Realtor, Author & Neighbor: Battle Creek, Michigan

One of the places my family took my wife and I while visiting Miami, Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend was a place called 'Bayside'.  It is a shopping, restaurant and entertainment district along the one of the major bays in the area, where boats dock right there.  There is quite a ni...

While I was touring the shops in an area called Bayside on Saturday night in Miami, Florida I walked through this store that had this large display of Amethyst crystals.  I have always been facinated with this geological wonder, and took out my iPhone and made a quick video of it to share and rem...

When I was in Miami, Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend my wife and I visited an Everglades site seeing place just outside if town.  After taking a boat ride through the everglades, and looking at alligators and other wildlife, we returned for a small nature show in a little theatre th...

Yesterday we got our first big snowfall of the season.  It snowed in blizzardy conditions starting at around 2:30pm yesterday, and continued on through the night dropping an estimated 8 inches or so I would say of the white stuff.  Considering that I just returned from taking a Thanksgiving break...

Okay, so when you spend 5 days in Miami visiting relatives, one tends to get cabin fever after a few days and venture out to check out the things in the area.  On Sunday, my wife and I ventured with her brother over to the Everglades and took a ride to go look at alligators.  We saw a few in the ...

When I was walking through the Lincoln Mall Street area of downtown Miami the other night, I came across a man that was painting a picture while sitting on the sidewalk in front of a gallery.  Now if you go to many of the cultural centers of some of the big metropolitan cities like New York, New ...

Coming down to Miami, Florida for the Thanksgiving weekend, I have been going around with family doing some exploring.  There are so many great places to see and experience in Miami.  I have been shooting video, and taking pictures of some of my experiences which I intend to share in future blog ...

To all my friends at Activerain and around the internet, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving today with your family and friends.  It is a wonderful time to sit down and re-connect with people you don't see as much as you should, and share some stories, as well as create some new wonderfu...

The hard reality of the impact of daylight savings on the real estate business comes like a crash in late November each year.  The days grow shorter, and instead of showing homes in the lighted summer hours after a client gets off work, one faces winter darkness.  One must confront looking at hom...

Going to the National Association of Realtors conference to me is a great highlight of the year.  This was my second year attending the NAR Convention, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I learned so much in the incredible learning sessions, and wandering around the Expo.  I even was extremely lucky, ...