sturgis: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN PIEDMONT, SOUTH DAKOTA ? - 12/12/12 06:05 AM
What Is It Like to Live in Piedmont, South Dakota? The short answer is, Piedmont is a great place to live, play, learn, explore, grow, and still remain relaxed and safe.
Piedmont is a place where oncoming drivers wave at you.  Where shoppers in the checkout line at Haggar's Grocery turn to make eye contact, smile, and really do care about "How are you are doing?"  Where you can buy a bluetooth headset for your phone and hay for your horse at the same store.  Where the Postmistress at the Piedmont Post Office  knows you by name.  Where the GenPro Renewable … (5 comments)

sturgis: SELL HOMES FASTER WITH BETTER PHOTOS-1: TIME OF DAY - 11/14/12 10:33 AM
The Time of Day You Take Photo's Can Sell Homes Faster  
First in a Series on How to Sell a Home Faster at Higher Price with Better Photo's   
Many buyers will evaluate a home online before deciding whether to go view it.  And you can bet the financially stronger buyers (able to pay more) will be more discerning when evaluating those online photo's.   And those in more of a hurry (ready to buy now) tend to pre-screen home-viewings via online photo's in order to save time in selecting a home to offer on.
In that context, why bother … (0 comments)

sturgis: VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES in RAPID CITY and BLACK HILLS - 11/09/12 10:27 AM
Where & What Are the Veterans Day Activities This Weekend Around Rapid City, Ft. Meade and Black Hills?  
Parades If we hurry we can make it to all three of the area parades.  Box Elder's parade will be 1 PM Saturday, and Deadwood's at 2PM.  Rapid City's parade will be 11 AM Sunday. 
Here are some other samples of Veterans Day celebrations and parades around the Black Hills:
Deadwood Military and veteran discount to Mel Tillis concert.  All day Saturday free admission to Adams Museum and Days of '76 Museum.
Piedmont Veterans dinner at VFW on Sunday.
Rapid City Lunch … (0 comments)

sturgis: HORSE PROPERTY HOMES & PARCELS FOR SALE IN BLACK HILLS NEAR RAPID CITY - 09/12/12 10:27 AM
Here is a list of horse property homes and parcels for sale in the Black Hills near Rapid City
WHAT IS A "HORSE PROPERTY"? It is often a home or vacant parcel that has these features:
The vegetation is not toxic and the soil is productive, not over-grazed  The ground is not too steep or rocky (for hoof safety), or muddy (e.g., shale)  Covenants and county rules allow a reasonable number of horses (and perhaps complementary animals)  There is room to maneuver a horse trailer  Accessible by loaded horse trailer during rain (mud) and snow.  Fencing is in, in good shape, … (0 comments)

sturgis: GOLF CONDO'S FOR SALE AROUND RAPID CITY - 07/06/12 08:33 AM
Are you looking for golf condo's for sale around Rapid City? Great. You're in luck. Rapid City golf courses Yep, we've got'em. Plenty. All kinds and sizes. Here's a list of most of the more popular ones:
Hart Ranch Golf Club at Red Rock La Croix Links Meadowbrook Fountain Springs Executive Course YMCA Rapid City Elks Elkhorn Ridge Prairie Ridge (Ellsworth Air Force Base).
Condo's for Sale Near Golf Courses Now, Rapid City is not a large place. But if you want to live the good life of leisure, just a short commute to one of our fine golf courses, … (0 comments)

sturgis: THE VERY BEST SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON VACANT LAND & HORSE PROPERTIES - 04/27/12 03:22 AM
by Lee Alley. Find your Black Hills dream home at Rapid City Search .com
The Very Best Sources of Information About Vacant Land and Horse Properties Buying an acreage or a hobby farm?  Do you know where to get the absolute best information to help make a smart investment?
My clients and I have learned (sometimes the hard way) that buying rural acreages or homes for horse property, ranchette or hobby farm should be a lot more like a school research project than a shopping-cart transaction on Amazon.com.  Without going in to all the details here I'd just like to … (3 comments)

sturgis: PLANNING: FIVE MISTAKES TO AVOID IN BUYING BLACK HILLS HORSE PROPERTY (Part-5) - 04/26/12 06:17 AM
by Lee Alley. Find your Black Hills dream home at Rapid City Search .com
PLANNING: Five Mistakes to Avoid When Buying Horse Properties (Part-5) Why is real estate like a stray puppy?.   That's easy.
It's nice to adopt it, but then you have to feed, protect and develop it for years to come.  
You'll need a plan.  Even better, a Master Plan.  
It's not that anyone requires you to have a plan, or that other owners do actually wind up implementing every detail of the plan.   But it really does serve us well to have at … (0 comments)

sturgis: ACCESS: FIVE MISTAKES TO AVOID IN BUYING HORSE PROPERTY - (Part-III) - 04/24/12 08:54 AM
by Lee Alley. Find your Black Hills dream home at Rapid City Search .com
ACCESS: Five Mistakes to Avoid in Buying Horse Properties (Part-3) Here are some tips for minimizing the risks of accident and property destruction from poorly planned "access" for your new hobby farm, ranchette or horse property.
Depending on the size of your trailer, you are going to need to be able to move it in and out of your property with ease, without putting fences or structures at risk, and without stopping in the roadway to work gates or try to maneuver so you can back … (0 comments)

sturgis: FENCES! - FIVE MISTAKES TO AVOID IN BUYING HORSE PROPERTY (Part-2) - 04/24/12 03:54 AM
by Lee Alley. Find your Black Hills dream home at Rapid City Search .com
FENCES: Five Mistakes to Avoid in Buying Horse Properties (Part-2)
What's so dag burn difficult about just a "fence," for heaven's sake?  Well, if you're a spooked horse next to barbed wire, it could mean serious injury and expensive bills from the vet.  If you and your friend are checking out the mare and accidentally touch the electric fence, will his pacemaker survive the lightning jolt? The acreage you bought already had a fence for his cattle, so why not just use it for your … (0 comments)