We’re Creating Precedents – Albert & Michael – Saba Island Properties
Since 10 – 10 – 10 (October 10, 2010), Saba has been a special municipality of The Netherlands. New precedents and changes have been occurring – solar farming, improvements to the airport, roads, education, health care, housing, prospects of a new harbor+++
It’s perfectly understandable that some people welcome the changes, and others are resistant, feeling they will continue to live as they like
on their beautiful treasure of an island.
We follow the laws set by the government and public notaries while setting precedents:
‘a rule or principle that sets a standard, becoming an example that often will affect future choices.’
If you apply precedent to yourself, it means you can do something new and robust, where your work and your voice have ethics and good taste that helps enhance people and things.
Two precedents
1. We sold a home. The deposit was in escrow with the notary, everything set for closing. Two weeks before the final date, the buyer canceled the sale and wanted the money back without reason. Rental income on the property had been lost to the owner during this time, and
other buyers turned away.
We consulted our lawyer, an expert on BES laws (Bonaire, Statia, and Saba), and we were right not to return the deposit. The owner of the property sued and won the case and we received our commission.
A precedent was set on Saba, and the absurd idea that because we are a small island certain international laws should not apply was buried forever.
2. For another sale, we found a buyer, money was accepted with the notary, and the owner said (after several years of representing them), we were not owed a fee because we had no contract. The owner went behind our backs and contacted the buyer to sell directly to them and cut us out.
Back we went to the lawyer and court with a judge and lots of documentation proving our contract. We won our fee, sold the home, and lived through the slander and deceit.
Truth and ethics matter
Why shouldn’t people be precedent leaders, setting standards that make a difference in life and community and the work you do, encouraging people not to back down from justice?
We are immensely proud of our work helping people learn about living on Saba – finding a home, land, a historic cottage, or a Villa estate.
People work with us because they know we’re fair, hard-working, and out to protect their interests.
We love our work and thank many people on Saba and worldwide who trust our work.
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Emails: Albert@sabaislandproperties.com or Michael@sabaislandproperties.com
Why People Choose to Work with Us
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Michael’s writing is published at Arianna Huffington’s – Thrive Global, The Huffington Post,
Medium, Maria Shriver’s Website, LinkedIn, Michael Port, The Fordyce Letter, Mélange Magazine and others.
Along with this international monthly Blog Michael publishes daily on his coaching website – Commit2Change.
Michael Feeley
Michael Feeley, Life Coach:
www.michaelfeeleylifecoach.com
Why Saba?
After 40+ years in New York City, I leaped out of the rat race of corporate America, leaving behind the stress and competition that was wasting me, to rediscover what really matters.
We searched the world for a new home — the Azores, the Maldives, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Malta, the Caribbean — and by pure luck, found Saba.
Saba gives me peace, joy, freedom, and a community where I belong. People here live free and open, respected, in the heart of deep nature and incredible beauty. It changed everything.
The work we do lets us care about people — helping them find a home with real empathy for their needs and dreams. It's an emotional investment: to listen, to understand. Work that matters. Work we're proud of.
Maybe you have that same yearning. For a better way to live. A place where you feel at home with yourself and the world.
Maybe you're looking for a vacation spot — unique, unknown, crowd-less, safe, friendly. Hello, Saba.
Maybe you're already hooked — booking your favorite room, renting your favorite cottage or villa, coming back year after year.
Or maybe Saba has you dreaming bigger — a lasting, personal connection to this exclusive island. A home that's yours.
Email me, and let's find out exactly what you're looking for. Let's turn those thoughts and wishes into reality.
I look forward to saying, one day: "Welcome home." Be it for a week, or a lifetime.
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*Yes, it's true. I was a professional actor, singer, model (actually working) in New York City and noted theatres throughout the United States: The Actors Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Syracuse Stage, Elitch Gardens, Ogunquit Playhouse - working with John Raitt, Howard Keel, Allan Jones, Howard Da Silva, Tovah Feldshuh, Bobby Van, Ford Models.
(I even sang for President Jimmy Carter).
I transitioned from acting into the travel industry and later, working as a headhunter for over 20 years in NYC with: The Marriott Corporation, Jones Dairy Farm, Cotton Incorporated, The New York Post, Spike Lee DDB, MetLife, Sullivan & Cromwell, Peter Marino Architect, Reliance National Insurance, Black Rock Financial, Parachute Publishing, Burberry, Asprey Jewelry, The Hunger Project, Macklowe Real Estate.
I had the honor to be a coach for Seth Godin's Akimbo Workshop and I'm also a certified Career and Life Coach, working with all kinds of people around the globe: creatives - human resources professionals - executives - artists - musicians - gardeners - college deans and teachers - doctors - hotel owners - computer wizards - other coaches... helping them create the change they want in their work and lives; to do better, to be happier and even discover what they really want to do with their lives.
Please take a look at my Coaching website and see how I can be useful to you:
www.michaelfeeleylifecoach.com
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Please buy a copy of my Award Winning Book at Amazon:
The Next Act – A Complete Guide to Career Change, Professional Reinvention, and Finding Work That Matters.
https://www.amazon.fr/Next-Act-Complete-Professional-Reinvention/dp/B0F298J8N3
I'm also proud to have my writings about real estate and coaching published at: Thrive Global - The Huffington Post - Maria Shriver - Michael Port - The Fordyce Letter - LinkedIn - Medium and others.
You can email me: Michael@sabaislandproperties.com
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