Realtor, Author & Neighbor: Battle Creek, Michigan

My wife and I have lived in Michigan for over a decade, and have been caught on the road in many a blizzard and bad weather conditions.  Having to live in this environment you learn a special kind of patience and skill in winter driving that is just not taught in driving school.  It is hard to ex...

I do not know if you have experienced it yet, but I had a wave of 65 spam comments hit my blog on Sunday within a 8 hour period.  These internet spammers find a blog, and post a comment on a lot of old posts you have, and leave a link.  The comments are usually a mess of mixed up letters, mis-spe...

As we approach the end of 2011, and arrive at the holidays I find myself looking back at how fast time flies once again.  This year as a Realtor was probably my busiest of all.  I was not only busy with my own clients and sales, but I also served as the President for the local Battle Creek Area A...

As you get older in life one finds that each Christmas is different.  Some times it is more challenging for me in certain years to capture that feeling I had about the holiday when I was a kid.  However, occasionally you stumble upon something that just puts you in the spirit, at least for a litt...

I was going through some videos that I shot in Florida over the Thanksgiving break, and uploaded this fun one that I call 'Alligator Lessons'.  This instructor was teaching the audience about alligators covering all the interesting points of their anatomy.  They have 'goggles' that cover their ey...

When I was in Miami over the Thanksgiving break, I walked by this man sitting at a table with his friend the bull dog.  It was along Lincoln Mall Drive on Saturday night, where the nightlife is diverse and lively.  They were both sitting there in their chairs just watching people go by.  Occasion...

I get a call on a December afternoon.  "Hi Michael.  I am in town today only, and get off work at 5:00pm.  I would like to see this house we talked about over the weekend at 5:30.  Is that possible?  This is the only time this week I can see it, I know it is short notice..." "Well if that is the ...

When I was in Miami, Florida over the Thanksgoving holiday weekend, some of our family took my wife and I to visit the Lincoln Mall nightlife.  It is a series of streets in downtown Miami that are blocked off to vehicle traffic, and it is filled with retail shops, restaurants and galleries.  It a...

I came across this photo taken with one of my cameras that I had forgotten about.  It was taken on day when I was at the 2011 National Association of Realtors Convention last month in Anaheim, CA.  It was about the fourth day, on a Sunday, and I had just purchased a 'Realtor University' sweatshir...

This past week in Battle Creek, Michigan we had our first big snowfall.  I went out and took some photos when it was still fresh, and I wanted to share one that I really liked.  It is a tree in my front yard that had snow beautifully placed on every branch, and it was early in the morning before ...