Michigan Association of REALTORS®
PRESIDENT
Claire Williams ABR, ABRM, GRI
GMAR: 734.414.3222
claire@realtor.com
PRESIDENT-ELECT Beth Foley GRI, CRB, CRS
WMLAR: 616.393.9000
beth@bethfoley.com
TREASURER Bill Milliken CCIM, CIPS
DAC: 734.821.4321
bill@millikenrealty.com
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Bill Martin
bmartin@mirealtors.com
MANAGING EDITOR / ADVERTISING Joe Kras
jkras@mirealtors.com DESIGN
Jason Heinrich
jheinrich@mirealtors.com 2
2011 MAR Board of Directors: District 1 Jason Copeman, (Upper Peninsula Board of REALTORS®); District 2 Matthew Case, (Traverse Area Association of REALTORS®); District 3 Gene Szpeinski, (Commercial Alliance of REALTORS®); District 4 Rick Loose, (Midland Board of REALTORS®); District 5 Susan Yeotis, (Flint Area Association of REALTORS®); District 6 Pam Whitcraft, (Southwestern Michigan Association of REALTORS®); District 7 Matt Davis, (Battle Creek Area Association of REALTORS®); District 8 Carol Griffith, (Livingston County Association of REALTORS®); District 9 Nanci J. Rands, (Metropolitan Consolidated Association of REALTORS®); District 10 Jay Goscinski, (Metropolitan Consolidated Association of REALTORS®); District 11 Gordon McCann, (Western Wayne Oakland County Association of REALTORS®); District 12 Gerald Miller, (Metropolitan Consolidated Association of REALTORS®); District 13 Beth Pressler, (Grosse Pointe Board of REALTORS®); District 14 Trish Lentz, (Down River Association of REALTORS®); District 15 Tom Long (Down River Association of REALTORS®); Past President Scott Griffith (Livingston County Association of REALTORS®); Large Office Kelly Sweeney, (Metropolitan Consolidated Association of REALTORS®); Large Office Tom Paarlberg, (Grand Rapids Association of REALTORS®); Stu Kingma (MiCAR); Randy Thomas (MiCAR); MRAEC Rep June Clark (Monroe County Association of REALTORS®).
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22 Top Legal Q & A Greatest hits of 2011o
24 Stop Think Connect Don’t let social media get out of control By Robert Sicilianoo
27 MAR at Your Fingertips 2012 MAR Tech Tools
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 From iPad and Galaxy to the New Fire Which tablet, if any, works for you By G. William James
12 Consumers Energy Offers Cash Incentives to Multifamily Property Owners Upgrades that can mean money right away
14 8 Easy Ways to Seal Air Leaks in Your House That whistling sound you hear could be money blowing out By Jeanne Huber
16 Video Revolution How to really put your marketing effort in motion By Shannon W. King
20 Appeal Your Property Tax Bill
Ways to get your assessment where you think it should be By Barbara Eisner Bayer
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