There was a time when the real estate market was good, when the business was easy. But we’ve gone through the...

I have a lot of respect for real estate agents who earn every penny of their commission.
Just try to close a real estate deal these days without a good agent.
The ones who’ve survived these terrible past couple years have worked so very, very hard.
With all the changes in the real estate industry, the agents who have survived had to learn all working with a slew of new regulations in a market full of moving pieces and fraught with uncertainty. It’s like these agents had to go back to college and earn degrees on an accelerated track.
The irony is that while they now know a whole lot more, real estate agents are making so much less. But they are so much more valuable than they used to be. They’re entitled to our respect, and they’ve earned our admiration.
Like I said, just try to close a real estate deal without one.
The RE/MAX Platinum office was created in the fall of 2008 when the Michigan Group Realtors and RE/MAX Platinum merged. The consolidation of the services of the community’s two largest realty companies created a real estate powerhouse that increased the services it could offer its customers and agents. Four RE/MAX Platinum offices located in Livingston, Genesee, Oakland and Washtenaw counties serve all of Southeast Michigan.
At the time of the merger, the Michigan Group, owned by Joe DeKroub, was the largest single-site real estate company in the state. It merged with the RE/MAX Platinum office, owned by Dan Callan and Will Steinmetz, the other major real estate player in the area, with offices in Hartland, Fenton, downtown Brighton and downtown Howell. Consolidating the services of the community’s two largest realty companies created a real estate powerhouse with the ability to increase services to customers at a time when other firms were cutting theirs.
Upon the merger, DeKroub became the Managing Partner and CEO of RE/MAX Platinum. The Michigan Group name was changed and the new RE/MAX Platinum office emerged with more than 150 licensed sales associates and domination of the local market. After the merger, RE/MAX Platinum opened another office in Ann Arbor.

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