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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 […]

Many thanks to journalist Mike Scott and photographer William Cowger for the article about us that just came out in the Oakland Business Review.
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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 […]

For the last 18 months, maybe longer, a significant part of my job has been to disappoint people. I get to deliver messages that nobody wants to hear:

“Your home is not worth what you paid for it.”
“You owe the bank more than your house is worth.”
“Your neighbors got more last year than you will […]

Two of our posts were honored by Larry Cragun to be considered for his Magnificent 7.
We appreciate your nomination, Lar! Thanks.
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Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450
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Last winter we helped Alex and Donna Crowther move from Emmons in Birmingham into a home they had been eying on Cass Lake. Dmitry and I managed to sell their home in 6 days under very challenging circumstances, but it allowed them to make the move up to their dream home. USA Weekend […]

Our daughter, Katya, was born into a family where both of her parents work together as Realtors. As such, she has no idea what it is like to have parents with “normal jobs”, where they stop working when they get home for the day, don’t answer business calls after 6, have weekends that consist […]

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, a […]

Come one, come all Michigan Bloggers. We are being honored by a visit from the real estate blog tour bus that is traveling across America this summer. Sellsius Blog Tour USA is stopping in Birmingham and we are meeting at SKBK Sotheby’s today around noon. I presume Rudy and Joe will be […]

Happy Independence Day.
We find ourselves in Canada today, camping in the rain, surrounded by people speaking Ukrainian.   I will keep this short so that the rain does not ruin my laptop.
May your 4th be happy and safe.
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Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450
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Yes, a rather self absorbed sounding title for this post, but this post is only a little about ME. There is another Maureen Francis. Well, there is more than one other Maureen Francis, but on the internet when you Google “Maureen Francis” you get either the opera singer, a medical doctor or […]

A few weeks ago another Realtor in the Birmingham MI real estate market referred to me derogatorily as a “blogger”, somehow implying that blogging is not something that a real estate agent does to sell homes. Oh, how wrong he is. And I am OK that he does not know better. Another […]