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Service businesses · · 4 min read
The cost of missed calls for a small business: a calculator
What missed calls cost a small business is three numbers you already have, not the $126,000 figure every page quotes without a study. Run yours in a minute.
Real estate · · 5 min read
Michigan Property Transfer Affidavit: deadline and penalty
The Michigan Property Transfer Affidavit is due 45 days after closing. Late, it runs $5 a day: $200 cap on a home you live in, $4,000 on one you do not.
Real estate · · 5 min read
How accurate is a Zestimate? Zillow's own error, in dollars
How accurate is a Zestimate? Zillow's own figure: 1.74% median error on listed homes, 7.2% on homes that are not. On $400,000 that is a $28,800 band either way.
Real estate and mortgage
Michigan tax uncapping, closing deadlines, lead response, the dead database, and what a brokerage can see coming. Written for agents, teams, brokers and loan officers.
· 8 min read
Michigan property tax uncapping: what a buyer pays
When a Michigan house changes hands the taxable value uncaps to half the sale price the year after. Here is the arithmetic, and what it does to the bill.
· 5 min read
Michigan Property Transfer Affidavit: deadline and penalty
The Michigan Property Transfer Affidavit is due 45 days after closing. Late, it runs $5 a day: $200 cap on a home you live in, $4,000 on one you do not.
· 5 min read
How accurate is a Zestimate? Zillow's own error, in dollars
How accurate is a Zestimate? Zillow's own figure: 1.74% median error on listed homes, 7.2% on homes that are not. On $400,000 that is a $28,800 band either way.
Service businesses
Missed calls, follow-up that stops when they reply, the spreadsheet nobody admits to, and being the answer when a customer asks an assistant.
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Written by Mir, founder, analytica solutions. Builds and runs AI systems and digital presence for Michigan businesses. Based in metro Detroit. Every number has a named source; every post says what to do about the problem it describes.