In addition to building communities that promote active lifestyles in natural settings, Creekmont's founders also take a practical approach when it comes to the recent trends of building highly amenitized neighborhoods that necessitate exorbitant homeowner fees in order to maintain them. Doug Ogilvie, co-founder of Creekmont, simply puts it this way, "We believe there is a market for intimate, well designed neighborhoods that are located near natural amenities."

Thus, the end goal of Creekmont's founding partners is to build neighborhoods residents can take pride in, without incurring the burden of high annual fees. They don't believe that artificially inflating lot prices with pocket investors is good long-term business. The market is full of big developments with unrealized promises and undermined property values caused by insider investor activities.

Again, Mr. Ogilvie, "While we can't control who buys our properties, we want to convey an accurate and proper message about who we are and who we are not, in an effort to attract end users who really want to build and live in our neighborhoods. Those residents create the soul of a community, and to us, that is how we will realize success."