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2011 

I had the opportunity to hear all about yet another miracle of real estate. It seems that the property that I visited recently on a potential listing appointment was somehow overlooked by the angry gods of real estate and spared any apparent loss in value. Nestled in a neighborhood that was ravag...
08/31/2011
Every week starts off with reports issued by various groups like the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and others trying to analyze and report what it going on in the real estate market. Reading those reports can leave you scratching your head and w...
08/28/2011
I thought that I would post this to allow you to get ahead of the curve on he next big eMail fraud campaign that you can expect.   “Hello fellow Realtor. I need your help. I was a very successful Realtor in Tripoli, Libya until just recently. My major clients – the Qaddafi family – were major pro...
08/26/2011
In today’s Bloomberg News there is a story about homebuyers “hunkering down” in today’s economy instead of buying homes. The story used the definition of hunkering down as hiding in fear. The reporter sited instances where buyers even pulled back offers, based upon the turmoil in the stock market...
08/22/2011
“How easy it is to think that the good old days were only good.”  (Herb Chilstrom), from the Jack’s Winning Word blog.   Herb had a good point. We hear a lot about the good ole days in real estate and we tend to think about and mention only the fond memories; however, all was not always good in t...
08/18/2011
Jeff Foxworthy does a comedy routine with the theme “You might be a redneck if…” He does line after humorous line about things that could indicate that you’re a redneck. I thought that we could do the same thing here about short sales. The theme I chose is, “If shorts sales were …” and you can ad...
08/18/2011
Yesterday I posted a blog about the actions of a few agents in our business who seem to take things a bit far in terms of negotiating on behalf of their clients. In some cases it seems they are negotiating for themselves and the client is an afterthought. That brought to mind the question of our ...
08/17/2011
Did you ever hit one of those long-term Realtors who thinks that everyone else in real estate is an idiot because they don’t all do it the way he/she does? It’s particularly maddening when they are also the type that starts most sentences with “I’m not going to let my buyer(seller) do that… or ma...
08/16/2011
The Sunday Detroit News had a front page story in the Sunday paper with the headline Homeowners Forced Out While Seeking Relief, with the sub-headline – Fannie Mae Pressures Banks To Foreclose, Contrary To Promises To Keep Families In Homes, Preserve Neighborhoods. The story took up three pages i...
08/15/2011
“Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.”  (Chinese Proverb) from one of my favorite blogs Jack's Winning Words I suppose that the proverb might fit better were it worded "Better to live in a 1,000 Sq Ft ranch that is paid off than a 5,000 Sq Ft McMansion with a sup...
08/10/2011
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Posts about things going on in Real Estate in Milford, Michigan; Highland, Michigan; White Lake, Michigan; Commerce Twp, Michigan,; West Bloomfield, Michigan; South Lyon, Michigan; Birghton, Michigan and HArtland, Michigan in Oakland and Livingston Counties of Michigan