I think our lawmakers should step up and make it illegal to "strip" a home. They should make the owner liable for the loss of value. I read a blog about stripping a home from a fellow Michigan real estate agent tonight and it got me thinking. What is stripping ?..... stripping is when the home
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11/22/2009
Every month I am going to start to think and say what I need to say thanks. Why I am happy or should be happy? Why I should be grateful and who I should say thanks to. You see the economy is tough. People are still losing jobs, People are still losing homes. In fact my wife Marianne got laid
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11/22/2009
When you buy a Northville foreclosure and you put in an offer the banks want to make sure it is a solid deal from the moment they get the paperwork. They want to tie it up, they want to lock you in so you don't bail out, THEY WANT TO SELL THE HOUSE AND GET IT OFF THEIR BOOKS. One of the ways the
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11/21/2009
My wife and I went out to Red Robin restaurant in Livonia Michigan located on Six Mile Rd near I-275 tonight. It was busy because they have good solid food at a reasonable price. It is kid friendly with bottomless french fries and bottomless pop. The have about 10 different
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11/21/2009
Some people are waiting to buy Metro Detroit real estateand others are jumping into the real estate market. Of course Yun from NAR is spinning again. Like the last 2 years he is calling the bottom and still saying it's a great time to buy. My thoughts are it's only a good time to buy if you are
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11/21/2009
In these tougher times here are some inspiration quotes and thoughts. "The miracle is this -- the more we share, the more we have." ~~~ Leonard Nimoy ~~~ "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes
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11/18/2009
Selling your Northville home you should use ever sales tool possible but what about open houses. Very very seldom does a open house attract a qualified buyer that will buy your home. I myself believe open houses are more likely to be successful in a starter home price range. A $400,000 priced N
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11/18/2009
This is just another day in the life of a Metro Detroit realtor. First I got a call from one of my clients. He was all upset. He kept slipping into his native tongue but I got the gist of the message. He went by the house we are supposed to be closing on. Well the seller is supposed to be rep
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11/17/2009
I just blogged about a bad agent so I thought I should be fair and show that there are some great real estate agents in our Metro Detroit real estate market. So here is my hats off to Ralph of Century 21 Row . Ralph is one of those REO agents that responds. I don't even know if he has an assist
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11/16/2009
I know this guy who needs a job because he can't be making it in the real estate business. First of all we put an offer in on his listing. It took 2 1/2 weeks to get the original offer accepted and there was not one single change. No counter offers. Nothing. That should have been a clue. The
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11/16/2009
