10. Try to sell "By Owner." Sorry, I am not just saying this because my livelihood is in selling homes. If you want to sell your home, you need to be where the buyers are. Since about 90% of sales in Metro Detroit involve real estate agents, that is clearly where the buyers are. Additionally, m
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03/29/2007
Just received news (not good news) from Lansing that the proposed moratorium on the pop up tax is not likely to come to be this year. We were looking at it as a short term stimulus for the housing market and were optimistic that it would have helped to motivate home buyers over the coming 18 mon
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03/29/2007
For those with long memories on ActiveRain, I have hosted a number of blogging carnivals and contests on ActiveRain since I joined last August. Today my turn arrived to host the 'Grandaddy' of all real estate blogging events, The Carnival of Real Estate. Hosting is never an easy task, as we rea
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03/26/2007
It is Board of Review time again, and citizens across the state of Michigan are headed in to appeal their property taxes. If they read the Free Press today, the might be left with the impression that they are destined to be overtaxed. Yes, it does seem ironic that taxable values/SEV's went up las
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03/06/2007
Classic Quarton Lake ColonialLocation: Quarton Lake EstatesThis beautiful Quarton Lake home has all the charm and grace of it's era and it is situated on a deep 80 x 200 lot only a block from Quarton Elementary School. Wonderful, flowing floor plan with generous room sizes. 3 fireplaces, hardwood
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03/05/2007