Richard M. Borden

I am pleased to announce that I have just started my new position as CEO/Team Leader for the Keller Williams Integrity First office in Mesa Arizona. I am very excited to be affiliated with this wonder group of agents and owners of this Market center. I came to Arizona looking for new opportunities this past winter and had no clue this one would show up. I am very happy that Tom Drainey the SW Regional director of Keller Williams saw the potential and talent in myself and started the ball rolling for me. I also want to thank Rick Bandimere of Keller Williams in Coon Rapids Minnesota, if it were not for him I never would have meet Tom Drainey and all of the other wonder people of Keller Williams. I look forward to a very long and rewarding carreer with this Awesome company.

Big Sandy Lake: is well known for the camaraderie all over the lake and throughout the whole McGregor area. I will say though that this event is by far the largest winter event that Big Sandy lake has. I as a Real Estate Broker have been sponsoring this event since day 1 and have had a hole on the Ice each and every year. One year we Had a big fire ring out on the ice and were giving away free silkscreen T- Shirts and the people loved it, another year we had Big Huge umbrella's outon the ice and we help Katie & Mike sell refreshments to the Golfers. This year however I will not be attending the Golf On Ice event. My family will be there. My oldest son Matthew Borden and his Girl friend Stephanie, will be out on the Ice swinging away for all it is worth. I am currently out in Scottsdale, Arizona getting my Brokers License so I am able to offer people services in both markets. I specialize in waterfront property and will be helping Baby boomers buy retirement homes in sunny Arizona. So it looks like this year is all work no play for Mr. Rick. I will be there next year out on the Ice, so see you then. If you were at Golf on Ice this year 2009 please send me your photos and stories to share. Email them to Rick@BigSandyLake.com

Here are some images from the past years. If you do not have ant plans on the first weekend of March each and every year you should call to get more information, I will provide a link to the Resort for you.

BigSandyLake.com has been a sponsor for years at Golf on Ice at Hill Crest Resort, Golfers Waite for their teams to be called. You can usually get a cold beverage inside and outside on this day, they have carts that drive around the course and sell beverages. Make sure you buy plenty of tickets because they do not have cash out on the lake.

HILLCREST

RESORT

On Minnesota's Big Sandy Lake
in Aitkin County

www.BigSandyLake.com

Hill Crest Resort ~ 218-426-3323

Big Sandy Lake ~ 6526 acres

McGregor, Minnesota 55760

Fishing for crappie, walleye, northern

Snowmobiling, 4 wheeling, cross country skiing

Boating, water activeties all yaer round.

Real Estate prices from high $190's to over $2 mil.

New Construction town homes & New Construction Log Cabins, association maintained.

Minnesota National Golf Course ~ New Construction Homes and Play and Stay Golf Packages for 2009 are on www.MinnesotaNationalGolfCourse.com

Aron and Brooke are local cabiners up on the lake their parents are good friends of ours and these young ladies will be future clients of our once they get out of college. They both had the whole crew out on the Ice and spent the day at Hill Crest Resort.

Viking Game Headquarters - 2008/2009 Season
Golf-On-Ice - March 7, 2009
Patty's Day - March 17, 2009
Fool's Feast - March ?, 2009
Easter Egg Hunt - April ?, 2009
Chili Cook-Off - 2009 watch for date
Human Bowling-On-Ice - 2009 watch for date
Testicle Festival - 2009 watch for date
Lakes Area Fishing Tournament - June ?, 2009
Big Sandy Lake.com Fishing Tournament - August ?, 2009
Viking Boat Parade - August ?, 2009

www.BiGSandyHillCrestResort.com 218-426-3323 Katie Lutz

This years event if like ant other year should be as I said earlier on e of the best days out on the Lake this Winter. Make sure you call Katie at The Hill for more information about this event and all other activities they have all year long.

Come visit McGregor Minnesota & Big Sandy lake.

Rick Borden 763-238-8668

With the changing times and the economy the way it is I have decided to learn more about the foreclosure side of the business so I am going to Arizona for some hands on training.

I am a Real Estate Broker in McGregor Minnesota and my market is 2nd homes and investment properties, I also market Minnesota National Golf Course a pristine gated community with access to Big Sandy Lake and over 10,000 acres of navigable water. www.MinnesotaNationalGolfCourse.com Minnesota National has a 309 lot development called Settlers Ridge, it is Awesome call me for Play and stay information if you would like to come play a round or 2 at the resort. The golf course has rental property on the course and it is an Awesome area for a vacation.

Market trends in Mcgregor currently are not very good the people who have been buying cabins are only spending on average around $350,000 or less on the lakes around are area. I realize that my market place is not going to keep me busy, to accomplish the goals I have set in place to currently retire when I want to. I am going to Arizona to learn more about the market they are currently in and it is a very large foreclosure market they are dealing with REO's and doing BPO's for lenders as well as Property Preservation. The loan modification business is starting to really take hold as well. I currently have a Loan Modification company assisting borrowers keep their homes, hoping to avoid foreclosure.

I will attending the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business March 6Th for the Brokers crash course it is a 9 day crash course on Arizona Principals and Practices, as well as the Federal portion I have to take all over again.

Rick Borden

www.BigSandyLake.com

When the Real Estate Market slows down in the winter time it is time for me to get out and take a few days to enjoy what Big Sandy has to offer. I invited our boys up from Blaine Minnesota and we spent the day after Christmas on the lake with a good friend of mine. Tom Peterson allowed us to spend some time in one of his Ice Fishing Houses located out on Bell Horn Bay.

WWW.BellHornBayFishHouses.com Tom Peterson below and one of his houses.

After a great breakfast at the house the boys and myself headed out to the lake we arrived about 11:am at Tom's house and we were greeted by his dog who was just a wagging her tail as fast as she could. Tom was quick to greet us and helped to load up our equipment and we were off to the lake.

I/we do not get to spend much time with the boys as we all have busy and productive lives and being 120 miles apart does not help out the situation either, On this day though we spent many hours re-capping old stories and laughing until we cried. I really wanted to thank Tom for the House rental and to especially thank Matthew and Jamie for spending the day on the lake with Dad.

If you are looking at buying a cabin on Big Sandy Lake and are not sure untilo you fish it a few times I would really reccomend using Bell Horn Bay Fish Houses and check out the area. If you want to see the Gill Report for Big Sandy Lake go to my site and check it out.

http://www.bigsandylake.com/gill-net-report-2005.asp This link will give you direct access to the most current up to date Gill Net Report.

This is Jamie holding up a crappie that he caught! Matthew is on the left. Shortly after that Tom comes over and gives us some Venison sausage that he pre-pared out on the ice. It was Awesome.

WWW.BIGSANDYLAKE.COM

My wife Leane and I have been married for many years our children are grown up and we are expecting our first grandchild this January 15Th. So when I have a chance to take my niece fishing I jump on the opportunity as quick as I can, you see Analese lives out in Ohio and we live in Minnesota on Big Sandy lake. Last year while visiting us Analese wanted to fish so I took her and my nephew down to the dock and we fished for hours and only caught a few little ones, little did I know that this day my niece got the fishing bug bad!! Analese has been asking for one year now to come back to uncle Rick's and aunt Leanes to go fishing and of course to visit :) This year when they arrived for a family reunion she started asking right away about going fishing with uncle Rick the weather was bad with rain and wind but it came down to the last day and we went rain or shine.

Analese is 6 years old in fact her birthday was just a few days prior to this day, she loves to fish and for the first hour we did not catch a thing. The cold windy day I could see was starting to get to her and yet Analese still wanted to catch a fish.

Analese finally caught a fish and then it was GAME ON she ended up catching about 30 or so we lost count she had such a good time and I was just in heaven I thought what a great day and what an Awesome experience for my niece and I to share these memories together forever. I am not sure if I thanked Analese for this day as she was so excited to be out on the dock or as she referred to it as the bridge.

This was by far the largest we caught this afternoon and we got a few at the 7-8.5" mark so it was a great day out.

Analese started finally getting cold enough were she wanted to go back up to the cabin as the sun was going down and the cold really started to get to her. I want to thank you Analese for the day you spent with me, I wish I could bottle up all the fun we had and open it whenever I wanted. I am not able to do that so I have you on my blog sweet heart. I love you Analese, Uncle Rick

As I loaded up my truck and had Analese buckled up in her seat this is the last thing I saw as I looked back at the dock on Big Sandy Lake.