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THERE'S A DEAD POSSUM IN THE YARD! and other feedback I don't provide to listing agents

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**** Rant Warning **** (Live Cat, I'm not going to post a picture of a dead possum!) Agency dislosure has been law in Michigan for 15 years, but most real estate agents I come in contact with still don't understand buyer agency. When you claim to be a buyer's agent you need to stop "selling" and ...

09/12/2008

Foreclosed homes are going to the dogs... I mean cats

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Foreclosed homes are going to the dogs... I mean cats. At least in one case in California. David Kelly from the L.A. Times reports in the article here: Bobcats Claim Foreclosed House You have to look carefully at the picture. On one post it was so small I didn't even see the cats. I love cat...

09/06/2008

"THIS WON'T LAST LONG" and listed since 2006....

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I just ran across a home on the market in the Ann Arbor Michigan area that includes the test "THIS WON"T LAST LONG." I am always curious to see how long a listing with that description has been active and sure enough it came on the market in April of 2006. Being that this is September of 2008 I c...

09/05/2008

Important Caution for Ann Arbor area Home Buyers on city sewers

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If you are buying a home in the city over about 40 years old you should be having a sewer line inspection. Many homes built from the early 1940's to the mid 1960's used a material called Orangeburg for the sewer lines. Unfortunately Orangeburg has a limited life. (Do a search for Orangeburg on my...

09/05/2008

Detroit Mayor stepping down, heading to jail. Finally!

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We cover a number of areas in Wayne County, the same county that includes Detroit. I have shared the frustration of many in the state with the behavior of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Well, he has now stated that he lied under oath among other things. Here is the news from the Detroit based Ch...

09/04/2008

GMAC Cutting way back in Michigan

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I just saw this article in the Detroit news: GMAC plans major job cuts It has been a long time since our Exclusive Buyer's Agent office used GMAC on a regular basis with out buyer clients, but we've had a number of GM employees use then in the last few years. We are sad to hear the news. About ...

09/04/2008

Transaction Fee Challenge gets Class Action Status

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Here in Ann Arbor Michigan we've occasionally been frustrated by "admin fees" in the lisings. There have been a number of posts here on the transaction fees that are sometimes charged to buyers by the listing office or seller. There is a some potential good news as reported here: Transaction Fe...

09/02/2008

Citigroup is moving 470 employees to Pittfield Township facility

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The Ann Arbor Business Review just reported that Citigroup, who bought ABN Amro, is going to close their Southfield office and move those 470 employees to their building South of Ann Arbor off State Street. This is interesting because they also just layed off about 60 employees from the facility....

09/02/2008

Presidential Elections and the Real Estate

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My best recollection from the last twelve years was that during the October before the Presidential elections the market in Ann Arbor slowed down quite a bit. It was like nobody wanted to think seriously about something as important as home buying when the elections were around the corner. Anybod...

08/29/2008

A Better Solution for Fogged Windows?

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For years I've heard from home inspectors that fogged thermal pane windows can be repaired. It is just that nobody could give me details from personal experience. Well, this company sounds like they have a solution for most fogged window problems. defogitnow.com has a system that treats the windo...

08/28/2008

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