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Happy New Year everyone!  Another year is at an end, another beginning, it’s the same every year, isn’t it?  “Where did the time go?”  Well, as usual, it just went for me, and as usual, I didn’t accomplish half the things I wanted to, or stick to all the New Years resolutions I wanted to , but t...

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am an optimist, a “glass is half full” kind of guy.   Once an optimist just like me fell off the balcony of his high-rise hotel and people could hear him say as he fell past their floors…”so far so good….so far so good.”  That being said, sometimes a dose of rea...

Lately I have noticed more and more Realtors have been incorporating ads for real estate for sale into their Facebook profiles, and wanted to say a few words on this subject, as I have been very active in social media in the past couple years and thanks to many fine friends online and off, I have...

Yesterday President Obama signed into law the bill that extends and expands the First-Time homebuyers’ Tax Credit, but does this mean ‘real’ money to you? If you are a First-Time home buyer, and you don’t  procrastinate, you should be able to find a home, get it closed in time to take advantage ...

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Newaygo, MI – Greetings from the 2009 Achieve Inaugural Gala   This evening I am wearing my Association Vice-President hat, and I just wanted to express my thanks to the West Central Association membership for sending me to the Achieve Inaugural Gala. It’s been a long day, starting with a fine c...

I intended to send out another real estate segment today, but the Spirit moved me in a different direction today.  In my line of work, I am on the front lines when it comes to the struggles that many people are facing, because all to often, it is closely related to their housing situation.  With...

Newaygo, MI - Foreclosures….Are they the best thing since sliced bread?   In the real estate business, comments we hear on a regular basis these days are:  “Do you have any foreclosures?”  “Do you have a list of repos?”  “Is that home down on the corner of Oak and Main Street a foreclosure?”, etc...

Tax time is just around the corner, and for those who are still renting, this may be the greatest combination we have ever seen for First Time Home Buyers.First of all, as the media will not let us forget, the massive number of forclosures has led to a drastic decline in the prices of homes, espe...