Frenchmans Bay (Charlotte Amalie, VI)
By Tanya Van Blake-Coleman, Improving the Quality of Your Life
(Van Blake-Coleman Realty, St. Thomas/www.talk-to-Tanya.com)
Wednesdays are traditionally the day for open houses on St. Thomas. They are open mainly to brokers and agents. Although you are not prohibited from bringing your customer. Today there were a total of six open houses. I started out with the thought of trying to identify the best buy, but it really depends on your needs. The first home was in Frenchman's Bay. A duplex, two, 2 bedrooms 2 baths, mirror images of each other with a 1 bedroom apartment downstairs, nicely renovated, garage and a private beach. As an income investment you could probably generate $6000 a month by renting out all three units, which could go a fair distance on helping to pay the mortgage on the $1.35 million asking price depending on how much you put down. Just next door was a townhouse that had been renovated to ...
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By Tanya Van Blake-Coleman, Improving the Quality of Your Life
(Van Blake-Coleman Realty, St. Thomas/www.talk-to-Tanya.com)
  It's four in the afternoon on the Harbor of Charlotte Amalie, in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Happy hour at Frenchman's Cove, a newer timeshare subdivision of the Marriott Hotel, in Frenchman's Bay is featuring St. Thomas' hot new groups, two for one drinks, breath taking scenery, happy tourist, a few local folks and lots of sunshine of more than one kind.  I was invited by friends, who I have been working with to find an investment property. Their daughter is the vocalist for Liquid Sunshine. When my business partner and I arrived, they were sitting at a table just outside of the bar in front of the band.  We had just picked up a new listing of a great lot with a stunning view in Mahogany Run and looked at a condo on the East end of the island that is in the process of bei...
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