Big Rapids Real Estate Blog

Most agents realize the value in farming an area to produce new leads. One area I look is my Real Estate Cold Case files or to everyone else...my Inbox. Amazing how fast an email goes from page one to page three and much like search engines if it's not on page one I have forgot it. We all grab t...

You can feel it walking down the street, in the mall or even listening to the radio. That warm feeling we get once a year that carries us over into the New Year. Every year around Christmas time we hear of Good Will towards Man and the Spirit of Giving that makes our hearts warm knowing we made a...

Tis the season to make sure your homes are ready to be shown rain or shine (or foot and a half of snow). It's all part of the program when having listings in the winter. We want to sell our listings, so why is it so hard to get our fellow agents to keep sidewlaks and driveways cleared for showin...

Ever work a foreclosure to the point where nothing surprises you any more? This one has been on and off for a couple months waiting for seller to do promised repairs until they finally let the buyers contractor do them. We have been through underwriting and everyone is happy so we are proceeding ...

The minute I turned the morning news on today I noticed something different. Something was missing. There was the usual ten minutes of negativity but there was glimpses of hope in there. What??? the media spreading hope? Caught my attention. Here in Michigan we wake up to see how many more jobs ...

Congrat's for being accepted to Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI. One of your many new challenges is to find a place to call home while attending school. There are always the dorms, and for some , that is the only option available. Ferris has restrictions on who can live off campus and ...

Today is the 69th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. More than 2,000 American citizens lost their lives that day and another thousand were injured. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is not a federal holiday. Government offices, schools, businesses and other organizations do not close...

Today is the first Friday of December which marks one of my favorite events of the year...The Mecosta County Chamber of Commerce Holiday Gala. The Chamber's largest annual fund-raiser, the Gala draws more than 200 Chamber members and friends together on the first Friday in December for an evening...

This morning I looked at the calendar and realized I had less than a month to complete my con ed requirements for 2010. Looking at the remaining scheduled classes I decided to give the "Online" approach a try. After searching for the best fit, I chose Holloway's Institute for my online experience...

While making my first appearance to a Black Friday event I noticed a common theme. Numerous shoppers were talking about not knowing what to get their kids, grandkids or other family members for Christmas. Most had no clue what their family liked or disliked. Why don't we know what our children an...