Why have the last six owners at Mariners Pointe Condominium made the decision to make this their Door County home—even before the building had broken ground? And why is this new offering so very special? Let me tell you why… Introducing 10658 Mariners Pointe Drive, Unit 502. This home a
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08/21/2019
In my hometown of Jacksonport, Door County Wisconsin, 200 hearty souls took a dip in Lake Michigan at noon today. The Jacksonport Polar Bear Club has been doing this for 30+ years. Other years, with more moderate temperatures, would bring out 800+ swimmers. The temps were below zero today and
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01/01/2018
Ostriches and Egos: How We Create Our Own Realities Information avoidance is a common human tendency. If you are looking to buy or sell Door County real estate, that avoidance could be costly. It doesn’t seem to matter that we’re living in a hyper information age. We listen to news that s
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08/21/2017
About this time of year people here in Door County grow weary of waiting lines. A waiting line in the grocery store, waiting for the farmers market to have sweet corn, waiting list for seating at your favorite restaurant, even waiting for a good book at the library. Well, it happens all ov
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08/09/2017
The dog days of summer. Said to be the hottest days of the summer, “Days so devastatingly hot that even dogs would lie around on the asphalt, panting”. In reality the dog days of summer have nothing to do with dog, or heat, and have nothing to do with real estate, the phrase comes from an
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08/07/2017
Do you remember the playground merry-go-round? The one where a bunch of kids would pile on and it was up to the last kid—the kid left on the ground—to push the merry-go-round, loaded with other kids, until it got going fast enough to move on its own inertia. The first steps by the kid on t
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03/22/2017
Chase a mouse, or chase a gazelle?The Lion wakes in the morning and knows he must feed himself and his Pride today. If the Lion chooses to chase field mice for food he’ll need to chase and catch A LOT of mice to fill his hunger, and, at the end of the day he will still be hungry because of the e
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02/05/2017
Get their permission…then tell ‘em what they need to hear.I went on a listing appointment last week and came away wondering, what do agents tell their clients about showings and feedback?This listing had expired from the market and the owner called me to see, “What I would do differently than her
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01/16/2017
Waking Up Happy Every Day 11 days into 2017 and my time blocking schedule is getting easier, I am adding reps to my Pilates routine to make it harder, and I’ve had, I think, 11 happy days in a row. Is that all it takes? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had mostly happy days in my life. This is just a r
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01/11/2017