Rick Schwemin

Rick Schwemin has been an active Realtor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for 13 years.  His wife Lori, their 3 sons, and 3 grandkids are local to the Marquette area and enjoy spending quality time on some 200 acres in Trenary, Michigan, a place they call “their own little paradise”.  Rick graduated from Northern Michigan University…

Bill Schohr

Bill’s ancestors were early pioneers of production agriculture in California’s Sacramento Valley. The family was among the first to commercially produce rice in California, along with wheat, hay & cattle. Growing up on the family’s farm, Bill learned to operate many types of agricultural and construction equipment. In the early 1980s, Bill was among the first in California to deploy laser-guided earthmoving equipment to survey and level the rice…

Rube Asgaard

Rube Asgaard, a native of Ishpeming, Michigan, has been in the Real Estate business for over 18 years. After spending 34 years in the Iron Ore Mines, and finishing out his last 7 years of employment as a maintenance foreman, he retired in 2003 only to pick up a new career in Real Estate one…

Livio Stabile

Livio Stabile was born and raised in Southern Italy. He never thought he would be living in the Upper Peninsular of Michigan until back in 1998 when he met his future wife (she was from Marquette traveling in Italy).     When he first moved to the U.P. in 2001, it was a big cultural shock…

Gretchen Lakenen

Gretchen has been a Licensed Michigan Realtor since 2014.  She was also a Licensed Dental Hygienist for 28 years. Gretchen has lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan her entire life.  She is married and has 2 amazing grown children.  She grew up in Negaunee Michigan where her parents instilled in her an appreciation for…

Jessica Wilson

Jessica was born and raised in central Nebraska. She was involved in 4-H, where she learned to be respectful, confident, determined, honest, and compassionate. She enjoyed visiting her grandpa’s farm as a child. She later moved to NW Missouri to attend Northwest Missouri State University. After receiving her degree, she went on to graduate from a…

Chandler Stepp

My passion for the outdoors started when my father would take me camping and fishing along the Chattahoochee River!  After college, I settled in Morehead, Kentucky where my love of the outdoors expanded to include hunting, camping, kayaking and hiking.  Joining Living the Dream has allowed me to transform my love of the outdoors into a career…

Bill Schohr

Bill’s ancestors were early pioneers of production agriculture in California’s Sacramento Valley. The family was among the first to commercially produce rice in California, along with wheat, hay & cattle. Growing up on the family’s farm, Bill learned to operate many types of agricultural and construction equipment. In the early 1980s, Bill was among the first in California to deploy laser-guided earthmoving equipment to survey and level the rice…

Danny Medeiros

Danny grew up in a farming and ranching family on the west side of the Central Valley and raised his family in the Fresno-Clovis area, where he and his wife Lynn still reside. He graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo with numerous honors. Upon graduation, he began his career in agricultural finance and…