Plymouth, MI

Handyman Services in Plymouth and Ann Arbor on Live Radio Show

It’s Your Home, WAAM Radio Show – Keith Paul, professional handyman answers homeowners’ home repair questions

Ann Arbor, MI – Keith Paul owns HandyPro Handyman Services in Plymouth, Michigan. Keith was inspired to start an honest handyman service when his grandmother was ripped off by a handyman service with unscrupulous business practices.

Mr. Paul dedicates a great amount of his time to address homeowner associations, senior citizen organizations and several others. With the “It’s Your Home” radio show, broadcasting live on Saturdays from 11am to 1pm, Keith is able to help over 1.1 million listeners in the Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan area.

The WAAM radio show is all about those home repair jobs and small remodeling projects that many homeowners want to do but need advice to get started. With over 20 years experience in the building industry and a wealth of expertise in handyman services, Keith Paul is a welcome addition to the WAAM radio crew and their listeners.

Keith Paul is a licensed builder in the State of Michigan and the author of many articles including How to Find an Honest Contractor and How to Stop your Basement from Leaking. His articles have been published in several Michigan newspapers; his company, HandyPro Handyman services, has been featured in the Detroit News, Crain’s Detroit Business, the Ob server & Eccentric and the Detroit Free Press.

Mr. Paul has also been interviewed on local television stations with segments focused on “Why background checks on employees are a must in any business,” and “What every homeowner must know before hiring a contractor.” For more information on hiring a handyman service or building contractor read http://handymanservicesplymouth.blogspot.com/2009/09/handyman-services-tips-on-hiring.html

HandyPro Handyman Services offers affordable solutions to a wide variety of home repairs and seasonal maintenance projects, including services in over 1600 categories; carpentry, plaster, drywall, acoustic ceilings, plumbing repairs, squeaky doors, running toilet, gutter repair, shelf installation, and much more. Keith Paul serves consumers and business in Southeast Michigan, Arbor, Belleville, Beverly Hills, Birmingham, Brownstown, Canton, Detroit, Dearborn, Farmington Hills, Flat Rock, Garden City, Livonia, Northville, Novi, Plymouth, Riverview, Rochester, Royal Oak, Southfield, Trenton, Troy, Walled Lake, West Bloomfield, Westland, Ypsilanti and neighboring cities and communities.

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Visit http://www.handypro.com for more information.

Contact:

HandyPro Handyman Service
Keith Paul
995 South Main
Plymouth, MI 48170
800-942-6394
Email: office@handypro.com

Last Thursday 10/22 the Penn Theater had a showing of Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. I grew up watching reruns of the Abbott and Costello movies and I love them. I took my kids out to see the movie, which was shown to a SOLD OUT crowd. The movie was shown in it's original form and still had the audience rolling. What a great night of family fun...my kids really liked the movie, I'm really happy the Penn Theater is still there and still showing great classics as well as today's movies.

This Thursday night the Penn is showing "Bride of Frankenstein" at 7:00pm. Get there early if you want a seat.

If you're interested in moving to or from Plymouth, please do not hesitate to call.

Tim Courtney
Associate Broker
Remerica Hometown
734-354-8440

I saw a blurb on short sales on a national morning news channel this week. What they were showing is that short sales are taking a long time. They say they are taking twice as long as they were a year ago. They showed a couple of people that took 8 months and 12 months. In the metro Detroit area most short sales are taking about six months. The issue usually is that sellers are trying to short sell their property too late. If you think you are in trouble or need to sell call a Realtor quickly. Get the home listed as soon as possible.

The news channel also said 12% of all homes on the market are short sales. They also said that only 60% of the short sales get done. I honestly don't think anybody really knows that number. What I am finding out or noticing is that short sales don't get completed for these reasons.

1. Buyers don't stick around. They get tired of waiting and being in the dark.
2. Banks don't approve the short sale because they want more money.
3. The seller doesn't cooperate with the bank or the real estate agents.
4. The bank doesn't agree to short sale the home because of the sellers situation.

What percentage of short sales actually get done is a guess. But many are getting done if you stick it out. I myself have been on both sides. Sometimes getting done, sometimes never even getting close. I had one fall apart today.

The buyer wants to buy, the seller wants to get out, and the bank wants a certain price. We ended up $17,000 apart. The seller decided they wanted to let it go to foreclosure. They gave up on the game. So the house most likely will go into disrepair for the next 7 months. The 2nd mortgage holder will lose everything once the house goes to foreclosure. The lose.

It was a mixed day for weather here in Detroit. It was a normal October fall day. A light wind with a mix of sun and clouds. Weeven got a shower. You see here in Metro Detroit September and October seem to be wetter, but they aren't.

In October the average rainfall is 2.1 inches. The average temperature is 51 degrees. There are an average of 8 days that are clear, 9 days are partly cloudy, 15 days are cloudy. And there is usually a nice breeze almost every day.

I got some of my tomato plants out and I got some of the perennials cut down. I even started putting up some of my Halloween decorations for the kids. Now all I have to do is talk my wife into a small Halloween party!

I hope your day was as relaxing and enjoyable as mine. Have a great night!

Russ

Are we protecting the home buyer enough? Here in Michigan we have a seller's disclosure form that has to be filled out by the seller unless it is a foreclosure..........

It's a shame really.... We as Realtors need to step up to the plate and get the home buyers protected better. This sellers disclosure should have a section for the realtor and the asset manager. We should be notifying the future home buyer that there has been water damage or if the basement has been flooded or if the water pipes have burst.

We as real estate agents should be held to a higher standard. If we know of past problems such as flooding and water damage that created mold then it should be revealed to potential buyers. Too many flippers and investors are getting away with covering up mold. Some banks are cutting out moldy walls, cutting out water damaged floors. The real estate agent and or the asset manager know that the house has mold. Shouldn't the consumer know too?

Investors and flippers should be held accountable to just covering up mold. Just because they don't live in the house....they shouldn't be allowed to gloss over the issues they know about. If the real estate agent helped them buy a moldy house then the real estate agent and the seller should have to fill out a portion of the sellers disclosure revealing all they know.

Just my thoughts.... some realtors won't want to do that because of liability. But telling the truth should never be a liability.

Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit real estate agent