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SoldGull Lake · East Gull Lake
West-Facing Point on Gull
The Brainerd Lakes · Central & Northern Minnesota
The lake is the address. — Brainerd lakes & Central Minnesota waterfront real estate
Waterfront estates across the Brainerd lakes — Gull, the Whitefish Chain, Pelican and Crosslake — and Central & Northern Minnesota, represented by a broker who lives on the water.
Our practiceWe don't list lakeshore.
We don't list lakeshore.
We know it.
Every bay carries its own light, its own bottom, its own weather. A south-facing sand shelf is not the same asset as a north-facing rock shore, and the difference is rarely on the listing sheet.
We represent the families who live on Central and Northern Minnesota's water — guiding the purchase and sale of the region's most considered homes with discretion, patience, and a genuine fluency in the lakes themselves.
Central & Northern Minnesota's finest lakeshore broker.Lakeshore Broker · Independent · Nisswa, MN
Featured residence
Featured Residence
Gull Lake · East Gull LakeExplore this residence
Eagle Point on Gull
9740 Eagle Point Trail NW, East Gull Lake, Minnesota
$3,850,000
West-facing sand-bottom frontage with gradual swim shelf and panoramic open-water views.
5Bedrooms
4.5Baths
5,600Sq Ft
225'Shoreline
Lake Communities
Where we work the water.
From the storied bays of Minnetonka to the Northwoods chains of the Brainerd lakes — explore the geographies we know by name, season, and shoreline.
The lake yearFrom first open water
From first open water
to first ice.
A lake home is not a season — it is the whole turning year. Glass-calm mornings in June, the long gold of August evenings, October fog rising off the bays, and the deep quiet of a frozen shore. We help you find the one that holds all of it.
The BrokerageAn independent house,
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An independent house,
by design.
We are a small, independent brokerage by intention. No franchise quotas, no call-center hand-offs — a single advisor who answers the phone, walks the shoreline, and stays with you from the first showing to the closing dock.
The result is counsel you can trust on the things that matter at the water's edge: shoreline quality, DNR setbacks, septic and well, ice-out exposure, and what a lake is genuinely worth.
BrainerdLakes Area
NisswaOn the Gull Lake chain
LakeshoreOur only specialty
Private client services
Beyond the purchase.
For many of our clients the lake is a second address. We quietly handle what comes with it.
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Private financing
Introductions to jumbo and portfolio lenders who understand lakeshore and trust structures.
02
Relocation & second homes
Discreet logistics for metro and out-of-state buyers making the lake a second address.
03
Caretaking & docks
Trusted seasonal management of docks, lifts, and a watched home while you're away.
04
Off-market sourcing
If it isn't yet for sale, we can often find it — discreetly, on your behalf.
The Journal
All writing →Notes from the shore.
A Buyer's Guide to the Brainerd Lakes
How the Gull chain, Whitefish Chain, Pelican, Crosslake, and Leech differ in character, water, and frontage — and which one is actually right for you.
Selling Lakeshore: What Actually Moves the Price
On lakeshore, the land sells the house — frontage, orientation, and bottom move the number far more than finishes, and pricing to the bay is everything.
Reading a bay before you buy it
Why orientation, bottom, and weather exposure matter more than square footage on the water.
In their words
Trusted on the water.
Jim understood our west-facing frontage mattered as much as the house itself, and he never pushed. He waited until the right buyer who valued the hard-sand bottom came along.
Karen M.Gull Lake
We had been watching the Whitefish Chain for three years before we found the property through Jim. He knew which lots had clean shoreline and which would fight the DNR setback, and he told us plainly.
Thomas R.Crosslake
Selling our family cabin was not a transaction we took lightly. Jim handled every showing with discretion and brought us buyers who actually intended to keep the place, not flatten it.
Susan D.Pelican Lake
He walked the shoreline with us at ice-out and pointed out the things a listing photo never shows: the drop-off, the rock just past the dock, where the afternoon light sits. That kind of knowledge is rare.
Paul H.Pequot Lakes
On a quiet lake like Leech, the right buyer takes time. Jim was patient through two seasons and found someone who appreciated the protected bay and the well that had served the place for forty years.
Margaret O.Walker
We wanted full-chain boating access without giving up privacy, which is a narrow ask. Jim knew exactly which Whitefish Chain points fit and steered us away from the ones that would not.
Richard B.Crosslake
Recent Sales
All recent sales →Recently sold, quietly.
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Hard-Sand Frontage near Nisswa
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Sheltered Bay on the Whitefish Chain
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Tell us the lake you love.
Whether you are years from a move or ready this season, we would be glad to talk water, value, and what's quietly coming to market.
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