Inspectors

Inspectors

Plumbing and drain

AAAA Sewer and Drain
248-399-8595

Cregger Plumbing
Cathy
248-559-8887
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Drain Detectives
Kevin
248-645-2448

JPD Sewer Inspections
Joshua Dutton
jpdinspections@comcast.net
248-645-6592

Structure

Jayco inspection
Jay Anderson
888-509-0991
Jaycoinspection.com

Homward Bound
800-228-8865


Conclusive Inspections
Joseph Leo
Conspect@hotmail.com
248-399-6969

Structure and Site
Martin Pasquinelli
248-854-7327

Housemaster Inspection Service
Rob Pace
888-848-0202

All America Home Inspection
Steve Dipple
248-760-5411

Your Inspection
Tony Herrera
313-690-0184

Morris Hagerman is a local real estate agent with Real Estate One in Royal Oak, Michigan.  He serves Berkley and the other Woodward 5 communities, including Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak and Huntington Woods.  Hagerman is also a member of the Berkley/Huntington Woods Area Chamber of Commerce.  You can contact him by phone at 248-854-8440, email at morrishagermanproperties@gmail.com or visit his web page. 

10 tips for holding a safe open house

Open houses can be a great sales tool—but hosting one also exposes you to numerous unfamiliar people for the first time. Take these steps to stay safe:

1.      If possible, always try to have at least one other person working with you at the open house.

2.      Check your cell phone’s strength and signal prior to the open house. Have emergency numbers programmed on speed dial.

3.      Upon entering a house for the first time, check all rooms and determine several “escape” routes. Make sure all deadbolt locks are unlocked to facilitate a faster escape.

4.      Make sure that if you were to escape by the back door, you could escape from the backyard. Frequently, high fences surround yards that contain swimming pools or hot tubs.

5.      Have all open house visitors sign in. Ask for full name, address, phone number and e-mail.

6.      When showing the house, always walk behind the prospect. Direct them; don’t lead them. Say, for example, “The kitchen is on your left,” and gesture for them to go ahead of you.

7.      Avoid attics, basements, and getting trapped in small rooms.

8.      Notify someone in your office, your answering service, a friend or a relative that you will be calling in every hour on the hour. And if you don’t call, they are to call you.

9.      Inform a neighbor that you will be showing the house and ask if he or she would keep an eye and ear open for anything out of the ordinary.

10.  Don’t assume that everyone has left the premises at the end of an open house. Check all of the rooms and the backyard prior to locking the doors. Be prepared to defend yourself, if necessary.

(Sources: Washington Real Estate Safety Council; City of Mesa, Arizona; Nevada County Board of REALTORS^Ò; Georgia Real Estate Commission)

Foreclosures in the market are dropping

Here is an on line article from Michigan Radio.

"Is America climbing out of the foreclosure hole dug during the Great Recession?

That's the question tackled in reports from Realty Trac, which keeps a close watch on real estate data. Its Midyear 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report is out today.

The report shows that U.S. foreclosure activity in June decreased 16% from a year ago to lowest level since July 2006, the month before the housing-price bubble burst. In Michigan, the foreclosure activity was also back to a lower level than the number before the housing bust.

Daren Blomquist, a Vice President with Realty Trac, discussed three reasons behind this slowdown in foreclosures.

1. In many states including Michigan, the market has worked through the bad loans that triggered the foreclosure crisis.
2. The rise of home prices since March 2012 has helped troubled home owners regain equity in their properties.
3. Aggressive foreclosure prevention efforts have helped people avoid foreclosure.

According to Blomquist, the number will continue to go down over the next six months nationwide, and Michigan foreclosure numbers should start to flat line. 

“This doesn’t mean that the market is completely healed in Michigan. However, this is one piece of the puzzle that needs to be in place for a healthy market,” Blomquist said."

When the number of foreclosure decreases, it can only help keep the values of all others maintain and increase their value.  

Morris Hagerman is a local real estate agent with Real Estate One in Royal Oak, Michigan.  He serves Berkley and the other Woodward 5 communities, including Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak and Huntington Woods.  Hagerman is also a member of the Berkley/Huntington Woods Area Chamber of Commerce.  You can contact him by phone at 248-854-8440, email at morrishagermanproperties@gmail.com or visit his web page. 

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