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The Perna Team is growing. Welcome, Destin Hollis!

Destin comes to us with years of experience in real estate investing, spanning sales, acquisitions, and property management.

After years on the investing side, becoming a Realtor felt like the natural next step, a way to help more people while continuing to grow in the business he loves.

Destin is a people person first. He enjoys building relationships, understanding what people need, and helping them reach their goals. His investing background also gives him a different perspective on real estate, one that benefits his clients.

When Destin started looking at teams, he wanted somewhere that would push him and set him up for a long career.

Here's why he chose The Perna Team:

"From the beginning, I could tell there was something different about this team. It feels like a place where you can really grow, be supported, and be a part of something truly great."

He is just getting warmed up. Welcome, Destin.

$5.3 million. Thirteen families served. September's Top Producer is Noah Blank.

Four closings. Four under contract. Five new listings signed.

Top Producer on a roster this stacked doesn't happen by accident. Noah earned it with a complete month, every part of his business delivering.

A couple years ago he was building his first pipeline. Now he's leading the team for the month. That's a rise worth paying attention to.

Congrats, Noah. You earned every bit of this.

Tough market?

Absolutely

Here's what we're doing about it, our top 10 people by current number of pending and volume

1 - 15 pending - $5.09M
2 - 15 pending - $4.82M
3 - 10 pending - $2.96M
4 - 8 pending - $2.89M
5 - 7 pending - $2.73M
6 - 7 pending - $2.5M
7 - 6 pending - $1.55M
8 - 6 pending - $1.77M
9 - 6 pending - $1.29M
10 - 5 pending - $1.61M

Here's what this means. Even if our top agents just flat out stopped working the last quarter of the year, their families will be protected. There will be $30,000 to $70,000 in income without selling one more single house in 2026.

They've already saved Christmas and probably didn't even think about it.

How is this possible in a market that's brutally destroying agent businesses?

There are three things that we as a team have doubled down on:

First: high-quality people. We have some of the best agents being supported by some of the best leadership. These agents are skilled through and through. They believe in being learning based and providing the highest quality service

Second: high quality leads. I have worked the entire year, the ENTIRE year to generate more call-ins, come list me, I wanna work with you buying a home leads than any other team in Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston County. I am not talking about Facebook leads and pay per click.

Third: high-quality leverage. We have the best listing coordinator, and three of the best closing coordinators in all of Metro Detroit. What does this do for our agents?

One of two things, depending on their goals, they could sell more homes, or have more time with their family.

There was a point in time in recent years that this team was lacking parts of all three. Not anymore.

Why does this matter? We are set up to dominate 2027.

I'm gonna continue my focus on generating the highest quality leads for my people.

My only holdback right now is that I need more OF THE RIGHT people.

This market is only gonna get tougher. And a lot of agents are putting off the conversations that need to be had. The honest assessment that it may be time to get into business with a high functioning modern team.

Because let's be real, real estate is just a lot easier and a hell of a lot more fun together.

Have you made it this far down the post? Do you owe it to yourself to reach out and have a real conversation about what you and I getting in business together looks like?

Have a great weekend, go sell something and let's chat. As always, confidentially.

On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan with 58 people aboard.

The plane has never been found.

It was a DC-4 flying New York to Seattle, cruising at 3,500 feet off Benton Harbor, heading into a line of squalls. The crew asked to drop to 2,500. Denied, other traffic. That was the last transmission. No mayday.

People on shore heard engines sputter and saw a flash of light over the water.

Thirteen hours into the search, the Coast Guard cutter Woodbine found an oil slick and a field of floating debris. Luggage. Seat cushions. Human remains. Nothing heavy. For days, more of it came ashore between Benton Harbor and South Haven, and South Haven closed its beach for nine days.

The Civil Aeronautics Board never named a cause.

In 2004 the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association started looking, with novelist Clive Cussler paying more than half a million dollars for the search. Twenty years. 700 square miles. 10,000 hours. Nine shipwrecks found, none of them the plane. In June 2025, on the 75th anniversary, they stopped.

What they did find: two unmarked mass graves. One in St. Joseph in 2008, one in South Haven in 2015. Remains pulled from the lake and off the beaches, buried without the families being told. Both now have markers with all 58 names.

The lake between Ludington, Manitowoc and Benton Harbor got a name in a 1977 paperback: the Lake Michigan Triangle. Historians say there's nothing to it.

Flight 2501 doesn't need the legend. It's still down there.

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Michael Perna, Founder & CEO, The Perna Team at eXp Realty. (248) 494-4698 | [email protected]

Looking for the best real estate agent in Brighton, Michigan? The Perna Team has sold 150+ Brighton homes with 75+ five-star reviews from Brighton clients. Michael Perna, The Perna Team at eXp Realty.

Think twice before you scan a parking meter in Ann Arbor. 🚨

Ann Arbor police say fake QR code stickers have turned up on downtown meters. They're labeled "Scan to Park!" and "Park AA," they look official, and they send you to a scam site built to grab your card number.

City parking staff are walking the meters and peeling them off. One came off a meter on East William, right by Coratti's. The stickers reappear as fast as they get removed.

The tell: a real meter doesn't need a sticker. If the QR code is on a decal instead of printed into the meter or the kiosk, it's not the city's.

What to do:

Don't scan it. Pay at the kiosk, or open the official parking app you downloaded yourself from the app store.

If you already scanned one and entered a card, call your bank and watch the statement. These scams often run a small charge first, then a recurring one weeks later.

Report the sticker to Ann Arbor police so they can pull it. The AAPD front desk is (734) 794-6920.

U of M students told Channel 7 they'd never scan it. Their parents and grandparents? That's who this is built for. Send this to them.

Have you seen one of these?

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Looking for the best real estate agent in Ann Arbor, Michigan? The Perna Team has sold 300+ Ann Arbor homes at 103% of list price vs. the city's 98%, in 17 days vs. the city's 39. Michael Perna, The Perna Team at eXp Realty.