Humor

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 [...]

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This would be funny if it weren’t so true. Well, it’s a little funny.  In an uncomfortable kind of way. The abundance of foreclosures may put a damper on Halloween trick-or-treating this year, but it doesn’t have to. Stage those foreclosures to sell them! Vignette and surface staging can go a long way to warm [...]

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In 2006 I wrote about my problem with my client with the Fish N’ Flush. There were people who loved the aquarium commode and others who were less than enchanted. Reactions were strong, but fortunately my dilemma was fictional. Today’s offering is another real product that I would honestly recommend you remove from your home [...]

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This one isn’t in Oakland County.  It’s not even in Michigan.  Still, we think it falls under the category of interesting real estate stories, so we are writing about it today. Albert, Texas is for sale and it could be yours for $2.5 million. The Albert Texas web site says the population is 4, but [...]

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The leaves in Beverly Hills and Birmingham are still on the trees, so imagine my surprise when I found a Christmas Tree stand erected at the corner of Pierce and 14 Mile on October 23rd! After shopping at Costco last weekend, I knew that the retailers were ready to start the season. But live trees? [...]

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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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At least someone has a sense of humor about it. A young ‘un in Phoenix sent his homemade Tom Petty-esque video about the real estate market to the Arizona Republic and it was posted on their web site. Give it a watch. Misery loves company. [youtube vkBgX61Y2_c] H/T to our favorite Realtor in Phoenix Written [...]

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photo by dan4th Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450 Visit WebsiteSearch for homes in Oakland County

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    Nope, it is not Dmitry. Just another fan crazy about the real estate information he finds on miOaklandCounty.com. OK. I am funnin’. Just found a new Facebook application that creates these nifty images. If you are on Facebook, look me up! Written by Maureen FrancisSKBK Sotheby’s International Realty, 248.430.4450 Visit WebsiteSearch for homes [...]

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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 of [...]

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Realtor Athol Kay runs an amusing series of bad MLS photos from across the country on his blog.  By all rights, I should send him this photo and let him share it with his wide audience of readers who tune in just for the latest in bad MLS photography.  I do hope I am not [...]

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