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RECENT BLOG POSTS
As the economy gets better - the solicitation for services for my Real Estate business has nearly become overwhelming. They can post for me on facebook, they can connect for me on linkedIN, they can write my blogs for me, they can send newsletters for me - they can share scripts that I can use, t...
03/15/2016
Yes, I feel like a broken record - we need listings, we have limited inventory - here is the latest news article about our short inventory crisis. However, Mr and Ms. homeowner you would love to sell and move but then where would you go?  It’s like which comes first the chicken or the egg - the l...
03/12/2016
In Michigan to become a Broker you have to take 90 hours of approved con-ed - pass a test - have 3 years of full time experience and keep up with legal con-ed. Requirements here.  So this is what the state says you have to do - to become a Broker. I argue this as in my opinion so much more is nee...
03/11/2016
I always say Real Estate is 30% numbers and 70% gut feeling. This gut feeling can only come from within and from an agent that not only has been in the business for a while but active in the business. For the last 2 years Grand Rapids, Michigan has been very low in inventory, Realtors are begging...
03/02/2016
Having moved here from the East coast in 2001, I realize people that are relocating here do not understand, and what is the norm for long time residents of Michigan,  are not the norm elsewhere. Condo’s seem to be a bit confusing for many relocation clients The biggest confusion is the Site Condo...
02/21/2016
I was showing an older home to a young couple the other day and they saw the laundry chute and did not know what this feature was - it was very cool to tell them about features of an older home.  It made me think would it not be cool to bring back some of these features into new construction as a...
02/06/2016
   In our business a “suit and tie” is not required anymore. And for some of us who are on call after hours can get a call/text to pop out to see a new listing that has just hit the market, In my territory we need to RUN not walk if we want to get our offer in before everyone else.  So I must adm...
02/03/2016
The good and the bad of it all  Once you buy a home your sale is of public record. In kent county Michigan there is no avoiding it.  People wanting to sell you things will go through records and make a list - or people will make this list and sell it to people who want to sell you things.  The go...
01/27/2016
Versatile, well maintained and thoroughly modernized historic masonry building of approximately 21,000 square feet with superb development attributes. Located in trendy and high demand Heritage Hill section of Grand Rapids, and sited on over one half acre of land. Walking distance to downtown Gra...
01/20/2016
It seems in my area, that investing or flipping a home is on the rise, again. Not sure if its threat of increase of mortgage rates, or the threat of the good deal is going away.  Maybe because our economy in West Michigan has just gotten that much better that investors are willing to invest again...
01/19/2016
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