I've got squatters! We are closing on Friday and my client went by the house she was buying. It was a metro Detroit HUD home which is usually a FHA foreclosure. There was a car in the driveway, the lock was gone from the door and there was a mattress in a room. Somebody moved into her home. S
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04/13/2009
Over the last few weeks I have noticed that the Metro Detroit real estate market is going strong. Homes are selling. I will bet Metro Detroit real estate sales will be up for March and April. My clients and I bid on one home that there were 11 bids on, and another client bid on a home that had
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04/12/2009
We are all being battered by this economy. Nobody has seen this before in their lifetime. Sure some real estate people think it's like the 80's. Sure some stock traders liken it to the sudden stock market drop in 1987. But admit it our confidence is shaken. Many of our friends have lost thei
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04/11/2009
If you are thinking of making Plymouth MI or Plymouth Townshipyour home you should check out my indepth Plymouth subdivisions information or my Plymouth MI subdivision real estate updates. This will give you a general idea of what the subdivisions are like and the Plymouth home styles. Mayflowe
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04/11/2009
A quick peak at Northville real estate and city data Northville Township population is a little over 21,000 people and an area of 16.6 square miles . The City of Northville population is smaller with about 6,500 people and an area of 2.2 sq
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04/09/2009
A few weeks ago one of my first time home buyers put an offer in on a Commerce Twp home. It wasn't a Commerce Twp foreclosure. We looked at all the comparables for the home and my clients made a good decision on offer price. But the problem was that the Commerce Township home sellers were chasi
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04/09/2009
I saw an article on insurance fraud and cars this morning. It was about people who were setting their cars on fire to avoid any more payments. I had heard that home fires were up too. I don't think there are as many homes being burnt as there are cars. But I have heard that there are more frau
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04/08/2009
Do you ever have one of those days? It started out to pretty good and then it went south. I closed on a small Detroit HUD home for a client. I didn't make much but I have always had the philosophy that I have the time I will show any price home. I always figure that if you do enough deals you
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04/07/2009
This mortgage guy my client fired sent her this email. I am sorry that you left after all the time we spent on you file without a phone call or email. After all our time and money spent towards your file a chance to match or beat the rate you "found" would have been courteous. I know Russ referre
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04/07/2009
Yes I have made it to the top of the heap. Or at least as far up the mountain I can go. It has been a wonderful trip up now I have to kick it into over drive. What am I talking about? I joined Active Rain on December 6, 2007 just over a year ago. I have done all the things you are supposed to
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04/05/2009
