Spring!
almost!

I know that the year begins on January 1st -- but the real "year that's coming" begins when spring starts blowing those sunny day kisses into your world . . . warm days that let you know the snow will melt, sidewalks will emerge and days at the beach can't be that far away.

Every year, the real estate market surges when spring arrives.  Why?  After a long winter inside the cave, we emerge and want change.  We want this new year to be a special one!  A transforming year where we become better, happier and more interesting people.

  I know it sounds corny, but it's true.  The hope that comes to us northerners when spring rolls into the neighborhood makes me feel sorry for people who live in warm climates, year round -- they can't possibly know the joy that floods into our hearts just to be able to smell the earth, again!

A new home is high on that list of things we long for.  

But, can a new home really make people happier?  Yeah, it actually does.  Change certainly is a big part of it, along with the cleansing effects of 'the move' and your mind coming alive with discovering all the little details of the house, the neighborhood, the path to work, how the mood of the day moves through it all.

We're human.  Change scares us, tempts us . . . and ends up delighting us -- in ways far beyond the original vision.

Does a new home really bring happiness?  

Yeah, it actually can.

Happy Spring!
 
Go Tigers!

                                              Jack

hey, check out the cool links to the right, here.  The NEWS LINKS have all kinds of wonderful brain candy.  And, of course, the Lakes Map (search by lake, updated every day!) and the general search tool for the whole market are right down below, here.