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Award is testament to the great people of RE/MAX Platinum

There was a time when the real estate market was good, when the business was easy. But we’ve gone through the worst downturn of my 33 years in real estate, and I’ve seen the struggles my agents have gone through.

I could not be more proud of them.

If it weren’t for the agents and staff, there is no way I would have been named RE/MAX’s top multi-office broker/owner in the United States for 2012.

It’s a great award, and it has my name on it, but it’s really theirs. They all deserve this award.

We are like a family here, and the hard times we’ve been through have made us closer.

Before the market became unstable, I was considering retirement. Now, I don’t even think about it. Retirement right now would feel like a divorce. We’ve built something good here and it’s gratifying to be part of it.

I don’t want to give that up, especially after the rough road we’ve traveled.

Five and six years ago, I was back on my heels.

My business was still the Michigan Group. We were losing agents, losing market share and I could feel everything going down. But I was confident that we were going to make it...

On Saturday, December 15th, Joe and Judy DeKroub hosted the annual RE/MAX Platinum Christmas party at the Holiday Inn in Ann Arbor. With the help of Kelly Schemanske and Samantha Rencsak, the gala event proved a fabulous success. Over 200 Realtors, agents, brokers and business associates along with their guests attended.

This year’s party was sponsored by Select Title and Michigan United Mortgage, as well as RE/MAX Platinum. As a special treat, Dan Davenport’s eleven-year-old granddaughter Olivia of Hartland sang “Believe” by Josh Groban. She did a marvelous job!

Special thanks go to Kelly and Samantha for their hard work in managing the table cards, handling reservations and putting Russell Vail’s “psychedelic bus” idea in “motion.” Everyone had a wonderful time dancing the night away until late.

Happy holidays to one and all from the RE/MAX Platinum staff!

—Meg Mims

Associate Broker Larry Zahn has rejoined RE/MAX Platinum. Larry originally worked for the company back in the early 1990s and then worked for Anchorage Commercial Realty. Now, he’ll be serving Washtenaw, Livingston, Lenawee and Monroe counties through the RE/MAX Platinum Ann Arbor office.

Larry is joining the Dennis Boychuck/Susan Armstrong Team. With his 32 years of experience in the real estate industry, he plans to help them grow their market penetration as well as continuing to practice commercial real estate on behalf of the RE/MAX Platinum Ann Arbor office.

He believes RE/MAX’s publicity efforts are a great way to achieve exposure and build a referral list. Larry is most proud of achieving the RE/MAX Hall of Fame Designation, plus many personal career accomplishments and volunteer activities over the years, and enjoys his family and many friendships.

Larry has lived in the Dexter-Ann Arbor area for 14 years. He and his wife Debi have two children and three grandchildren. Larry loves to golf and travel. Welcome back to the team of RE/MAX Platinum!

—Meg Mims