New Mobile Real Estate Web Site

I’d like to introduce you to my new mobile real estate web site.  You can visit my regular site on a desktop/laptop/most tablets in the usual way by going to http://www.RealEstateMich.com, but if you visit it from your Smartphone (and some smaller screen tablets), you’ll automatically be transferred to my new mobile site.  It’s been maximized for easy viewing and navigation on the smaller screen.

It doesn’t have everything that my legacy site does, but you can look at featured listings, do a full MLS search via the Internet Data Exchange (IDX) (this is what feeds Realtor.com, Trulia and Zillow, by the way) and you can read some of my consumer tip documents, too.  There is also an option to transfer over to my full web site if you wish. Or maybe you just want to check the most recent mortgage interest rates. You can do that, too. If there’s something you would like to see added, please use the ‘contact’ buttons to recommend an addition.

A colleague recently asked me why I would spend the time and money to develop a separate mobile web site.  My answer is that as more and more consumers use their smartphones for real estate information, it only makes sense to give them the best service possible.  Honestly, the cost including the real-time data feed is less expensive than my regular web site and in my opinion, it’s money well spent.  Anything that improves client communication and service is money well spent to me.

Please feel free to stop by and check out the new mobile real estate site.  I hope that you’ll bookmark it and use it frequently.  There’s also a link to my facebook page, and I would appreciate it if you stop by and give it a ‘like’.  You can easily contact me by email, text or voice call from the new mobile site with a single touch of the screen, too. 

I’d like to recommend Jake Freeland and MobileHippo for their innovative and affordable mobile solutions, especially for the real estate industry. While they’re a local company, I understand they provide solutions in other states, as well. If you’re interested in a mobile site for your business, you can reach Jake via email at Jake@MobileHippo.com or contact me for his phone number. Oh, yeah, and contact me from my mobile site and see how easy it is. 

Things Are Popping Around Livingston County!

The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest gave Howell area residents something to look up to (balloons quietly gliding overhead) on the last weekend of June.  Then we had the area Independence Day parades.  I went to the one in Brighton – I believe it was the most entries they’ve had in recent years. And the weather was perfect.

Business news has been exciting, too.  The Brewery Becker, a new brewery opened up in the west end of downtown. Originally the Western Hotel, it was known by most locals as the ‘pink hotel’ for many years because it was once covered with a pink siding.  I went to the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce’s ribbon cutting and wow! – is this building an eye opener.  It looks great on the outside and even better inside.  Three levels, reclaimed wood for the bars, wrought iron staircases to get you to all three levels, and of course about 10 or 11 of their own beer creations.

Howell’s Shark Club is changing their format totally, as well.  The ground floor bar is becoming a brewpub that’ll serve home-brewed beer and the upstairs nightclub will be converted into a banquet center.  No word on whether the charity poker room on the ground floor is staying as of now.  Not sure if they’ll keep the ‘Shark Club name’ yet, either.

Then we have Lake Trust Credit Union breaking ground on a new $30 MILLION HQ building In Brighton Township, just minutes from downtown Brighton.  They’re leaving Lansing for Livingston County.