Michigan Lake Information, Blogs & Articles

White Cloud is located in the center of Newaygo county, Michigan. Serving as the county seat, White Cloud is home to the county administration offices, the county courthouse and the county road commission. The White River flows through White Cloud, providing an inviting park on the backwaters of [ ... ]

  Baldwin Michigan is neatly tucked away in wooded Lake County at the crossroads of US10 and M37, 72 miles North of Grand Rapids, 61 Miles South of Traverse City and14 Miles East of US 131. Baldwin founded in the late 1870s during Michigan’s bustling lumber era, was named after He [ ... ]

Over the years I have worked with many buyers and sellers. Buyers always are looking for an incredible buy, the buy of a lifetime. Who doesn’t want that? I remember many years ago attending an open house of a property that was being offered for sale by a lender. The property was held open only  [ ... ]

I have had a favorite pair of shoes for a few years. They are comfortable, look good and don’t go out of style.  Unfortunately, they had another attribute that I was not aware of. They tasted good, so my dog chewed them up. So, I went out in pursuit of a pair exactly like the ones I had. Whe [ ... ]

Sometimes when purchasing a lakefront property you may to receive a free house. The value can be found in the land rather than the structure especially in the case where the property includes an older mobile home or an antiqued cabin or cottage. Often the property could have more value without the n [ ... ]

 So you found it, a one in a million view, a place to retire, the weekend getaway. The land is what you were after, but the waterfront cottage is, shall we say not exactly ‘home sweet home’. You have dreams and plans for the site. You may be planning on tearing it down and building somethin [ ... ]

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It could be a sin to just have a vanilla here. I am talking about Jones Ice Cream on Main Street in Baldwin. Jones is a long established family business serving up some of Michigan’s finest ice cream. The walls inside make the trip worthwhile in itself. They display many years worth of fascinating [ ... ]