Big Rapids Real Estate Blog

Did I miss the tax credit rush?   For quite a while now most of us have been expecting a last minute rush of first time home buyers wanting to get the homebuyer tax credits. Lenders I spoke with were predicting a bottlenecking of loans slowing the process but I have had very few that have said th...

Self Starter or Self Stopper  One of the greatest things (and not so great) about our chosen field is we have the ability to set our own hours. For the self starter that means being able to work around family functions and appointments. For the self stoppers it means more time to play and get dra...

Words to the Midnight Poster   Alright, I realize writing a blog post at 3 am might in some places seem extreme but my best thoughts are in that few hours of the night without phones ringing or kids screaming and I consider this "my time". Recently I wrote a post on whether or not I may want to c...

Business Cards Printed at Home   Recently I met up with a young builder who wanted to leave me his business cards to give to potential clients. I immediately noticed they were poor quality home printed cards. I mentioned to him he may want to wait until he got better cards for me to give out and ...

Who painted your picture?   Every agent started somewhere. Most were lured into the real estate world by illusions of making tons of money doing very little work and golfing or enjoying life the remainder of the time. Some were painted an unrealistic picture of the life and times of a Realtor® Si...

Ten Must Do's When in Big Rapids   Located about 50 miles North of Grand Rapids, Mi just off Exit 139 on US131 lies a great place to live. You call it Big Rapids, I call it home. If you ever are in the Big Rapids area there are a number of ways to spend a day. One of my favorites is looking at ho...

Relaxation Tutor   Let me start by saying I am not a slow learner. I am a rather quick study of most things and feel quite at home learning almost any skill. I may have found a subject matter that I need help with. Relaxation. My wife constantly tells me I really need to learn to relax. I thought...

Real Estate Agent Rehab   While doing my morning reading of the ActiveRain blogs the other day someone mentioned how many of us were awake a 4am working away. Like most things I run across at that hour it got me thinking. Thinking about what an addiction my real estate career is. After all Wikipe...

Social Networking does not mean Social Bombarding   I love the new benefits of Social Networking. While I gave up on the tweeting process I still am a FaceBook addict. I had my 52nd birthday a couple weeks ago and at 2:30am (when I start my day) I had already received over 50 Happy Birthday messa...

Pros and Cons to a One Man Show   When I first got into real estate I had a five year plan. First three years were raising the bar in sales each year, fourth year was to be a learning year and by year five be a Broker. First three years were on target and in my forth year I obtained by Brokers li...