Allen Kavanaugh's (allenkavanaugh) Blog

A/R members, I have enjoyed this site and enjoyed blogging and reading the blogs on a daily basis.But due to petty whining/backstabbing misrepresentation of the facts and NOT telling the WHOLE story on items I regret that I will be taking a break from this community. It is not worth the headaches...

Step 1: Get a local broker. In a slow market there are relatively fewer buyers. It follows that to generate the most demand you want your property exposed to as many purchasers as possible. Who do buyers contact when they want a house? Brokers. Figures from the National Association of Realtors sh...

Saugatuck and Douglas are harbor villages that celebrate diversity--small-town America at its best! Here visitors turn back the pages of time to enjoy a simpler life where no one hurries and no one hurries you, a place where everyone is special and everyone is welcome.While visiting either downto...

Meander the stretch of Red Arrow Highway that is Harbert, and you'll encounter art galleries, antiques, and charming dining opportunities. Harbert has changed since the days Carl Sandburg roamed its wooded lanes, but has lost none of its appeal. As the Harbert Business Association says, Harbert i...

Three Oaks is a village located in Berrien County in the extreme southwest corner of Michigan, just minutes from the Lake Michigan shoreline and near the Indiana border. It's situated in Michigan's beautiful "Harbor Country," which also includes the towns of Lakeside, Michiana, Grand Beach, New B...

I know many members of The GLBT community would rather work with a member of the GLBT Community. I am your SW Michigan connection.  I fully advertise this on both-of my web sites, in our window in my office. my prior business in Harbor country THAT WAS THE ONLY to FLY the rainbow flag for many ye...

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians opened the Four Winds Casino Resort on August 2, 2007. Paying homage to the heritage of the Pokagon Band, the Four Winds Casino Resort is situated on a beautiful landscape off of I-94 at Michigan Exit 1 in New Buffalo, Michigan and offers 130,000 square feet...

There are only 8 towns in this official region.." This is the true story of the sleepy once forgotten region known as Harbor Country that survived the previous century of logging and colonization, then  in later decades resisted the onslaught of urban sprawl and development. In the late 1970's, l...

In the time it takes to count to ten, five new people will become victims of identity theft. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Statistics, identity theft is now passing drug trafficking as the number one crime in the nation--with more than 15 million victims every year.Rather t...

Remember the winters when you were a child? You wold wake in the morning and dash to the windowwishing that snow had fallen. At first flake, you would behoping enough snow would fall. When mom and dad finally gave you the nod, you would race to bring out your sled.Sledding is a winter sport that ...