Jeremy Burgess's (detroitmarketexpert) Blog

Sheriff Evans of Wayne County Michigan announced to Michigan that he was halting all mortgage foreclosure sales. His reasoning is that it is impossible for his office to tell which of the mortgages were protected under the Troubled Asset Relief Program allowing homeowners adequate time to work ou...

Yesterday we inaugurated the first Black American as President of the United States. Considering that 60 years ago Obama would have to drink out of a different water fountain than me, I find this historic event inspiring and it gives me hope for the future of America. Regardless of your political...

Thursday, January 22, 2009 For the last year and half it seems to me like this nation and its people have been walking on egg shells, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Looking and searching for boogie men and finding fault in everything till our very thoughts and actions are poising us, our eco...

Slap yourself really hard... Twice....Good, now we can get started. Nothing has made me happier that to see the American love affair with the stock market end in a nasty divorce by the end of 2008. It has always bothered me that Americans would blindly invest in the stock market and get returns n...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and this is the time of year I like to give thanks to those who have done and given so much to me and my company. I would like to encourage you to do the same. When you are consistently setting and achieving high goals, it is natural to come across many ro...

People talk about how they spend and invest their and Jared and I have blogged about that quite a bit. This week I would like to blog about how you are spending and investing your time. Many of you may never have thought about it this way but three years ago I was knocked off of my seat when I re...

One of the many things that attract real estate investors to Detroit is the incredibly low price tag. $35,000 buys you a nice house in a nice neighborhood that rents well, putting cash in your pocket every month. However, many investors pass over Detroit because the numbers are small and they are...

Do the news and the media have you pulling cash out of your bank account and stuffing it in your mattress? Do you see the world ending and life as you know it coming to a stop? Are you staying awake at night worry and feeling uncertain about you and your family's future? Now is the time for a fra...

We all need motivation and inspiration to achieve our goals and our dreams. And sometimes we even need it just to get out of bed! There are days when nothing in our dreams and goals seems real or within our grasp. When I start to doubt or feel down about my progress and accomplishments I remembe...

    I recently read Malcolm Gladwell's amazing book, The Tipping Point about how small things become really big things. Many of the points he brought up with real life examples BLEW MY SOCKS OFF. He defines the tipping point as "the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable." an...