Photo: Royal Oak. Lrgjr72, CC BY 4.0Metro Detroit · Oakland, Wayne and Macomb
Sell for what your home is actually worth. Own the right one next.
Ready to sell? Start with your address and you get a written plan and a real number, from the homes that actually closed near you. Looking? Search every Metro Detroit listing the minute it hits the MLS. And if your home already sat with someone else, find out in writing why, before you relist.
My listing expired
Find out exactly why your home didn't sell, in writing, before you relist with anyone. Free, built from your own listing history, back within 24 hours.
Show me why it didn't sellI'm thinking about selling
Not ready to list yet? Start with what your home is actually worth, from sales that closed near you. Free, written, no obligation.
See what my home is worthI want to own a home
See every Metro Detroit listing the minute it hits the MLS, get alerts for the exact streets you want, and know which homes to pass on before you fall for one.
Search every homeWhat you get
The truth about your home, in writing, before you sign anything
You get a real number instead of a flattering one, a plan built for your house and your street, and two people who pick up the phone. Here is who they are.
Shawn Calhoun has been a licensed Michigan real estate professional since 2000. Early on he watched an agent handle a family badly and decided that whatever he built would run the other way. That is why our first move with a seller is a written diagnosis instead of a pitch, and why we would rather lose a listing than win it with a number we do not believe.
Christina Calhoun is the Broker and co-founder. She has closed everything from short sales to salons to historic Detroit homes, and she is the one clients call when a deal gets complicated.
Together we help Metro Detroit homeowners make honest decisions about pricing, preparation, marketing and timing. Sometimes that means listing. Sometimes it means waiting six months. We will tell you which.
Who reaches out first
Say hello to Sapphire
Most agents miss you. Shawn got burned by one once, and swore nobody who called Pretty Home Realty ever would be. So say hello to Sapphire, our AI assistant. She'll tell you that's what she is in the first ten seconds, because you deserve to know who you're talking to.
Send the form above, and she's reaching out inside minutes. Not tomorrow. Minutes. She'll confirm the details on your place, answer what she can on the spot, and get you onto Shawn's calendar if you want to talk numbers. Ask about pricing, contracts, or negotiating an offer, and she hands it straight to Shawn or Christina, who follow up personally.
Fill out the form. Say hello to Sapphire. See for yourself.
Real clients, real words
What it's like to work with us
“Shawn and Christina helped me save my building, salon, and my home. I was in a very difficult situation when they walked into my business and offered me lots of options, and I just knew that they could help me, even though other people before could not help. They worked a miracle.”
“I knew that I wanted to sell quickly. I did not want my property just sitting in a mix of unsold properties. Christina took the ball and ran with it. We talked about pricing and what my goal was, and she listened to me and priced it very well. As soon as it went on the market, the first day, my phone was just dinging dinging dinging for viewers who wanted to view the property, mainly because of the pricing factor, so we met my goal.”
“I think it took us less than a week. People came in to look at it and wanted to buy. There were no problems with the selling of the property at all. We sold the place so quickly.”
“I didn't want to get rid of the lot when I got your letter. That letter just made everything clear for me. It helped me make that tough decision. Every question I had was answered to my satisfaction.”
“Right away we felt comfortable. We felt we could ask any question without being embarrassed or ashamed. They were there when I needed them. When I called, they answered the phone. I didn't have to track them down, so they took the stress out of the situation.”
“I have never encountered a realtor like you guys. You showed me the professionalism, the kindness, the generosity that I deserve. I do appreciate it.”
Buying, or buying next
See the house before it hits the big search sites
Straight from the Realcomp MLS, updated through the day, so you see new listings hours before the portals do. Save the searches that matter, get alerted on the streets you actually want, and ask us which ones to pass on.
Selling and buying at the same time?
You get one plan for both closings, so you are never paying two mortgages or living out of boxes for a month because the dates didn't line up.
Get the timing planWhere we work
The neighborhoods people move to Metro Detroit for
Street-by-street guides to the places we sell in most, written by people who live here. Pick a town to see what it is like to own there, and search every listing in it.
Detroit's historic districtsPalmer Woods, Indian Village and Boston-Edison
Royal OakDowntown living on the Woodward corridor
SouthfieldBrick ranches and colonials on real lots
Lathrup VillageA planned community of brick homes and curving streets
Beverly HillsSmall-town village minutes from downtown Birmingham
Lake living, close to home
Water within thirty minutes of almost every home we sell
Orchard Lake, Cass Lake and Pine Lake in Oakland County. Lake St. Clair and the Grosse Pointes to the east. Belle Isle and the Riverwalk downtown. If a lake view or a dock is on your list, tell us, and we will search for it on the streets where it actually exists.
Questions we get
Straight answers
What areas does Pretty Home Realty serve?
Oakland County, Wayne County and Macomb County in Metro Detroit, Michigan. That includes Birmingham, Royal Oak, Troy, Rochester Hills, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Canton and Plymouth, plus the historic Detroit neighborhoods of Palmer Woods, Indian Village and Boston-Edison.
Who owns Pretty Home Realty?
Shawn and Christina Calhoun founded Pretty Home Realty in 2017. Christina Calhoun is the Broker. Shawn Calhoun has been a licensed Michigan real estate professional since 2000 and runs sales.
Can Pretty Home Realty help me sell and buy at the same time?
Yes, and most of our clients do exactly that. Moving up, moving down, or moving across town all involve two transactions that have to line up. We run both sides so the timing works, rather than handing you off between two agents.
My listing expired. Can you help?
That is our specialty. We start with a free written Home Sale Diagnostic that reads your actual listing history and tells you why it did not sell, before anybody talks about relisting.
What does Pretty Home Realty charge?
Commission is negotiable and we walk through the real numbers with you before you sign anything. We do not quote a rate over the phone before seeing the home, because the plan for a 350,000 dollar ranch and a 750,000 dollar colonial are not the same plan.
How do I find out what my Metro Detroit home is worth?
Tell us the address and we will put together a written valuation from the homes that actually closed near you, not an automated estimate. It is free and there is no obligation.
Find out what your home is worth today. Free, in writing.
You get the real number and the plan to get it. No obligation, and you will hear from us within minutes, not days.