Saturday is opening day for the University of Michigan Football team. After a few bad years, our hopes are once again high and positive.

MGoBlueFootball blog-website just published a video about the Top 10 Moments in Michigan Stadium History.

Tomorrow we open in our newly renovated Big House. We are looking to start some new memories in the new stadium which I shared some photos of a couple of weeks ago when we toured the Big House in a RPAC fundraiser sponsored by the Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors and the Governmental Affairs Committee.

If you are a Michigan fan, you will enjoy this video!

Missy Caulk & Team can be reached at 734-216-2822 or email: Missy@MissyCaulk.com

Our TEAM of 6 buyer associates are available to help you relocate to Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, Ypsilanti Township, Clinton, Manchester, Whitmore Lake, or throughout Washtenaw County, MI.

• Free Home Evaluation

• Search the Ann Arbor Area MLS.

• Google Profile

• Market Reports in Real Time Updated Weekly

• Profit from Technology for Realtors and Lenders

Thirteen days and counting, September 4th, until Michigan kickoff game.  The 2010 schedule.

Photo of the new Big House Renovation, we went there on Thursday night when our Governmental Affairs Committee at the Ann Arbor Board of Realtors hosted a fundraiser for RPAC.

GO BLUE!

Missy Caulk & Team can be reached at 734-216-2822 or email: Missy@MissyCaulk.com

Our TEAM of 6 buyer associates are available to help you relocate to Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, Ypsilanti Township, Clinton, Manchester, Whitmore Lake, or throughout Washtenaw County, MI.

• Free Home Evaluation

• Search the Ann Arbor Area MLS.

• Google Profile

• Market Reports in Real Time Updated Weekly

• Profit from Technology for Realtors and Lenders

9056 Emerson in Saline Michigan a short sale closes today.

The offer was submitted on March 30th. It has two loans both with Sun Trust.  The buyers hung in there. Most of my short sales that fail to close are due to buyers getting tired of waiting and having to start the process over.

I have had 5 offers on one of my Short Sales and each time the buyers walked. I think the negotiator is sick of it. I know my sellers are. Of course being the eternal optimist I am still believing it will close. I will post more details later. But, today am just happy for the closing on Emerson.

One of the most valuable sites I have found is Short Sale Superstars. The very minute I get a short sale listing I go there to see how other Realtors have dealt with the bank in question.

It is such a supportive network, started by Broker Bryant.

***A note about the market, this home was built and sold for $526,155.00 in 2005. Then my clients bought it for $436,250.00, in 2007, it sold today for $344,000.00. i would like to say this is unusual...but I can't.

**********************************************************************

Missy Caulk & Team can be reached at 734-216-2822 or email: Missy@MissyCaulk.com

Our TEAM of 6 buyer associates are available to help you relocate to Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, Ypsilanti Township, Clinton, Manchester, Whitmore Lake, or throughout Washtenaw County, MI.

• Free Home Evaluation

• Search the Ann Arbor Area MLS.

• Google Profile

• Market Reports in Real Time Updated Weekly

• Profit from Technology for Realtors and Lenders

35 W Phillips in Milan, Michigan 48160 is being offered as a short sale. Milan is located 6 miles South of Saline.

Milan Schools are great and this home has been in the same family for 30 years.

Easy Walk to Neighboring Schools - $75,900.00 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Year Built: 1962 Subdivision: Wanty's Subdivision Lot Size: 60X120 Garage Size: 1 car School District: Milan Square Footage: 960 Agent Name: Missy Caulk Broker: Keller Williams MLS #: 3006746 Price: $75,900.00 Additional Pricing Information: Short Sale - Subject to bank approval 35 W. Phillips Milan, MI 48160 View Map View More Photos YouTube Video Range/Oven Full Refrigerator Washer/Dryer Microwave Hardwood Floors Basement Fenced Yard Grass Lawn 35 W. Phillips in Milan. SHORT SALE - Subject to Bank Approval. Walk to Milan Middle School and Paddock Elementary. Home has been owned by this family for 30 years. Fenced back yard, newer roof and windows. Bring your decorating ideas and make this solid house shine. Missy Caulk Missy@MissyCaulk.com 734-216-2822 Powered by vFlyer.com Equal Housing Opportunity VFLYER ID: 3481275

All information in this site is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and is subject to change

*********************************************************

Missy Caulk & Team can be reached at 734-216-2822 or email: Missy@MissyCaulk.com

Our TEAM of 6 buyer associates are available to help you relocate to Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, Ypsilanti Township, Clinton, Manchester, Whitmore Lake, or throughout Washtenaw County, MI.

• Free Home Evaluation

• Search the Ann Arbor Area MLS.

• Google Profile

• Market Reports in Real Time Updated Weekly

• Profit from Technology for Realtors and Lenders

4423 Yarmouth Crossing (short sale) A Place to Call Home Ann Arbor Schools - $169,900.00 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.1 Year Built: 1990 Subdivision: Meadowview Lot Size: 70 X 143 Garage Size: 2 car attached School District: Ann Arbor Public Square Footage: 1932 Agent Name: Missy Caulk Broker: KWAA MLS #: 3006081 Price: $169,900.00 Additional Pricing Information: SHORT SALE - Subject to 3rd party approval 4423 Yarmouth Crossing Ann Arbor, MI 48197 View Map View More Photos Real Estate Show Range/Oven Full Refrigerator Dishwasher Sink Disposal Microwave Fireplace Kitchen Island Vaulted Ceilings Basement Pergo Flooring Finished Lower Level Fenced Yard Grass Lawn Tool Shed Deck 4423 Yarmouth Crossing, Pittsfield Twp, MI 48197 SHORT SALE, COMMISSION AND TERMS SUBJECT TO BANK APPROVAL. Lovely home in Ann Arbor schools with a fenced yard. Vaulted ceilings in family room and Master Suite, Pergo floors throughout kitchen, nook and foyer. Finished Lower Level with rec room. Large deck with shed in back. Walk to nearby playground and park. Missy Caulk Missy@MissyCaulk.com 734-216-2822 Powered by vFlyer.com Equal Housing Opportunity VFLYER ID: 3509522

All information in this site is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and is subject to change

*******************************************

Missy Caulk & Team can be reached at 734-216-2822 or email: Missy@MissyCaulk.com

Our TEAM of 6 buyer associates are available to help you relocate to Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, Ypsilanti Township, Clinton, Manchester, Whitmore Lake, or throughout Washtenaw County, MI.

• Free Home Evaluation

• Search the Ann Arbor Area MLS.

• Google Profile

• Market Reports in Real Time Updated Weekly

• Profit from Technology for Realtors and Lenders

 Ann Arbor Celebrates 4th of July 

• The Ann Arbor 4th of July Parade: Always sponsored by the Ann Arbor Jaycees, begins 11 a.m., Sunday. The parade will begin at State, Liberty, Main, and William Streets in Downtown Ann Arbor. As part of the parade there will be a  Patriotic Bike Decoration Contest for children under the age 12.  

• The Ypsilanti Independence Parade, is sponsored by American Legion Post 282 & Ypsilanti Jaycees. The Ypsilanti Parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday. The parade begins at Cross Street at Wallace, and travels down Cross to Rice Street in Depot Town.

• A short drive from Ann Arbor is the Whitmore Lake 4th of July festivities.  The day begins with the Thunder Road Car Show & Cruise. The Independence Day Parade, “The Eagle Has Landed,” features local bands, merchants, and floats.Beginning at 7:00 in the evening the ski show starts followed by the Parade of Lights, where thousands gather on the lakefront to see decorated boats float by in their glory. The fireworks display in Whitmore Lake begins after dusk.

• The Sunrise Senior Living Center are holding a carnival on the 4th of July Carnival at Sunrise Senior Living, 1901 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. Beginning at Noon and ending today. The event a the Sunrise Center is free for anyone who wants to come celebrate the holiday with residents at Sunrise. The carnival will have games, prizes, food, and entertainment. For information, call 734-741-9500.

• Irish Hills on Devils Lake also has an annual 4th of July fireworks. Beginning after dark, a large barge is brought out the the sand bar where the fireworks are shot off. The last few years this is where we have been.  The show is well worth the drive as it is long and some of the best displays I have ever seen. 
• Dexter, Michigan begins its celebration with a concert at the Hudson Mills Park at 7:00.  The fireworks begin at 10 or after dark. This is a hugely popular event so you need to plan to leave early so you are not sitting in traffic for the fireworks. 

Regardless of where you celebrate the 4th of July, take a moment to reflect on the big "why' of why we celebrate. We celebrate the birthday of our Great Nation where a few men and an entire nation broke the chains of bondage and birthed One Nation, Under God, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for all. 

I need your help.

The Pepsi Refresh Project

Pepsi has been offering an opportunity for schools and non-profits to earn money through their Refresh Project.  You can go to the site and see if any non-profits have submitted a project and vote there.

Saline Area Schools

Saline is currently number 15 in line for the $25,000.00 award. Only the top 10 in each price will be award a portion of the 1.3 Million, Pepsi is offering. Prices will be offered to the Top 10 in the 5K, 25K, 50K and 250K price ranges.

Stephen Laatsch, Assistant Superintendent for Saline Area Schools, is the program administrator.

The Saline Goal

Project Lead The Way is the most innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program that I have ever seen. It uses a powerful combination of computer based technology mixed with real life hands-on learning to give middle and high school students an opportunity to get immersed in science and technology.  Project Lead The Way is divided up into six learning units.  These units included Design and Modeling, Automation and Robotics, Magic of Electrons, Science of Technology, Flight and Space, and Energy and the Environment.

Lets all vote and help Saline Schools out.

Thanks all my Activerain friends.

Ann Arbor Projects are here too, but not as high up in the rankings and the voting ends on March 31st.

You can vote for more than one, and vote everyday!

The first ReBar Camp in Grand Rapids, Michigan is May 26th, that is this Wednesday.

Are you coming?

Have you ever attended a ReBar Camp? I have been to several over the last few years, including the first one in San Francisco in July of 07. That is where my beautiful daughter first met @ActiveBrad, our awesome Community Builder on Activerain.

The ReBar Camp in Grand Rapids is sponsored by GRAR and wil begin at 8:30 and end at 5:00.

What is a ReBar Camp?

A daylong exchange of ever-rotating ideas and discussion centered around how RE professionals can bring their business up to speed with today’s online consumer market using the latest in technology and social media advancements. Learn from leading professionals at companies like Google, Zillow and Trulia. Lead a session yourself. Whatever you do, make sure you’re not sitting still and zoning out.

It’s the conference that’s more CONVERSATION than conference!

I am excited to be a Discussion Leader and get to meet IRL (in real life) fellow Michigan bloggers and experts in Social Media.

The sessions are NOT presentations, they are CONVERSATIONS. The experts in the room will often give a 15-20 minute talk  on a subject to get the conversation going, and then open the room to question and answer.  If you have a question or a statement, ask it.  If  you have an answer, offer it  There are NO attendees at REBarCamp, only participants.

Listings, Appraisals...getting to closings...oh my in the Ann Arbor market area.

Back in January 08, I did a series on Appraisals and Square Footage Issues. We are still going through appraisal issues in Ann Arbor and this was before HVCC became a law. I will share the story after we either get to closing. (if...)

Karen Anne Stone had a great post on pricing today on Activerain.

Here is an excerpt:

Then... I would talk about how it is NOT the seller who determines the price.  Of course, when I said that... they would look at me kinda funny-like... (I get that a lot... LOL)... and then they'd try and guess that it would be the buyer. 

Noper... said I.  Nor is it the Realtor either. 

The one who most determines the price... is the appraiser.  That is when I would really start laying the blame... or the answer for the suggested list price... right square at the feet of the appraiser.

I'd tell them about the appraisal process... and about how the appraiser has to submit the closest three comparable sales she can find... to justify her price.

Then we would talk about how "accountable" the appraiser had to be... in substantiating, or "proving" the price of the house... when they did the appraisal.

Finally... I would ask the seller this: 

Mr and Mrs Seller... if you were the appraiser, and your job, your entire career, your family's future income... if all of that was riding on your submitting the three best comps that "prove the price..." which three would you choose ?  Now remember... your job as an appraiser... depends on you picking the most correct three !"

I have rarely, if ever, seen this fail.  Usually they end up picking even lower comps than I would have used to determine their asking price.

WE (The Missy Caulk Team) do CMA's for both sellers and buyers. It is the data, the numbers, that count, NOT what our sellers want to price the home at, NOT what the buyers "think" it is worth.

When you have a listing agent overprice from the beginning, you are fighting them, (their ego), the sellers who were NOT TOLD THE TRUTH, and then the appraisal evaluation.

NOT fun....to be continued.

Missy Caulk

734-216-2822 cell
734-864-1545 fax

Search Ann Arbor Area MLS
Ann Arbor blog
A2 Breaking News

Contact Me

Recent Blog Post Ann Arbor Sellers, Is your Home Listing Getting Exposed?

(This post is sorta a test post from Brad Andersohns post on using gmail to post your blog posts. Intrigued I wanted to see how easy it was...it is and I love it)

OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, April 17th in Ann Arbor. 627 Hiscock in downtown Ann Arbor.

Circa 1901, in a fantastic location. Walk to down-town Ann Arbor, parks. Open living space, and a newer kitchen. Newer roof, furnace, hardwood floors.

Market conditions in 48103 are on the upturn the last few months. Hiscock is located in the downtown area in zip code 48103

Open 2 to 4

Ann Arbor Multiple Listing Ticket

Search Ann Arbor Houses for Sale

Hosted by Pat Anderson

Schools:

Bach Elementary

Forsythe Middle School

Pioneer-Skyling High School

*************************************************

Missy Caulk & Team can be reached at 734-216-2822 or email: Missy@MissyCaulk.com

Our TEAM of 6 buyer associates are available to help you relocate to Ann Arbor, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, Ypsilanti Township, Clinton, Manchester, Whitmore Lake, or throughout Washtenaw County, MI.

• Free Home Evaluation

• Search the Ann Arbor Area MLS.

• Google Profile

• Market Reports in Real Time Updated Weekly

• Profit from Technology for Realtors and Lenders