Meet Our President - Michael Schocker
I've spent much of my professional career in and around the real estate industry, but it's a career, even before I joined FOURMIDABLE in 2008, that has focused on building relationships. I earned my undergraduate degree from Wayne State University in 1994, majoring in geography, and then continued my education at Eastern Michigan University, earning a master's in geography, with an emphasis on urban planning. At that point, I joined one of Michigan's largest residential developers, taking on a Sales and Marketing role, where I continued to grow for about five years. A key pivot point in my career came in 2001, when I earned my broker's license and joined one of Michigan's most respected residential and commercial development firms, overseeing marketing and sales of new home and commercial products that averaged $40 million a year in revenues. Seven years later, in 2008, I joined FOURMIDABLE, first as Residential Manager and Regional Supervisor and then Director of Real Estate Services in FOURMIDABLE's Real Estate Service division. Thanks to a great team, we were able to close more than $82 million in sales of multi-family and commercial properties. As President, I'm now focused on the long-term growth of FOURMIDABLE, helping to lead the company in employee growth strategies and initiatives. But it's relationships that are among my key passions. Indeed, in more than 20 years in this industry, nothing has made me prouder than working with a co-worker and seeing them grow and develop to become an active part of the team. Even today, my role as President allows me to focus on employee development and client relations. The business development side helps me continue to create new business relationships that will hopefully grow over the next 20 years. It's helping others that drives me every day. It's my position that helps bring me closer to my goals in life and that comes from being able to enjoy the fruits of strong and long-standing relationships. I have always had a strong desire to go to work on a daily basis and be happy. This is a place where I can go to work and share a common goal with people that I am proud to call co-workers.
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