For buyers

Buying in West Michigan

Whatever kind of buyer you are, here's where to start, then dig into your exact neighborhood.

Buyer resources

I read the property in person before you spend a Saturday on it, then tell you what I found.

Every step explained before it happens, including the well and the septic nobody warns you about.

What a town address really covers out here, which town does what, and what surprises people in February.

You earned it. The part that goes wrong out here is rarely the loan, it is the property, and that is the part I read before you offer.

Buy first or sell first, decided with your numbers. Two transactions, one plan, one person holding both clocks.

Numbers before emotion, and an honest read of the property. When it does not work, I say so.

Know the water before you buy the view. I go and read the frontage, the bottom and the access myself.

Vacant land is where buyers get hurt. I walk the parcel, and on a back lot I time the walk to the water.

The township rules come before the house, because they decide whether you own an asset or a second home.

Everybody in that room except you already has representation. Talk to me before the first model home.

By neighborhood

The method