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Timing an upsize isn’t about waiting for some perfect moment. It’s about understanding a few things that actually affect your move, so you’re deciding with your eyes open instead of guessing. The first is how quickly homes are selling in your current neighborhood. If homes like yours are moving fast, that gives you more flexibility…

Outgrowing your house can sound like a vague idea, but it usually shows up in small, specific ways once you actually pay attention. It looks like the dining table doubling as a homework station, a home office, and the place mail piles up all at once. It looks like a garage so full of overflow…

There’s a difference between a coffee shop and a place that just happens to sell coffee. The first one has a rhythm to it, regulars who don’t need to order out loud, and someone behind the counter who actually roasted what’s in your cup. Ypsilanti has more than its share of the first kind, and…

Ask ten people in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti where to eat and you’ll get ten different answers, all of them confident. That’s usually a good sign. It means the food scene here isn’t built around one or two trendy spots, it’s built on a long list of places that have earned their reputation over years,…

People ask me about restaurants and coffee shops a lot, but shopping doesn’t come up as often, which is a shame, because Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor both have retail scenes that don’t look like anywhere else. These aren’t strip mall stores. They’re small, specific, and usually run by the person who’s standing behind the counter.…

More people are paying attention to where their food comes from, and around here, they don’t have to look far to find it. Between Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, and Van Buren Township, there’s a real range of options for organic groceries, from full co-ops to a farm stand model you won’t find just anywhere. Argus Farm…

A good night out doesn’t need to mean driving into Detroit. Between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, there’s enough live music, theater, and just plain interesting rooms to fill a calendar for months, and most of it is the kind of venue you can only find in a college town with this much history behind it.…

This one breaks down the question I get asked constantly from move-up buyers: do I buy first or sell first. This is one of the most common questions I get, and it’s usually asked with a little bit of dread in the voice. Do I buy first or sell first. The honest answer is that…

This one covers the questions I hear most from people who’ve inherited a property and aren’t sure where to start. Inheriting a house rarely feels like the windfall people imagine from the outside. Most of the time it lands in the middle of grief, and now there’s a property sitting there with bills, upkeep, and…

This is one of the most common conversations I have, whether it’s coming from the homeowner directly or an adult child worried about their parents. There’s a version of this conversation I have all the time, and it usually starts one of two ways. Either it’s someone telling me the house feels too big now…