Farmington Hills Real Estate and Events talk Michigan

It was a quiet day on the phone actually for me, but I got three different phone calls that shows what internet marketing and blogging can do.

1. My first call was from our local Channel 4 TV news looking to find a person that lost their house in foreclosure and all the steps they took to save it.  I tried to call two clients that were in that situation but neither one answered their phone.    So I relayed it on to my office to see if any of the other agents had a client that would want to share their story on TV.
2. My second call was from a person wanting to know what to do when fighting their Michigan taxes, what step to take if they didn't win at the local board of review level.  I actually like these calls even though they don't bring me a dime.  It's a chance to share my knowledge and help people reduce their Michigan property taxes.  Sometimes it can be frustrating because some callers are so up in arms over their taxes that they aren't listening.  Sometimes I'm just the venting sounding board.  I don't even mind that because they aren't mad at me.  They are mad at the system.  Which I can understand totally.
3. My third call was from a hedge fund in New York.  They were looking for information on our local Metro Detroit real estate market, what the end of the tax credit would mean to our market, and what a rise in interest rate would mean to buyers.  I honestly didn't know how it would apply to a hedge fund but it was interesting to talk in-depth about the economics of the government policies and how they affect our market.  They might even pay me in the future for my knowledge.  I'm sure it's not going to be much but it's nice to be paid.

The internet and blogging has brought me many opportunities. 

• My clients and I shot a casting call video for one of cable's home buying programs.  They never came to Detroit so we we never got our chance at tinsel town.   Just from being on the internet.
• I have been interviewed several times for articles by newspapers and magazines
• I have been called by a REIT (real estate investment trust) for my take on a condo project, and the thought of investing in a unfinished metro Detroit condo project.  (which would have been a disaster in this climate.... they didn't do it)
• I have been called by investors from around the world wanting to invest in the City of Detroit.  As far away as Australia and India.  I heavily discouraged them from investing in Detroit because of their chances to profit and be able to manage their investments even with a local manager.  It would have been money thrown away for them.

So for all of you that wonder if the internet works....let me tell you it does.  It is great advertising.  I don't know exactly where any of these people found me but I can tell you some of it has come from Active Rain.  So many of my articles show up on google from active rain.  Active Rain is a good place to be!!!!