schools and hospitals will just be a few minutes away..

Wind Residences

Price range: Php 4,700,000 - Php 36,400,000

Feel the breeze along Aguinaldo Highway in Tagaytay City where SMDC Wind Residences and Cool Residences are situated. It is in its own a convenient complex with everything you can ever need, but it’s also a plus that there are dining establishments nearby.

0.0 = not important

1.0 = Important

Rating

(Rating = 1) - Major Weakness

(Rating = 2) - Minor Weakness

(Rating = 3) - Minor Strength

(Rating = 4) - Major Strength

Analysis

The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix is a tool used for auditing and evaluating major strengths and weaknesses of an organization or company. The average weighted score for the IFE Matrix is 2.5 above while 2.5 below is considered weak. The total weighted score for SM Development Corporation (SMDC) is 2.48 or 2.5 which means that the company is responding to a low average score that pertains to internally weak business. Therefore, the IFE Matrix concludes that SM Development Corporation (SMDC) is in a weak position.

Analysis

1) Rivalry Among Competing Firms - Rivalry among competing developers of retail space is deemed moderate due to the three main players' aggressive expansion plans for the near future and their offering of essentially the same product (retail and food space, cinemas, etc.), only slightly differentiated for different income segments. However, the fierceness of this rivalry is somewhat tempered by the strong continued growth in household consumption, which leaves room for much more retail space to be built. However, due to SMPH's significant advantages in terms of size, mall count, and land bank location, it is in the best position to capitalize on this demand for more retail space.

2) Potential Entry of New Competitors - Although, again, customers (in this case, companies seeking to buy or lease office space) are not particularly loyal to a specific developer, the potential entry of new competitors is tempered by the fact that the demand for new commercial space is concentrated in Metro Manila, where most available land is already in the portfolio of established players. Moreover, economies of scale are advantageous to established players because it allows them to accommodate the space requirements of large firms and therefore secure the most lucrative contracts. SMPH's advantage lies in its network of strategic partnerships, building only when it has 60% commitments, and in its integration of its land bank in its long-term expansion plans.

3) Potential Development of Substitute Product - The threat of the development of substitute products for commercial space is moderately low, largely because there are currently no substitutes in the market, and no current market players are actively seeking out the development of such substitutes. Moreover, customers do not necessarily seek new kinds of office space, particularly as there are high costs to selling of buildings or ending leases early, as well as high transitioning costs once they have secured new office space. SMPH in particular keeps its tenants satisfied through its competitive prices and the close proximity to retail and transportation centers that its commercial developments offer.

4) Bargaining Power of Supplier - Despite the large number of construction firms and raw materials suppliers in the market, the bargaining power of suppliers remains moderate, due to the high values of commercial development contracts with major players, which has given rise to the popularity of long-term partnerships and/or construction subsidiaries. SMPH, for example, has the Associated Development Corporation.

5) Bargaining Power of Consumers - The bargaining power of consumers is moderately high in the commercial development market, primarily due to the fact that contracts with these customers are extremely high in value, as firms tend to buy or lease a large number of units at a time. Commercial space offerings, as mentioned earlier, are also largely undifferentiated, and offered to the same customer segment. SMPH addresses this threat with its approach of building strong and healthy long-term relationships with tenants, and leveraging on its strategic location.

Weight Ranges:

0.0 = not important to 1.0 = very important

Ratings:

4 = the response is superior, 3 = the response is above average, 2 = the response is average, and 1 = the response is poor.

Analysis

The total weighted score for SM Development Corporation (SMDC) is 3.22 which is equivalent to the company’s responding in an above average way to existing opportunities and threats in the industry. Moreover, the firm’s external strategies are effectively taking advantage of existing opportunities and minimize the potential adverse effects of external threats. It is a good evaluation of the organization that needs to focus on their least average to obtain the high weights in order to become a big competitor.

The matrix shows the different types of key external factors and its total weighted score; it has been separated in two parts: Opportunities and Threats. Inside opportunities are Geographic Location, Competitors’ price, fast site Improvement, Increasing Number of Tourists, Corporate sponsorship, National trends like modern facilities, Investor high activity, offering new products, and Offering new types of services. Then the total weighted score for opportunities is 2.16

In view of the table, threats for key external factors got a weighted score of 1.06. Within the threats, the global crisis got the highest weighted score while the least one is the increasing inflation rate.

Combining opportunities and threats weighted score is equal to 3.22

Notes:

The weights and total weighted scores in both a CPM and an EFE have the same meaning.

0.0 = not important to 1.0 very important

Critical Success Factors in Competitive Profile Matrix include both internal and external issues; therefore, the ratings refer to strengths and weaknesses, where 4 =major strength, 3 = minor strength, 2 = minor weakness, and 1 = major weakness.

Results Legend:

4- Strongly competitive

3- Averagely competitive

2- Competitive

1- Incompetent

Analysis

According to Inquirer net (2020), SM Development Corporation, it is not just about being an infrastructure that serves a place for a group of residents. The organization creates a community where people can live the best for their lives. Being healthy, happy, and secured.

In the table, it shows the several important Critical Success factors that rates each major competitor and its particular strengths and weaknesses. In CPM, the total rating and total weighted scores are for the rival data firms that can be compared to the other organization. This Matrix analysis provides important internal and external strategic information that can help each company to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses.

As stated in the matrix, Ayala land is the strongest competitor with a total weighted score of 3.26. The company has clearly got a high rating of 4 in Advertisement, Customers Loyalty, Supply of land, Grand service and amenities, Market share and Organization structure. While Megaworld acquired the next place with a total weighted score of 2.73. In addition, Ayala Land and Megaworld are the big competitors in the real estate industry in the Philippines. SM Development Corporation obtained a total weighted score of 2.65. Vista land’s total weighted score is 2.61. The next is Filinvest Land got a total weighted score of 2.53. The last one among the 6 organizations is Alveo land with a total weighted score of 2.32.

Furthermore, SM Development Corporation is one of the strongest competitors in real estate in the country. It shows that they have a stable and good stand in the industry of real estate. Hence, SMDC still needs to take action in their weaknesses to improve their route for being the strongest competitor.

D. Key External Factor

Cultural Factor

Product Design & Quality

It is very important to have a face-paced that can attract the consumers to be globally competitive. It is a step to have an activity in many firms because releasing a new product and high-quality land, house, buildings, and more can contribute to improvement of sales revenue. The objective of product design and its quality is to give new experiences to the consumers.

Price Competitivenes

Competitive pricing gives a high quality for a rival organization. It basically prevents it from losing customers and its market share to the other organization. This is highly important because it is advantageous to enable the organization to respond if the rivals release new products such as modern buildings, hi-tech homes, and more. Being in competitive pricing advantages can have a quality positioning in the business.

Economic Factor

Customers’ Loyalty

Customer’s Loyalty plays a strong part in advertising and running a business. Customer’s themselves can introduce the product, services and even the whole organization when they are satisfied. Having a loyal customer, they will spend more and support your business. Moreover, they help you to keep your high profile better and grow.

Tourist Demand

It is practically a major need of an establishment or organization because it helps to boost the revenue of the company. It creates and develops infrastructures if the organization is related to tourism. Once a tourist finds your company attractive, they will be willing to try it. Tourism is a vital point to achieve a high success in a field of business and economy.

Investor Activity

It is one of the most important lines in the business along with sponsorship. Once you invest there will be a cash flow statement that can help to boost your revenue and establishment itself. Investing in a trusted organization is a good investment in terms of capital assets. It basically means that the business will even grow in the future and has a high chance to earn a good revenue.

Legal Factor

Security and Safety

It is highly important to have quality security in a company. It gives safety to everyone. It protects the property itself. Moreover, it gives more confidence for staff to work because they know that they are protected safely. It can also be related to health due to the fact that having a safe workplace and home can radiate a well-being performance and does not need to worry in anything, just enjoying services and products.

Environmental Factor

Fast Site Improvement

It is important to have a fast site to be able to access it easily. Images and video are prime when advertising. Nowadays, people are searching on the Internet to analyze where to buy. Fast site play a big role in the data, once your site is not working properly it might start to lose visitors.

Government Factor

Corporate Sponsorship

Sponsorship gives a highly competitive edge, and it can also improve the organizations position, image, and credibility. They support their partner and give a quality product that can attract consumers. Once a company has a sponsorship, it means that they are well trusted and have a chance to be well known. Sponsorship gives a particular event that can be very effective in promoting because it can be accessed and available in a wide range of consumers.

IV. Strategy Formulation

As per WorldOMeters, the Philippine population is assessed to be 107,656,644 as of March 22, 2019. Also, with a developing population, the requirements for need is developing as well.

The World Population Review stated that the largest cities in the Philippines such as Quezon City, Metro Manila, Caloocan and Davao city also have large populations. With this data, SMDC can construct or add more branches in the enormous urban communities where they can help for the accommodation of the purchasers.

Today, SMDC keeps on creating properties that objectives the necessities and components reconsidered by those forthcoming purchasers to ensure that they keep up and even increment their piece of the pie in the business. The organization exploits the blast in the economy of the country that is capable most explicitly of expanding the request of the premium center market for properties that are moderate and helpful as well as fits to their way of life of decision.

There are many responsibilities that need to be considered for a business to grow and expand. One can develop the internal capacity to drive the extension of the company, the other one is purchasing a business with a generally evolved mastery in that space of specialization and assemble it out further.

SMDC expands its services and operations through platform companies with developed expertise where they build out. The impact can make incredible worth since the tasks of a few more modest firms join to increase the value of the new firm. In any case, the accomplishment of the mix intensely relies upon the stage organization, which may bring about annihilating worth if the procedure isn't as expected executed.

SM Development Corporation is a notable organization, generally on the grounds that it has acquired the trust and certainty of the Filipinos even before the formation of SMDC as a different element from its parent organizations.

Almost every year, there are various ventures that SMDC dispatches, and not at all like different designers, SMDC doesn't frustrate and really completes on schedule. To contrast it and different organizations in the industry, SM would have a benefit over them in view of the name as well as in light of its notices. SM has notable and regarded money managers taking care of its tasks in addition to the organization has been around for quite a long time, catching the devotion of the Filipinos.

STARS - Based on the BCG matrix the condominium is in the star category because they have the highest market share among SMDC products being offered as of today. Asking several people, the first thing that will come into their mind when you hear SMDC are their prime located condominiums. Being on the high market share, the condominium remains to have a high growth rate and continue to rise their sales.

QUESTION MARKS - Under the question mark categories is the townhouse they have high market growth because they are the second option for the condominiums but on the contrary, they have a low market share because if you seek their opportunities, it is obvious that it was been given to the condominiums released by SMDC rather than townhouses. Another factor is because townhouses are not so up-to-date and convenient in today's setup.

CASH COWS - For the cash cows’ category is the house, obviously because SMDC are known for their prime location and elegant designs and trusted layout of house they have a high market share but low market growth. A primary cause of that is having too many competitors for houses in the real estate industry.

DOGS - For the dog it has a low market share and slow market growth and that is the SMDC lot as they decide to sell lot only slots in their product menu. It was stagnant in terms of sales and again this is because of the competitors in the real estate industry and in today's perspective and aspect it is really convenient and efficient for the people to find and locate for their own lot location.

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Dorchester Bay City project: BPDA approval secured

MASSIVE project gets the green light. Well over 2,000 units planned.

#real estate #housing #property #boston #money #realestate #city #real estate agent #development #dorchester #boston harbor #climate resilience

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In the Great Migration of 1915–1940, major populations of African Americans moved to Northeastern and Midwestern cities such as Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York City to pursue jobs in newly established manufacturing industries; to cement better educational and social opportunities; and to flee racial segregation, Jim Crow laws, violence and racial bigotry in the Southern states. This wave of migration largely bypassed Los Angeles. In the 1940s, however, in the Second Great Migration, black workers and families migrated to the West Coast in large numbers in response to defense industry recruitment efforts at the start of World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 directing defense contractors not to discriminate in hiring or promotions, opening up new opportunities for minorities. The black population in Los Angeles dramatically rose from approximately 63,700 in 1940 to about 350,000 in 1965, rising from 4% of L.A.'s population to 14%. Los Angeles had racially restrictive covenants in place that prevented specific minorities from renting and buying property in certain areas, even long after the courts ruled such practices illegal in 1948 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. By the 1940s, 95% of Los Angeles and southern California housing was off-limits to certain minorities. Minorities who had served in World War II or worked in L.A.'s defense industries returned to face increasing patterns of discrimination in housing. In addition, they found themselves excluded from the suburbs and restricted to housing in East or South Los Angeles, which includes the Watts neighborhood. Such real-estate practices severely restricted educational and economic opportunities available to the minority community. Following the US entry into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the federal government removed and interned 70,000 Japanese-Americans from Los Angeles, leaving empty spaces in predominantly Japanese-owned areas. This further bolstered the migration of black residents into the city during the Second Great Migration to occupy the vacated spaces, such as Little Tokyo. #destroytheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CBVuBFsB9fr/?igshid=1qrvqb4vbxfjx

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The Analysis of Ash's trauma Banana fish Rebirth - translation

He's got intelligence, strength and beauty - he is envied because he's just too perfect, but what is hidden inside his heart?

More translations here tagged Banana Fish Rebirth

Ash is magnificent, intelligent and what’s more, he’s beautiful. He is well-versed in all subjects, including math, science and economics. No matter how tight corner he’s in he keeps his cool. You really wouldn’t think Ash is just a 17-year-old boy. There’s no way a 17-year-old like this exists unless there’s some kind of reason behind it. According to Boston Times dated on Oct 21 1976 repeatedly sexually abused Ash who was 8-year-old, murders a retired military man, a current real estate company employee.

Going back in time about one year, just a 7-year-old Ash was raped. However, because the perpetrator was a well-known figure in the town the police didn’t believe Ash, they even went as far as to say ”Wasn’t it you who seduced them?”. Ash’s father James was left feeling hopeless by those words and he told Ash ”If some idiot tries to do something weird again stay quiet and let them do what they want. But when it’s over make them pay up.” Those were some excessively harsh words.

The scars in his heart caused by a sexual trauma. Those memories will torment Ash for a long time...

You can’t fight back against power. It’s said that the weak can’t do anything but to choose the best way that’s available for them. However, forcing that idea into a 7-year-old child is indeed cruel. But parents’ words have a great influence on the child. That’s because a child can’t live without their parents.

Just as his father told him, Ash concealed his emotions and endured the sexual violence forced upon him. However, the compressed feelings burst out in a form of extreme rage. Like that, Ash murdered someone for the very first time. Could he even remain normal after an experience like that?

When Ash was 7-year-old, it was already too late for him to go through the normal path of life which includes growing up, going to school and falling in love. Normal happiness that we take for granted was forcibly taken from him.

At that time, the normal boy who Ash was supposed to be was buried deep in the depths of his heart.

Ash is having a panic attack. You wouldn’t know by looking at him, but the scars in his heart lie deep.

It is said that if a person grows up without properly dealing with their trauma and without being healed enough, it could lead to feelings of self-blame. In fact, Ash is often seen saying things such as “I’m a murderer” and other belittling things about himself when he’s with Eiji.

Regardless of how obvious it is that the rapist should be held accountable, society tends to blame the victim, asking if they provoked the perpetrator. That way of thinking is something that’s been made up for the purpose of justifying the sexual urges that any man would have.

When the state police said to Ash ”It was you who seduced him, right?” his father, who should be his guardian, agreed to what the police were saying. Ash was traumatized by that in an immeasurable way. There’s no way Ash wouldn’t develop feelings of self-denial inside his heart. Also, since Ash has a sexual trauma, he harbors a hatred for men.

When Ash met Blanca, he had already learned roughly basic attack maneuvers, and when a street kid came up to attack him, Ash shot the kid to death in one shot without batting an eye. From the outside, Ash didn’t really look like he excelled in athletic abilities at all. Why didn’t he resist Marvin, when Ash was at his mercy, being treated like a toy?

Also, after he was raped by Colonel Foxx, even though Cain only slightly touches him, Ash flings his hand away. Then his body clenches up and he becomes covered in cold sweat. Obviously, he wasn’t being himself. What was going through his mind at that moment?

Most memories are encoded in the cerebrum by hippocampus. Recently attained conscious memories will all be stored there. Only the memories that persist in the brain will become long-term memories. However, hippocampus doesn’t encode all attained memories into the cerebrum.

For example, there is a famous case of a girl who forgot things that had happened to her a few seconds earlier due to having suffered a severe damage to the cerebrum. One doctor hid a needle inside his palm and shook hands with the girl. When the girl met the doctor the next time, she had forgotten about the doctor but was reluctant to shake his hand. She couldn’t tell why, but she was afraid to shake hands with the doctor.

The pain left a lasting impact and became a memory without being a conscious memory. It was found in a recent study that this is how unconscious memories are stored into the amygdala. Unlike cerebrum, which invokes memories, amygdala remembers physical memories.

Just by seeing Marvin’s face, the identical physical symptoms of the time he was raped manifest inside Ash’s brain, and the nightmares of his childhood are repeated. That is called a flashback.

Also, there are times when the fear suddenly emerges even though there’s no connection to the specific physical experience that caused the fear in the first place. There are times when an obscure fear will settle with just a vague anxiety, but if the fear comes along with a burning intensity it turns into a panic attack. After he was raped by Marvin, just seeing Blanca sent Ash into a panic attack. That must have been because he had a severe fear of adult men.

Rape is an effective way of torture… but that’s only half the truth. More precisely, Foxx definitely prefers it.

Fearing the worst as such is a behavior pattern that contributes to creating even more vague fear. But having a fear like that, why was Ash able to act when he was faced with fear in his everyday life? Even when he was raped by Foxx he was calm and able to act. There is a scene in which Jessica questioned Ash about it. Ash answered ”If it took me half a year to recover I’d be dead already”, but it doesn’t mean that it’s because he is strong. No matter how horrendous situations people get in, they numb themselves in order to survive.

At all times except when he’s which Eiji, Ash’s feelings are cut off and he’s expressionless most of the time. That’s because human emotions get in the way of survival. If he didn’t cut off his feelings, he wouldn’t be able to murder people in cold blood. Ash is at least different from Fox, who kills for pleasure or Golzine, whose greed makes him sacrifice other people. For Ash, there was no other option than to get used to killing people.

Speaking of which, if Ash had gone to Japan with Eiji and lived peacefully, how would it have affected him? Perhaps Ash would have suffered even more terrible flashbacks than what he did back in America. Ironically, in a peaceful world where there’s no need to cut off your feelings, everything that has been numbed until that moment will be brought back all at once. It’s evident since Ash is often having nightmares that cause him to cry out in his sleep, and it all happens when he and Eiji are living together feeling relaxed.

However, if it was for Eiji, Ash’s trauma could have healed completely. Eiji would never be afraid of the Ash who kills people without any feelings. That’s because Eiji sees through Ash, he sees the normal boy who was buried deep inside Ash’s heart, and he feels the countless scars carved into that heart.

Eiji’s warmth and gentleness are truly filling Ash’s heart at this very moment…

When Eiji heard for the first time what Ash’s first name Aslan meant, he said ”Your mother thought hard for that name. She wished for your life to be as wonderful as a jade in the dawn.” You can’t change the past. It’s true that Ash’s mother left him. But while Ash was certain that his mother abandoned him, his heart can change.

Thanks to Eiji, Ash’s traumas were little by little but steadily healed. But, when he returns into being a normal boy again, the sad consequence is that he ends up letting his guard down which he normally would never do. For the most normal boys there would be a lot of times they are vulnerable...

Even in the story there were a lot of people who were jealous of Ash. Indeed, God gave him extraordinary intelligence and beauty. However, before you envy him or admire him, think about what he had to give in return. Think about the magnitude of the things that God stole from him.

#Banana fish #Ash lynx #Eiji okumura #banana fish rebirth

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I hope this isn't a silly question but can beaches be in downtown areas? I personally live in a downtown area full of high rises with the harbour right in front of it. So why can't harbour be replaced with beach. Also some beach pics I find actually have lots of high rises in the backdrop, aren't those downtown areas too? Anyway both my beta and a writing friend are saying that beach in downtown makes no sense.

Synth: Downtown beaches are absolutely a thing that exist, though depending on the level of urbanization, they may not be naturally occurring ones. Last year the city I live in built a permanent beach downtown. Replaced an old docking area with gently sloping concrete slabs and dumped a whole load of sand on them. It has been very popular. IIRC Paris does something similar, trucking in huge amounts of sand to build temporary beaches in a few spots along the Seine during summertime (IDK what happens with all the sand when summer is over). If your city was carefully planned by the original builders, it’s not far-fetched at all to think they would have worked around any already existing natural beaches to preserve them for its citizens’ use.

Tex: I need to orient myself a little bit on this question, so I’m going to pull out a few definitions here.

Downtown:

Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English-speakers to refer to a city's commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart, and is often synonymous with its central business district(CBD). In British English, the term "city centre" is most often used instead. The two terms are used interchangeably in Colombia.

The Oxford English Dictionary's first citation for "down town" or "downtown" dates to 1770, in reference to the center of Boston.[2] Some have posited that the term "downtown" was coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original town at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan.[3] As the town of New York grew into a city, the only direction it could grow on the island was toward the north, proceeding upriver from the original settlement, the "up" and "down" terminology coming from the customary map design in which up was north and down was south.[3] Thus, anything north of the original town became known as "uptown" (Upper Manhattan), and was generally a residential area, while the original town – which was also New York's only major center of business at the time – became known as "downtown" (Lower Manhattan).[3]

Beach:

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles. The particles can also be biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.

Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, showers, shacks and bars. They may also have hospitality venues (such as resorts, camps, hotels, and restaurants) nearby. Wild beaches, also known as undeveloped or undiscovered beaches, are not developed in this manner. Wild beaches can be appreciated for their untouched beauty and preserved nature.

Beaches typically occur in areas along the coast where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments.

Harbour:

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked. The term harbor is often used interchangeably with port, which is a man-made facility built for loading and unloading vessels and dropping off and picking up passengers. Ports usually include one or more harbors. Alexandria Port in Egypt is an example of a port with two harbors.

Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial harbor can have deliberately constructed breakwaters, sea walls, or jettys or they can be constructed by dredging, which requires maintenance by further periodic dredging. An example of an artificial harbor is Long Beach Harbor, California, United States, which was an array of salt marshes and tidal flats too shallow for modern merchant ships before it was first dredged in the early 20th century.[1] In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides by prominences of land. Examples of natural harbors include Sydney Harbour, Australia and Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka.

Since “downtown” usually means a highly-developed area, there’s a 50/50 chance that they’ll even be near a body of water - and if they are, the coastal areas are possibly also developed into harbours/wharves because water transportation of goods is economically efficient. Under these constraints, a beach would be a stretch of un- or under-developed coastline that doesn’t generate as much revenue for the taxable area it’s connected to compared to a harbour.

Frequently, beaches generate revenue under the auspices of tourism, which means that the area would be cultivated accordingly - esplanades, or promenades, are a popular choice, and often grow near a harbor as a natural extension of a money-generating area. Seaside resorts are a closely-related cousin of esplanades, and sometimes have the focus of being a retreat.

Many of the beaches I’ve been to that have high-rises in the background are either those of hotels - who might own the beach property adjacent to their building(s) - or those of businesses. Idyllic beachfront properties that have a low overall skyline can be low-populated areas (which usually mean drawing a low-income from tourism), protected areas of varying degrees, unsafe for people to play in, or are owned by people in the immediate residential areas and thus private property.

Artificially-constructed beaches, as Synth mentioned, are possible but often costly because of the amount of effort and material that needs to be brought in. Those who build such things need to consider the possible costs and revenue of a beach compared to a harbor, and whether it would be financially beneficial for the area to convert it.

Highly-developed areas like city centers carry the risk of polluting the nearby environment, as evidenced by the history of:

The Nashua River in the US

The Ganges River of the Indian subcontinent

The Citarum River in Indonesia

The Yellow River in China

The Sarno River in Italy

The Matanza River of Argentina

The Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”

The Kamilo Beach of Hawai’i

Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bajos de Haina in the Dominican Republic

Hann Bay in Senegal

Your beta and writing friend do, unfortunately, have a point - downtown beaches are rarely a thing, and if they are then they’re not likely to be very well-maintained or aesthetically-pleasing. It is possible to have one, if they follow the model that Synth mentioned, but it’s usually expensive, time-consuming, difficult to keep sufficiently clean, and their existence needs to be balanced against the current revenue-generating area that is probably a harbour.

If the society you’re worldbuilding settles a coastal area with the intent to preserve the coast and develop it into a beach, you have a good shot of putting one into your story, but harbours are disinclined in many ways to be replaced by a beach.

Constablewrites: Our idea of the beach as a pleasant leisure destination seems to have started with the English upper classes in the 1700s, and expanded as the growth of the middle class and advances in travel technology made tourism accessible to a larger population. And the business district of a city is built on commerce, which in our world heavily involves shipping. So if the city was developed before industrialization, its planners were far more likely to look at a beach and think “what a terrible place to unload a ship, we should fix that” than “oh, how pretty, people might come here to relax.” Plus, “downtown” generally refers to an area of only a few square miles at most where real estate is in high demand, so any stretch of open land is unlikely to remain open for long.

Now, because today we do value beaches as pleasant leisure destinations, it’s entirely possible that a city might create an artificial beach along its coast. River beaches are also a thing in several European cities, and many of them are temporary summer installations made with imported sand. And though they’re unlikely to be strictly in the downtown area, you can indeed find beaches in highly urbanized areas like in Miami, Vancouver, and frankly most of Southern California but let’s specifically say Santa Monica. But a city developing organically isn’t going to have a beach unless there’s significant incentive to designate and maintain one instead of using that land for something more lucrative. And unless the city was founded and built specifically around tourism, a beach is always going to be in addition to a city’s harbor, never in place of it. (Hell, even then. Cruise ships were one of the earliest and still an extremely popular method of tourism, and even if your tourists want to see the beach, they’re not getting to it without a harbor.)

Feral: Downtowns may be on waterfronts, but as previously pointed out, downtowns are generally not going to be developed on naturally occurring beaches, here being the sandy, ocean front stretches of land. Tex and Constable bring up great points about economic incentive, but also consider the physical constraints of what can be built on the beach - I think Jesus had something to say about building castles on sand, and as the son of a carpenter, I think he would know. In the States, Chicago and Charleston come to mind as being particularly relevant to your query.

Chicago is on Lake Michigan, which does have a sandy beach that is somewhat removed from downtown by various parks and smaller scale infrastructure. Downtown Charleston is a peninsula formed by the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers where they join to flow into the ocean, creating a small bay. The beaches associated with Charleston are actually on the nearby islands, not downtown Charleston, which has piers, wharfs, etc, as expected in a city founded by pirates.

A lot of the question of whether you can feasibly “build” a downtown on a beach is how built - literally - up you want it to be. The incredible innovation that went into building Chicago’s downtown, particularly its high rises and skyscrapers, is pretty well known in a general sense but you might want to look into how they were able to accomplish what they have given the very difficult topography. Charleston has no skyscrapers. In addition to the unstable, sandy soil, building in Charleston is made more unstable by being in an earthquake prone area. The big issues with downtowns being on traditional sandy beaches are the quality of the soil and bedrock and the question of erosion, which is a greater issue when dealing with ocean currents and tides.

Basically, it’s not impossible for a downtown area to have a beach, but given the issues that beaches present to building a downtown and the economic influences of why there would or would not be a beach, it’s unlikely without a lot of story behind it. And as you’re writing a story… that might be worthwhile to you. Or it might be a distraction from the story you really want to tell.

#pylons #beaches #Anonymous

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Films in 2019

It’s been a while again. Maybe I should make this review-thing a monthly thing LOL. My current count is at 33/150 for 2019, 18 out of 33 seen in theatre.

filmpage - filmlist - suggest a film

CAN CONTAIN SPOILERS. ( I review Endgame in this post, there are Endgame spoilers in this so don’t read, if you haven’t seen it yet.)

Hidden Figures (2016)

streamed on Amazon Prime Germany production country: USA OV: english seen version: OV Starring: Taraji B. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe Director: Theodore Melfi Plot summary: The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

Review: 99ct Prime Deal movie. So glad it was on the list of the deals, because I’ve been dying to see this one ever since it came out. But as always I had no one to watch it with and I waited a little too long.

Finally saw it and what can I say - I loved it very much. What a great and important movie.

My favourite part is probably where Janelle Monáe’s character fights for her right in court aspiring to be the first african-american woman to attend a white school in order to get higher education to qualify for a better position. LOVED IT. She slayed. Rating: 4/5

The Big Short (2015)

streamed on Amazon Prime Germany production country: USA OV: english seen version: german Starring: Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell Director: Adam McKay Plot summary: In 2006-7 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Review: 99ct Prime Deal movie number 3. I was a huge fan of Vice so I really needed to see this one.

To be honest this one was a bit harder to understand, because you have to have a little knowledge about economics and how they work - esp. on Wall Street. I mean, I took an A-Level class in Social Sciences and Economics so it was okay for me, even though I didn’t fully understand everything, but I just put it into context. They try to explain it in an easy way, but just make sure to pay attention :)

Shocking reveal of the real estate market and how things went downhill in 2007 causing the global financial crisis that affected my family in a really bad way.

Though I have to say it didn’t involve me as much as Vice, I felt like it was a little bit like chewing gum in between the scenes. Maybe I had to watch it in theatre to love it as much as I love Vice. Rating: 3,5/5

Spotlight (2015)

streamed on Amazon Prime Germany production country: USA OV: english seen version: german Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams Director: Tom McCarthy Plot summary: The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Review: 99ct Prime Deal movie number 4. Hands down - THE BEST out of all of them.

What a movie. Very emotional, very dramatic, very captivating, very important.

I have nothing more to say except for: WATCH IT IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY. What a shame that it took me so long to actually see it. Outstanding cast, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams are killing it! Rating: 5/5

Serenity (2019)

seen in theatre production country: USA OV: english seen version: german Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke Director: Steven Knight Plot summary: A fishing boat captain (McConaughey) juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems.

Review: #sneakmonday movie. I was hoping they’d sneak it and I was so happy when they did, even though this movie kinda was a let down considering the cast of the movie.

It was a decent movie with decent acting, liked McConaughey and Clarke in it, Hathaway (even though I love her very much) didn’t deliver her best performance here.

I liked the plot twist mid-through the movie that made you rethink the entire thing. It was a little too surreal for me though. I’ve seen worse but I’ve also seen a lot better than this. Rating: 2,5/5

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

streamed on Netflix Germany production country: USA OV: english seen version: OV Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman Director: Roland Emmerich Plot summary: Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?

Review: This never happened to me before. In one of my previous review post I reviewed ‘Independence Day’ and I didn’t like it that much. Now THIS ONE, the sequel, IS SOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER! I freaking LOVED it.

I really don’t know if it’s the new CGI (which is obviously 10000 times better than in the 1996 version) or the storyline or whatever it is - it’s way better than the first one. It really caught my attention and I just love Jeff Goldblum - he’s such a class act. Rating: 4/5

Greta (2019)

seen in theatre production country: USA / Ireland OV: english seen version: german Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe Director: Neil Jordan Plot summary: A young woman (Moretz) befriends a lonely widow (Huppert) who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.

Review: #sneakmonday movie.

Can I just say I really love obsessive lover/stalker movies?! I know I’m weird and it’s nothing you should fancy, but the movies about this topic always get me. They keep me on the edge and sunken in my seat until the movie’s over.

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie, I thought it was really good most of the time - also something I haven’t seen before. The performances by Huppert and Moretz are really convincing.

It just really lacks in some of the decisions Moretz character makes. Sometimes it drifts off into a B-Lister movie, which this clearly shouldn’t be, but the lines and decisions of the character make it seem like a weird thriller horror thing. No one is really that stupid, but they wrote her character that naive. I didn’t like that.

But all in all it’s a good one, I enjoyed it very much. Rating: 3,5/5

The Collini Case / Der Fall Collini (2019)

seen in theatre production country: Germany OV: german / italian seen version: OV Starring: Elyas M’Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Franco Nero Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner Plot summary: A young lawyer (M’Barek) stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.

Review: #sneakmonday movie. This is a german movie.

Elyas M’Barek is usually a comedy-actor. A little bit like Jennifer Aniston but as a male and in german. I never saw him as a guy who’d play a serious role. But here we go and I was pleasantly surprised by his performance. Never thought he’d do this good.

Interesting story, very captivating and not too revealing. It takes quite a while until the movie really lifts off and the storyline begins to paint a picture and you understand what’s going on, but the reveal is very tragic and very emotional. I loved the screenplay and also the cinematography in certain points.

But whoever directed the music in this movie, please reconsider your job. It was a disaster, really. The score itself was good, but the usage was so out of place most of the times, it bothered me SO MUCH.

German produced movies try to be so much like Hollywood Blockbusters, but they’re not and this is another example for it. But it’s one of the better ones. Rating: 4/5

The Perfect Date (2019)

streamed on Netflix Germany production country: USA OV: english seen version: OV Starring: Noah Centineo, Laura Marano Director: Chris Nelson Plot summary: To save up for college, Brooks Rattigan (Centineo) creates an app where anyone can pay him to play the perfect stand-in boyfriend for any occasion.

Review: I don’t know what I was expecting from a Netflix RomCom, but this kinda let me down yet again (just like ‘Isn’t it romantic?’).

It was okay and kinda cute in some places, but nothing fancy and a lack of entertainment for me. Overall it was okay and it’s a movie to watch before you go to sleep or when you’re sick. Rating: 3/5

Overdrive (2017)

streamed on Sky Cinema Germany production country: France / Belgium / USA OV: english / french seen version: OV Starring: Scott Eastwood, Freddie Thorp, Ana de Armas Director: Antonio Negret Plot summary: Two car thief brothers (Eastwood, Thorp), who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.

Review: I literally just watched this for Scott Eastwood LOL. It’s such a cringe movie, I just couldn’t.

I know Scott can do better than this. The character-writing was so damn flat and so was the entire screenplay. I’m not a huge Fast & Furious Fan, maybe this movie is for people who love those movies - at least you get to see some really nice cars.

But really, this is such a cringe movie. My rating is for Scott (because DAMN) and the beautiful (!!!!!!) landscape cinematography of South France! Rating: 2,5/5

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

seen in theatre (soon thrice) production country: USA OV: english seen version: german (soon OV) Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin AND SO MANY MORE. Director: Joe and Anthony Russo Plot summary: After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe.

Review: ... here we go.

I went to see it on the first screening of the day when it came out over here in Germany. I know Europe was blessed with being two days ahead of the US. I literally cried for 3 hours. The entire 3 hours OKAY. Sitting through the credits because I couldn’t believe what I just saw.

It took me a few days to completely understand what I had watched.

There are so many things wrong with this movie, but also so many good things about this movie I JUST DON’T KNOW.

When I went to see it the second time I liked it a LOT better and with every day and every clip I see and listening to the score more and more I grow to love this movie more.

And against the mainly common opinion in disliking the ending of this movie, I loved it - even though it may makes no sense in a scientific way. Hate me all you want, but you can read HERE why I loved Steve’s ending, Becka wrote a beautiful piece.

Also Tony Stark. Let’s talk about Tony Stark. What is there left to say though? His actions speak louder than words. He basically did ALL OF IT for PETER FREAKING PARKER. How beautiful. He did it for him, because he missed him, because he couldn’t live with the thought of losing him. And sacrificing himself for Peter, for the rest of the Avengers, for the entire universe, WHAT A MOVE.

Now let’s move on to Natasha Romanoff, because she doesn’t get enough credit. First female Avenger, the glue, heart and soul of the Avengers, the mom that held everything together, that kept the world a safe place after the snap and Thanos being dead in 2023 like. She still cared, she cared about her family (the original 6 more than anyone else really) and she kept looking for Clint (DON’T GET ME STARTED ON CLINTASHA) and.. I just.. and then she sacrificed herself and her life, for her family. FOR THEM. FOR LOVE. FOR CLINT. SO THEY COULD SEE THE SUN AGAIN (to put it in Loki’s words). I JUST....

It started with Tony and Nat and it ended with Tony and Nat and I just... I just can’t. Literally I CAN’T. Still not over it.

P.S. America’s ass. Rating: 4/5

Fighting With My Family (2019)

seen in theatre production country: UK / USA OV: english seen version: german Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Florence Pugh, Vince Vaughn Director: Stephen Merchant Plot summary: A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.

Review: #sneakmonday movie. Based on a true story. I had no expectations, really. I gotta say, I’m not into Wrestling AT ALL. And I don’t really want to be. So this was a bummer for me.

But nonetheless this is a cute family movie. The bond between the siblings and the entire family is really beautiful to see and so is the character development of Paige’s brother Zak.

Also the interaction with all these kids learning how to wrestle is really just beautiful. Kids from all ages, different backgrounds, different identities, sizes and also a blind kid - they all come together and become friends through Wrestling. That’s really beautiful.

It’s just not my cup of tea, because of the Wrestling topic. It’s a decent movie though. Rating: 2,5/5

Journal 64 (2019)

seen in theatre production country: Denmark / Germany OV: danish / arabic / spanish / german seen version: german Starring: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt Director: Christoffer Boe Plot summary: A series of mysterious disappearances in 2006 are eerily connected to the same institution.

Review: #sneakmonday movie. Based on a crime thriller by Jussi Adler-Olson.

Scandinavian films are so good, really. They are SO DAMN GOOD. Especially crime thrillers - they’re just really good at not only writing them as books but also making them into movies and TV shows. I don’t know how they do it. Norwegian/Swedish/Danish crime thrillers are kinda dark most of the times, this one had a nice comedic effect, though, because the main character is a blatantly honest person and drops a lot of bricks, but is still a very charismatic character.

Really liked this one. Very dramatic story, there should be a trigger warning though (tw: rape / tw: abuse / tw: abortion). So keep that in mind, if you decide to watch it.

Rating: 4/5

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Welcome and thanks for your interest and taking the time to check out this amazing condo conversion.

We are proud to have represented the sale of 89 Central Ave to Wollaston Real Estate Investments. We are thrilled to be able to represent the sales of these three luxury gut-renovated condos for sale on behalf of W.R.E.I.

89 Central Ave is a transformation of a dilapidated three family that has been adapted for reuse into three lux condos by Wollaston Real Estate Investments. In there mission to complete this project WREI has invested blood, sweat and tears by investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into this and has overseen tens of thousands of labor hours. The dedication, hard work and commitment over the past fifteen months is staggering. W.R.E.I believe in saving existing buildings, renovating and updating the existing structure and making them more suitable for today’s lifestyles. They believe they are providing a tremendous value to the future owners, the neighborhoods and the cities they work in. Their renovations, designs and finishes are breaking the mold in markets like Chelsea. They believe in providing a finished product with high-level design and finish work for affordable price compared to other neighboring communities that are within a 5 mile radius. They believe in providing more “bang for the buck.”

Well, the proof is in the pudding as they say and we are nearing completion in the next 30-60 days and we are including some current pictures, floor plans and renderings. We will have a full set of pictures and a video of the completion.

Please visit www.89centralave.com and http://www.WollastonREI.com for more info pics and to follow Wollaston Real Estate Investments on this project, past projects and future projects.

Here are some photos of 89 Central Ave unit #3 and the current MLS listing. the floorplan, rendering and more. Stay tuned for updates over the next several weeks! Units #2 and #3 will hit the market in the coming weeks when the property has been fully completed, cleaned and staged.

Units #1 is a 2 bed, 2 bath and the asking price is $519,000. Unit #1 is very high off of the ground in the front of the home and there is a common yard in the back of the home. There is a raised and dedicated covered space in the back of the home for exclusive use for unit #1.

Unit #2 is a 2 bed, 2 bath plus a den. Garage Parking and a balcony are included. The list price is $540,000.

Unit #3 is a 2 bed, 2 bath plus a den. Garage Parking and a balcony are included. The list price is $540,000.

There will be three dedicated storage spaces in the large basement and many more details to come.

More details to come soon!

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3 lux condos for sale in Chelsea with 2 beds, 2 baths, dens, balconies and garage parking.

For showings email [email protected] or text 781-201-9488 http://www.bostonjeff.com

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MLS # 72649269 – Active Condo – 2/3 Family

89 Central Ave – Unit 3 Chelsea, MA 02150 Suffolk County

List Price: $550,000

Unit Placement: Top/Penthouse Total Rooms: 7 Unit Level: 3 Bedrooms: 3 Grade School: Bathrooms: 2f 0h Middle School: Master Bath: Yes High School: Fireplaces: 0 Outdoor Space Available: Yes – Private Handicap Access/Features: No Directions: Eastern Ave to Central Ave

Remarks

This sun filled two bed, two bath+(den) penthouse features deeded garage parking, gorgeous finishes, wide plank floors, recessed lighting, a NEST thermostat that controls the Central Heat and A/C and in unit laundry hookups. The kitchens come with Samsung s/s appliances, Arctic White Quartz countertops, Oxford cabinetry, designer lighting and a large island for entertaining. The master offers a generous ensuite bathroom with high end finishes and Porcelanosa tile imported from Spain. The second bedroom is generously sized and the guest bathroom maintains luxurious fixtures and Porcelanosa tile. Off the living space behind barn doors is a den with a private balcony for entertaining and relaxing. Located just a few blocks from the new Silver Line station for an easy commute to and from Boston. Renovations are scheduled to be completed within 30 days. There are three condos for sale here, so don’t miss out. Schedule an appointment today. More pictures and video to come as completion near.

Property Information

Approx. Living Area: 1,040 Sq. Ft. ($528.85/Sq. Ft.) Approx. Acres: Garage Spaces: 1 Detached, Garage Door Opener, Deeded, Assigned Living Area Includes: Heat Zones: 1 Central Heat, Forced Air, Gas, Individual, Unit Control Parking Spaces: 0 Off-Street, On Street Permit, Assigned, Deeded, Improved Driveway, Paved Driveway, Exclusive Parking Living Area Source: Unit Floor Plan Cool Zones: 1 Central Air, Individual, Unit Control Levels in Unit: 1 Living Area Disclosures: Disclosures: Condo fees, Square footages, condo docs, bylaws, master deed all subject to change and all information must be verified and broker is not responsible for any discrepancies. Buyer and their attorney/agent to do their diligence.

Complex & Association Information

Complex Name: Units in Complex: 3 Complete: No Units Owner Occupied: Source: Association: Yes Fee: $250 Monthly Assoc. Fee Inclds:

Electric, Master Insurance, Exterior Maintenance, Landscaping, Snow Removal, Refuse Removal, Reserve Funds

Special Assessments:

Room Levels, Dimensions and Features

Room Level Size Features

Living Room:

3 12X15 Flooring – Hardwood, Cable Hookup, Recessed Lighting, Remodeled Kitchen: 3 11X11 Closet, Flooring – Hardwood, Pantry, Countertops – Stone/Granite/Solid, Countertops – Upgraded, Kitchen Island, Cabinets – Upgraded, Open Floor Plan, Recessed Lighting, Stainless Steel Appliances, Gas Stove, Lighting – Overhead Master Bedroom: 3 14X10 Bathroom – Full, Bathroom – Double Vanity/Sink, Closet – Walk-in, Closet, Flooring – Hardwood, Cable Hookup, Lighting – Overhead Bedroom 2: 3 11X10 Closet, Flooring – Hardwood, Cable Hookup Bath 1: 3 9X10 Bathroom – Full, Bathroom – Tiled With Shower Stall, Flooring – Stone/Ceramic Tile, Countertops – Upgraded, Cabinets – Upgraded, Remodeled Bath 2: 3 10X7 Bathroom – Full, Bathroom – Tiled With Tub & Shower, Flooring – Stone/Ceramic Tile, Cabinets – Upgraded, Remodeled Laundry: 3 4X5 Closet, Dryer Hookup – Electric, Washer Hookup Den: 3 9X9 Balcony / Deck

Features

Area Amenities: Public Transportation, Shopping, Park, Medical Facility, Bike Path, Conservation Area, Highway Access, House of Worship, Marina, Public School, T-Station, University Appliances: Range, Dishwasher, Disposal, Microwave, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer Association Pool: No Assoc. Security: Intercom Basement: Yes Full Beach: No Construction: Frame Electric Features: 200 Amps Energy Features: Insulated Windows, Insulated Doors, Prog. Thermostat Exterior: Vinyl, Shake Exterior Features: Covered Patio/Deck Flooring: Tile, Hardwood Hot Water: Natural Gas Insulation Features: Full, Mixed Interior Features: Cable Available, Intercom, Internet Available – Broadband Management: Developer Control, Owner Association Pets Allowed: Yes Restrictions: Smoking – In Common Areas, Smoking – In Units Roof Material: Rubber Sewer Utilities: City/Town Sewer Water Utilities: City/Town Water Terms: Contract for Deed Utility Connections: for Gas Range, for Electric Range, for Electric Dryer, Washer Hookup, Icemaker Connection Waterfront: No Water View: No

Other Property Info

Adult Community: No Elevator: No Disclosure Declaration: No Exclusions: Laundry Features: In Building, In Unit Lead Paint: None UFFI: No Warranty Features: Yes Year Built/Converted: 1920/2020 Year Built Source: Public Record Year Built Desc: Approximate Year Round: Yes Short Sale w/Lndr. App. Req: No Lender Owned: No

Tax Information

Pin #: Assessed: $999,999 Tax: $9,999 Tax Year: 2020 Book: 999999 Page: 99999 Cert: Zoning Code: r2 Map: Block: Lot:

Office/Agent Information

Office: Boston Harbor Real Estate

(617) 418-5335 Agent: Jeffrey Bowen

(781) 201-9488

89 Central Ave Chelsea, MA. 3 luxury gut renovated condos for sale. Welcome and thanks for your interest and taking the time to check out this amazing condo conversion.

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