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A Realtor?s Job From the Eyes of a Four Year Old
2007-07-25 13:58:00 Our daughter, Katya, was born into a family where both of her parents work together as Realtor s. As such, she has no idea what it is like to have parents with “normal jobs”, where they stop working when they get home for the day, don’t answer business calls after 6, have weekends that consist ... More About: Humor , Eyes , Metro Detroit , Year
Kate Can?t Find A House
2007-07-24 15:10:00 I’ve spent more time than I care to admit this morning reading a juicy blog about Kate in LA and her search for a home. From what I gather, Kate is a lawyer, and she and her boyfriend, whose identity she protects by calling him “E” so that he does not become an instant ... More About: House , Blogging , Find , A House
Hey, You Are Bugging Me!
2007-07-21 00:14:00 For just about a month now, Dmitry and I have been receiving really irritating phone calls from a local company that is asking Dmitry if he would like to list his home in the MLS. First of all, as most of our enlightened readers know, we are Realtors. A major part of our job involves ... More About: Metro Detroit , Bugg
Homage to Athol. I am laughing at this MLS picture.
2007-07-20 05:11:00 Realtor Athol Kay runs an amusing series of bad MLS photos from across the country on his blog. By all rights, I should send him this photo and let him share it with his wide audience of readers who tune in just for the latest in bad MLS photography. I do hope I am not ... More About: Humor , Picture , Laugh , Laughing , Homa
Loft Living in Royal Oak
2007-07-17 18:41:00 Carol Marshall recently wrote in the Oakland Business Review about the changing skyline of Royal Oak: Condo sales are stabilizing and improving slightly in Royal Oak compared to last year, according to Farmington Hills-based Realcomp II. By the end of June, 63 condo units in the city had sold, compared to 56 a year ago. Home ... More About: Living , Ving , Loft
Blog Tour USA honors Birmingham MI with a visit!
2007-07-16 05:58:00 Blog Tour USA stopped off in Birmingham Michigan on July 14th, and the city rolled out the red carpet. The streets were filled with people, bands played, and a festive atmosphere surrounded Rudy Bachraty and Joe Ferrara of Sellsius when they got off of the bus. Actually, it was Birmingham’s annual Day on the Town, a ... More About: Blogging , Blog , Visit , Ming
FSBO Gone Wrong
2007-07-15 18:30:00 It is hard not to feel sorry for Alan Jacobson. He fell in love with a historic home in Virginia, made a deal with the seller, and waited for the seller to make repairs before close. It got really ugly after that, a contractor died, the two parties started fighting and lawyers reaped the benefit ... More About: Wrong
Calling All Michigan Real Estate Bloggers
2007-07-14 15:44:00 Come one, come all Michigan Bloggers . We are being honored by a visit from the real estate blog tour bus that is traveling across America this summer. Sellsius Blog Tour USA is stopping in Birmingham and we are meeting at SKBK Sotheby’s today around noon. I presume Rudy and Joe will be ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Blogging
Record Setting Home Sale
2007-07-12 22:34:00 Metro Detroit’s most expensive home on the market, 21000 Turnberry in Novi, is under contract. We’ve talked before about the return of the luxury home buyers in Metro Detroit, and this sale confirms our observations. Turnberry went under contract after 598 days on the market and has not yet closed. The list price ... More About: Home , Metro Detroit , Sale , Record , Cord
If I Were a Birmingham MI Home Buyer Today?
2007-07-11 01:41:00 Unfortunately, I am not a Birmingham MI home buyer, or a Troy MI buyer, or a Royal Oak MI buyer. I see some wonderful opportunities for investors and buyers nearly every day, and I would certainly love to help people take advantage of them. For those of you who are looking for a home ... More About: Home , Metro Detroit , Today , Buyer , Ming
Staging Your Refrigerator
2007-07-09 13:41:00 “Are they living here?” is a frequent question from Michigan home buyers when looking at homes for sale. If in doubt, I head straight to the refrigerator for the answer. The contents usually tell me right away. Last year one of our sellers took care of the “empty refrigerator syndrome” by leaving things in ... More About: Gera , Staging
Happy 4th
2007-07-04 16:29:00 Happy Independence Day. We find ourselves in Canada today, camping in the rain, surrounded by people speaking Ukrainian. I will keep this short so that the rain does not ruin my laptop. May your 4th be happy and safe. More About: Happy
A Quick Note About Plugoo
2007-06-30 20:33:00 I love that little Plugoo thingy over to the right. It allows people to chat with me if I am on line or to send me messages if I am off line. Those messages actually come through to my Blackberry immediately, so if there were a “real estate emergency” (like you need me ... More About: Blogging , Note , Quick
Maureen Francis
2007-06-30 06:35:00 Yes, a rather self absorbed sounding title for this post, but this post is only a little about ME. There is another Maur een Franc is. Well, there is more than one other Maureen Francis , but on the internet when you Google “Maureen Francis” you get either the opera singer, a medical doctor or ...
The 24/7 Open House and the Death of the Realtor Tour
2007-06-29 14:37:00 I’m not the only agent who has observed that there are fewer and fewer agents visiting homes during our weekly board of Realtors tours. These tours, typically on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Oakland County, are designed to invite Realtors to come through the new listings. There could be lots of reasons that attendance ... More About: House , Open , Metro Detroit , Tour , Death
A Taste of Birmingham
2007-06-24 18:18:00 You are all invited to join us Tuesday June 26th from 4 to 7 pm for the Birmingham Bloomfield Realtor Network’s “Taste of Birmingham“, which features 9 great homes and food from some wonderful Birmingham eateries. Dmitry and I will be at 282 Wimbleton in Poppleton Park. Technorati Tags: birmingham mi real estate, birmingham ... More About: Ming
Separating the brokerage from the agent
2007-06-20 23:33:00 Yesterday Dmitry was having a conversation with an unrepresented seller, lets call him Simon, who told Dmitry, “I would never use ‘PruCenturyMax Brokers’ [name changed to protect the guilty] to sell my home. When we bought this home they helped us and they gave us terrible advice. They recommended that we pay top ... More About: Agent , Metro Detroit , Brokerage , The A , Gent
?I can?t sell my home??
2007-06-15 03:54:00 People arrive at miOaklandCounty.com in many different ways. One is by Googling a search phrase and then landing on an article I have written. Recently, a phrase has been popping up sporadically that goes something like, “What if I can’t sell my Michigan home?” I wish it were not popping up at ... More About: Home , Metro Detroit , Sell
The Problem With Statistics
2007-06-12 23:49:00 Last night I was watching the Birmingham City Commission meeting on Comcast and one of the commissioners (it might even have been the mayor) misquoted a statistic that was wrong in the first place. He stated that “10% of Birmingham homes are in forclosure.” He was quickly corrected, or quickly corrected himself, and ... More About: Statistics , Problem , Stat
Interesting Stuff From Other Blogs
2007-06-07 16:57:00 Some interesting things we have read recently… Triangle, Barnum and Shain discussions in Birmingham A new Birmingham MI Homes web site for Dmitry and Maureen (we are just getting started on it) The trouble with Michigan’s school funding on Rob Lawrence’s Schools, Politics and Common Sense. Oakland County’s Dental Discount Program on Dave Lambert’s Troy Blog Realcomp’s Legal Battles SoundBiteBlog’s ... More About: Interesting , Blogging , Blogs , Metro Detroit , Stuff
Real Estate Blogs in other places
2007-06-04 05:34:00 We try to keep up on real estate trends lots of places, not just here in Metro Detroit. Here are a few of the blogs (there are more) that we like to track: Charlotte Real Estate SoundBiteBlog Eastern Connecticut Real Estate Real Estate Undressed Manhattan Real Estate Delaware Ohio Real Estate Virginia Real Estate Homes St Paul Real Estate Henderson Real Estate Cleveland Real ... More About: Blogging , Blogs , Places
Real Estate Blogs in other places
2007-06-04 05:34:00 We try to keep up on real estate trends lots of places, not just here in Metro Detroit. Here are a few of the blogs (there are more) that we like to track: Charlotte Real Estate SoundBiteBlog Eastern Connecticut Real Estate Real Estate Undressed miBirmingham.com Manhattan Real Estate Delaware Ohio Real Estate Virginia Real Estate Homes St Paul Real Estate Henderson Real Estate Cleveland Real ... More About: Blogging , Blogs , Places
The building of Birmingham MI
2007-06-02 15:51:00 Trulia recently rolled out another cool tool called Trulia Hindsight. Hindsight is an animated map of homes in the United States. The animations use the year the properties were built to show the growth of streets, neighborhoods and cities over time. It really provides an excellent visual presentation of the evolution of a ... More About: Building , Metro Detroit , Build , Ming , Birmingham
The building of Birmingham MI
2007-06-02 15:51:00 Trulia recently rolled out another cool tool called Trulia Hindsight. Hindsight is an animated map of homes in the United States. The animations use the year the properties were built to show the growth of streets, neighborhoods and cities over time. It really provides an excellent visual presentation of the evolution of a ... More About: Building , Metro Detroit , Build , Ming , Birmingham
April 2007 Home Sales, Oakland County
2007-06-01 12:48:00 I have been working on a market update, but then the following article landed in my mail box this morning. To strengthen? their statistics I will add that my own office just had its best month in 2.5 years. Our showings are up substantially too. The following is taken directly from MCAR Reports, a ... More About: April , Oakland , Sales , Home , Metro Detroit
April 2007 Home Sales, Oakland County
2007-06-01 12:48:00 I have been working on a market update, but then the following article landed in my mail box this morning. To strengthen their statistics I will add that my own office just had its best month in 2.5 years. Our showings are up substantially too. The following is taken directly from MCAR Reports, a ... More About: April , Oakland , Sales , Home , Metro Detroit
How to Choose a Realtor
2007-05-30 10:07:00 I came across an article tonight that sounded like something I might have written. But since I did not write it, I will refer you over to this Realview piece. Highlights: Does the Agent have a strong online presence? Is the agent full time? What is the agent’s marketing strategy? There is more, so head on over and read ... More About: Realtor , Choose
How to Chose a Realtor
2007-05-30 10:07:00 I came across an article tonight that sounded like something I might have written. But since I did not write it, I will refer you over to this Realview piece. Highlights: Does the Agent have a strong online presence? Is the agent full time? What is the agent’s marketing strategy? There is more, so head on over and read it. ... More About: Realtor
Do you want to be sold as a ?lead??
2007-05-27 16:57:00 Just came across this YouTube video of a news cast about a mortgage broker who was sold bogus leads from an on-line lead generation company. Lead generation might be one of the dirty little secrets of real estate and home finance. Or, depending on your opinion, it might be just another way ... More About: Finance , Metro Detroit , Sold
Do you want to be sold as a ?lead??
More articles from this author:2007-05-27 16:57:00 Just came across this YouTube video of a news cast about a mortgage broker who was sold bogus leads from an on-line lead generation company. Lead generation might be one of the dirty little secrets of real estate and home finance. Or, depending on your opinion, it might be just another way ... More About: Finance , Metro Detroit , Sold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
