Big Rapids Real Estate Blog

Big Rapids Riverwalk   Next time you are in the Big Rapids area you owe it to yourself to check out our Riverwalk. In all there are 3.64 miles of Riverwalk to enjoy.  Our Riverwalk connects 4 parks: the White Pine Trail State Park , Northend Riverside Park , Swede Hill Park and Hemlock Park and e...

Michigan Art Walk at Ferris State University   I have posted a few times about ArtWorks in downtown Big Rapids and how it the remodeling was incredible. Just South of there on the Campus of Ferris State University you can find the Michigan Art Walk. This is another amazing example of Michigan art...

Loyalty...a Two Way Street?   As Realtors, we know our fiduciary responsibilities and who we owe our loyalties to but wouldn't it be nice if Loyalty were a two way street? If after months of searching for the perfect fit for our clients, they didn't call the person on the sign and enter into an a...

Just curious if any of my fellow techy ActiveRainers have experimented with setting up their own IDX pages instead of paying the IDX host sites? I have a great guy that does my IDX but would like more control over what is displayed and how searches are ran. I have been thinking on Open Realty as ...

Thanks to all the "Silent" Partners   Most of us Realtors know how important it is to get your name and face out there, so we are plastered on billboards and belong to many organizations. We are on the radio, in newspapers and try our best to be a household name. I am sure we all have that specia...

Mecosta County Band of Locals Seems like everywhere you go these days there is a strong push to buy local. Here in Big Rapids and Mecosta County we have the Band of Locals Campaign. It truly amazes me how many discounts are available through the Band of Locals. Lake and Lodge Realty is a member a...

Evolution of a Blogger   As I have mentioned in the past when I first joined ActiveRain it was strictly in hopes of improving my search engine placement. Like most overachievers I raced in the point system trying to break all known records and soon realized that wasn't going to happen. I would go...

Spring Has Sprung...Be Careful Out There.   Spring has filled the air and buyers are starting to pick up steam for a great spring season. I want to wish all my fellow Realtors® the best season ever and remind you while everything this time of year appears picture perfect we still have to be caref...

Slow down and enjoy the ride!   This morning while reading the posts I noticed a lot of anger over the proxy errors here on Active Rain. It caused me to write a quick post about patience (or lack of it) and after I had posted I started to think about the other areas in our lives where we were lac...

Patience is a virtue...not required on Active Rain   When I first joined Active Rain it was more for trying to increase my web traffic that anything else. After a while I evolved a little and now my morning ritual includes the "reading of the posts". Lately with all the server errors I have notic...