Specialties
We serve sellers, buyers, and property owners across Brighton, Howell, Hartland, Ann Arbor, Novi, Northville, South Lyon, and all of Southeast Michigan — including divorce, estate and probate, relocation, foreclosure, and bankruptcy sales. Our Appraisal Booster Method prepares homes to appraise and sell at their highest value.
History
Established in 2015.
Joel is from Milford, MI, and Kelly is from Woodridge, IL, but both spent summers growing up at Higgins Lake in Michigan. Life took them in separate directions before they reconnected in July 2008. Joel had spent four years at a franchise brokerage in Brighton with a team of agents until the market collapsed in 2008. Kelly was working as a realtor in Illinois. In a new and uncertain market they decided to hit reset. Kelly moved to Michigan in 2009, and together they set out to build a different kind of real estate business. In early 2015 they named it Realty Concierge Group and opened a team brokerage rather than a traditional office of independent agents. Today RCG serves clients across Brighton, Livingston County, and Southeast Michigan.
Meet the Business Owner: Joel S.
During high school I had no idea what I wanted to do. My dad bought me a real estate glossary of terms — boring, I know — and it changed my life. I studied that book and memorized everything I could, then bought the Carlton Sheets program. At the time I was working 60+ hours a week at a concrete plant, and every lunch and break I'd read whatever landlording book I could find. I was hooked.
Not long after, I met a guy selling his portfolio and bought seven of his homes, then picked up an 8-unit apartment building for the cash flow. I ran that while still working the concrete job. I still wonder where I found the time.
I got my Michigan real estate license in 2004, and in 2015 Kelly and I founded Realty Concierge Group in Brighton. Owning rentals taught me what actually adds value to a house — that's where the Appraisal Booster Method came from. Nearly 30 years in, and more than 219 five-star reviews later, I still love this work.