Sometimes, I list houses on the open market. Like this time. This comfortable five bedroom lakefront at Pier 651 is ready for a new owner. I…
Burr Oaks Farm
Calm isn’t something we come by naturally. Life is chaotic, frenzied, complicated. It’s a whirlwind of harried navigation betwee…
These Days
I spend most of my time wondering how Jackson Browne could write this song when he was just 16 years old. I remember being 16 years old. I h…
Lake Geneva Market Update
Don’t look now, but summer is no longer young. It’s no longer new. It’s no longer out there in front of us. Today, it̵…
Gross
One of the things I most dislike about real estate mania is the mania part. I want real estate to make sense. I want pricing to make sense. …
Geographic Catastrophe
I’m not sure if you knew this, but this is not a climate science blog. Nor is it a climate speculation blog. I wake up in the morning …
Seller’s Remorse
I contend that it would be impossible to sell a home that you loved without experiencing a considerable degree of seller’s remorse. Wh…
Lake Geneva Fireworks
If this blog was about my neighbors, and I was tasked with telling you when their firework celebrations were to occur, I would fail miserabl…
Ban
I think everyone knows how I feel about pontoon boats. In case you don’t know, I hate them. That’s not to say that I don’t…
Pier 290
I’m grateful for the dull things in life. For the way I feel when I go to the hardware store and buy two furnace filters and a small …
Tops
I’m well aware that people grow tired of having me talk about sales volume. It’s tedious and annoying, I agree. I think that may…
Tell
If a house is listed for sale and then, a short while later, the price is dramatically reduced, what does that tell you? I view this as an a…
Dissent
I’ve been bothered by a comment that was made on this site recently, and I feel the need to discuss it further. The comment implied th…
Rain
It rained again yesterday. It would have come as a surprise to me, but it rained a bit two days before that as well. And last weekend we had…
Off Market Sales Lake Geneva
The real estate world is at battle over the concept of off market sales. Things didn’t used to be this way, but like most things in 20…
Benches
I’ve spent much of the last twenty years working on a theory that suggests the only people who sit on park benches are old men. I was …
Gratitude
I’m not one of those people who have trouble saying thank you. I say it all of the time. I say it when someone refills my water at a r…
Summer Homes For City People
It really shouldn’t be as hard as it is. It’s just a magazine, after all. A bunch of words and some pictures and the magic of a …
The Wall Street Journal
Imagine writing an article on the 1982 baseball season with a specific focus on stolen bases and not interviewing Ricky Henderson. That̵…
World Wide Web
In 1995 I owned a Saab 900. It was gunmetal gray, but it wasn’t a Turbo, so I operated as though those two conditions canceled each ot…
Finally
I feel better now. I was on the verge of breaking, but in true Midwest fashion I powered through the difficult days knowing that there were…
Pricing Strategy
One of the great debates in the business of real estate revolves around pricing strategy. Some agents want listings so bad they’ll pr…
Lake Geneva Real Estate Market Update
That’s a long title, but if I don’t really spell things out my search engine friends won’t respect my content. The nationa…
April
When I was in high school, a friend of mine had a girlfriend named April. She had curly hair and tanned skin and braces, I think. She went …
Lake Geneva IRS Auction
There are just two houses that get their own chapter in the book of Curry Family Lore. One of those houses is the obvious house, that old du…
Lake Geneva Market Update
There’s no way to downplay the move in interest rates that have occurred over the past three months. I read an article this morning th…
Short The Market
There are many reasons that I’m worse at my job than I otherwise could be. One reason is that I really don’t like working on the…
Lake Geneva Real Estate Brokers
Five or six years ago, Sotheby’s flew me to New Jersey to meet with their executive team. It was time that David Curry, Local, be intr…
My Friend Eric
I have a friend named Eric that you probably don’t know. I met Eric when we were both in the sixth grade attending a small church in …
Lake Geneva’s Overton Window
The political application of the Overton Window is quite easy to understand. If you’re a mischievous politician and you’d like t…
Crypto
We’re happy to announce that We Are Now Accepting Bitcoin For Payment, the sign read. We also accept Ethereum and Dogecoin and ADA and Shibu…
Herbs
Herbs
The gas station in our town is called Herb’s. I should say, it was called Herb’s. It might have been called something else even when I t…
The Cottage
The first time I ever saw the cottage I don’t think I noticed it. I drove by it and kept driving, oblivious to the obsession that would soon…
Lake Geneva Market Update
Well, that’s that. The inventory that should have arrived in February, didn’t. I know why it didn’t. It doesn’t hav…
Something Else
There’s something wrong with you, she said. I know, I said. The Johnson deal is in trouble. Not because it should be, but because it just …
The Rink
In the winter the town would flood the gravel parking lot to give the locals a place to ice skate. Sure the lake was full of ice, but this …
Bridges
I was down at that bridge again. It was dark and it was rainy and that’s why I was there. Young couples put on their prom best and sta…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Condominium Year In Review
It’s true that I suffer from PTSD related to my exposure to the lakefront condo market between the years 2008 and 2018. This decade ca…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Year In Review
I’m writing my year end review a bit later than I’d normally write it, largely owed to a family vacation and that little Glanwor…
Whataboutisms
The frothy whip of the real estate market has improved the lives and wellbeing of many, and in that list of many I include my own life and t…
Lake Geneva’s Winterfest
During the winters of the 1980s there wasn’t a whole lot of activity at the end of Upper Loch Vista Drive. My childhood came and went…
Low Grade
What if some houses are actually terrible? What if certain houses were built by people who shouldn’t have been allowed to pick any til…
Glanworth Gardens Sells
Well, that’s that. I’m proud to announce my latest lakefront sale. While I remember all of my lakefront sales, this one is goin…
Lake Geneva Airports
It has never been a particular goal of mine to fly in a private airplane. That’s really good news for me, because it’s generally…
Sand
The vacation now ended was nice enough. The islands were fine. The water was warm. The villa both impressive and comfortable. Everything was…
The New Year
This was quite a year. I toggled between righteous anger over the state of the world and quiet, head down ambivalence. I think that’s …
University of Chicago
At first I thought maybe it was just Monday. The world was resting, or asleep, or wishing to be unbothered by the thought of another week. M…
Merry Christmas
It’s strikingly obvious to me that without my clients and friends, my family would not be so uniquely blessed. For that, I am exceedin…
Lake Geneva New Construction
The concept of total potential inventory and its role in real estate pricing isn’t something that’s very well understood. And if…
It’s A Wonderful Life
It’s rather disingenuous for me to relate to George Bailey the way I do. I watch this, the best of the Christmas movies, each December…