Archive for March, 2009
“For Sale By Owner” Higgins Lake Roscommon Michigan
Your Property Does Not Need To Be Listed To Sell With values dropping and property owners looking for a way to sell their property, I have sellers calling me for a way to sell their property. Some buyers can not find the property they are looking for on the MLS. Your “For Sale By Owner” property may [...]
Higgins Lake Business To Open Oak Park Grocery
4201 E Higgins Lake Dr Is The Location……………. of the Oak Park Grocery Store on Higgins Lakes east side. The store has been closed for many years and has recently been purchased. Joe Howard, the new owner is hoping to open by Memorial Day weekend. Joe claims he will offer friendly service. Fresh bread and doughnuts will [...]
AuSable And Manistee River Real Estate
As The Trout Season Calls…………. anglers from all parts of the country will migrate to northern Michigan with one thing on the their mind………catch a world class brown, brook or rainbow trout from the clear cool waters of the Manistee and AuSable rivers. For midwest trout fishing, anglers recognize these two rivers as the waters [...]
Maps To Roscommon Higgins Lake Property Listings And ORV Trails
With spring in the air and the sun rising higher in the sky each day the ice will soon be melting off Higgins Lake. Property owners will be coming north to the area lakes to fish for lake trout and hunt for spring turkey gooblers. This may be the year to buy that cottage at Higgins Lake….after all, prices [...]
Use Land Contract’s To Close Real Estate Transactions
Why use bank mortgages when you as the seller can be the banker. Seller financing is coming back into vogue again. During the past months Ken Carlson Realty has closed a number of transactions using land contracts. There is becoming a voracious demand for creative financing for sellers and buyers. Many property owners have no [...]
Is Your Lakefront Property At Higgins Lake Selling
How long has your lakefront been listed? Lakefront buyer’s are concerned about the tax bill they will acquire after the sale closes. Seller’s, NOW is the time to get to the Board Of Review and protest your 2009 tax assessment. The 2009 assessment may be the very issue that prevents your lakefront property from selling [...]
Higgins Lakefront Property Values Dropping
Higgins lakefront values have dropped, but not nearly as much as real estate in general. Higgins Lakefront values will tend to be more stable because there are fewer parcels available than non lakefront properties. Think of it this way, the law of supply and demand will usually keep property values stable because there are fewer [...]
Lansing Politicians Responsible For Tax Assessments Out Of Control
Adding insult to injury Higgins Lake and Roscommon area tax payer’s are seeing their annual assessment notices arriving in their mail boxes. My email inbox is full and my phone is ringing with tax payers upset and angry. They are frustrated because they can not understand why, if their assessment has been reduced, why are their [...]





