Blogging

Every year, Washington State real estate and mortgage blogger, Larry Cragun publishes The Magnificent Seven, an award he gives to some of the best real estate blog posts he has read over the previous year. Larry plows through thousands of posts over the course of a year to cull his list down. A daunting task, [...]

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The Real Estate Tomato and Inman are having a contest and awarding a blog makeover. miOaklandCounty needs the help! Here is our entry. Stay tuned to the very end for a very special guest appearance from a loyal supporter of Detroit and this blog. Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450 Visit WebsiteSearch for [...]

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Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone here in Metro Detroit. Unlike many of my neighbors, I don’t really know too much about cars. Last year when I hosted the Carnival of Real Estate #35, I used the Motown theme, so this year I am pretty much obliged to attempt to do something somewhat creative with Metro Detroit’s [...]

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I really like my little Plugoo thingy that sits in the center column of my site. But sometimes I forget to turn it off when I walk away from the computer. You might send me a message and I might not see it until I come back later. Other times I forget to turn the [...]

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Congratulations to Walt Baczkowski (Metropolitan Consolidated Association of Realtor’s CEO) and Point 2 Agent (my miBirmingham.com host) for teaming up. Walt was just at our office meeting this morning letting our agents know they need to be on Facebook and Myspace, among other things. 2 hours later one of my ActiveRain friends let me know [...]

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..Mine isn’t but it was until yesterday. I attended Professional Standards/Code of Ethics Training this week provided by the Michigan Association of Realtors. Our trainer, Bruce Aydt, went over changes in the COE, and this is one that actually was put in January of 2007, yet is not at all well known. Standard of Practice [...]

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Today I step gingerly back into the gentle, or not so gentle, tides of real estate blogging. Over the last months, most of my energy has been used to care for my terminally ill father who passed away last week. Dmitry and I have kept up with our existing clients, referred out some new clients [...]

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Larry Cragun has just launched the Neighborhoods Undressed blogging platform for Realtors. Coaching to be provided by Teresa Boardman. I think we have uncovered a great clothing optional Realtor client for him. Good luck Larry and Kathleen. We now return to our local programming. Clothing mandatory. Photo by Mafleen Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International [...]

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Two of our posts were honored by Larry Cragun to be considered for his Magnificent 7. We appreciate your nomination, Lar! Thanks. Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450 Visit WebsiteSearch for homes in Oakland County

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I’ve spent more time than I care to admit this morning reading a juicy blog about Kate in LA and her search for a home. From what I gather, Kate is a lawyer, and she and her boyfriend, whose identity she protects by calling him “E” so that he does not become an instant internet [...]

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Blog Tour USA stopped off in Birmingham Michigan on July 14th, and the city rolled out the red carpet. The streets were filled with people, bands played, and a festive atmosphere surrounded Rudy Bachraty and Joe Ferrara  of Sellsius when they got off of the bus. Actually, it was Birmingham’s annual Day on the Town, [...]

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