Lake Geneva Top Agent
I am very tired of telling everyone about how many houses I’ve sold. It’s nauseating, really. I have no idea where the balance is between making sure everyone knows that … Read more
I am very tired of telling everyone about how many houses I’ve sold. It’s nauseating, really. I have no idea where the balance is between making sure everyone knows that … Read more
Seasonality is dead, or so I like to tell my clients. This chart below helps show the smoothing of activity for the most recent five year period when compared with … Read more
That’s how the structure footage factors into value, but what about the price per square foot of land mass? This metric can be egregiously skewed from year to year, but … Read more
Lake Genevaโs favorite metric is also one of my least favorite: The Price Per Front Foot. I generally disapprove of the importance that the market places on this defining metric, … Read more
It’s rather obvious that Lake Geneva isn’t as interest rate sensitive as most real estate markets. I’ve been saying for the better part of the past year that I’d be … Read more
I’m not sure if it’s this winter, or just winter in general, but it no longer bothers me. It’s different. It’s cold, but is it bitter? Bitterly cold, that’s what … Read more
From my family to yours, best wishes for a peaceful, healthy, prosperous new year. Any year that starts with my family healthy and ends with them healthy is a pretty … Read more
I’d like to say Happy Hanukah and Merry Christmas and also Happy New Year, but how can that fit in the title spot? And if it did fit, how would … Read more
Many years ago I rented a condo on Siesta Key. My son was a baby and my business was seasonal, so it made good sense to spend most of the … Read more
Remember when I told you I was going to write about the things Iโm thankful for? I was going to work on being grateful. I was going to really, really … Read more
This is my SOS. Except my ship is my town and that makes the situation far more dire than if it were just my ship in trouble. The Lake Geneva … Read more
If Iโve accomplished nothing else in my life, Iโve certainly succeeded in identifying the many reasons people buy Lake Geneva vacation homes. Iโve rambled about gibberish, tried incredibly hard to … Read more
One of the interesting things about cliches is that they only become cliches because theyโre used very often. And one of the reasons theyโre used very often is because theyโre … Read more
In case you couldnโt tell, this was a really special property. I was proud to represent this lovely seller and their stunning farm. Sometimes selling a property isnโt an easy … Read more
Well, I continue to be wrong about this market. Or, perhaps, as Christian Bale as Michael Burry said in The Big Short, โIโm not wrong, Iโm just earlyโ. The market … Read more
Iโm bored with this market. Thatโs why I havenโt been writing as much as Iโd like to. Boredom. But itโs more than boredom, itโs irritation. Thatโs it, bored irritation. The … Read more
Does anyone want to be my neighbor? Iโve listed one of the upper two bedroom condominiums at my 323 Broad Street building, and as you can see from these photos, … Read more
Well, thatโs that. A decade of drama came to an end yesterday when someone paid $6,460,000 for the home at 619 Cedar Point Drive in Williams Bay. I anticipated a … Read more
I declared it to be the finest place I have ever visited. No, more than that. The finest property I have ever seen. The finest of everything at any time … Read more
If youโre a buyer in Fontana, you can gain access to lots of fun things. You could try to join the Lake Geneva Yacht Club and hang out at that … Read more
If a condo sells because a buyer wasnโt particularly well informed, does this mean every condo should be priced based on the cemented reality of that one sale? If a … Read more
Iโm complacent. I can feel it. I still turn over every rock and sweat out every deal, that part of me will never fade. Itโll kill me, but it wonโt … Read more
When I talk about the mood of the market, what exactly am I talking about? What is the market? The Market. Itโs a meeting of the minds. A disagreement. A … Read more
There can only be one front row, and at Vista Del Lago that’s building One. The rarest offering in Vista is now available with expansive lake views reaching all the … Read more
Many a painter, poet and writer have found inspiration in small stone cottages tucked away in a quiet landscape. And for good reason, since our surroundings influence our moods and have … Read more
I arrived at my office this morning and read a comment from some person I don’t know who suggested I’m a “chubby bitch” with size 44 pants, which is, in … Read more
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 sat on this lakeside … Read more
Calm isn’t something we come by naturally. Life is chaotic, frenzied, complicated. It’s a whirlwind of harried navigation between the things that must be done and the things we’d like … Read more
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 had a … Read more
It’s summer 2022 and the lakefront market at Lake Geneva is behaving itself. New inventory is hard to find and existing inventory has been picked over. So what’s next?
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 and look … Read more
I contend that it would be impossible to sell a home that you loved without experiencing a considerable degree of seller’s remorse. Why wouldn’t you feel this way? How could … Read more
If this blog was about my neighbors, and I was tasked with telling you when their firework celebrations were to occur, I would fail miserably. There are myriad reasons why … Read more
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 2022, things that didn’t … Read more