Seasonality

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

Villa Hortensia Sells

One of the interesting things about cliches is that they only become cliches because theyโ€™re used very often. And one of the reasons theyโ€™re used very often is because theyโ€™re … Read more

Burr Oaks Farm Sells

In case you couldnโ€™t tell, this was a really special property. I was proud to represent this lovely seller and their stunning farm. Sometimes selling a property isnโ€™t an easy … Read more

Lake Geneva Market Update

Well, I continue to be wrong about this market. Or, perhaps, as Christian Bale as Michael Burry said in The Big Short, โ€œIโ€™m not wrong, Iโ€™m just earlyโ€. The market … Read more

Lake Geneva Market Update

Iโ€™m bored with this market. Thatโ€™s why I havenโ€™t been writing as much as Iโ€™d like to. Boredom. But itโ€™s more than boredom, itโ€™s irritation. Thatโ€™s it, bored irritation. The … Read more

Sales Trends

If a condo sells because a buyer wasnโ€™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

Market Discussion

When I talk about the mood of the market, what exactly am I talking about? What is the market? The Market. Itโ€™s a meeting of the minds. A disagreement. A … Read more

Contagion

If you were a buyer in 2002 and you called me to look for an entry level lakefront home, we would have been able to secure private frontage between $900,000 … Read more

Lake Geneva Market Update

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?

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. That’s what the freelancers at the Wall Street Journal … Read more

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 weekends. It’s a pretty … Read more

Patience

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 cookie on its nose, … Read more

South Lakeshore Drive Sells

Another lakefront sale, another lakefront transaction completed off market. If you want to know what’s happening on the lakefront, you have to work with the lakefront leader.