Dmitry and Maureen

I typically refrain from tooting my own horn, but I am very excited about yesterday’s announcement from Trulia.com, the leading real estate site. Trulia launched it’s new Trulia Mayors program and chose five agents from across the country from the 400,000 agents active on the site, recognizing us as “social media role models [...]

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The well known Detroit broadcaster, Larry Henry, and Dave Benjamin from The Sales Matrix have started a new series of podcasts about entrepreneurs leading the renaissance of Detroit. You can find their work on the recently launched VoicesOfDetroit.com
I had the pleasure of sitting down with them last week and talking about the Metro Detroit [...]

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Charlie Wollborg, Chief Troublemaker at Curve Detroit surprised me with this great picture.  I was so thrilled to see Detroit’s own Aretha Franklin with such a prominent part in the inauguration as the whole world watched. I am giddy to see myself in Aretha’s big attention getter.
Detroiter, Luke Song, created the buzzworthy hat for the [...]

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Last month Bud Gibson from Michigan Innovators and I sat down on a snowy December morning and enjoyed a long chat about the approach Dmitry and I have used to developing our real estate business.  Much of what we do is internet based, and we use tools like social media to grow and expand our [...]

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2008 has certainly provided for lots of unexpected surprises for Metro Detroit.  In January we will be rolling out a new series of posts for Metro Detroiters on how to deal with the challenges in today’s real estate market.  The good news: there are previously unseen opportunities for buyers.  Sellers, you are not left out, [...]

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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
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When I lived in Ukraine, I had some of my most memorable Thanksgivings.  Thanksgiving, of course, is not a Ukrainian holiday, so we few Americans who wanted to celebrate the holiday had to really make a concerted effort to recreate it in a country without Butterball, Pepperidge Farms and Ocean Spray.  The meal became less [...]

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Today I received a call from a salesperson from California who wanted to sell me the latest and greatest real estate lead system.  She started off the call with, “Maureen, are you still selling real estate?”
I was leaving an open house and headed to an appointment to meet a new listing client.  Yes, I am [...]

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Sure, the Southeast Michigan real estate market has hit a rough patch. There are lots of homes on the market longer than the owners want them to be. But right now, Dmitry and I barely have time to eat dinner together. We are both running in different directions taking care of clients’ needs.
In the last [...]

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Many thanks to journalist Mike Scott and photographer William Cowger for the article about us that just came out in the Oakland Business Review.
Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450
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MiOaklandCounty has been without it’s central voice lately. I have been fortunate to have guest bloggers and regular contributors sending me things to post, but my life has gotten in the way of me even being able to take the time to get up other people’s posts in a timely manner. I [...]

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