Archive for the Experiences Category

So my wife was in the mood for ice cream and for what ever reason, decided that Cold Stone Creamery was going to be the destination to satisfy the craving.  We have been to Cold Stone Creamery many times before so we knew pretty much what to expect.  We opted for a location in Oak [...]

Things have been picking up here in the SE Wisconsin real estate market.  Buyers expectations have never been higher.  Most buyers want to see everything in person they can.  They are looking high and low for a great deal.  Time is now on the buyers side and sometimes it’s days between seeing a home and [...]

I know that when I work with buyers and sellers they want value.  They have expectations that they will get what they pay for.  They look to me as the professional to provide them with solid factual information to base their purchase & sale decisions on.  In turn when I become the customer looking to [...]

The family and I went to opening night for “How I Became A Pirate” at the First Stage Children’s Theater in Milwaukee Friday.  The play was introduced as a “World Premier” of the show.  As usual, I found myself really enjoying the production.  The music was cute and the story line progressed and kept my [...]

So my step daughter was really disappointed when she discovered  Gilligan’s Island and Brady Bunch were missing from the 6-7pm time slot on ME-TV a couple of weeks ago.  I told her that if it was that important to her,  she should write a letter to the TV station.  To my astonishment she spent about [...]

I have a buyer that was looking to see a new listing that came up for sale.  I called the office per the showing instructions to set up the showing.  The showing instructions said that the seller only wanted showings after a certain hour of the day.  Since we respected this request, I figured we [...]

Many people think they know what needs to be done to display their home in its best light.  One thing that first comes to most peoples minds is to declutter and simplify each room in a home prior to listing and marketing it.  I have a client that held a rummage sale the week prior [...]

February Single Family Home Statics are an improvement over January but leave a lot to be desired.  I would expect that with the new home buyer stimulus plan coupled with the low interest rates that we will see the numbers get progressively better this year.  The only thing that is keeping this all in check [...]

There has been a lot of negative news coming out of Greenfield with the breaking story this weekend about a swim coach that worked in several SE Wisconsin communities.  I just wanted to reflect and take a minute to  say that during my high school years I spent 3 years swimming for the Whitnall Boys [...]

I have a client that is in the process of preparing their home to sell.  We decided that getting some off site storage was a good idea.  After looking around we settled on a 10′ x 10′ storage unit with Public Storage. I called and made a reservation and got a reservation number that held [...]