madeline island realty: Real Estate Market Report for Madeline Island - LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850 - November 2010
- 11/11/10 09:03 PM
REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT FOR MADELINE ISLAND - LA POINTE, WISCONSIN 54850 - NOVEMBER 2010
The following is a Market Report for Madeline Island, in Ashland County, Wisconsin as of the beginning of November, 2010:
Listing prices declined slightly during the month of October, as sellers attempted to attract a buyer prospect during the remaining weeks of the tourist season. Typically, Madeline Island sellers tend to adjust their prices downward late in the season once tourist traffic to the Island begins to subside.
There was one closed sale of a vacant waterfront lot in mid-October reported (buyer procured by Madeline Island Realty LLC). The property … (1 comments)
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madeline island realty: 2650 North Shore Road, LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850 - Listed by Madeline Island Realty
- 10/25/10 03:54 PM
2650 NORTH SHORE ROAD, LA POINTE, WISCONSIN 54850 - LISTED BY MADELINE ISLAND REALTY LLC
Listed by Broker Eric Kodner, Madeline Island Realty LLC, LaPointe, Wisconsin. Charming and comfortable describes this Madeline Island waterfront home on Lake Superior perfectly! Home features include woodburning fireplace, great room with vaulted ceiling and fan, sliding doors to large wraparound deck, sleeping loft plus two large bedrooms, screened porch and shoreline staircase to the water's edge. Plenty of storage for toys and tools. Shoreline view of several of the Apostle Islands, with glorious sunsets. This Madeline Island home has an established rental history and great income potential.
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madeline island realty: 793 Main Street, LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850 - Listed by Madeline Island Realty
- 10/25/10 03:20 PM
793 MAIN STREET, LA POINTE, WISCONSIN 54850 - LISTED BY MADELINE ISLAND REALTY LLC
Madeline Island beach house on Main Street with accessible Lake Superior frontage that an owner can truly use and enjoy. Master bedroom plus two guest bedrooms, two baths, woodburning fireplace, large kitchen & dining area, solarium/sunroom, fenced yard, huge L-shaped crib dock with automatic dock lighting, lakeside living room with sliding glass doors facing Lake Superior, new roof, awesome sunset views, 10x24 deck, 120 feet of Lake Superior frontage with swimming beach. This waterfront property has fantastic rental potential.
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madeline island realty: 2650 North Shore Road, Madeline Island, LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850 on Lake Superior- Ashland County - Offered by Madeline Island Realty
- 09/27/10 01:25 AM
2650 North Shore Road, Madeline Island, LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850 - Ashland County … (0 comments)
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madeline island realty: Selling "At Market" Requires Knowing What a Property is Worth
- 09/25/10 04:50 PM
When our Madeline Island real estate office procured the buyer for a waterfront dwelling on Main Street, LaPointe, Wisconsin late last year, there were no recent lakeshore sales in that price bracket on Madeline Island. We indentified an interested party, wrote the offer and brought the transaction to closing just over ten months ago.
That property wasn't our listing, but our buyers understood the value of the property immediately and they fell in love with it. Waterfront lots on Lake Superior with low bank (or almost no bank) and sand beach are a rare commodity on the Island. This property had a stretch of magnificent sand … (2 comments)
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madeline island realty: Yes, We do Open Houses - A Quality Virtual Tour is a 24/7 Open House, 365 Days a Year
- 09/05/10 04:23 PM
One of my competitors on Madeline Island is sitting at an old-fashioned "Open House" today. He was there last weekend too, diligently waiting for people to walk in off the street and look at his listing. I'm told he had a total of four visitors last Saturday.
The problem with those old-fashioned Open Houses is that they rely upon drive-by prospects to notice the "Open" sign. Hopefully, those drive-by folks will overcome their nervousness about being face-to-face with an agent and then they'll actually stop the car and go inside.
Four viewings in five hours is a pretty slow and inefficient way to market a house, in my … (9 comments)
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madeline island realty: Rest in Peace: When Your Business Laptop Bites the Dust!
- 07/28/10 10:03 PM
If you were one of the unfortunates who purchased the same model Hewlett-Packard Pavillion Entertainment PC laptop as I did three and a half years ago, my condolences.
On Sunday morning, I discovered that my HP laptop with the big, bright screen wouldn't boot up. It would display the HP logo, then the Microsoft Windows boot screen, and then the whole screen went dark. I was then treated to a "light show", with linear streaks of blue, yellow, red and green streaking across the screen, both vertically and horizontally.
I tried booting up in "Safe Mode" and made an effort to revert the hard drive … (13 comments)
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madeline island realty: If You're Going to Post your Listing Videos on YouTube, Please use a Tripod!
- 07/25/10 12:35 PM
I'm not writing this to embarrass any particular individual. Learning how to market real estate is a continuous process. And we can all learn from one another, particularly on a site like ActiveRain where there are so many great resources available.
Nobody can't watch jittery, shaky video footage for very long without feeling like they've had way too much coffee. It's extremely distracting to view a video that is blurry and shaky. But I've noticed some in the real estate business uploading property videos to YouTube which are really hard to watch.
Remember that your goals are pretty basic when you use YouTube for real estate marketing. You … (20 comments)
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madeline island realty: A Tripod is Still a Vitally Important Piece of Equipment for Best Results in Real Estate Photography
- 07/25/10 11:23 AM
Let's talk tripods.
Until someone figures out how to develop image stabilization that works well in all situations, photographic tripods will still be around. In low light and for shots where you want a level horizon, a tripod is essential. Yeah, you can level the horizon later on in most photo editing software, but you'll need to crop and you'll lose frame width.
The place where I see tripods least often used, and most often needed, is in video tours for real estate. Going handheld with a videocamera when shooting a home tour is pretty unwise. No one enjoys watching a jittery, bouncy image … (3 comments)
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madeline island realty: Previsite Tells You Where your Listing Views are Coming From
- 07/24/10 05:49 PM
If you use Previsite virtual tours, you've probably seen this already.
Previsite sends us weekly tracking reports that tell us how many views our virtual tours have received and where they come from.
The statistics include source tracking, both direct visitors to our Previsite virtual tours and referrals from other sites such as ActiveRain and RealBird.
Naturally, I like being able to quote hits and page views by property to my listing clients. At present, I believe Madeline Island Realty is the only LaPointe, Wisconsin real estate firm that makes this information available to their sellers.
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madeline island realty: Madeline Island Real Estate Blog Praised in Realtor Magazine
- 07/24/10 05:31 PM
Our Madeline Island Real Estate blog has been acclaimed by the Editor-in-Chief of Realtor Magazine!
In the July-August issue of Realtor Magazine, Editor-in-Chief Stacey Moncrieff wrote, "Eric Kodner's Madeline Island Real Estate blog on ActiveRain is a lively mix of business and human interest stories."
Last month, Stacey commented, "Eric, you have a very entertaining and informative blog!"
Stacey sees a huge number of agent and company real estate blogs in the course of a year, so it's a great honor to be praised by her in a Realtor Magazine article. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time … (4 comments)
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madeline island realty: Hat Trick - Featured Three Times in Major Real Estate Publications This Year!
- 07/24/10 05:17 PM
2010 has been a pretty awesome year for me, at least from a public relations standpoint.
Since the beginning of the year, I've been privileged to be featured three times in major real estate publications. In the January/February 2010 issue of The Residential Specialist magazine, I was interviewed by Regina Ludes in an article entitled "Letter Perfect". The article focused on ways to promote the CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) designation to clients and colleagues in the real estate industry.
In the March/April 2010 issue of The Residential Specialist magazine, I was interviewed again by Regina Ludes, for a "State of … (13 comments)
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madeline island realty: Here's Why (and How) We Desktop Publish all our Printed Materials at our Madeline Island Real Estate Office
- 07/20/10 09:28 AM
MADELINE ISLAND REAL ESTATE
We receive a lot of compliments on our Madeline Island Realty three-panel listing brochure and our one-page listing flyers.
One of my listing clients asked me the other day why we take the time to desktop publish our listing brochures and flyers. I responded by saying that pre-printed listing flyers are, in my opinion, a waste of money. They don't allow for price changes or photo substitutions. They also don't allow for new or withdrawn listings.
We have a relatively short sales season here in the Apostle Islands area, although it is possible to make sales any time of the year. … (0 comments)
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madeline island realty: More "Murphy's Landing" Photos - 3442 Big Bay Road, offered by Madeline Island Realty
- 07/12/10 04:01 AM
3442 Big Bay Road, LaPointe, Wisconsin 54850
Madeline Island Real Estate
More photos of "Murphy's Landing" Log Home on Big Bay, Madeline Island, Listed by Madeline Island Realty
Murphy's Landing can best be described as a home with no compromises. Built and designed for entertaining, every room is a comfortable space.
The billiard room with wet bar is a perfect example of "Murphy's Landing" elegance.
These are bedrooms you can furnish with a king bed and still have generous space. Note the vaulted ceilings, alcoves, sliding doors to deck and ceiling fans.
Another delightful large bedroom with a splendid … (0 comments)
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madeline island realty: Two Published Interviews in "The Residential Specialist" Magazine This Year!
- 03/28/10 03:35 AM
I've been honored to be interviewed twice during the past six months by Regina Ludes at the Council of Residential Speciaists (CRS) in Chicago. Both interviews have appeared in the CRS magazine since January of this year.
Read a Press Release about the two articles in "The Residential Specialist" magazine below:
March 19, 2010 - An interview with Realtor Eric Kodner of Wayzata Lakes Realty in Minnetonka, Minnesota (and Madeline Island Realty in LaPointe, Wisconsin) appears in the April issue of The Residential Specialist magazine.
The Residential Specialist is published by the Council of Residential Specialists (CRS) in Chicago, with a circulation of over 50,000 readers … (5 comments)
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madeline island realty: "At Home With Diversity" Certification Course Coming to WRA in Madison, Wisconsin on April 28, 2010
- 03/27/10 01:12 PM
I'm pleased to announce that the NAR "At Home With Diversity" certification course will be offered at the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA) on April 28, 2010.
What's even more exciting is the low fee for this course. Attendees will be charged just ten dollars for the entire one-day course!
Through the cooperation of our Wisconsin Realtors Association Equal Opportunity in Housing committee and the Wisconsin Realtors Association, we are able to offer this course at WRA for the first time.
The Press Release about this course is below:
REALTOR ERIC KODNER TO TEACH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS "AT HOME WITH … (2 comments)
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madeline island realty: Technology Courses Described as "Not Worth Your Time" by Real Estate Instructor
- 02/10/10 08:43 AM
Today, I attended a luncheon at a networking event for real estate professionals in eastern Wisconsin. In the course of the luncheon, we were treated to a brief appearance by a nationally-known real estate educator. In the course of the gentleman's remarks, he gave his opinion on the value of technology courses for real estate professionals.
I don't have an exact quote, but the distilled version of his comments can be reported as follows:
You're better off sending your office assistant to technology courses, rather than going to them yourself. It's a waste of your time. The time you spend in front of a laptop … (9 comments)
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madeline island realty: Wisconsin Realtor Eric Kodner Appointed to NAR Committee on Equal Opportunity
- 02/03/10 06:50 PM
On January 12th, 2010 I received a delightful surprise in the form of a phone call, informing me that I had been appointed to the National Association of REALTORS Equal Opportunity - Cultural Diversity Committee. Former NAR President Dick Gaylord congratulated me on the appointment by telephone and the next day I learned that the announcement had been picked up by the LuxuryRealEstate.com Blog. [photo courtesy of LuxuryRealEstate.comTM]
Two days later, on January 14th, I received a copy of The Residential Specialist magazine (published by the Council of Residential Specialists), containing an article by Regina Ludes that featured an interview I had given her … (3 comments)
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madeline island realty: Cellphone Secrets - How to Get a Cellular Phone Signal on Madeline Island
- 08/12/09 03:05 PM
This evening, I was delighted to receive a call from a fellow who was interested in purchasing one of our listings. Unfortunately, he was attempting to call from a cellphone from downtown LaPointe, on Madeline Island.
Our Island has poor cellular service that is almost legendary. Unless you have Alltel local service (from Chequamegon Telephone Cooperative on the nearby mainland) or your cellular carrier is AT & T, you can expect to have problems using your cellphone on Madeline Island.
I have a Blackberry World Edition phone (with Verizon service), however in this part of the world, it doesn't work very well). On Main Street, in front of our … (3 comments)
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madeline island realty: Tips on enjoying Fourth of July weekend on Madeline Island
- 07/01/08 07:19 AM
It's just a couple of days away!
The upcoming Fourth of July weekend on Madeline Island is one of the most popular Independence Day celebrations in the upper Midwest. Here's a list of events associated with the upcoming holiday and tips on how to enjoy it to the fullest!
July 2
2 PM and 8 PM: Madeline Island Music Camp "Artist Faculty Concert" at the Madeline Island Clubhouse, with Pianist Jeffrey Cohen, Lucie Robert, Christopher French and Evelina Chao (Evelina is a fellow member of the Twin Cities Musicians' Union, a published author and a violist in the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra). Evelina is … (6 comments)
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REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT FOR MADELINE ISLAND - LA POINTE, WISCONSIN 54850 - NOVEMBER 2010
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