Heavy October rains flood Big Bay Town Park, on Madeline Island
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Real Estate Broker Eric Kodner Interviewed by Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 25, 2019 (MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin) - Wisconsin Realtor® Eric Kodner was recently interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper, for a recently-published article on Lake Superior shoreline erosion and its potential effects on waterfront homes. The article was published on October 25, 2019.
A real estate educator and real estate broker in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Kodner is the Managing Broker and owner of Madeline Island Realty, in LaPointe, Wisconsin. Madeline Island is part of the Apostle Islands region, located in … (0 comments)
Every so often, a prospective buyer points to the "Days on Market" number on the MLS data sheet and asks, "why has this property been on the market for such a long time?" I believe that many of these would-be buyers are looking for another way to ask, "what's wrong with this house?"
But market times can be much longer in a vacation home/recreational area, particularly when tourist activity is unquestionably seasonal. With few exceptions, in our Apostle Islands real estate market (in northwest Wisconsin), our tourist season is six months long, with the remaining winter months … (4 comments)
After a couple of very quiet months, we are seeing a revival in property showing activity on both Madeline Island and in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Things were very quiet in our Apostle Islands real estate market during January and February of 2016, but that hiatus seems to be coming to an end.
For the first time since early to mid-December, property inquiries by prospective buyers appear to be on the rise. Most of the buyer interest is in homes, but there have also been inquiries about vacant land, particularly large parcels … (2 comments)
Madeline Island Realty is now posting videos of its Active, Pending and Sold listings on Dailymotion.com. You may visit our Madeline Island Realty Channel on Dailymotion.com for videos of these real estate listings. 671 Main Street LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850... by madeline-island-realty
We still post our listings on YouTube and we plan to continue to do so. But we like the video quality of Dailymotion and we find it an alternative way to reach prospective buyers and sellers.
Dailymotion also appears to have a following in Europe, which means it can make a decent place to target … (4 comments)
Madeline Island Realty is on a roll this year. Call it a trend or merely an indicator, but the fact remains that over the past four and one-half years, our LaPointe, Wisconsin real estate brokerage listed seven of the eight Madeline Island homes which sold at over $500,000. And there are a number of reasons why.
First of all, below is a bar chart which demonstrates that Madeline Island Realty's upper-bracket sales statistics are the strongest in the Apostle Islands real estate market. The bar graph below shows all eight Madeline … (8 comments)
This is one of the toughest conversations we find ourselves having with a seller. One of our listings shows up with the words "Sale Pending" next to the address and other area sellers promptly contact us, asking "what are we doing wrong?" or "what should we be doing differently?".
The answer isn't always the same. It's not always about price. Sometimes, it's about the condition of the home that received an acceptable offer (or the homes that didn't). And other times, the reason is almost inexplicable.
Picture a massive organic post-and-beam structure, built in 1812 and crafted in Vermont from centuries-old timbers. In the early 2000s, the timber frame structure was carefully dismantled and shipped to Madeline Island, where it was lovingly repurposed as a luxury vacation home in 2003.
2120 North Shore Road on Madeline Island is the ultimate Lake Superior home, a classic example of rustic elegance on a grand scale. The hand-hewn antique timber frame masterpiece is sited on eighteen secluded and heavily wooded acres, with over nine hundred feet … (2 comments)
Listed for sale by Broker Eric Kodner, Madeline Island Realty, 37640 Brickyard Creek Road in Bayfield, Wisconsin is an exceptional custom-built home on Lake Superior. This luxury home was designed and built in 2003 by award-winning builder Tony Eiden. Eiden was a reknowned builder from the Minneapolis-St Paul metro area whose homes were regularly a part of the Twin Cities "Parade of Homes". Eiden built a great many fine custom homes in the Twin Cities, particularly in the west suburban area surrounding Lakes Minnetonka, including Wayzata, Orono, Deephaven and Tonka Bay.
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