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She decided to move with her blanket of snow. As I look out of the window she continues to display what she feels is a work of art. We're looking at 6"-12" of more snow. The fourth snow storm in the past seven days. The news just reported 1155 closings of events, schools and businesses already.Be...

You read it right, 37,000,000 Americans currently don't have health insurance.That's a scary number. My wife and I have become a statistic since we closed our building company. I guess were not alone in this frightening gamble of life.The cost of health insurance is keeping many Americans from ob...

Personal and business success from being involved with the Active Rain Real Estate Network is no Urban Legend.The links below are just a few of the success stories from Active Rain Members that were generated by simply being involved with this great site.The Real Estate Professional that isn't in...

Have you ever stopped to wonder why "Blog", "Blogging" or "Blogger" isn't in the spell check system yet?With the increase of these three words being used daily and becoming common words it amazes me that they haven't made the cut into the system.Maybe, just a personal thing for me, but every time...

$102,000,000.00 to be drawn on Fat Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Think of the good one could do with that kind of money.When I fantasize about winning that amount of money, it almost sends chills down my spine.To think that I could donate to the homeless, help the needy, pay the huge amount of taxes...

Well, I was watching the Today show this morning and that little critter Phil seen his shadow. That means we will be enjoying 6 more weeks of winter, argh. The Today show reported the largest crowd turnout ever. I watched the reporting and it looked like a fun gathering for families. You can chec...

Winter in Saugatuck, Michigan can be beautiful. The channel from downtown Saugatuck to Lake Michigan is currently frozen over.The lakeshore is starting to ice up nearly 100 yards out from the shoreline. Last year I watched in amazement, as people walked on the ice over the lake. I didn't try it p...

Open house's are "Public Footpath's" that if not conducted right can fail miserably.The seller and Real-estate Professional have one shot at making a great first impression.Preparing for the open house in advance is just as important as the day of the open house. This takes a team approach betwee...

Have you ever viewed a program or an idea after it's been launched, and wonder "Why didn't I think of that?"I like to think that I have a creative side to me. But when I see a cool idea that someone has introduced I always think, wow, so simple why didn't I think of that.I have had many great ide...

Can't we all just get along? It's the unanswered question that weighs in many minds.We as humans, have been provided with the great planet named Earth. Yet, daily occurrence of fighting, violence and convergence on ones land and personal belongings has become the norm.Not only oversea's but on th...