Realtor Wally Kidd Shares Housing Market Trends in Northern Michigan
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By LISSA EDWARDS on June 26, 2018. Originally posted on MyNorth.com
Traverse Magazine readers voted Wally Kidd of Kidd & Leavy Real Estate our region’s Red Hot Best Realtor. Here he shares why Northern Michigan is the land of opportunities.
So … how’s the market?
Wally Kidd
The real estate market is solid. We live in a great part of the state to be in the real estate business. Usually, when you read these interviews people are telling you about some specific segment. But the best thing about Northern Michigan is that we have something for everyone—so as a Realtor my niche covers a lot of areas but especially the waterfront properties. You want to be on a fly fishing river? You want to be on a farm? You want to be in a big town—I’ll show you…
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