David Curry

I am afflicted with a strange form of amnesia. I remember most everything, though increasingly I cannot remember phone numbers in the way that I once could. For that, I … Read more

Why would someone write an October sales update on October 25th when six days still remain in this month? Because it’s Friday and I have to write about something. October … Read more

Someday, someone is going to spend a lot of time studying the foreclosure phenomenon of the past five years. I don’t know who that someone will be, but I’m certain … Read more

Gym class was never a difficult class for me. I did most things well enough, even if my B- average extended into all things elementary sports as well. I couldn’t … Read more

Wants and needs are difficult to separate. They are not as oil and watery as they should be. My wants and my needs are generally cobbled together in the same … Read more

Let’s pretend we’re a small town clothing retailer. We name our shop something clever, perhaps something ironic, and we grow beards and wear skinny ties and do whatever we can … Read more

It was difficult last night to drive a distance across the Wisconsin countryside and not see combines trailed by large clouds of dust. These combines eagerly chewed through fields of … Read more

If I had really thought the noise through, I would have known that these were just harmless raccoons. During my childhood, and even adolescent years, I had a bedroom that … Read more

There are at least 12 lake access and lakefront homes pending sale right now. There are 112 lake access and lakefront homes, give or take, that are listed for sale … Read more

I suppose there can be an initial struggle between lakefront and lake access, between similar price points and similar structures in completely dissimilar geographic locations. If a buyer is looking … Read more

It’s time we talk about the South Shore Club again. I do hate being redundant here, which is why I approach the item of the day with a new piece … Read more

If we have 100 buyers, some slowly seeking and others desperately seeking the real estate that their heart desires and their wallet affords, how many of those buyers does it … Read more

When I was in high school, I mowed a lawn in the Buena Vista Club. That’s not entirely true. I actually mowed three lawns, nearly all in a row, spanning … Read more

I suppose it’s about time I let you in on my little construction project. That project is, after all, taking me away from this desk more than I’d like it … Read more

I remember the first time I smelled an ocean. It was the Atlantic, off of Daytona Beach, and my family had just driven from Disney World in a rented, white … Read more

I was never much for riding bikes. I bought a Nishiki mountain bike sometime around 1991, and anyone who was sort of into entry level mountain bikes in 1991 probably … Read more

Last Friday I decided to keep my sales activity confined to a specific corner of the lake, in an even tighter corner of Cedar Point Park. I did this not … Read more

How many sales would you say, at least on average, it takes to create a trend? Certainly it can’t be one sale, and rarely would it ever be two. It … Read more

I mentioned it on Wednesday, and I think it deserves another mention today. That’s not really true. If it were just a mention then I wouldn’t have made the mention … Read more

The Lake Geneva vacation home market consists primarily of five key components. Those are, by measure of importance, Abbey Springs, Geneva National, lakefront condominiums, lake access homes, and finally, most … Read more

Friday gets all the attention, all the time. Thank God it’s Friday. That’s what they say. TGIF, that’s what they say when they want to shorten things up. I have … Read more

I have never been one to celebrate winter. Not here, not in private, not really ever. Sure there were cold days in my youth where I enjoyed skating over frozen … Read more

This platform hardly seems large enough to deliver to you the news of the day. However, since most of the nails and lumber in Walworth County have been swallowed up … Read more

Nothing feels better, after a long days work, than some quality rest. There’s a big difference between sleep and rest, perhaps not for the body but certainly for the soul. … Read more

There are lots of things you can do on a Saturday in Lincoln Park that you can’t do on a Saturday in Lake Geneva. For instance, you can wait in … Read more

I’ve never been the subject of a quarantine. I never had lice, or whopping cough, and I have so far narrowly avoided tuberculosis, SARS, and both the bird and swine … Read more

I suppose it would be like asking the attendees of a rummage sale for their opinion on just how the sale went, or how they liked your used wares, or … Read more

When it comes to gauging a foreclosure scene in any particular market, I suppose the best we can hope for is to ascertain at the very least if those foreclosures … Read more

One of the unfortunate things about a real estate recovery is the emergence of the strike-it-rich-real-estate-people. The breathless group was gone for a while, back when real estate was harder … Read more

Why check a seven day forecast when it offers no hope? I mean, it can offer hope, at certain times and on certain seven day screens, but today it doesn’t … Read more

On some day in December of 2011, a month that sounds like it’s a month from a long time ago but is, in fact, just a month from 13 ago, … Read more

That’s really all there is for today. I’m off this afternoon to pull some wires in my shell of a house, which isn’t very festive but it is sort of … Read more

It shouldn’t surprise us when a lakefront home on Geneva is foreclosed on. It shouldn’t be a surprise when that home cycles through the bank and then returns to the … Read more

Sellers, like job seekers, can become so listless that they drop out of the market all together. If a person is unemployed and they decide, after a lengthy and tiresome … Read more

When you buy a sailboat, it’s only natural that the wind refuses to blow. There isn’t really any reason for it to. You have your sail, you have your boat, … Read more

In the world of lakes, there are large ones and there are small ones. Some are so large they are considered great, others ponds so small they don’t ever achieve … Read more

There isn’t any one secret formula that will produce a product on Geneva Lake that buyers will gravitate towards. I mean, there is, but the base formula for high end … Read more

I don’t like people who work too much. It’s not that they’re necessarily doing it on purpose, but some do not need to be urged to work harder. Some do … Read more

Matt Damon thinks that somehow he’s some sort of big deal because he bought a zoo. You don’t see me spouting off and making movies about how I bought a … Read more

I imagine it to be difficult to be an artist. Or at least to be a fledgling artist. To be one is to draw beautifully, to be convinced of your … Read more

I am extremely skilled in the fine art of destroying jeans. In fact, the ability to ruin a pair of expensive jeans might be my superpower, in case they decide … Read more

I have some friends who, when I speak something irritating to them, or say something negative about them, respond by saying “I don’t receive that”. This is an interesting way … Read more

Rivers are sort of gross. Trout streams are cool. Western rivers that flow off of mountains and through low grassy valleys are too. But most rivers just flow with the … Read more

I imagine if I scoured Ebay for long enough I could find an antiquated set that had long ago been discarded from a Hollywood stage. The furniture would smell of … Read more

The first thing we must do is agree that private lakefront is the goal. If the means are present and the motivation is high, then lakefront on Geneva is the … Read more

In 1983, Mrs. Anderson had a wooden alligator in her classroom. It was green, as it should have been, with wooden wheels and a width across the shoulders that made … Read more

If you suffered through the State Of The Union address last week, and combined that sentiment with the “surprisingly” lower unemployment statistic on Friday, you might be under the impression … Read more

It is no secret that the South Shore Club is an exclusive development. Anything numbering just 40 in total would be viewed as exclusive. While this is known, what isn’t … Read more

When I think of Geneva National, the next thought is usually about Abbey Springs. If you need help differentiating between the two developments, just think of Abbey Springs as a … Read more

I think the Pursuit is the finest center console boat made today. The Boston Whaler gets a larger share of the spotlight, but the beam of a Whaler Outrage is … Read more

It’s dark now, but light enough to see that the sky and the ice and the horizon are the same dull gray. I think he’s in there. He has to … Read more

Last year, I went swimming earlier than I had intended to. Today, my last Blackberry and a very pristine pair of Ray Bans lay encased in a living tomb of … Read more

There is a strange feeling in the market this morning. It’s not so strange on the selling side, as this always exists there, happily, contentiously, whatever the situation wherever the … Read more

Winter is good for a lot of things. Without winter, that red headed kid who snowboards would only be known as the red headed kid who skateboards. Without winter, flora … Read more

New year, old year, activity on the lakefront remains. The day doesn’t matter much. Snow or sunshine, 52 or 14, it’s just the way it is. Denzel Washington keeps climbing … Read more

In light of the post from Tuesday, this might on the surface appear redundant. I struggle with redundancy here, as you already know. Monday: It’s beautiful at Lake Geneva! Tuesday: … Read more

I’m going to assume that Jack Welch is smarter than I am. This is not an easy admission to make. It’s this assumption of superior intelligence that left me bothered … Read more

In 2004, at what was the height of the national tear down craze, the tear down had already elevated to hated status. Not hated by the tearee, and not so … Read more

Later this month, when it is winter, I will tell you how wonderful it is. I will write about the snow and the frost and the ice, and I will … Read more

But if you decide to make thrills your regular diet and try to prolong them artificially, they will all get weaker and weaker, and fewer and fewer, and you will … Read more

Just as small municipal market statistics can be skewed by a particularly top heavy or an especially light year, so too can individual segments of those broader, if still small, … Read more

I felt a little bad for picking on Clark Griswold earlier this week. He should have owned a vacation home in Lake Geneva, but he was obviously a middle class … Read more

That the lakefront market is hot provides no consolation to the rest of the vacation home market. There is no joint feeling of relief when one lakefront sells and renders … Read more

As the lakefront market soars into November, the entry level lake access market is, at best, grounded. At worst it’s moving slowly in reverse, but likely it is stalled, neither … Read more

Next week, it’ll be November. The summer that I tried to hang on to for as long as humanly possible has slipped through my fingers, My grip is still tight, … Read more

When you peel back the layers of the Occupy movement, if it can or should even be labeled such, past the filth and the yelling, beyond the bongos and the … Read more

When I was a boy, I went to school. At first, the school days were hot and sweaty, my ADD roiled by the sultry classrooms that lacked air conditioning. At … Read more

I’ve been a bit top heavy of late, redundant even, focusing on the lakefront market on Geneva perhaps more than some of you might like. I’ve been telling you what’s … Read more

Many years ago, there was a time when selling a Bay Shore condominium should have been easy. At that time of apparent ease, it was, in fact, difficult to sell … Read more

You might think there is an insatiable appetite for vacant land on Geneva Lake. The lake has been nearly filled for many generations now, but as with any nearly full … Read more

Some people find their way to apple orchards when the leaves are still green, the sun still high. I am not one of those people. When that sun is high, … Read more

When the weather is unruly during a month like June, it is unfortunate but it is not insurmountable. If June is dark or cold or wet, it will put us … Read more

The entry level lake access market as it relates to Geneva Lake is a tortured market, of sorts. On one hand, the market benefits from a price point ($150k-$500k) that … Read more

During the spring of 2010 I was working with a buyer who was, in fact, not just any buyer. Which isn’t to say that any buyer is a boring buyer, … Read more

If you’ve made a snap judgment as to my athletic prowess based on my current wheezy state, you might find it difficult to believe that at one point, many, many … Read more

Some time ago, a seller of an unusually large and exquisitely appointed lakefront condominium asked me what I felt that particular unit was actually worth. I told him. He was … Read more

In March of this year, a fine lakefront home on Bonnie Brae sold for $2.625MM. The price paid per front foot of lakefront was $17,500. Then in May, a buyer … Read more

I imagine enjoying these late summer days in the fashion that I do is similar to spending time with a loved one who is on the verge of dying. Moments … Read more

My lakefront sale from Friday wasn’t the only sale of consequence last week, even if it was the sale that made me feel the most heroic. The Lake Geneva vacation … Read more

If you took a snapshot of the lakefront, choosing any particular stretch of homes that numbered at least 100, I would estimate that as many as 30 of those owners … Read more

When three boys are 4, 8, and 11 it is difficult to fit all three into the back of a blue Chevy station wagon, but not impossible. If you align … Read more

I mentioned this briefly last week, but the topic of fall price reductions at Lake Geneva deserves a bit more commentary. In the past week, there have been several price … Read more

All lakes have weeds. The Dead Sea might not, but it’s a sea, not a lake, so my first statement stands. The Salton Sea also might not have seaweed, but … Read more

This race has not been being run for long, but as the runners pass us by today, it is still quite clear that the finish line is miles and miles … Read more

I vacillate between an altered line of thinking that places value on a view of the lake over proximity to the lake. I understand both, and I think the determining … Read more

When I was a child, I can’t remember going to the fair but maybe once, or twice. Similarly, I don’t remember going to Venetian Fest at all. Maybe I did, … Read more

As much as I look forward to the day when I can sit here and tell you that the current foreclosure cycle is dwindling, it is obvious to me that … Read more

I spent at least two hours last night on a ladder, or at least one half of a two piece extension ladder, my left pocket full of nails, my fingers … Read more

Right about now, hundreds of kids are getting their farm animals ready to show at the fair. Blue ribbons await those with the most healthy, finely groomed rabbits, cows, sheep, … Read more

My life, the only life I have, is speeding by. Days that felt like weeks now feel like hours, and those weeks? Well, they feel like days. Seasons rush over … Read more

Yesterday, a rich person woke up, drove to a title company, and then closed on a lakefront home on the bluff of Cedar Point. This rich person paid $1.54MM for … Read more

I’ve entertained the thought that I should become the Morningstar of real estate. Perhaps instead of selling real estate, I should simply and solely comment on it. I could be … Read more

The jolt from the explosion knocked my Dodge truck into neutral, causing me to coast down the road a ways, north, far enough to understand what I had just done … Read more

There is a long standing theory that would seek to convince us that in times of economic uncertainty and dwindling stock market returns (or accelerating losses) investors turn their focus … Read more

The ultimate manifestation of real estate boom naivete was shamelessly on display during the condotel boom of the 2000s. The concept took off in cities like Las Vegas and Miami, … Read more

There are different kinds of hot. There is summer hot, a delicious blend of heat and humidity that causes people to jump into large earthen bowls of water. There is … Read more

Depending on where you spent your July, your July was either an amazing example of what July can and should be, or it was a month bursting with too many … Read more

The price range that I assign to the entry level lake access market has a tendency to change. I’m aware that I do this. Sometimes this price runs to $500k, … Read more

When people ask me how the market is, I generally and consistently assume they’re asking me in a rhetorical manner similar to when the check out girl at Sentry asks … Read more

Not even the promise of a lobster boil can save me from my foul mood this morning. A deal I’ve been working on for a few months has all but … Read more