Successful, Educated Homebuyers may be Put Off by Amateurish Marketing I remember a speaker at a luxury homes conference in Florida cautioning us that amateurish, clumsy print or internet marketing may be a real turn-off for the upper bracket homebuyer. And every now and then, I see an ad or fly
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09/28/2014
Peak of Fall Color Season Nears on Madeline Island and in Bayfield WI Signs point to a peak in the fall color season this weekend in the Apostle Islands area. In just the past few days, fall color appears to be near its peak, particularly on the northwest side of Madeline Island (North Shore R
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09/28/2014
SOLD 3752 Big Bay Road, LaPointe WI, Listed by Madeline Island Realty Another Madeline Island Realty listing SOLD – A Big Bay Road waterfront home offering sand beach with fifty-four acres of recreational land, plus three hundred feet of prime sandy swimming beach frontage. This property list
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09/28/2014
It's great to see fellow blogger Bob Crane post something about our Bayfield, Wisconsin Apple Festival! The first weekend in October is one of the year's biggest events in the Apostle Islands, with thousands of visitors to Bayfield (and also to Madeline Island) for the weekend. Apple festival is
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09/26/2014
Hollywood Gets OK on Drone Use, How About Equal Treatment for Realtors? I'm happy to learn that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has succeeded in persuading the Federal Aviation Agency to approve the use of aerial drones in filmmaking, at least on a limited basis. I'm sure this
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09/26/2014
SOLD in Bayfield, WI 54814 - 240 Wilson Av. Unit 209, Reiten Condo Just sold in Bayfield, Wisconsin by Eric Kodner, Madeline Island Realty - A two-bedroom condo unit at the Reiten Boatyard condominiums, conveniently located close to Bayfield shopping and local amenities. We love these Reiten Bo
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09/22/2014
In Praise of the Homely House We've all witnessed the efforts of a real estate agent who is trying desperately to market a homely house. By "homely", I mean a house which looks tired, dated, even "long in the tooth" from a visual standpoint. It's tough to photograph a homely-looking dwelling
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09/21/2014
Word Gets Around I received a voicemail first thing this morning from a Madeline Island property owner who has decided to sell his fine waterfront home. He wasn't comparison shopping for a listing broker, nor was he trying to make a choice based solely upon the "lowest commission and highest s
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09/16/2014
Never Underestimate the Power of Lake Superior The video below tells the story of what happened on Madeline Island two days ago. We're told that the storm which struck the Island on Wednesday tore as many as sixty crib docks off the shore. During the ferry crossing from Bayfield, Wiscons
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09/12/2014
Tell Me Again That Statistics Have No Meaning Our Wisconsin real estate company, Madeline Island Realty, achieved another milestone recently. Our virtual tour statistics indicate that our real estate virtual tour photographs have received over a quarter of a million views in the past four year
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09/10/2014
