Home Swap in Grand Rapids Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the Grand River, is 25 miles from Lake Michigan. The population is about 200,000, but the population of the greater metropolitan area of Grand Rapids is over 1 million. Besides being a great vacation destination, there are lots of others reasons that Grand Rapids is an excellent place for doing a…
Fear, Failure, and Home Exchanges
The wonderful PBS series by Ken Burns, The Rooseveldts: An Intimate History is a great history lesson, and inspirational. The lives of three Rooseveldts were chronicled: Teddy, FDR, and Eleanor. They did not live fearfully, nor did they worry about failure. In his first inaugural address (1932), Franklin D. Rooseveldt uttered the famous phrase, “The only thing…
The Home Exchange Staycation Is Win-Win!
The recession and deflated real estate prices left many feeling the blues. Thousands of dollars of home equity vanished. For some this means the loss of hope that they can take a vacation, retire, or go on a sabbatical. It is easy to think there is no light at the end of this tunnel—and find…