Bob Jakowinicz-Livonia-Farmington Hills Area Local Real Estate Consultant

Deer Creek Livonia Michigan Video/Slideshow

Welcome to our quick video/slideshow on Deer Creek Livonia Michigan. If you are looking for more information on this area please follow this link DEER CREEK LIVONIA MICHIGAN WEB-PAGE. Deer Creek is located in northern Livonia just west of Gill Rd inbetween 7 and 8 Mile Rd. If you or anyone you know is looking to buy or sell real estate in the area please feel free to contact us anytime at BobandTeena@Yahoo.com or call/text at 734-578-6561.

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Ford Cars/Trucks and My Real Estate Business

This is A topic that just seems to come up in the Detroit Metro area all the time. What kind of car do you drive?????? Not because of a social status symbol like many might immediately think but because so many are employed here by Ford Motor Company. In my real estate market place it is almost safe to say that everyone is either related too, knows someone, has been affected by or affiliated with Ford Motor Company in some way. For those of you not from Michigan imagine a very one sided economy where a huge company plays a major role in every ones quality of life. The picture you see to our right is the car I drive and yes it is a Ford. Currently the "BIG THREE AUTO COMPANIES" (in my opinion) are the main source of income in one way or another in the Detroit Metro Area. I feel very strong about this topic in general no matter what the product is or where you are from. I do feel competition is good in general as it does make the product line of any product much better. Currently in my driveway I have four cars two Fords and two GM'S, both of my kids have General Motors products.

My point with all of this is to get opinions on this topic.

* Do you have a major employer in your area?

* Do you support you local businesses?

* Do you care where a product is made, particular area's, countries, etc?

My son my hero was the best title I could think of for what he has brought to me, my family and so many others over the years. This blog is something I felt I needed to do for the past few months now. My son Michael the picture you see on the left was taken from us in March of 2011 while serving in the Air Force in the Middle East. The picture you see to the right is of me many-many years ago. The first thing many notice about the picture of Michael is that he is smiling (very few smile for the boot camp picture). I can't even express with words what it is like to be told the news that your son is not coming home. It has taken me the past 10 months or so to come up with enough strength to write this blog (something I felt I had to do). Besides being our son why am I now saying Michael is my hero? I honestly feel he would be upset with me if we didn't take the positive things he brought to our lives and learn and grow from them. Yes he is our son and oldest child, in looking back we really can look back at how much we grew and learned from him. He brought such joy to our lives in so many ways that I can only think of a few that really stick with me now.

* Don't sweat the small stuff (Michael never did, I can't say I was always that way until now) This has impacted my professional career as well as my personal life in great ways.

* Learn to smile and appreciate life (In the pic Michael was probably being yelled at by a Air Force drill instructor and smiled anyway)

* Learn to listen to others, I mean really really listen. Michael was from the day he was born a natural born great listener. I would watch people tell him stories all the time while he just looked in their eyes and smiled. I was not a great listener until recently and really wish I would've done this sooner.

* Live our lives to the fullest! We shouldn't wait to do this till our later years. Work when it's time to work and enjoy your friends and family while your off. I heard over and over again how Michael lived life ( I saw it as well he being in his early 20's made us nervous at times, lol). "Too many people seem to work or think about work all the time I get tired of the shop talk Mom/Dad" Michael saying to us as a child many times over

* Of course many many other things

The picture you see to your left is not long before Michael went into the Air Force. Seems like yesterday him and I were playing video games together like little kids. Actually this picture was just when you could go on the internet and play others with the PS2, Michael loved that so much he didn't know what to do with himself. I in many ways relived my youth through him whether it was video games, sporting events or any other things he was into at the time. I sit back and look at all the great times we had together and just can't believe how fast it has all gone.

There will never be a second I am not thankful for everyday I had to spend with Michael. I will cherish what he brought into our lives forever. Someone said to me during our morning time "This is why I don't get close to people, cause of all the pain" I said back to them "I can see why you would think that as it is an unbearable pain to go through BUT I wouldn't give back a single second and with the choice would take being close to people with the chance of losing them over not knowing them at all".

From a real estate agent standpoint: My business has done very well since I have come back to work ( I was off for almost 4 months). What changes have I made? I don't get all worked up over every little thing, I just take a few minutes to calmly handle whatever the issue is and move on. If someone calls you yelling and screaming tell them "Call me when your calm" if they don't I hang up on them. Yep, believe it or not so far it has been extremely effective.

Michigan Home Values then and now

I just received a call from a potential home buyer from a sign in a yard. I did not list this home as it is a shortsale so I referred it to a fellow agent in my office. This call got me thinking on how much things have changed in some of our local area's in the Detroit Metro area. Just look at this for example:

Home that I received call on today currently listed at $19,900 (2011)

Same home last sold for $123,000 (2003)

Looking at this and how things have been for homeowners, real estate agents and all companies in between--we can say things have been beyond tough. To all the homeowners and businesses in the Detroit Metro area that are still making things work--I applaud you!!! This market has been very tough and has caused many of us to grow beyond what we ever thought we could.

My First Active Rain Success Story

I have been on A.R. for a few years now and would say have really been active for about a year or so. During this time I noticed some decent seo ranking coming from my AR account. I enjoy interacting with other members and really have learned a lot from them. I also must say that my blogging skills have increased 1000% over the past year, it is truly funny to look at some of my first post compared to some of my better post now. So after all of this time and effort I had to ask myself "have I actually closed business from what I've done on AR"????? After all that is really the bottom line.

A few months back the email came in. It even showed it came from a non Active Rain member who found me on a Google search through Active Rain. I can even go so far as to say they emailed me through my AR account as it showed this on their initial email to me. My point is this came from AR through and through. After the email came in I called them right away and we set up a time to meet. We met and things went really well they said they would be calling me to list the home in about two months. Two months later they called and I wasn't around (due to extreme family emergency). They heard what my family had just went through and waited for us to get it back together again and we listed the home. The home was everything we could ever ask for from a seller as they had it fixed up, clean and ready to go. By the way the sellers were the nicest, easiest to work with people you will ever meet in your life. Home was on market for about 30 days and had a great offer that the sellers happily accepted.

Home officially closed today November 7th 2011. This was a great experience for me all the way through. Just so happened buyers I knew called me and just had to see this house. As you know I had to go over real estate agency with them to make sure they fully understood the entire situation. They saw the home and fell in love and put in a great offer right then and there. From that point to closing everyone worked together and things just went great. I am happy to finally be able to say with all honesty that I have a great success story from my involvement in Active Rain.