Kent's Sandpoint, Idaho Blog

Here is another photo-op that just couldn't be passed up.  Typically, I don't cruise around with boats piled on other boats...but, today was different.  Today, in "Monty Pythonesque" fashion, we piled them up.  (I was actually transporting the new/used Pelican paddle boat 10 miles across the bay ...

The Ridge On Schweitzer - Live the Dream The Ridge On Schweitzer Mountain is the newest development currently on the mountain offering stunning views of both the ski mountain and Lake Pend Oreille.  Several condominium projects, townhomes and private residences have been completed in phase 1 of t...

My friend Jim Redpath, accountant extraordinaire, just started a new blog that is definitely worth a look. ( www.cpawithaview )  If selling your home is on the horizon, it would make sense from a capital gains perspective, to consider 2010 as the year to make it happen.  The "future" appears to ...

I just couldn't pass up this WORDLESS WEDNESDAY post.  I arrived back in "utopia" (Sandpoint, Idaho) this morning after a two week absence while visiting friends and family in Minnesota.  It was astounding to come back to an explosion of wild lupine on our side hill.  It kind of put an exclamatio...

TODAY IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 AND TIMBER RIDGE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO $449,000! Interior Features: • Central Vac • Jetted Tub • Vaulted Ceilings • Private Hot Tub overlooking slopes and village Property Features: • Community Water, Community Sewer, Gas, Electricity, Mountain View, Panoramic View, Slope...

Summer in Sandpoint...We're discovered once again! Lake Pend Oreille is the most beautiful lake in the United States.   That sounds pretty extreme, but I look at it every day and am more impressed every time I see it.  I think the visual of the lake and surrounding mountains is so overwhelming (...

  SANDPOINT WINS THE 2010 4A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS!   As a good Realtor® and ambassador for Sandpoint (Idaho’s “crown jewel”) it is, once again, my duty to report the developments surrounding the amazing Sandpoint High School tennis team.     The 2010 team has successfully defended its 2009 Dist...

Sandpoint, Idaho Market Trends through April, 2010. The stats are in and there are some interesting developments in sales here in Sandpoint, Idaho. The City Planners focus this year has been on the revitalization of Sandpoint's city limits and appears it has been working.  The average price is no...

It just wouldn't be right if I didn't reprint portions of the recent "USA Today" article about our quaint little town up here in North Idaho.  Sandpoint truly is a gem and, even though it kills me to see it discovered, when it becomes a headline story in major periodicals I just need to relax and...

I think it was the movie, "WEIRD SCIENCE" where my favorite line was revealed..."Don't F#%* with the fantasy!".  Moving to Sandpoint (full-time, that is) in 2005 was the answer to all my searching..."most" of my fantasies.   Today I rode the BMW to the Sandpoint/Post Falls tennis match (I coach t...