Small in size (only 5 square miles) the City of Bloomfield Hills is the wealthiest city outside of California or Florida, and the nation's 4th wealthiest city with a population over 1,000. In the last census, Bloomfield Hills had just under 4,000 residents and a median family income of $170,000.
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12/26/2006
Overheard in my office more than once in the last two weeks, “Ever since the elections, it’s been like a Spring market.” The elections they are referring to are our Michigan gubernatorial elections in which the incumbent, Jennifer “She Can’t Run For President Because She Was Born in Canada” Granh
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12/23/2006
It's a special day for Mr. Kitsap Peninsula (Sorry Mark Flanders). I've seen him quite a few places this morning already. Ohio, Florida, Connecticut. Minnesota and Michigan. Am I seeing double in Washington State? Will the list grow? It seems that Rich is spending his 50th BIRTHDAY traveling a
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12/21/2006
Yes, it does appear that The Donald made a social call on my Michigan real estate blog yesterday during the Yankee Blog Swap. (A big thanks to Mary McKnight and RSSPieces for a great idea well executed!) Though I have my doubts that it actually was the real Donald Trump, I had to capture that scr
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12/20/2006
To those of our readers from places other than SE Michigan, that title is very ho-hum. “So what?”, you ask. But readers nearby know that half million dollar homes in SE Michigan have usually experienced much longer market times in 2006. I’ve held off announcing this sale since it went under contr
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12/18/2006
For the last two months, we've run blog tours of ActiveRainer's 'other blogs,' or the blogs they maintain outside of ActiveRain. Some of us, it seems, are crazy enough to maintain 2 (or more!) real estate blogs. My other blog, for example, is mioaklandcounty.com. So, here is the invitation. Th
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12/13/2006
Most of us have a nice list of client testimonials on our web page and on our ActiveRain profile sheet. Today I am going to go to the agents I worked with this year and write testimonials that they can use in their marketing. I am hopeful that they will reciprocate, if they feel I did a nice jo
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12/13/2006
Hi everyone. Don't worry, I am not gone. I just want you to think I am gone sometimes.If you would like your Active Rain on-line presence to be turned off sometimes, just borrow that question mark. When you want everyone to know you on line, throw back up your own picture. More details can b
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12/10/2006
Yesterday, Ann Guy wrote about pre-closing her mortgage clients. Her post made me think about how Dmitry and I conduct our real estate business. A few years back, when I was a newer agent, I had a particularly nerve-wracking morning prior to a closing on one of my seller's homes. The buyer's ag
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12/02/2006
This press release was just sent out by MiRealSource, one of the two Michigan MLS's that were challenging the FTC over minimum service and distribution of data. The largest MLS in Michigan, Realcomp II is still proceeding in its battle against the DOJ. They've told members that E & O insurance
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12/01/2006
