Consulting
Feasibility Analysis
A thorough and objective report evaluating the potential success of a resort project from both market demand and financial performance perspectives. Contents are based on extensive field work. Includes a comprehensive report (± 250 pages) containing wide range of conclusions and recommendations, full supporting documentation, and a pro forma cash flow analysis addressing appropriate variables relating to costs and revenues. Recommends on: go or no-go recommendation; product mix; number of units; bedroom configuration and floor areas; size of share; use plan/reservation system; pricing; sales pace; amenities, services and owner benefits; consumer profile; market depth and market area; estimated financial performance; sales volume; product costs; operating costs; before-tax profit; implementation scenarios.
Transactional Expertise
On average, each principal at Ragatz Resort Realty has more than 20 years of expertise in his/her respective real estate discipline. Utilizing this considerable expertise and our extensive industry relationships, we are able to uncover unique market opportunities. And by leveraging team competencies in market analysis, project feasibility, and ultimately in every step of the purchase and sale process, we help identify and even create value in a distressed resort real estate market.
Sales & Marketing
With emphasis on resort real estate and mixed used communities, we can provide recommendations for project positioning, marketing and sales strategies, exchange, and in appropriate situations on-site, full-service teams for sales, marketing and property management.
Finance
Ragatz Resorts Realty is in constant contact with the primary principals influential in resort real estate markets. From investment bankers, to private equity groups, to angel investors, to commercial banks, we know the desires and investing parameters of hundreds of resort financiers. We evaluate projects, help determine possible finance structures and scour our contact base for the right financiers that will have the appetite for your project.
If your resort project is underway, and you need financial restructuring, we can help as well. We can provide the necessary analysis to help tell your story to the financing community.
Legal
Having structured or analyzed nearly every type of resort, hospitality and mixed use project in the marketplace today, our team appreciates the various nuances associated with disparate legal structures, as well as the myriad of regulatory hurdles facing today's projects. As such, we can help buyers and sellers avoid costly and time-consuming mistakes. We can also make recommendations regarding the most appropriate legal structures available to achieve your intended purpose, and help you find accomplished legal counsel to put the most complimentary structure in place.