Over the 4th of July weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting 13 offers between two of my listings. While I have two happy sellers and four happy buyers, the outcome could have been different. Some buyers did not lose because their offer was too low. When the offers are similar in price, we start […]
Category Archives: Industry Intel
Three New Resources to Help You Now in the COVID Quarantine
Hello! I’m writing to you from what is affectionately known as “Yoga Pants Studios,” here in my home. First and foremost, we hope that this finds you well. Secondly, we are super excited to bring you some tools and resources that we are launching to safely navigate your real estate needs in this shutdown. […]
Things I learned in the last recession
I am confident of three things in this Corona Crunch: 1. We will eat something. 2. We will wipe with something. 3. There will be massive opportunity for those who are prepared. “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Roger and I believe this with all of our guts. When the Great […]
Short Term Rentals On The Rise?
Hey, Michigan! We might be seeing a spike in short-term rentals in our near future. Especially in the spring and summertime. The National Association of Realtors published an article about how short-term rentals can help Michigan’s economy while maximizing home values. In the last few years, home rental services like Airbnb, VRBO, and HomeAway have […]
Skin Has No Business in the Real Estate Game
I don’t get on the angry bus very often. I can’t meter it. It takes me over and away from doing things to help the people I can. But this report is so disturbing, I can’t ignore it. Discrimination is still happening in real estate Recently, Newsday just released a report based on the Long […]
The Fisher Building and My Interview With WJR
Recently my team and I had a team master mind to discover ways in which we can better educate and equip our clients through the home buying process. Through that mastermind, we developed a new “Buyer’s Due Diligence” guideline. So much more information is available to buyers now than before, it was time to take […]
Is Demand for a Dedicated Home Office Dying?
With software like Quicken, Google Drive, Evernote and Kindle, the amount of paper we keep in our homes is decreasing. We no longer need a dedicated home office in which to store our important documents and family photos, we’ve migrated to the online Oz of Google. When we show homes, we see once dedicated office […]
Inman Real Estate Conference, Zen and a Shoebox
I just returned from Inman Connect in New York City, known as ICNY to conference-goers. It is one of the best real estate conferences in the country that are geared specifically for real estate agents and the industries that support us. It was a phenomenal conference with something for everyone. If you go with intentions […]
Worthshop – The Most Unglamorous Unconference
I love attending conferences. They all have different purposes and even different vibes, but my expectation of a conference remains the same: That I will have new and valuable information that will benefit me as an agent, of course, but also as a human being. Because personally, I can’t separate the two. I’ll admit I […]
Gunman shoots man at real estate showing
The next time you’re searching the web for a house and push the “contact the agent” button for a showing and become frustrated because the agent won’t hop in the car and meet you there without asking for your name, copy of your ID and pre-approval letter… THIS IS WHY – click here to read the […]