Quality Home Investments, LLC/Wayne County,MI--Renovations done right.

Months listed -- 9.   Offers made -- 0.   Is it time to switch Real Estate Agents? Here's the situation the seller is in. They have a completely renovated, move in ready, home. The MI. listing was started in November of 2010 . Now the seller understands that with winter and the holiday season com...

Safety Tip.... Don't put your home address in your GPS I've read and heard this suggestion before and felt it warranted sharing in this community. I would imagine that with all the driving being done by Real Estate agents, inspectors, appraisers, home stagers and just about anyone else, the major...

Walking in San Diego, CA. An uphill battle. My wife and I enjoy walking when we're home in MI. The time alone gives us an opportunity to talk, to reflect on the day and connect with one another. The combination of sunshine, fresh air and companionship helps us stay balanced. Whenever we travel, w...

  Another member milestone....... 600,000 points. This one caught my eye this morning. I haven't followed Larry so I don't want to add my personal comments other than to say it looks like his Active Rain blogging is leading him into bigger and better writing opportunities. Please go congratulate ...

Are You My Mother?  Hummingbird babies.     Remember the children's book, Are You My Mother?  A baby bird can't find it's Mother and starts wandering around asking everyone and everything from the dog, to the cat, to the airplane, to the steam shovel, "Are you my Mother?" That was my second  thou...

  Craig Daniels in on a mission to help make Active Rain better and easier for us all. Craig is an Active Rain AMBASSADOR and VERY knowledgeable when it comes to the tech side of things. Here is a "wish list" that he has compiled of some issues that members would like to see addressed. Change is ...

Another member milestone -- Clint McKie hits 100,000 points.   Clint is a home inspector  in New Mexico. He also does energy audits. Clint has been blogging on Active Rain for ten months now. He's taken advantage of a couple of contests (one in January and the recent one in March) to get him moti...

I got a kick in the pants -- 31 TIMES.  And it felt good.   I've been a member of Active Rain since August of 2008. But I was very inactive, writing one or two blogs every other month. I realized I needed a kick start. So when the I heard about the 31 Days of January blogging contest, I JUMPED in...

Summer festival celebrates 41 years of fun in Westland, MI -- June 30 - July 4, 2011 While budget cuts in other cities continue to cancel extra curricular activities, Westland, MI has been able to maintain costs that will allow the summer festival to continue. The summer festival has been a mains...

    How SAFE do you feel on the job?     What actions do you take to keep safe? On the job safety is important. As much as we want to trust everyone, we still have to be cautious and aware of our surroundings. Moby did a recent Real Estate Safety Survey and has made the results available. A quick...