Cross Lake, MN

I am headed to Minnesota for three days to visit with family and fish. There might not be any Internet there so I am letting you in advance if anyone is looking for me.

Here is a link with some fishing information on it........

Whitefish Chain Fishing Reports

I will be taking many photographs and I have a back up camera for emergency, if I find any Internet you better believe I will be on it posting photos, etc.

Wish me luck!

Robert Swetz (Vegas Bob)

I will be spending next weekend fishing on "The White Fish Cain" in Cross Lake Minnesota, minutes north of Brainerd. There are 13 different lakes that all connect to each other with small channels and the fishing is the best.

I will be spending some time with my folks because they are getting older and my step-mother has not been doing very well.

The rest of the weekend will be spent with my brother, my sister-in-law and their wonderful three children. I rented a 3 bedroom cabin right on the lake with a sauna, horseshoe pit, fire pits for singing around the campfire, etc.

These lakes are full of Walleye, Northern Pike, Bass, Sunfish and more, I am very excited about my trip.

I will be getting up early and taking the boat out to capture sunrises of the lake and getting off the lake late so I can capture the sunsets with my camera.

Here is a (link) of where I will be staying for anyone that might be interested in stopping by to visit with Robert Swetz (Vegas Bob).

http://www.bayviewlodgeonrushlake.com/

Photograph by Robert Swetz

This week I was invited by Wells Fargo lenders to travel by covered wagon (coach bus) to Minneapolis. We left by 9:30 AM and I got home by almost 9 PM so it was a long but educational day. It is always fun to see old friends in the real estate business and to meet new ones. Hello, Brian Emerson! Our ride down was conversational and real estate was the topic of the morning. Wells provided us with delicious box lunches to eat on the way and we were ready to face the educational session.

Our speaker was Rich Casto and along with a good deal of coaching and tips, we got a few laughs from his stories and examples. As always, the listening part is the easiest and then the implementation another story entirely Although probably no one ran home and put into play everything that was suggested - we all learned and picked out a few things to do now and many to do later.

Sam (Stephanie) Hall from Wells Fargo Baxter, MN shared a few of her inventive ideas on the way home. If anyone is looking to invest and get a sure fire product patented and produced -Sam has one that women would buy. Absolutely necessary! She could probably arrange the loan for you as well.

I couldn't believe my ears! A gentleman walked into my office this morning with a friendly smile on his face. He wanted to visit with me about listing his home. He looked me straight in the eye and said, in a fairly stern voice, "Realtors are the only ones coming out ahead in this market." He went on to say that sellers are having to let their properties go for little of nothing. "If I didn't have to use a Realtor, I wouldn't. I've had my house for sale for over two years and nobody is interested in buying right now."

I just had to share that with you. I wonder where that came from??? Hmm. :^)