Realtor, Author & Neighbor: Battle Creek, Michigan

I was out showing a very low priced foreclosure in a not so popular neighborhood a few months ago at the request of a colleague who had set these appointments and could not make them due to an emergency.  When I showed the house, the lady liked it, and as far as I know made an offer the next day....

I went driving through the Liela Arboretum last week just to take in the spring colors.  One of the spots of beauty in our city is the Liela Arboretum in Spring.  This is a park is maintained by volunteers, and contains over 600 different trees and plant species.  The circle drive is almost exact...

It is at this time of the year that I feel most angry about the subject of income taxes.  It is not that I disagree with paying taxes, but more so I disagree with how those dollars are spent.  I especially disagree with how they are collected, and how everyone has to almost have a degree in accou...

Normally at this time of year Michigan looks like this picture below.  However, this year we have had suprisingly very little snow.  This picture I took in December of 2011, and normally we expect our February and March to pretty much be like this.  However, we are having a mind winter in the Nor...

I was out photographing houses yesterday in a rural area, and trying to locate a house for a client.  I finally found it after having some difficulty locating the address numbers.  Here is the address of the home I needed to photograph.  Originally I missed seeing it because it was on the mailbox...

I have been taking a strong look at how drugs effect real estate lately.  Of recent, I have made a career change in November and I underwent training as an addiction counselor for a rehabilitation referral company.  I now answer the calls on shifts with the company as sort of part time work aroun...

If you are a football fan of the NFL, you have probably have at least heard of Tebow-mania.  For those of you who do not know, Tim Tebow is the Denver Broncos Quarterback who has made his religious beliefs take center stage in all of his public media exposure on and off the field.  There is an ol...

Every year between Christmas and New Years, my wife and I have a tradition where we complete a puzzle together.  Last year I selected this incredibly complicated puzzle that took us the full week to complete, and we ended up finishing it a few hours after the new year celebration.  This year, she...

I have been pondering for a few days on what my first blog post of 2012 should be about.  You know that point where you reach sort of a 'writers block' tangled with a anticipation of writing something timely and important?  I mean what will 2012 be about?  It is essentially a story that is just b...

I had an experience in the last two weeks of spammers suddenly taking interest in my blog, and posting a total of over 200+ spam messages on my blog. I originally wrote a post last week when I was trying to figure out how to combat them. In that post, I suggest going to your home page and simply ...