If you are planning to sell your Novi home then are you starting to plan what repairs need to be done.  I hate to say it but most people put off repairs.  Most husbands quietly put off that honey do list because it is never ending and they hate it.  Larger repairs or improvements are put off over the years because the money is needed else where. But now you want to sell and you have this overwhelming list of things to do.  So if you are toying with the idea of selling your Novi home in a few years now is the time to start whittling away all those projects.      Have a dark colored bedroom that your kids painted that you think the color is hideous?  Prospective Novi home buyers will probably think the same thing.  So paint it.                                                              ... 12/06/2010

  Autumn Park Novi Michigan Real Estate and Homes for SaleWelcome to Autumn Park Novi Michigan real estate and homes for sale web-page written by Novi Realtor Bob Jakowinicz.  From the moment you enter Autumn Park you will feel like you have really arrived somewhere special.  This executive style neighborhood is absolutely gorgeous complete with newer high square footage homes all around.  I have had many past clients comment on the pride of ownership the local residents take in their homes and community.  The school district is Northville Public Schoolsfor this approximately 145 homes subdivision.  Most homes in Autumn Park were built from the late 1990's to the early 2000's.  If you are looking to buy or sell real estate in Autumn Park Novi Michigan you have come to the right place.  ... 12/06/2010

 Beckenham Novi Michigan Real Estate and Homes for Sale Welcome to Beckenham Novi Michigan real estate and homes for sale web-page!  Beckenham is located in Novi Michigan at 9 Mile and Beck Rd.  Beckenham is just about like living in a giant cul-de-sac as there are only two entrances for this executive style 61 home subdivision.  These homes were mostly built in the late 1990's by builder Singh and are truly something to see.  What you will notice when visiting this area is the mature trees along with the breathtaking homes around them.  So many times when you see a new development there are no trees, in Beckenham Novi they kept the mature trees and this sub is just gorgeous!  If you are looking for a local Novi Real Estate Agent you have come to the right place visit www.BobandTeena.co... 12/02/2010

If you are moving to Michigan or just moving within Oakland County Autumn Park subdivision in Novi is a very nice subdivision.   Currently there are three Autumn Park homes for sale as of November 30 2010.  They have been on the market an average of 291 days.  For the Metro Detroit real estate market that is a long time to be on the market.  Autumn Park subdivision has about 150 homes built between 1996-2006.The homes are mostly Colonial and Cape Cod style.  Most of the homes have:  brick exteriors  3 car garages  3-4 bedrooms  2 + bathrooms  basements (some finished, some walkout, some unfinished & some daylight).  Current Novi homes for sale in Autumn Park as of November 30, 2010 LIST PRICE STREET NAME SQUARE FOOTAGE BEDROOMS BATHS.LAVS YEAR BUILT 399999 ARGYLE 3211 4 3.1 2010 432500 ... 11/30/2010

 Cheltenham Estates Novi Michigan Real Estate Welcome to our Cheltenham Estates Novi Michigan information page.  Cheltenham Estates is located west of Beck between 9 & 10 mile in Novi Michigan.  There are approx 33 homes located in this subdivision which falls in the Northville School District.  The homes in this area range from approx 3100 sq. ft. to just over 5500 sq. ft.  For more information on Cheltenham Estates or Novi Real Estate visit www.BobandTeena.com.  If you or someone you know is looking to buy or sell real estate in Novi Michigan they can contact us anytime at BobandTeena@Yahoo.com  --  No question is too big or too small. Cheltenham Estates School District   The local assigned school district for the area is Northville Public Schools.  Novi High School (Novi Public Schoo... 11/29/2010

Royal Crown Estates Novi Michigan Real Estate SEARCH NOVI MICHIGAN REAL ESTATE FOR SALE   Welcome to Novi Michigan Royal Crown Estates Subdivision and real estate for sale informational page.  Royal Crown Estates is located at 9 mile and Taft Rd and is within the Northville Michigan school district.  Royal Crown Estates consist of just about 300 homes mostly built in the mid 1990's.  Royal Crown is a seemingly quiet area (with not much immediately around it) within just a few minutes of great shopping, schools, parks and so much more.  For more information on this area please visit www.BobandTeena.com anytime.  If you are looking for a Novi real estate agent please feel free to email us anytime at BobandTeena@Yahoo.com. Local Novi Michigan Area Attractions We have always noticed a high ... 11/26/2010

  Novi Michigan Dunbarton Pines Real Estate and homes for sale Welcome to Novi Michigan Dunbarton Pines Real Estate and homes for sale informational page.  Dunbarton Pines sub is located at 9 mile and Taft Rd and has approx 341 homes located within it.  One of the interesting things to note about this area is the school district is Northville even though many of these homes are so close to Novi High School.  Most of these homes were built in the mid to late 1980's, over 2000 sq. ft. and neatly kept.  If you are looking to move to the area visit www.BobandTeena.com anytime for all of your real estate needs.      Below you will see the homes that have sold in Dunbarton Pines over the last year.  Depending on the amount of improvements made to the home the price range is anywhere from $190... 11/26/2010

 Novi Michigan Chase Farms Real Estate    Welcome to our blog/web page about Novi Michigan Chase Farms Subdivision & Real Estate information.  Chase Farms is located between Eight and Nine Mile Rd and east of Novi Rd and west of Meadowbrook in Novi Michigan.  Upon entering Chase Farms you will notice the tremendous amount of pride in Home ownership the local residents have.  The streets, homes, yards, entrance-ways, etc are all are nicely taken care of.  The homes in the subdivision range in size from around 2400 sq ft all the way up to 4000 sq ft!  Many of the homes offer great features such as:  large upgraded kitchens, dramatic entry ways, large master suite bedrooms with full bath, formal dining rooms, attached garages and much more.    For more information about Novi Michigan Real ... 11/24/2010

FREE Short Sale Seminar in Novi, MI: Strategies to Avoid Foreclosure Are you experiencing financial hardship & finding it difficult to make your mortgage payments?  You are not alone.  Most homeowners don't know what to do or wait until it's too late.  Learn your options at this FREE informative short sale seminar. Sell your home even if you owe more than the current market value. Eliminate stress and move on to rebuilding your credit and your life Myths and truths about short sales will be discussed When:  Wednesday, October 27, 2010              6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Q&A session to follow 7:30 - 8:00 p.m.) Where:  REMERICA United Realty             47720 Grand River Ave  Novi, MI  48374 Presented by:  Deb Johnson, Associate Broker, Short Sale & Foreclosure Resource Certified FREE. Se... 10/18/2010

Novi Michigan Homes/Real Estate for Sale   Welcome to the Novi Michigan Homes/Real Estate for sale web blog.  Many of the residents of Novi Michigan say they love their city/twp and all it has to offer.  Novi has a great location for easy access to expressway's, shopping, dining, entertainment, parks and more.  Novi is also know for a great local school district in Novi Public Schools, Northville Public Schools and Walled Lake Consolidated Public Schools.  Please note if school district is very important to double check which district your new home will fall in.  There are many great resources out there to assist you with gathering knowledge about Novi Michigan and the general area.  We suggest visiting www.NoviRealEstateOnline.com and www.BobandTeena.com for more great local informatio... 10/18/2010

Currently there is only one home in the Addington neighborhood for sale Novi MI as of Oct 2, 2010 Addington homes for sale   List No Price   Address Bed Bath   Sq Ft     210107148  $369,900    45441 ADDINGTON LN 4 2.1   3252   Here is are the 2 homes that have sold in the last 6 months in Addington subdivision as of Oct 2, 2010. .  They were on the market an average of 131 days.  Addington neighborhood sold homes ADDRESS LIST PRICE SALE PRICE DOM SQUARE FOOTAGE SP PER SQFT 45441 ADDINGTON LN 224900 224900 140 3435 65.473 24188 N BRENTWOOD CT W 319900 308000 123 3145 97.9332 Information provided courtesy of Real comp II ltd.  Homes shown above have been sold by various Realtors  Search Novi homes for sale and get the latest foreclosures emailed to you Novi MI real estate Novi neighborhoo... 10/03/2010

Kelly and I had a real busy week at the office this week so we decided to go out Saturday evening to celebrate some of our accomplishiments lately! After a little surfing on the web we came across a Restaurant in Novi MI called The Melting Pot!   If you have ever had fondue before, you will absolutely love this place!! It is a little pricey but a very elegant setting and a great place to take that special person or people in your life! Joel Schmidt or Kelly Bedell Cell:     313.215.4284E-Fax:  866.543.5840Email:  Joel@MiLifestyles.com or Kelly@MiLifestyles.com We are selling Michigan Lifestyles  <><  Learn how...                        www.TheJoelSchmidtTeam.com      *for free special reports and mls searchingwww.MiLifestyles.com                    *for everything WaterFront!www.Michiga... 09/26/2010

  Here are the available Novi Michigan foreclosed homes for sale as of August 24th.  If you are interested in learning more about Novi Michigan real estate and homes for sale please visit www.BobandTeena.comanytime.  If you are looking for a Novi Michigan Realtor please feel free to contact us anytime at info@BobandTeena.com   Novi Michigan Bank Foreclosure Houses for Sale   As you will see on the top of the page of the Novi real estate website there are direct links that with just one click of the mouse you have the available foreclosed homes for sale. 08/24/2010

The real estate market in Novi, MI for June 2010 has remained pretty active. The average days on the market is relative to the condition and correct pricing of the seller's home. Homes for sale in Novi, MI (June 2010)* · There were 207 homes remaining available for purchase in Novi Homes sold in Novi, MI (June 2010)* · 29 homeowners accepted offers on their homes (pending sales) · 59 homes sold · The average sales price of a home in Novi, MI was $318,592· It took an average of 72 days for a home to sell in Novi If you are interested in selling your home in Novi, MI or in southeast Oakland County, Deborah Johnson offers a free no-obligation home market consultation. For more information: http://www.visitdeborah.com/ *Information obtained from Realcomp II Ltd. The accuracy of all informat... 07/12/2010

Are you experiencing financial hardship & finding it difficult to make your mortgage payments? You are not alone. Most homeowners don't know what to do or wait until it's too late. Learn your options at this informative short sale seminar. Sell your home even if you owe more than the current market value. Eliminate stress and move on to rebuilding your credit and your life. Myths and truths about short sales will be discussed. FREE. Seats are limited. Register now! Click link below or call (313) 719-5838 HOSTED BY DEBORAH JOHNSON SHORT SALE SEMINAR CALENDAR Sell Tickets Online through Eventbrite About The AuthorDeborah Johnson is an Associate Broker at REMERICA United Realty, a Novi Real Estate Brokerage business. Deborah utilizes her 13 years of Real Estate experience in order to help ... 06/25/2010

Are you sick of paying PPC bills? Using pay per click is only one way of getting the word out about your business. The web can be a ruthless place -- not to mention expensive. UPDATES FROM THE EXPERTS.....According the online promoter, Matt Bacak -- 15,000 PPC accounts were revoked from paying members recently with no explanation. There are some speculation why real estate and foreclosure experts are getting the boot from Google.... Its not just foreclosure experts who are getting the boot though. There are many other problems here that need to be looked at a bit closer. The online marketing channels are getting overloaded and overused.... * The Online Market is Oversaturated Every one is an expert these days. Getting a paid spot on page 1 doesn't take too much talent, however, it is ex... 06/21/2010

Mike Sher 2009 Track Record: 56 homes sold, 22 Short Sales and 365 of Focus   A ton of agents are complaining about equator and how it does not work well with Realtors.  I think the bigger problem is that we Realtors need to figure out how to work with Equator.   So here are ten ways to make equator "Realtor Friendly"!! Download the BOA Short Sale Equator guide http://bankofamerica.reo.com/documents/AgentEducationGuide.pdf In your listing presentation, prepare your seller on how to work with equator. On your addendum's to your purchase agreement include "buyer agrees to supply listing agent first 5 digits of buyer's social security number, address, phone number and date of birth 24 hours after mutual acceptance of offer." After starting the short sale on equator (make sure you seller is... 06/08/2010

As a real estate agent you have your highs and lows.  This is just another day in the life of a real estate agent.  Today started out great.  I had showed houses all weekend with 6 different buyers.  In the metro Detroit real estate market many foreclosed homes are going over list price if they are in good shape.  I started off the day putting in 4 offers on homes.  What I liked is that 3 of them were strong offers.  One offer was 15% over list price.  That home had multiple offers.  So hopefully we end up strong and win the bid. But one Oakland County lake home that we put an offer we got a great surprise.  IT WAS A SHORT SALE!!!!!!  The agent did not disclose it.   So we all wasted our time.  In our MLS system they require us to disclose whether it is a short sale or not.  This metro ... 06/07/2010

Yes you did hear me right, I'm not your man.  I had a person call me today about buying a Novi short sale home.  Their relatives owned a house and had it listed as a short sale.  The sellers had approached this relative to buy the house for them.  This guy wanted to buy it cash in his name.  The relatives would still live in the house. I hate to say it but that is FRAUD!  Most banks when doing a short sale make the buyer and seller sign a document saying they are not related.  The banks do not want to sell the house back to the home owner at a lower price.  That is the banks prerogative. I appreciate you wanting to help out a relative, but I have a family.  I don't want to end up in jail to help your family.  I can't be part of the scheme to de-fraud the bank.  I'm sorry but I'm not you... 04/12/2010

I had a new client come to me.  She was frustrated in her Novi real estate search.  She had been with another agent and felt she had been shafted.  I think she was somewhat right. Many times short sales fall apart because the buyer doesn't have the patience to wait for the banks decision.  So some buyers agents try to tie the buyer into the deal.  They don't want to take the buyer back out unless they really have to.  The agent doesn't want to start over.  So what do they do?  They don't protect the buyer from unneccessary expenses.  They tie the buyer to the deal by having them do the home inspection and the appraisal before the bank agrees to the short sale.  What happens is the seller agrees and signs the purchase agreement.  Then the buyer usually has about 10 days to get the home i... 03/22/2010