The Foerster Group - Traverse City Real Estate

05/29/2026

There is a reason Traverse City and northern Michigan stay with you after a visit. Here is what draws people back to it and why so many end up buying.
Northern Michigan does something to people that is difficult to articulate and easy to underestimate. It is not just the lake or the landscape. It is a combination of things that stack on top of each other until something shifts. You start to imagine yourself here. And once you start imagining, it is hard to stop.

There is a reason Traverse City and northern Michigan stay with you after a visit. Here is what draws people back to it and why so many end up buying. Northern Michigan does something to people that is difficult to articulate and easy to underestimate....

05/28/2026

It's Tula Time. She's such a good girl!

05/28/2026

One of my favorite hikes and time with a few of my favorite people. Love this life! 💕💕💕

05/28/2026

🌿 46 acres. 25 years. One extraordinary legacy on Old Mission Peninsula.
Some properties are just real estate. This one is a life's work — and it's available for the first time.
Harbor View Nursery & Lavender Farm sits on 46.52 acres along Center Road on the Old Mission Peninsula, sharing the 45th parallel with Provence, France. Eighteen lavender varieties. A charming 4-bedroom farmhouse with original wood floors. An on-site farm store with 50+ proprietary products. A cherry orchard. A mulch operation. Twenty-five years of brand equity and a customer base that keeps coming back.
This isn't a startup. It's a turnkey legacy: offered at $2,999,999.
🎥 Watch the full property video and tour here:
👉 https://leelanau-life-llc.aryeo.com/sites/17770-center-rd-traverse-city-mi-49686-24618776/branded
If you know someone who has ever dreamed of trading a career for something more meaningful, tag them below.
📞 Erica Foerster | 210.286.8954
📞 Marc Foerster | 231.600.3410
🌐 thefoerstergroup.com

View this amazing property, images, and listing information.

05/28/2026

We've added a couple of new categories this week. Theater & Film and Family Friendly. Click on the link below to get the full, interactive calendar. You can view the whole weekend or choose a category to narrow it down. Have fun out there!

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05/27/2026

05/26/2026

Us Texas Girls are amused yet appreciative of the “Wet Burrito!

Michigan's wet burrito is one of the most aggressively regional Mexican American food creations in the country and one of the best arguments for why Michiganders should never have to explain their food choices to anyone from outside the state. It is a fully loaded burrito smothered in red enchilada sauce and melted cheese, served on a plate with a fork because there is no structural way to pick this up and the people who invented it knew that from the beginning and considered it a feature rather than a design flaw.

The wet burrito has its strongest roots in Grand Rapids where it became a staple of local Mexican restaurants in the 1960s and spread across western Michigan with the specific momentum of a regional food that people discover once and immediately start telling everyone they know about. Beltline Bar in Grand Rapids claims the original and has been serving them since 1954, which makes the Michigan wet burrito older than most of the fast casual Mexican chains that have since spread across the country serving food that has never once considered getting this good.

What separates the Michigan wet burrito from a regular burrito is the complete commitment to the sauce. This is not a drizzle. This is a full coverage application of enchilada sauce that reaches every corner of the plate and requires the aforementioned fork from the very first bite. The cheese melts into the sauce. The burrito filling becomes part of something larger than itself. The whole thing arrives at the table looking like a decision was made and Michigan is not apologizing for any part of it.

Grand Rapids knows what it built. Western Michigan knows what it has. The wet burrito is a Michigan original that the rest of the country has been slowly discovering and Michigan has been quietly saying we know for decades.

05/26/2026

Shopping, pretzel bread sandwiches, Chubby Mary, fudge, history, pretzel bread sandwiches - is the perfect day trip. Did I mention the pretzel bread sandwiches?

05/26/2026

One of the questions we hear most often at The Foerster Group is whether buyers should wait for interest rates to drop before purchasing in northern Michigan — and the honest answer involves understanding what happens to prices when rates do fall.

Is now the right time to buy in Traverse City or Leelanau County? An honest look at seasonal cycles, rate strategy, and the real cost of waiting in northern Michigan. One of the questions we hear most often at The Foerster Group is whether buyers shoul...

05/22/2026

Thinking about moving to Traverse City or Leelanau County? Here's what living up north actually looks like - from morning routines to real trade-offs.

Thinking about moving to Traverse City or Leelanau County? Here's what living up north actually looks like - from morning routines to real trade-offs.