Northwest Michigan Real Estate Weblog
Local information and various musings from Matt Case, Realtor with Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors
Stop by Crystal Lake Elementary in Benzonia tonight beginning at 5:30 and take part in Chrysler’s Drive for your Schools program. The crew from Watson’s Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep will be there with new vehicles to test drive, and Chrysler will donate $10 per test drive to our schools.
I’m hoping they bring a Challenger… of course, I might not bring that one back if they do.
We’ve reduced to $695,000 on this exquisite retreat- a reduction of $170,000 from the original price, and WELL below the total invested in this property.
As the salmon fishing heats up in the Betsie River, so has the opportunity to own one of the rarest, most exclusive properties on this blue ribbon trout stream. This one of a kind peninsula is wrapped in over 4000 feet of prime fishing waters, with resident brown trout, spring steelhead runs and fall salmon runs. A fly fishing dream come true, with a compound taken straight from the pages of an Orvis catalog, including a sun room overlooking several hundred feet of river frontage.
The sellers were kind enough to share this slide show they created for their property:
<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_5158351"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px">Betsie River Property Presentation</strong>
The headline of this article from the Traverse Business News “Ticker” today says “Local Real Estate’s Obituary was Premature“ and is a great, brief summary of what’s happening in our local real estate market.
The headline first brought to mind the Mark Twain quote “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated”, and then, perhaps even a better metaphor for those of us whom have struggled through adjustments in the Northwest Michigan Real Estate market. From Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
Well… except for the the part where he gets offed.
I’ve served local, state and national associations in various roles. I’m proud to have co-founded Michigan REALTOR Young Professionals network and TAAR YPN. I was a member of the NAR Leadership Academy class of 2011, and I’m passionate about the development of the next generation of great REALTORS.
I’m a dad to three awesome boys, husband to an incredibly patient wife, a golfer with an insufficient attention span, a compulsive learner, sometimes writer, and an unabashed speaker. I’m sometimes too loud, and frequently enthusiastic.
I want to change the world, I’m a total geek and a true believer in the power of social networks, and I’m taller in real life.
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