Our story

Thirty six years ago we met working at a coffee company in Lansing Michigan. It didn’t take us very long to know we were meant to be together. One short year later, we were married. We now have three beautiful children, two of which are married.

We moved to Ann Arbor in 1990, as Rex was promoted to regional manager at the coffee company he spent 12 years at. Lynnette was managing apartment complexes and transferred within her company to oversee a high rise in Southfield. In 1995 Lynnette obtained her real estate license, and Rex followed suit in 1999. In 2005 they opened up their own real estate brokerage firm called Firm Foundations Realty Group and have never looked back.

Property management and rental properties have always been a part of our daily lives. However, one thing lacking has been properties where we can utilize our gifts of hospitality. For numerous years we have always been know as “the people who love to entertain”, but haven’t had the opportunity to bring it to an endeavor such as short-term rentals. Opening Jasper Pines now enables us to bring our love of “entertaining” to another whole group of people.

We fell in love with the Harrison area roughly 5 years ago. In the summer of 2022, we finally found our dream home located across the street from the Yellow Door Lodge on Little Long Lake. Last fall we decided to sell our home downstate and move to the lake house full time. It has been a great decision to do so. We love it up here!

We truly hope you will allow us to provide the best experience possible while you stay at the Yellow Door Lodge and other upcoming properties in the area.

We look forward to meeting you!

Rex and Lynnette Wonsey