Kevin Irwin is a licensed real estate agent in Michigan with Five Star Real Estate. All information given is meant to be educational and a starting point in your home purchasing/selling journey. Please contact your local real estate agent and/or lender for actual terms of the programs if discussed in my video.
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Coast Guard is very fun, but it can get crowded
Pro: Western MI, Lower UP north of the Zilwaukee Bridge, and the Thumb Area, are a gorgeous, to say nothing of the UP. If you're outdoorsy, particularly if you like fishing and golf, MI has a lot to offer. Con: Good luck trying to visit those places enough to enjoy them. You'd have to be pretty rich or resourceful to live out those ways, and most of the jobs, housing, and competition over such, are in the SE, in Oakland / Macomb / Wayne. The cost of living is high, while infrastructure is suffering, violent crime seems to be increasing (a friend of mine had SWAT called to her street in Rochester recently, normally a decent-to-good area), and our State and Local Government orgs - regardless of desire or party - just can't seem to keep up with the many problems. And more people from out of the state seem to be moving here every quarter, which isn't helping much - if anything, it feels like everything here is Tourist Priced now. In short, for all the things I like about MI, it feels like living in the pull of a black hole, and the times I get to see the beauty of the dunes and trails are too rare to make up for it. I almost think I'd give my left arm to leave, if I knew where I might like to go and had no other means to get there. So, caveat emptor, prospective neighbors: by all means, visit, but be absolutely sure if you want to move here, because you might be stuck for it after.
I can’t stand the governor that would stop me from moving back
Unfortunately for MI, K-12 education has suffered under Republican administrations & the crazy growth of charter (Corporate) schools that siphon off funds by eg not accepting special needs kids. Also, MI suffers from the doings of the Christian Nationalist movement funded here by the likes of the Great Lakes Education Project, started by none other than the Amway DeVoses , esp former education Secretary under Trump Betsy DeVos, whose brother Eric Prince was leader of Blackwater, the private security firm that infamously killed numerous innocent civilians in an incident in Iraq. SO IM THANKFUL FOR OUR CURRENT DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION THAT VALUES ALL PEOPLE.
Democratic government has made progress on infrastructure that Republican administrations haven’t made since the ‘50s.
Snowed in for 2 weeks? Nah.
My wife and I are considering moving to the Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo area from New Orleans. It's like 95 at night and 80% humidity - rough! The crime is also like 80's action movie comically bad - absolutely lawless place! I'm a DJ here and literally everyone I know in the US comes up to Detroit for Movement festival every year and speaks very highly about Michigan in general, not just the techno and rave scene. I also grew up rafting and kayaking so all that water I can put a boat in is pretty appealing! I'll miss the music, the food, and the culture, but the day to day can be pretty tough down here lemme tell ya 😂
Im a bus driver and I took children there today !!!! Wow what a cool place
Old cars would be a bonus too me, lol.
Can’t wait to move back to Michigan. Ready to gtho of Texas 🔥
Hi! Planning on visit in the end of July for celebrate my Bday, What restaurant is a must to go? And Which is the best beach for toddlers? Thank you! 😊
Contact information?
Hi I’m located in Detroit mi I’m looking to buy some land this year
It’s a shity place. Ran by democrats. Too many Muslims. Not a lot of jobs.
Great info
Hello from Muskegon. Great things to think about.
One thing that would be really cool to provide is a map of townships by county that are green for "easy to work with" to get things approved or red for "difficult to work with" to get things approved - could do this by different endpoints like the barndominiums, homesteads, etc.
I currently live in north-eastern Virginia and there are some left hand turns here like you describe. I used to live in Chicago so know all about the lake effect snow and the big temperature swings: could go up and down 30° sometimes the same day at certain times of year between the 30-40s to the 60-low 70s. We also got a lot of thick fog sometimes rolling in off Lake Michigan that would blanket the city - similar what you see in parts of San Francisco. Enjoyed your video.
Visited Mackinac island and looking at some lots on there. Found a 50k lot can you pros and cons on something like that. Jc
Hello Julio V your videos look interesting,exciting. Ask McDonald's employees in Brownsville Texas to sign up with $10 monthly payments for a down payment to have a clubhouse for staff and employees from McDonald's in central Blvd Brownsville TX. Apply today for a clubhouse, adventure house? Have a nice day Do you need Neosporin for bruises?
SW MI is stunningly beautiful. We draw tourists every summer (pro: revenue, con: more people). We are the fruit belt and seem to be growing in the beer and wine industries. From SW MI you can access Chicago, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, South Bend in about an hour or two. So you can have small town feel with bigger city access. The last several winters have been mild, not terribly cold or much snow. Our climate has changed and we have even changed in growing zones.
Those beaches are beautiful. But they're not white. Lived there 1987-2020.
Live in Martin MI just below GR, and work for Gordon foods. Definitely a great place to live and a lot of work available in the area
Have you ever ran into a hunted land?
Every county in mIchigan has a office to go to to look inot these matter. In Kalamazoo County it is called Kalamazoo Enviromental. Be careful. There are a lot of dumps that were covered up. Ask the county and township. If you are very interested, ask neighbors. Good luck.
Every county in mIchigan has a office to go to to look inot these matter. In Kalamazoo County it is called Kalamazoo Enviromental. Be careful. There are a lot of dumps that were covered up. Ask the county and township. If you are very interested, ask neighbors. Good luck.
The really fun part about buying property is when you build on it, put in a septic system that you maintain and keep in perfect working order, then a few years later the township "votes" to put city sewer connections in and force you to hook up to it AT YOUR COST OF $20,000
I'm preparing to move back to Michigan from California. What I've noticed with California weather is you can get warmer summers the further inland you are. What I'm curious to learn, is if there is a similar effect with Lake Michigan. And if there is, what would be the ideal distance from the Lake to not experience the extremes in wind, but to feel the lake effect of a cooler summer.
I would say that’s partially accurate with Lake Michigan. Let me do some research on that. That’s a great question! It definitely still does not get as hot here as it does in California. I would imagine though if I had to guess 5 miles or so inland from the lake you could get Cooler temperatures, but not get the extreme wind.
Naw I'm good like Florida better
What city you live in? Lived in OB,GS, Bama all my life then out west, what’s the best cities there
Freezing cold Kev! I’m from there but I still love it and would never have moved it wasn’t so cold!
Yeah, I definitely did that video pre Grand Haven being in its prime lol was I pretty accurate on the video?
@@kevinmirwin Absolutely 👍🏻
Better then 0 puplic transportation 😂
I'm looking for land in MI to use for recreation.
You should mention checking the state required master plan for the township , you don’t want to buy land next to a future sewage plant or industrial area.
Michigan is a beautiful place to live Whether it's winter or summer.
Hey would you happen to know if any Broman’s are left in Sparta? My family owned the land that is Broman Street. My great, great great and great great great grandfathers. Charles, Victor and Oscar Broman. I really want to pilgrimage up there sometime.
My brother lives in Ludington, 3 blocks from Lake Michigan. We have a cottage in Lewiston on a small lake, but currently live in Detroit. Planning on moving up north in roughly a year, not exactly sure where yet, too many areas I absolutely love! What counties do you cover, how far north?
Depends on what you’re looking for. But I have gone up to Traverse City multiple times. I cover a pretty good chunk! I also love to go up north.
I subscribed to your channel, when it gets closer to figuring everything out we’ll get in touch with you. Mostly will depend on the housing market, and us being so indecisive on where, since I want to be within a half hour of dozens of places all throughout the state 😅 Would love to see you deep dive into some small towns up there. Small town charm, in different housing price ranges. 🥰
Full Coverage Auto Ins in Michigan Is Bunkers.Example I pay 1,850 Full Coverage for 2 SUVS a YEAR in Minnesota In Michigan I heard n seen online not yet confirmed its like $3,000 a Year for 1 Full Coverage Auto is this somewhat correct or kinda Higher then reality
it's cold dress warm. i live on huron other side
It's hella cold in the winter. Its cold to swim in and the weather can turn it nasty fast. Id be concerned about the ice shoves too. I grew up near it. Its poluted and smells in places. Not interested in living near it again. Dont forget the bands of dead minnows and other random carcasses that are dried out in the sand due to the afforementioned pollution.
So….this video is for rich people? Can’t afford to live there so I guess I don’t really care about the “pros.”
I think he's a real estate agent hunting for $60,000 commissions for selling one of these lake houses. It's like when you ask the internet for a review on office chairs, and all the reviews are talking about $1,500 chairs. That's because if you buy a chair, the reviewer gets a percentage of the price.
So be a cocksucker about your own failures, and project them onto everyone else...
Great Video!! I'm looking to buy land to build a pole barn just as a garage as I have a house and dont need another one. Zoning and permitting always requires a residential dwelling of at least 720sqft. How can someone find non deed restricted lots. Seems to be very difficult.
It’s called zoning requirements, visit your township office
I never see good lots in northern Oakland county! I see a lot of rural property, but nothing for sale. It seems the developers just buy it all up and build unaffordable homes. I’m not looking to live in a sub anyways. I’ve looked on and off for years.
The biggest con is that The governor is a communist libtard.
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I grew up in Grand Rapids...left in October 94' for a chance to move to Florida. The area is nothing like it was when I was a kid there....after Clinton destroyed all the manufacturing with NAFTA. I don't miss the snow or the gray one bit.
I lived in Florida for one year. I got out as soon as feasible and I wouldn't live in that state again since the cave-dwellers and knuckle-draggers have been voted into office.
@@gogreen7794 good, we don't want you Communo-Fascists here
I'm from Southeast Michigan born and raised. Moved to NC a few years ago. One of the issues with Michigan is the lack of growth. The state has been stagnant for a long time. The bigger cities in the state are not thriving as they could be. Detroit is supposedly making a comeback, but still nothing close to other major cities in the U.S. It's like the people running the state gave up and don't care about making it attractive for residents to stay and for people to move there.
The real cons for me are that people throw their garbage out of their cars and nearly everyone is now a pothead loser
Attrracting the Californian's to your state/town is a terrible idea. The pristine amazing grand rapids you're describing today will be straight dilapidated trash within 5 years. Don't do it.
because rent expensive than Texas so people tend to move to texas
Guelph Ontario is getting crapped on too😊
How much are yall getting?