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Town House
STAR TRIBUNE - August 24, 2007. Lured by low prices and proximity to water, more people are buying second homes in the heart of Grand Marais and other resort towns...
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Demand High, High Prices In Current Cabin Market
KSTP 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS - June 19, 2007. Demand for cabins up north isn't all that's on the rise. Right now in Minnesota there are 1,100 cabins--priced to sell at $1 million...
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Finding The Perfect Vacation Rental
STAR TRIBUNE - March 23, 2007. Only a few years ago, word of mouth was the best way to find a suitable vacation rental. Now, the options are limitless. With a few clicks...
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Acquire Your Land
COUNTRY'S BEST LOG HOMES - 2007 Buyers Guide. When Drew Ridder and his extended family set out several years ago to build a vacation home at Lake Anna...
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Realtors Adapting To New Reality
WFAA CHANNEL 8 - DALLAS MORNING NEWS. With home sales and prices falling in many parts of the country, real estate agents are having a tough time dealing with the new reality....
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Life by the Lake
TIMBER HOMES ILLUSTRATED - September 2006. Wouldn't it be nice to have a place on the water? The question has launched a thousand dreams - and thousands of dream home projects...
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Special Agents
STAR TRIBUNE HOMES - September 2006. Like any business, real estate has those who run with the pack and those who find a niche. This month we'll feature a few agents who choose to...
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New Web Site Helps Minnesotans Find Lake Property
WCCO 4 NEWS - July 2006. Minnesotans are passionate about their lakes and their lakefront cabins and now it is even easier than ever to find a dream lake place...
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Waterfront Escapes Are a Click Away
ON THE WATER - July 2006. Whether you call them cottages or cabins, the waterfront getaways are top destinatinos for one in five families...
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A Lazy Lake Place
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE - June 2006. Going to the cabin is the summer mantra of thousands of Minnesotans. But for some, those words are...
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Twin Cities Area: The Good Life
STAR TRIBUNE SPECIAL SECTION - May 2006. Enjoy your vacation at home. Twin Citians can have it all when they choose to live on metro lakes and rivers...
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New North - LakePlace.com goes from listing site to realty broker for the good like up north.
TWIN CITIES BUSINESS MONTHLY - May 2006. LakePlace.com was founded on the premise that finding a place to relax shouldn't be hard work...
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Homes On The Water
CHICAGO TRIBUNE - May 2006. Scratch nearly any real estate developer these days and you will get water--plans for developments on or near a lake...
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Simplify your waterfront search
APPLETON POST CRESCENT - May 2006. If the approach of summer has you yearning for a piece of waterfront property, there's a Web site...
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LakePlace.com caters to surfers for property "Up North"
MARKETPLACE MAGAZINE - March 2006. LakePlace.com has really streamlined the search from hours down to minutes, and is revolutionizing...
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Lakeplace.com: making "Up North" dreams come true
THE FLORENCE MINING NEWS - Nov. 2005.  Dave Gooden and Cameron Henkel from Richfield, MN are internet entrepreneurs who run a website geared toward consumers looking for that perfect northern getaway...
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Up North Cabin Rentals 
TRAVEL TRADE - Nov. 2005.  LakePlace.com offers travel agents a source for private cabin rentals and family resorts on the lakes of Minnesota and Wisconsin...
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Water, water everywhere, but finding lakeside property can be tricky
COUNTRY'S BEST VACATION LOG HOMES - Fall 2005.  From the water sports fanatic to the avid angler to the bookworm who enjoys reading near the water, lakeside property has appeal for people...
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Searching for the Perfect Family Cabin 
PENINSULA PULSE - Oct. 2005.  A couple of years ago, LakePlace.com co-founders Dave Gooden & Cameron Henkel, were searching for their own...
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Your dream vacation property could be just a mouse click away
BOOMERS AND BEYOND - Sept./Oct. 2005.  Searching for that perfect piece of waterfront property? Well, the search has gotten easier with a new Web site that...
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Cabin Fever - Home Away From Home
WEEKEND MAGAZINE - Sept./Oct. 2005.  For some, Little House in the Big Woods is way more than just a favorite childhood story.  It's there idea of a dream-weekend existence...
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LakePlace.com
BADGER SPORTSMAN MAGAZINE - July 2005. For those seeking a one-stop source of information on Wisconsin and Minnesota lake property for sale, private cabin rentals, and lakeside family resorts, visit LakePlace.com...
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New Web site seeks to make lake cabin search easier
ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE - July 2005. Whether you are looking for property, or simply want to get away for the weekend - LakePlace.com has tried to make it a little easier for you to get started...
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Find Lake Homes on the Internet
AITKIN INDEPENDENT AGE - July 2005. Minnesota and Wisconsin are the cabin capitals of America - One in five families owns a cabin or lake home (and the other four would like to!)...
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Cabin developments are springing up...
CABIN LIFE MAGAZINE - June/July 2005.  You know how it goes.  You're dying to get to the cabin so you can dip your toes in the lake, lace up your hiking boots for a walk in the woods...
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What About Lake Homes?
MONEY MAGAZINE - June 2005.  On Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, prices are up 30 percent over the past year, says John Beutler, a Century 21 broker in Coeur d'Alene...
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LakePlace.com helps folks find a place on the lake
ABC NEWSPAPERS - June 2005. Just go online and visit www.LakePlace.com and see what's on shore for you...
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Tip of the Week - Watery Getaway
GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE - May 2005.  The image of summer days spent at a cabin alongside a Northwoods lake drives many a frenzied vacation search this time of year.  But finding that perfect spot can require laborious searches...
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www.LakePlace.com
THE LAKE SUPERIOR VOICE - May 2005.  Cameron & Dave had a good understanding of what makes a user-friendly website.  After discussing problems they encountered while searching for that cabin on the lake...
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LakePlace.com serving northern Wisconsin
THE LAKELAND TIMES - May 2005.  Whether looking for property, or simply wanting to get away for the weekend - LakePlace.com has tried to make it a little easier to get started...
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Simplifying the search for lakefront property
RHINELANDER DAILY NEWS - May 2005.  Searching for the proper lakefront property can be an adventure.  Dave Gooden and Cameron Henkel have taken some of the challenges out of it...
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Lake property prices going up here too
ELY ECHO - April 2005.  A study released last week showed it's getting pricey to be able to purchase lakeshore in Minnesota. The rising prices are having several effects on the Ely area...
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Plenty Of Watery Fun In Wisconsin 
THE CAPITOL TIMES - March 2005.  The annual Governor's Conference on Tourism always is a good place to hear the buzz about the newest projects and partnerships that are designed to heighten the exposure of tourism in Wisconsin...
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Going up north goes online
SUN NEWSPAPERS - February 2005.  Longtime friends' Internet business links surfers to lakeside real estate...
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Lure of the Local Lake
TWIN CITIES BUSINESS MONTHLY - February 2005.  Twin Citians get a vacation feel from year-round living on metro-area lakes.  Sun glints from the lake below the master suite and beckons...
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Homes: No-chore getaways
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE - October 2004.  For owners of lake property, it's that time of year again -- time to haul their docks and boat lifts out of the water and batten down the hatches of their homes against the impending winter...
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