A Snapshot of Success

GRAYTON PARK APARTMENTS - More than just a living space, Rent A Life Style!

2010-11-11T14:41:00.000-08:00

Grayton Park Apartments is now accepting applications for the sophisticated tenant. This premier private gated community located in the fine surroundings of Rouge Park. Rolling hills and manicured lawns that showcase the beauty of our community. The idea behind Grayton Park Apartments is to provide its residents with a scenic and calm atmosphere for the quiet enjoyment of positive individuals who enjoy the finer things in life.

Since Mich Alta Management has taken over the development the tenants are raving fans. With more to come in the coming weeks it's no surprise that the phones are ringing. With planned improvements scheduled for installation such as FREE Wi-Fi and FREE Cable television we are creating a cafe / lodging type experience known only to the finer hotels in this core. 24 hour camera surveillance insures that their is always someone watching the community for the safety of its members.

Come join our community and see the difference, experience the lifestyle! Call or send a text message to 248-906-8597

The Whitney Arms Apartments

2010-11-02T05:05:00.000-07:00

Staying focused and moving forward with construction. The agenda dictates that time is of the essence. Right now Mich Alta is in the bleeding stage. Swallowing the bullet and tackling years of deferred maintenance can be a daunting task. Fortunately we have the leadership of Parry Saroya who rehabs apartment buildings and builds Nuclear Power Plants in his sleep. Waking up to the challenge at 4:30 AM each morning is the only way champions kick ass in the real estate game. The Whitney Arms is no different. Take a look at our before pictures as we take you on our adventures step by step.

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Sustainable & Responsible Growth, Parry Saroya

2010-10-07T04:49:00.000-07:00

Defined by diversity, Mich Alta serves the community in which we do business. It’s no wonder that community organizations are inspired by our commanding presence in the hearts and minds of the people who matter most. Our grass roots approach to revitalizing the community one door at a time is evidenced by our investment in the community.

Rather than participating in the destructive investment practice referred to as “slash and burn” for short term gains, Mich Alta is here to make a difference. With hundreds of thousands of dollars paid in property taxes in addition to millions of dollars invested in acquisition costs we are here to provide affordable housing with the help of community organizations that want to make a difference. Mich Alta understands that economic and community development is not a sprint. It’s a marathon!

By utilizing strategic partnerships with government bodies and community organizations that specialize in advancing affordable housing initiatives we want to work with any organization that wants to join the ranks of our mission to make a positive impact.

Strategy

Focused on positive high impact investment strategies that create a conducive environment for non profit organizations with special and affordable housing needs for the communities in which they serve the public. With over 700 houses in Mich Alta’s portfolio that covers most major metropolitan areas throughout the Midwest we are determined to help thousands families achieve home ownership through our strategic partnerships all over the United States.

By working to address the affordability challenge, Mich Alta is committed to creating opportunities for prospective home owners that have completed the Michigan State Housing Development Authorities requirements for the Mortgage Credit Certificate and Home Buyer Counseling Program and others like it. This in conjunction with several other programs offered through all levels of government designed to help individuals achieve home ownership is how Mich Alta will drive tomorrows’ real estate market to recovery.

Most Important Strengths and Core Competencies:

Mich Alta is backed by its’ parent company Cal Alta. With over ten million dollars in assets liquidity is our most important strength as a real estate investment firm. Our core competency is experience. With over 20 years of growth in landmark developments ranging from commercial, industrial, residential and multi residential projects not only in North America but around the world we have what it takes to take on most challenges in just about any market.

Strength is not measured through its success alone. It is in large based on the process that allowed the success to occur. We firmly believe this to be vital to our success as evidenced by our network which ultimately has created our net worth. Working within the web of the private and public sector has its own challenges. It’s our ability to identify these challenges and create the solutions that are mutually beneficial that establish our most important strengths at the core of our competency in business.

Long Term Initiatives:

Responsible neighborhood stabilization can only be accomplished by giving neighborhood residents an opportunity to sit at the table while fabricating our investment strategy. We have already begun to do this through our community outreach initiatives through local churches and nonprofit organizations that specialize in Home Buyer Counseling. Our core long term initiatives are as follows:

Do Better than Business as Usual; In order to stabilize the community we need the involvement of all key players that are willing to work with us on a massive scale to establish sustainable and responsible solutions that provide an opportunity for residents to have an active role in learning about home ownership and having a voice in how their new home and revitalized neighborhood will be improved upon.

Create More Than a “One Size Fits All” Solution; In the real world many of the programs and public funding requirements are not practical and therefore we need the participation of law makers that are willing to make the tough decisions to get involved and fight for the people that need it most. Often times citizens are under represented at the table when these decisions were first passed into law.

Put the PEOPLE FIRST; Our strategy is designed to minimize the negative impact of community redevelopment and maximize the opportunities created by our activity in the communities in which we do business. Education, is more than just handing a pamphlet to a potential home owner and telling them to read it. Seeing to it that they understand the importance and urgency of their involvement in the community is the only way to ensure that residents have a place at the table where decisions are made as to how their community will be redeveloped. Purchasing a home is much more than just making a monthly payment. To ensure sustainable growth and responsible homeownership we have to educate them on the importance of home maintenance, fiscal responsibility and all of the public resources that they may possible tap into to make it and keep it affordable. Low income families working with responsible community organizations are the building blocks to the foundation of sustainable growth. Learning the lessons of the foreclosure crisis and applying that knowledge is the key to tomorrows recovery one door, one family at a time.

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2010-05-19T03:57:00.000-07:00

Charles F. Haanel (May 22, 1866 - November 27, 1949)

Regarded by many as the "Father of Personal Development", Charles F. Haanel is the author of the book The Master Key System as well as other books about improving the human condition. While he was (and is) an influential person, writer, and business man, not many people know who he was or the impact he had.

Biography of Charles F. Haanel

Charles F. Haanel is largely associated with the business interests of the city, being affiliated with a number of enterprises of acknowledged financial worth. Beside being president of the Continental Commercial Company he is also president of the Sacramento Valley Improvement Company and president of the Mexico Gold & Silver Mining Company. Mr. Haanel is in every sense of the word a self-made man, having risen in the commercial world to his present station of worth and prominence by the utilization of his own natural resources.

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 22, 1866, he is the son of Hugo and Emeline (Fox) Haanel, who removed with him to St. Louis when he was in early childhood. He initiated himself into the business world as an office boy for the National Enameling & Stamping Company. For this company he worked for a period of fifteen years.

Finally he resigned his position with this firm and being ambitious to rise higher in the financial world, he conceived the idea of organizing a company for the purpose of promoting an enterprise. At that time, the vicinity of Tehuantepec, Mexico was reputed as being especially adapted to the growth of sugar and coffee. He succeeded in convincing a number of capitalists of the feasibility of taking up land in that section of the country and working a plantation. The land was purchased and the company organized to engage in the raising of sugar and coffee. Of this company he was made president.

The plantation was successful from the beginning and soon became an enterprise of considerable financial worth. This was organized in 1898 and in 1905 Mr. Haanel organized the Continental Commercial Company, which was consolidated with the other company and also absorbed six additional companies. It is now operating under the name of the Continental Commercial Company with Mr. Haanel as president. It is capitalized for two million five hundred thousand dollars, and is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Mr. Haanel has by no means confined his efforts to these lines, however, but has extended his labors to other enterprises with which he is associated in a prominent capacity. He was one of the organizers of the Sacramento Valley Improvement Company and from the beginning has been its president. Since its inception the company has enjoyed an era of prosperity and now owns and controls the largest Tokay vineyards in the world. He is likewise president of the Mexico Gold & Silver Mining Company, a company of some importance in developing the rich mineral resources of the southern republic.

In 1885 Mr. Haanel was united in marriage with Miss Esther M. Smith. Sixteen years later he was left a widower with one son and two daughters, and in July, 1908, he was married to Miss Margaret Nicholson of St. Louis, a daughter of W. A. Nicholson.

While Mr. Haanel is a Republican, his pressing business interests have given him no time to take an active interest in politics beyond that of casting his vote and using his influence for the election of the candidates of the party in whose principles he firmly believes.

He is a member of Keystone lodge, a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. He is also affiliated with the Missouri Athletic Club.

He is a man of mature judgment, capable of taking a calm survey of life and correctly valuing its opportunities, its possibilities, its demands and obligations. He has wisely sought success along the lines of least resistance and yet when difficulties and obstacles have confronted him he has displayed a force of character that has enabled him to overcome them and continue on the pathway to prosperity. Many a man whose life is one of untiring industry does not win success for he lacks the complement to industry a laudable ambition which prompts the individual to reach out into other fields and eagerly grasp the opportunities that are presented. In these qualities Mr. Haanel is richly endowed and has thus attained his present enviable position in financial circles.

Other than this piece written in 1909, very little is known about Charles F. Haanel. Even though he wrote many books, nothing was written about him. Letters written to him about his most famous book, The Master Key System, have been collected, but they all praise the book and say nothing about the man who wrote it.

Mr. Haanel died on November 27, 1949 at the age of 83. He was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.

During his life, Mr. Haanel earned and received many degrees, including hon. Ph.D., College National Electronic Institute; Metaphysics, Psy. D., College of Divine Metaphysics; and M.D., Universal College of Dupleix, India.

Mr. Haanel was also affiliated with many groups, including Fellow London College of Psychotherapy; member Authors League of America; American Society of Psychical Research; member of the Society of Rosicrucians; the American Suggestive Therapeutical Association; Science League of America; Pi Gamma Mu Fraternity; Master Mason, Keystone Lodge No. 243, A.F. & A.M.; created a Noble in Moolah Temple.