There are certain homes on this lake that catch your attention. When you walk by, when you boat by, when you drive by, everyone has a house …

There are certain homes on this lake that catch your attention. When you walk by, when you boat by, when you drive by, everyone has a house …
Years ago, I wrote often about the need to carve out time and dedicate that time to the enjoyment of this place. It was the time of our live…
I suppose you can’t blame them, those once Lake Geneva determined buyers who find themselves aimlessly wandering down the miserable li…
Often times, I find myself struggling against the market as I insist that certain attributes are the attributes that matter. It’s like…
What odd times we live in. And how much more odd they are when you’re in real estate in a thriving resort market. On one hand, I̵…
Valley Park isn’t a drive that someone can happen on easily. You must drive down South Lakeshore Drive and then head North on Maple Ri…
I’ll live my entire life without buying Waterworks tile. I have dabbled with buying a Waterworks faucet or two, but even in that IR…
During any year, we celebrate this weekend. We celebrate in our remembrance, but we do not confuse meaningful reflection with the absence of…
If we had a million rentals, we could fill them all. It might not actually be that way, but that’s the way it seems. If you could see …
Corona is everywhere and no one should leave their homes. If you do, you might get it, which is to say we’re all going to get it, beca…
Another week of dealing with a most miserable shut down of our once vibrant economy, another sale in Cedar Point Park. The things aren’…
May is a pretty good month. It’s the month that we see when our January minds concentrate to conjure up an image of spring. The calen…
If you know this market, and I mean, really know this market, then you know that there are pockets of inventory within this market that are …
This morning, I decided to do the thing I’ve done for nearly all of the past 24 years worth of mornings. I woke up, cleaned up, dresse…
I don’t write often about local politics. If I did, I would have something new to write about weekly, as the local governments churn a…
There’s a thing about houses that the market, as a whole, often forgets. In the pursuit of function over form, the market hastily cha…
During periods of growth and expansion it’s easy to superficially judge the health and supposed underlying strength of a particular va…
What an odd time this is. On one hand, it’s lame. Super lame. Terrible. Some people are sick. Others are rightfully terrified of becom…
At the Lake, the off-water market lake access market is made up of three very important and distinct sub-markets. There are homes with slips…
Amidst the landscape of our stalled lives, there is still activity. I listed 1530 Lake Shore Drive in Lake Geneva at the very end of January…
I took a walk yesterday. The last time I took a walk in the middle of the day was so long ago that I cannot remember it. Of course there hav…
Why do we even bother giving the days names? I read this in a tweet over the weekend and I thought it was funny. But then I also thought abou…
What an odd time to be alive. I’m glad to be alive during it, because the alternative seems worse. I think all of this social distanc…
I’ve been contemplating what, if anything, to write about the current state of things. Things, as a point of fact, are bad. Individual…
Typically, I make some variety of plan when contemplating a particular establishment and the steak they serve. Last night was not typical. I…
Coronavirus is coming for all of us. I mean, it might be. Who knows? I see on Facebook some of my friends who dislike the president seem to …
It was around noon on Friday when I realized I wanted to eat steak for dinner. The last steak I ate was at the Chop House, and as you’…
The ice boats found their smooth patch of ice on Saturday. It was breezy without being windy, sunny without being warm, and the ice was slip…
I made a reservation for Friday night. I had taken my son out for steak to the Hunt Club, my wife out for steak to the Grandview, and so it …
When considering a home purchase, it’s apparent to everyone, everywhere, that you have choices. Choices about location, bedroom count,…
It took me some googling to figure out if Grandview was one word or two, and further, if the restaurant was named the Grandview or just The …
There may be some confusion as to what my goal is with these food reviews. I don’t write them because I think I’m someday going …
In August of this year, it’ll mark 24 years that I’ve been sitting at this desk. That means I’ve spent the majority of m…
The last time I was at Jonathan’s On Brick Street was the second time I was at Jonathan’s On Brick Street. The first time I was…
January is an interesting month. On one hand, it’s winter, so everyone likes to pretend that it’s too difficult to do things. Dr…
There’s a problem with owners who buy on the lakefront in Geneva Manor. They buy in the Manor for any number of reasons, but thereR…
There are two sorts of people in this area. People who know where Millies was and people who don’t. There are no other sorts of people. For …
I have a problem with diets. I’ve been on several of them over the course of this adulthood that I’m rushing through, and withou…
On a January day in 2018, a pleasant house on the north shore of Fontana hit the market for $4,695,000. It wasn’t a house that was nec…
In contrast to my accurate prediction for Geneva National last year, I admit to you this morning that I was dead wrong about my prediction f…
Geneva National is back, and it really is better than ever. Sure, there are still homeowners residing inside these brick and cedar behemoths…
I don’t pretend to be a particularly savvy investor. I have friends that are. I am not. I just don’t have the knack for it, and …
I read an article last week about how to write out checks in the new year. If you write 1/6/20 on your check, the article supposed that a th…
And Happy Hanukah, for those celebrating. In fact, we’re all celebrating something. It’s one of the very few things everyone can…
There have been many moments over the past 23 years that I’ve wanted to move my real estate office from Williams Bay to Lake Geneva. I…
Sometimes, things just don’t work out the way I’d prefer. Such is the case of 614 Sauk Trail in Fontana. I first listed this ho…
If there is one lane that has proven it is the preferred Lake Geneva lane, it’s Basswood. You wouldn’t be wrong if you suggeste…
As I spy the cut spruce trees stacked for sale outside this coffee shop, I ponder what they are, exactly. Holiday Trees, the sign says. I wo…
My wife and children were to be out of town for a few days, and my job was simple. In the morning, let the chickens out and be sure they had…
It’s gray again. The snow has melted, so we have that going for us, but the white has been replaced with the grays and browns of Novem…