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 …

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 …
Imagine writing an article on the 1982 baseball season with a specific focus on stolen bases and not interviewing Ricky Henderson. That̵…
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…
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…
One of the great debates in the business of real estate revolves around pricing strategy. Some agents want listings so bad they’ll pr…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
The political application of the Overton Window is quite easy to understand. If you’re a mischievous politician and you’d like t…
Weโre 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
The gas station in our town is called Herbโs. I should say, it was called Herbโs. It might have been called something else even when I t…
The first time I ever saw the cottage I donโt think I noticed it. I drove by it and kept driving, oblivious to the obsession that would soon…
Well, that’s that. The inventory that should have arrived in February, didn’t. I know why it didn’t. It doesn’t hav…
Thereโs something wrong with you, she said. I know, I said.ย The Johnson deal is in trouble.ย Not because it should be, but because it just …
In the winter the town would flood the gravel parking lot to give the locals a place to ice skate.ย Sure the lake was full of ice, but this …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The vacation now ended was nice enough. The islands were fine. The water was warm. The villa both impressive and comfortable. Everything was…
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 …
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…
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…
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 rather disingenuous for me to relate to George Bailey the way I do. I watch this, the best of the Christmas movies, each December…
Do you know what the word breathtaking means? It means to have your breath taken. Like if you get murdered, that’s a seriously breatht…
It’s been said that patience is a virtue. If you’re trying to teach math to a child, or trying to train a dog to balance a cooki…
I never met Virgil Abloh. I didn’t own anything from Off-White, the company he founded in Milan almost ten years ago. I’ve never…
My wife and her family are Canadians. It’s not their fault, really, they just are, and they do the best that they can with this condit…
Growing old is fascinating. There are things that matter and things that don’t, and when I was younger I assumed that when I was older…
By now, you’ve heard the news. I have a contract on Glanworth Gardens. While the contract leaves me feeling somewhat sheepish, itR…
I rather like the classic song California Dreaming, written and recorded by the Mama’s And The Papa’s, or maybe it was just by t…
Pop Quiz:
Q. How much is a house worth?
A. Whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
This is how valuations work. If I’m selling my h…
Several years ago, a good client and friend of mine built a new home in Highland Park. He desired a specific style of home, so he hired an …
There’s something wrong with the way a summer day makes me feel. I’ve heard stories that some people tell, stories about lazy ha…
Once in a great while, a property is presented to the market that is so known, so revered, so celebrated, that no superlative description is…
I’m starting to dislike September. It’s a fine month, as far as months go, but what exactly is September? Is it summer? Yes. Is …
The most common method for agents to market their knowledge finds them sending out postcards showing the sold properties in their geographic…
Nevermind that Oscar was an odd fellow, we have canonized many of his poems and words and novels and because of this we remember him. In aut…
It’s today, and every Thursday through October 28th. You should visit on a nice day. Like today.
The business of real estate bothers me. It bothers me quite a bit. From the first day of exposure to the business the agents are taught to b…
One of the things that’s fun about being in the same business in the same market for so long is that I get to see my own theories play…