Eight Tips for Buying a House in a Hot Market

Eight Tips for Buying a House in a Hot Market

It’s not easy to buy a lake house right now! The demand is high for lakefront properties resulting in steep competition, offers over asking price, short time frames and frenzied buyer behavior. Lake House Livin’ has eight tips for buying a house in a hot market aimed at helping you to not make a purchase mistake. While we can’t guarantee you’ll beat out your competition, using our tips will make you a better prepared and more nimble competitor!

Opening the Cabin and Spring Clean-up in 15 steps

Opening the Cabin and Spring Clean-up in 15 steps

As Spring rolls around Lake House Livin’s thinking about summer fun at the lake house. But there’s a little work to be done before we can play! It’s time to make our plan for opening the cabin and spring clean-up so everything’s ‘ship shape’ by Memorial Day!  Here’s our 15 step checklist to make these  efforts go smoothly.

Common Invasive Species Examples in U.S. Lakes

Common Invasive Species Examples in U.S. Lakes

If you’re a current lake homeowner or are planning to buy a home by a lake, you should be aware of what common Invasive species examples threaten our lakes.  An aquatic invasive species (AIS) is a plant, fish, crustacean, mollusk, or algae that doesn’t naturally occur in US waters. The United States National Park Service has identified about 250 non-native aquatic species from other continents that are now present in our lakes and rivers.

His Only Wife: A Book Review

His Only Wife: A Book Review

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie is about a Ghanaian young woman caught in an unimaginable coming-of-age story. () Afi finds herself in a fairytale marriage that her relatives are counting on for their collective wellbeing. Initially, Afi simply wants to be the wife she thought she’d been recruited for by Eli’s family. But soon the stakes become much higher as she reckons with her own self-worth, the security of her son and the state of her dubious marriage.