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Sep 24, 2018

NAR’s Top-Level Domains Officially Released

2018-09-24T08:56:30-04:00September 24th, 2018|Industry News, Local News, Real Estate Tips|

The newest trend in Real Estate today is the .Realtor and .RealEstate Top-Level Domains. You may by wondering what a Top-Level Domain is, but I can assure you it’s not as complicated of a topic as it sounds. I’m sure you are used to seeing “.com” attached to the end of a website as with [...]

Dec 28, 2017

The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2017

2017-12-28T13:36:44-05:00December 28th, 2017|Industry News, Real Estate Tips|

Every year, SplashData compiles a list of the most popular passwords based on millions of stolen logins made public in the last year. You can probably guess the top two choices: Based on more than five million leaked passwords, they are “123456” and “password.” There are also some new additions this year, including “starwars,” [...]

Aug 10, 2017

Wire Fraud

2017-08-10T15:09:30-04:00August 10th, 2017|Industry News, Local News, Real Estate Tips|

Buying and selling a home is an exciting time, but there can be pitfalls for unsuspecting consumers .  We want home buyers ,sellers, agents, and lenders to be aware that criminals are using wire fraud schemes to steal money meant for home purchases or the proceeds from the sale of the property.   Watch [...]

May 3, 2017

Chamber Small Business Celibration

2017-05-03T15:31:58-04:00May 3rd, 2017|Local News|

The Top 10 finalists in the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce 2017 Small Business Celebration have been named. Professional services firms, contractors, food and beverage makers and entertainment facilities are among the finalists in the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce 2017 Small Business Celebration. The Top 10 SBC finalists in the running [...]

Apr 1, 2017

Whale Watching In Northern Michigan?

2017-04-01T01:03:04-04:00April 1st, 2017|Local News|

It seems whale watching is becoming quite a thing here in northern Michigan. Sleeping Bear Dune's National Lake shore Many people, both tourist and local's alike do not realize that large whale populations migrate through the great lakes every year, including our vary own Grand Traverse Bay's. (See images at bottom of [...]

Mar 29, 2017

Michigan Eliminates Dower Rights

2017-03-29T10:24:30-04:00March 29th, 2017|Industry News, Local News|

Effective April 7, 2017 Dower Rights will no longer effect real estate in Michigan. What is a Dower Right? Dower rights have historically allowed a widow to use her deceased husband’s real property during her lifetime.  The justification for these dower rights dates back to when a woman was unable to own property.  Essential [...]

Feb 28, 2017

Wire & Computer Fraud Coming to a Market Near You

2017-02-28T16:20:39-05:00February 28th, 2017|Industry News, Local News, Real Estate Tips|

If you have been paying attention to the national, or local industry news you would have seen that fraud is on the rise; primarily Wire Fraud.  This process is usually done by either spoofing, or breaking into an agents/sellers e-mail and sending out updated wire instructions on the day of closing. Another common attack [...]

Feb 20, 2017

A Little Presidents Day History

2017-02-20T13:42:07-05:00February 20th, 2017|Local News, Real Estate Tips|

Did you know that the very system we use for locating property in Real Estate was founded by former President Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was not only our 3rd president, but was also a land surveyor.  With his knowledge of surveying he created the Public Land Survey System.  This system broke land down into Sections, [...]

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