Archive for May, 2008

Calling Michigan Real Estate Brokers

By: Dave G.
Date: Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Departments: Rants

Are you a Michigan real estate broker with a love of Michigan lake property? If so - please contact LakePlace.com. We are looking for a couple of licensed real estate brokers who would be interested in working with us.

If you are good enough to find this obscure blog post - we really want to talk with you.

Feel free to contact us online or give us a call (Dave Gooden 612-366-4457 / Cameron Henkel 612-366-4454).

Affordable Lake Access Lot

By: Dave G.
Date: Monday, May 19th, 2008
Departments: Home & Garden

WI lake access lot

New Prime Property! Very affordable Wisconsin lake access lot close to the Twin Cities! Priced at $20k and located minutes from Taylors Falls. Dock rights available.

New Prime Property!

By: Dave G.
Date: Friday, May 16th, 2008
Departments: Family, Home & Garden

Sauk Centre lakeshore property

Just listed this Sauk Centre MN lakeshore property - priced at only $139,900! What’s so great about this property? Well…if you love spending time at the lake - but golf is a close second - this is may be the property for you. With 150′ of hard sand lakeshore in the backyard and GreyStone Golf Course in the front yard - this may be the little slice of heaven you have been looking for!

As always, happy lake home & land hunting! 

New Prime Property!

By: Dave G.
Date: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Departments: Hunting, Fishing, Home & Garden

Here is a great deal for the outdoorsman…

itasca county lakeshore

Spring is in the air and we are listing lake properties left and right! This is a great one!

37.1 Acres - 2,000′ Lakeshore - 4 y/o Cabin - Huge Slab Garage - $169,000!

Great Northern fishing on Barcus Lake (which connects to a couple of other lakes) is what you will find at this Itasca County lake property - 37 acres of privacy and adjacent to a ton of public hunting land - check it out!

New Prime Property

By: Dave G.
Date: Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Departments: Home & Garden

Just Listed!

outing mn lake home

Look at this lot - perfect elevation, perfect hard-sand beach! Great cabin on Roosevelt Lake (a 1500 acre lake). If you have been looking for an Outing MN lake home on Rossevelt Lake - this could be the one! Priced to sell at $299,000.

If you are looking for lake homes or land for sale - you know who to call!  Have a great day!

New Prime Properties!

By: Dave G.
Date: Monday, May 12th, 2008
Departments: Home & Garden

I spent all of last week at the Hennepin County Courthouse on jury duty. I ended up on a jury for an aggravated robbery - and after a few days of testimony, and a few hours of deliberation, we found the defendant guilty as charged. It was a lot tougher than I thought it would be - its just not easy to hold someones freedom in your hands. I am happy it is over (but I am technically still on jury duty - but they gave me “call-in” status for this week).

Anyway…while I was away - we had a lot of great new listings come on line - so here they are…

Trade Lake home

This first property is stunning (as you can see by the pictures) - it is a Trade Lake WI Lake Home on Spirit Lake and it features 250 feet of sandy shoreline on 600 acre Spirit Lake. We have already had quite a few contacts on this one - so check it out before its gone!

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crosslake home

Next we have this absolutely stunning Crosslake area lake home on Lower Mission Lake. This property features a 100′ sand beach and is in turn-key condition.

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Crosslake MN lake home

Next is this gorgeous Crosslake MN lake home - and it may look familiar to you. We had this property, along with an adjoining lake lot listed separately - but now the seller has combined the two listings to create one super listing. This great property now offers 4.5 acres and 500 feet of lakeshore for those of you looking for a little privacy.

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Eagle River WI Lake Home

Next on my list is a very special lake place. This Eagle River WI lake home on Anvil Lake features 6 wooded acres and 230 feet of pristine frontage. Anvil lake is a beautiful lake in the midst of a National Forest. With 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and 5,000 square feet - this is as good as it gets.

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Iron Range lake property

Last, but certainly not least - we have a couple of great Northern MN lake lots! Priced very affordably - the first of two Iron Range lake property listings features 7.7 acres and 600 feet of lakeshore. The second property - also located in Makinen MN on Mud Hen Lake features 3.9 acres and 285 feet of lakeshore. These lots are priced at $114,500 and $84,500 respectively.

If you have any questions or comments - feel free to contact us - and as always, happy lake home hunting!

The end of Found Read

By: Dave G.
Date: Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Departments: Rants

found read

So one of my favorite blogs is slowly, but most likely, coming to an end. Found Read is/was a blog in the GigaOm network. It features/featured advice for Internet startups, by Internet startups. Unfortunately, the blog did not gain enough traffic in its 12 month run to remain a stand alone site - so Om has moved it to the mothership and is calling it a category.

The “category” has not been updated for a while (it was usually updated once a day) and I am guessing it will slowly fade into the rss graveyard.

It was one of my favorite reads and Im sad to see it go.

LakePlace.com April Traffic (and pitch)

By: Dave G.
Date: Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Departments: Home & Garden

Every now and then I like to publish LakePlace.com statistics so our clients (and everyone else) can see the numbers. Most companies keep this information classified as “Top Secret” - but we don’t really see the point of that. We do like to keep some information confidential…but our web traffic does not fall into that category.

So - here is the pitch - if you are thinking about selling your lake property - and you can find another real estate company that can put your property in front of more MN/WI lake property buyers than LakePlace.com (no matter what they spend on advertising, no matter how many agents they have, no matter how long they have been in business) - GO WITH THEM!

LakePlace.com is able to offer sellers something no one else can offer - the largest group of buyers.

Without further ado - here are the April Stats (straight from our server):

Monthly Statistics for April 2008
Total Hits 18291945
Total Files 15117323
Total Pages 2496855
Total Visits 376031
Total KBytes 225978199

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Daily Statistics for April 2008
Day Hits Pages Visits KBytes
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2 792047 4.33% 115265 4.62% 12496 3.32% 9879620 4.37%
3 768777 4.20% 109910 4.40% 11781 3.13% 9534730 4.22%
4 706888 3.86% 92929 3.72% 12911 3.43% 8550144 3.78%
5 702629 3.84% 128019 5.13% 16155 4.30% 9313481 4.12%
6 837468 4.58% 116936 4.68% 17201 4.57% 10567064 4.68%
7 628246 3.43% 86312 3.46% 15430 4.10% 7860179 3.48%
8 609276 3.33% 80131 3.21% 15571 4.14% 7580571 3.35%
9 547047 2.99% 85886 3.44% 13818 3.67% 6939607 3.07%
10 571317 3.12% 78215 3.13% 11090 2.95% 7018054 3.11%
11 540275 2.95% 68939 2.76% 10411 2.77% 6719741 2.97%
12 572546 3.13% 79637 3.19% 13936 3.71% 7339977 3.25%
13 727119 3.98% 89697 3.59% 14032 3.73% 9218149 4.08%
14 687617 3.76% 94248 3.77% 12687 3.37% 8549047 3.78%
15 563618 3.08% 74386 2.98% 12649 3.36% 6904762 3.06%
16 529657 2.90% 69123 2.77% 12408 3.30% 6512262 2.88%
17 521288 2.85% 62285 2.49% 9867 2.62% 6392481 2.83%
18 542182 2.96% 75337 3.02% 10699 2.85% 6880341 3.04%
19 498971 2.73% 78034 3.13% 12612 3.35% 6289642 2.78%
20 564069 3.08% 87439 3.50% 11826 3.14% 7185783 3.18%
21 557616 3.05% 86226 3.45% 11454 3.05% 7098068 3.14%
22 541813 2.96% 65785 2.63% 12608 3.35% 6615918 2.93%
23 538861 2.95% 64502 2.58% 11160 2.97% 6309820 2.79%
24 570301 3.12% 61834 2.48% 8627 2.29% 6589648 2.92%
25 534507 2.92% 76008 3.04% 7958 2.12% 6540294 2.89%
26 574718 3.14% 69997 2.80% 11359 3.02% 6808431 3.01%
27 633845 3.47% 76575 3.07% 12823 3.41% 7635759 3.38%
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29 568746 3.11% 77332 3.10% 13406 3.57% 6926352 3.07%
30 530017 2.90% 72012 2.88% 10842 2.88% 6462107 2.86%