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A trip is when you go to the grocery store to buy milk on a Wednesday. A trip is to Cancun because you won the sales award for the third … Read more
A trip is when you go to the grocery store to buy milk on a Wednesday. A trip is to Cancun because you won the sales award for the third … Read more
I think maybe I’ve discovered another angle that has exposed just how terrible I am at the newly modified rules of real estate marketing. Everyone knows I’ve sold oodles of … Read more
It was February of 2018 when I last judged the fish fry at The Waterfront, that harbor side restaurant located inside the Abbey Hotel. At that time, the fish fry … Read more
I last reviewed Popeye’s March 5th, 2018. While that feels like it was a couple of years ago, I’m alarmed to realize that it was, as a point of fact, … Read more
Well, it feels like we’re about to see some more inventory. There’s a new lakefront listed under our MLS’s Delayed heading, which is category I’ve never used and never will … Read more
Have you ever noticed how many walking trails and parks there are in the Lake Geneva area? I haven’t really, but I know it’s a lot. There’s one big walking … Read more
It’s something that I still get asked about, and with some meaningful frequency. Where’s the best fish fry in Walworth County? The problem with the question is the answer. The … Read more
I rather like CNBC’s Rick Santelli. He cut his teeth at the CME and CBOT, and speaks not as a refined journalist but as a sharp elbowed floor trader with … Read more
There’s a cheeky little line about a dead squirrel that some people like to tell. They say that the road is full of dead squirrels who couldn’t make up their … Read more
I hope by now you’ve had a chance to pick up a copy of the winter edition of Summer Homes For City People. But, for the sake of today, let’s … Read more
I guess the job of a real estate agent is to pretend everything that’s happening makes sense. Years ago I used to quietly make fun of one market participant who … 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 Geneva’s 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
I’ve been chewing on the recent spate of articles involving both the demise of the iBuyer and the slow down in transactions involving real estate investors, and I think it … Read more
I never met John Hughes. He apparently owned a condominium in Williams Bay and was a frequent breakfast patron at Daddy Maxwell’s, which should put the two of us on … 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 I’m thankful for? I was going to work on being grateful. I was going to really, really … Read more
At the beginning of this year, I spent considerable amounts of time telling people that my sale of the Driehaus Estate for $36,000,000 had little to no bearing on the … 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 I’ve accomplished nothing else in my life, I’ve certainly succeeded in identifying the many reasons people buy Lake Geneva vacation homes. I’ve rambled about gibberish, tried incredibly hard to … Read more
One of the interesting things about cliches is that they only become cliches because they’re used very often. And one of the reasons they’re used very often is because they’re … Read more
In case you couldn’t tell, this was a really special property. I was proud to represent this lovely seller and their stunning farm. Sometimes selling a property isn’t 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, “I’m not wrong, I’m just early”. The market … Read more
I’m bored with this market. That’s why I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like to. Boredom. But it’s more than boredom, it’s irritation. That’s it, bored irritation. The … Read more
Does anyone want to be my neighbor? I’ve 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, that’s 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 you’re 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 wasn’t particularly well informed, does this mean every condo should be priced based on the cemented reality of that one sale? If a … Read more
I’m complacent. I can feel it. I still turn over every rock and sweat out every deal, that part of me will never fade. It’ll kill me, but it won’t … Read more
When I talk about the mood of the market, what exactly am I talking about? What is the market? The Market. It’s 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
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 printing press and … Read more
Imagine writing an article on the 1982 baseball season with a specific focus on stolen bases and not interviewing Ricky Henderson. That’s what the freelancers at the Wall Street Journal … Read more
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 other out. I owned … Read more
One of the great debates in the business of real estate revolves around pricing strategy. Some agents want listings so bad they’ll price a listing wherever the seller wishes to … Read more
A market update for you to consider. The Lake Geneva real estate market has, so far, ignored the headwinds.
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 dutch colonial pressed … Read more
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 that cited some statistics that should … Read more
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 weekends. It’s a pretty … Read more
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 introduced to the high society … Read more
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 Williams Bay. We … Read more
The political application of the Overton Window is quite easy to understand. If you’re a mischievous politician and you’d like to raise taxes by 10%, you publicly ask for a … Read more
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 find me. … Read more
It’s March, and here’s your lakefront market update. It’s more of a reminder that not every house is worth buying.
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 is. The deal is … Read more
Your 2021 Lake Geneva lakefront condominium year end review.
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 the lives … Read more
Private jets are all the rage, and thankfully Lake Geneva airports have you covered.
A note to say thank you to the University of Chicago for bringing Yerkes Observatory to the Village of Williams Bay.
It’s strikingly obvious to me that without my clients and friends, my family would not be so uniquely blessed. For that, I am exceedingly thankful and appreciative. There’s a lot … Read more
A lakefront inventory discussion and how the gentrification of existing inventory shapes any given market.