Dmitry and Maureen

Just a little Christmas fun from our home to yours. If you click on Katya’s photo, she has been working on a special dance for you. Make sure you have your volume up. Warmest Christmas Greetings. Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450 Visit WebsiteSearch for homes in Oakland County

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Today’s blockbuster Yankee Blog Swap brought out some unexpected guests. All eyes were turned on the real estate blogging world and thanks to MyBlogLog, we caught Donald Trump touring the first Yankee Blog Swap. So far, no comment from the Donald, though he seems to be adding associates quickly on MBL. Our calls to his [...]

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Anthony Longo from CondoDomain surprised me this morning by meme-ing me. I remember singing “me me me me me” to warm up for choir practice in college, but this is not quite the same thing. Basically this little game of tag is running simultaneously all over the blogosphere as I was just tagged yesterday on [...]

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Republican Dick Devos lost his bid for Governor of the state by a significant margin in the last elections. The billionaire spent millions, much his own money, on his campaign to oust Jennifer Granholm. He ran on a platform that emphasized improving the Michigan economy. Last month, prior to the elections, I went to Kalamazoo [...]

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Indulge me for a minute or two. It’s been kind of a nice few days in the small world of miOaklandCounty.com. Larry Cragun of Real Estate Undressed and Mortgages Undressed nominated me for his Magnificent 7. Actually, the title of his piece is One Terrific Blogger: Maureen Francis. Now who wouldn’t like that (if her [...]

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We’re excited to be members of the newly created Birmingham – Bloomfield Realtor Network, a cooperative created by 9 top producing Realtors from Oakland County’s leading offices. More about the BBRN is coming soon, but here is our first event. We would LOVE to see you there. Not only can you get your holiday shopping [...]

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“These are not the droids you are looking for. You may go about your business. Move along.” That is the message that is currently on the front page of miOaklandCounty.com. I certainly did NOT put it there. Have I been hacked? I have no explanation. Who would want to mess with my measly little real [...]

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Every day I check my log files to see how people are finding my sites and my blogs. Its a little obsession that I imagine I share with many site owners out there. Some funny things come up, and one day I will blog about them. I know they will amuse you too. But this [...]

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Call me Scrooge. Bah. Humbug! The ‘THANKS’ of Thanksgiving makes it my favorite winter holiday. Christmas has become overwhelming for me. I am not a shopper and the message of the season can be hidden by increased commercialization. So why am I blogging about Christmas in mid-November? There is one thing that sparks my latent [...]

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Over the last two weeks, our company has been upgrading it’s email system. We have a very talented new General Manager who brings with him many years of experience in high tech companies. He is a very strong asset. When he arrived, about 6 months ago, he identified our old email service as being inadequate, [...]

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Blogging has gotten away from me this week.  Life and real estate have gotten in the way.  In a span of 5 days, we’ve taken on 6 new listings, written a couple of offers and picked up a few new buyers.  We are excited by the activity. Today I am holding open our listing on [...]

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