About us
In 1919, Forrest F. Musselman established Musselman Realty Company in an effort to meet the residential and commercial real estate needs of the rapidly growing East Lansing Community. Stressing personal, professional and friendly attention to client's needs, Musselman Realty became known for providing service beyond the sale, a tradition which continues with his grandson David S. Ledebuhr who joined the company in 1986 as broker and owner. Musselman Realty Company has been family owned and operated for over 90 years and has always been located on the same block in the downtown East Lansing area. With that history comes a more thorough knowledge of the greater Lansing area than most other real estate companies can offer. As our local community continues to grow and as real estate matters become increasingly complex, isn't it nice to know that there exists a company with the knowledge and commitment to professional, personal services to meet your real estate needs!
Business highlights
Services we offer
Buy and Sell Real Estate - Commercial, Income, Residental, Vacant Land. We are a full service company with full time agents at your service.
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She talked to several of the large real estate agencies and was put off by their approach. To be charitable and merciful,
let's just say that those agencies and their agents were overly interested in selling a home to my friend as soon as possible, even though my friend was telling them that the agents and the listings were not in any way a good match for what my friend was seeking.
She actually stopped looking for a home because of those other agencies. Later, because of exceptionally positive word of mouth recommendations from community leaders in the East Lansing area, she contacted Musselman Realty.
One thing she heard over and over is that Musselman gives back to the community as a civic-minded local business.
Upon her first visit to the Mussleman office, she was pleasantly surprised to find a friendly, family atmosphere, with the agent, Jim Fordell showing a genuine interest in her housing goals, and also displaying a totally up front, client-centered and caring attitude.
She reports that Mr. Fordell has continued to be super-impressive in his selection of dozens of appropriate listings. He provides
timely, comprehensive responses to complex questions. His knowledge of the Greater Lansing area, and his desire to ensure that the client gets the home they want, are absolutely impressive.
She has also been impressed by the circle of professionals that Mr. Fordell has utilized so she could inspect homes for hidden flaws. This includes Accurate Inspections, and Accurate Pest Control.
Those people are relentlessly thorough and eagle-eyed in spotting defects in homes, thus preventing my friend from buying homes that looked great on the surface, but were actually not a good deal.
Musselman Realty is the kind of small-town but sophisticated realty company that can hardly be found anymore.
I feel that I am being charitable in not sharing with you the horror stories my friend experienced when she interacted with so-called and quot;buyer's agentsand quot; from the larger realtors.
Suffice to say that Musselman and Mr. Fordell have been so professional, honest, hard-working and selfless in their assistance of my friend that even though I am not involved in her house purchase, and am a very busy professional, I have taken my personal time to share with you that Musselman makes home shopping as painless as it can be.
If only more businesses in America had people like Mr. Fordell, and the kind of ethics and customer-centric approach that Mussleman has, our country would be far better off.
Looking for a home or wanting to sell one? I suggest you call Mussleman right away.
Upon signing the contract for services, I told Dave I was a high maintenance client and would be in touch by email/phone constantly. He didn't even bat an eye and always responded promptly by email and was always available by phone, even at night and on weekends. We worked with him while we were in Italy and Hawaii on vacation to make sure all was moving along on the sale of our house.
We could not recommend Dave and Musselman Realty any more than we already do and would not hesitate to use their services again. We have subsequently moved away from the area and unless he opens an office in Central Illinois, we probably won't have the opportunity but we would recommend him to any buyer or seller of real estate. Dave and the Musselman Realty team really work h****** behalf of their clients!
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