“When you are real, you don’t mind that it hurts.” (The old Skin Horse) from the blog Jack’s Winning Words. Jack went on to say - In the book, How Toys Become Real, a stuffed rabbit asks an older toy how to become real. He’s told that you become real through magic and through the love of a lit
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06/26/2013
Being in the real estate business sometimes means having to try to explain some totally insane things that go on when someone is trying to buy a house. The process of evaluating the credit worthiness of would-be borrowers and assessing the risks involved in making the loan to them falls to a larg
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06/24/2013
I was quoted in a local newspaper about the current tough marekt if you happen to be a buyer. Read the article here - http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130620/SPECIAL-SPECIAL%20SECTIONS/306200312 It's tough as an agent, too. I had a great month last month just finished selling the last list
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06/19/2013
“Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience.” (Victoria Holt) from the Jack’s Winning Words blog. Jack went on to say that Victoria Holt was an English Romance Novelist, but she could have come u with the same advice if she was a Realtor®. My experience has been
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06/19/2013
Our local Multi-List Service (MLS) - RealComp II - released it's stats report for May this morning and reported a record month. Sales were up 1.2% year-over-year to 6,399 units sold during May 2013. That includes all 15 of the markets that RealComp services, which is pretty much the whole metro D
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06/17/2013
I got a call recently from a friend who wanted some advice so that he could better advise some aging relatives. As is more and more often the case these days, the relatives in question are fairly elderly and in failing health. Their ability to deal with the demands or constraints of their own hom
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06/12/2013
Ed. - The report below is from our Broker - Dan Elsea. Dan gets to see an overview of the whole market in this southeastern part of Michigan. In the last two months we have seen the first sign that the market may be moving towards normal. Even though sales continue at a fast pace, new listings en
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06/11/2013
Which Township that I track started off June without any home sales in the first week of June? Which Townships that I track currently are above $100/Sq Ft in average home sale values and which are lagging behind? Were there more home sales in Brighton Township or Green Oak Township during the fir
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06/10/2013
Report after report continues to show home prices climbing at double digit rates so far this year – 10% a month ago, 12 % this month and projected at 13% next month. IS this cause for concern that another value bubble is forming in the housing market? Not really. This run-up in prices is driven b
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06/07/2013
“The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.” (Chuck Swindoll) Swindoll went on to say, “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” Today’s saying from my favorite local blog – Jack’s Winning Words. I used to spend an inordinate amoun
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06/05/2013
