How Understanding Your Seasonal Cycle Can Unleash Your Personal Potential

Cycles of change are a normal part of life.  Day transitions into night, summer transitions into fall and eventually winters’ cold spell breaks up to reveal the freshness of spring.  While we accept these cycles as normal in nature, we sometimes ignore the fact that cycles are evident in all aspects of life. 
As I look [...]

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5 Important Grand Rapids MI Real Estate Trends

*This post was written at the beginning of the year. (2008) Looking back at the trends that I thought we needed to watch, it’s interesting to review and look back on how these trends worked themselves through the year.

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Frigid Air Blasts the Grand Rapids, Mi Real Estate Market….

One thing that can always be said about Grand Rapids, Michigan is that there’s a little of everything for everyone when it comes to the weather. Today, winter snow lovers awoke to find that they had been blessed by the arrival of an early winter wonderland as a thick blanket of snow cover transformed everything into pristine whiteness.

This frigid blast of air matches the latest trends which have spread some icy tentacles across the Grand Rapids Michigan real estate marketplace too. October was a weird month. Watching the lurching, frantic roller coaster ride was the main event, but across the nation, the housing market was also plunging into new territory.

This was certainly the case for Grand Rapids, Michigan where foreclosure numbers for October accelerated to account for just under 65% of the total number of sales for the month.

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The Gift of Education…via Mothers Fighting For Others

Readers of this blog are aware of my association with an organization for orphaned girls in Kenya through the organization, Mothers Fighting For Others. 
I was first introduced to Rocky Turner through the real estate social network, Active Rain and was inspired by her efforts to visit Kenya to care for the welfare of these young women. 
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Twitter, Tribes and Telling Tiny Tales…

You never know how a little thing can change your life. That’s the best way to describe a random visit that I made to Twitter a couple of months ago, popping in for just a few minutes to see what was on my dashboard. I clicked in just in time to see a twitter by Cyndee Haydon about something called Triiibes.

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Half-Baked Ideas…

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This short audio blog examines the ways in which our lives and thoughts are impacted by the pervasiveness of our engagements online.

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Hey, We’re One!

Celebrating a Special One Year Anniversary…The Grand Rapids Real Estate Musings Blog turns One!  A brief summary of the years blog posts.
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Tommorow We’ll be One!

On November 9, 2008 I’m celebrating the one year anniversary of the Grand Rapids Real Estate Musings Blog! It’s been fun to highlight not just local real estate happenings, but life in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan. I also want to Thank all my readers who have stopped by to read and/or leave a comment.

What I’ve enjoyed most about this blog is that the local flair has allowed me to explore all sorts of interesting places in Grand Rapids, and share my favorites with you.

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Daily Essentials…

Daily Essentials…

And What Are Yours?

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La Crave Restaurant…New Mediterranean Cuisine in Grand Rapids, MI!

Word of mouth is the most effective form of advertising. My recent experience in identifying this unique new restaurant was no exception. La Crave Restaurant was recommended to my by a friend who was sure I’d like it.

Since I was in Kentwood that afternoon, I decided to stop by the restaurant which is located in a small shopping plaza just west of Woodland Mall.

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