By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Danaher brothers of Michigan purchased one of the last areas of uncut forest from the aging David Seely, who had opened with his brother the first sawmill in the mountains in 1853. They paid $24,000 for 1,600 acres of pristine...
Redfin’s latest housing report offers a startling stat: There are 500,000 more resale homes on the market nationwide than the buyer pool can absorb. That should logically tip the scales into solid “buyer’s market” territory. And yet… home prices haven’t dropped the...
Here it is almost summer and soon it will be time for fun in the sun. What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Why, Mountaineer Days, of course. Back in the early 2000s (2011, to be exact) Crestline celebrated Mountaineer Days with a carnival on Lake Gregory’s south...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is great for generating meal plans or organizing workouts but, when it comes to something as important as your estate plan, you might want to think twice. Many people are tempted by do-it-yourself (DIY) legal tools and AI-generated estate...
A few weeks ago, I got a call from a homeowner who wanted to list his house. He told me right away why he chose me: He had followed my videos and ads and knew I had a soft spot – OK, an obsession – for vintage homes. With a hint of pride, he told me the home was built...
As our loved ones age, end-of-life decisions can come sooner and with more complexity than we expect. A heartbreaking story by Maggie Schneider Huston in Newsweek illustrates just how critical it is to prepare and advocate effectively. In 2023, after the death of his...
