Charlene's Blog

New Listing on NW side, full of great updates: Offered at: $109,900!   New kitchen from top to bottom with can lights, tile floor, new counters and cabinets, stainless steel appliances and snack bar. Dining and Living room have hardwood floors and pella front door has mini blinds inside of glass ...

We all have been so excited about this great credit for the buyers  ..... to have more purchasing power for a home, and to help our economy grow, but have we totally forgot about the seller?   They are wounded and battered! What is exciting about this for them?   Here are a few things I have told...

This years Cottage & Lakefront Living Show in downtown Grand Rapids Michigan was held again ad Devos Place. It runs March 27-29 Friday 3 - 9 Saturday 10 - 9 Sunday 11 - 5   I enjoyed this year with a couple of friends and found some really cool things that would benefit cottage living. They had l...

     Leo Brehl, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1948 (This photo was taken for the local paper on the unique design on the home he built)     So many of my clients and friends ask me why I got into selling Real Estate. Some times I wonder, but I was reminded of it when I was looking through some old famil...

The thought of selling can be very overwhelming. Not knowing the market conditions are only part of the reason a good real estate agent can add value in the home sale process. Here is a little quiz to get you started. 1. Do you want an agent to: ( ) a. Tell you what you want to hear? ( ) b. Tell ...

Technorati Profile When events happen in your life you are sometimes not sure as to what to do with them. Where they are to be used to shed and grow. We have had several in our family over the last few years. We have embraced some and ...

As I prepare for the feast of feasts I just wanted to take a sec to tell all my friends, family and neighbors that I am blessed to be living in such a great little town! I wish you and yours a great holiday season!   I love the Rockford community!                                                  ...

Why shouldn't we be thankful for being in an industry that is totally in the media right now? Is that a blessing? With todays markets, media, educating the public, foreclosures and  bailouts our industry has the proud and the strong at the battle lines! Any one working in the real estate market, ...

Ok, I know a lot of women will be left to fend for themselves as the men leave for camps. How tragic.... how will you survive? OMG, take mine with you!!!! JK He has a major issue when a bird hits our sliding glass door in a suicide attempt! I grew up with deer hunting so, I can take it or leave i...

    Hess Lake Open House! Clink on link above for virtual tour! Sit back and relax and pre view your summer or year around home! $359,900 Sunday 11/9/08 from 2-4 1260 E. 88th Street Newaygo, MI 49337 co hoseted with: Pam Merriman of Integrity Lending Services of Rockford, Michigan   NEW PRICE and...