About

If I Can't Find the Right House for You... I'll Built it!

Joe Hayes - Realtor & Home Builder

A life-long resident of the West Michigan area, I grew up in Shelby and graduated from Shelby High School in 1986. I obtained my Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. I formed Maplewood Homes in 1996 and earned my real estate broker’s license in 2000. In 2011, I joined Greenridge Realty. Outside of the office, I am an avid outdoorsman and love hunting and camping. Joe is a past president of the Home Builders Association of West Michigan.

Maplewood Homes

Maplewood Homes was formed in 1996 and we are currently celebrating our 15th year in business. In that time, we have established ourselves as one of the area's top home builders. In recent years, Maplewood has become a leader in energy efficiency and high performance construction techniques. To date, we have built over 160 new homes in West Michigan - more than any other builder in our area.

Greenridge Realty

With years of combined experience helping local buyers and sellers just like yourself, we know how to locate the finest properties and negotiate the best deals. It's our job to know about the latest market conditions, government regulations, and upcoming developments — so that you don't have to.

Greenridge Realty is the leading residential real estate broker in West Michigan. We are one of the Top 100 largest brokers in the nation, as ranked by Real Trends magazine.

Since its inception, Greenridge has pledged to offer the finest in professional real estate services. Greenridge was founded on purposeful dedication to providing innovative, dependable, high quality real estate services to buyers and sellers. We believe there is no substitute for integrity, professional skill, and hard work.

Greenridge has 380 sales associates serving 22 offices throughout West Michigan. The growth of Greenridge is testimony to our unparalleled excellence. Today, Greenridge’s sales associates are responsible for more than any other West Michigan Broker in closed business annually.

Greenridge sales associates set the standard to training, relocation, technical and marketing innovations, and industry leadership roles and awards

Buyers' Representation

As your Buyer's Representative, we can make the process of house hunting much easier and more efficient than if you did it all yourself. We can help you get financing, guide you to local neighborhoods, help you determine your budget, and prioritize a list of essential features that you need in your next home. We'll save you valuable time by finding the properties that best suit your requirements, and will show you only the most promising ones.

Once you've found a place that catches your eye, we'll look at comparable properties in the area to help determine a purchase offer. Then we'll negotiate on your behalf with the seller to make sure you get the most favorable terms.

It's our job to look after your best interests, and we will do so at no cost to you as a buyer.

If you're ready to start house hunting, you can search real estate listings now. You can also refer to our Buyer's Guide for helpful tools and buying advice. To start working with an agent right away, please contact us.

Sellers' Representation

Selling a house on your own can be an overwhelming task. There's advertising to plan and budget for, open houses and private showings to arrange, purchase offers to negotiate, contract contingencies to worry about, and complicated paperwork to fill out. Make it easy on yourself by putting your home in the hands of seasoned professionals. We have extensive experience marketing properties and showing them to their best advantage.

First, we'll perform a comparable market analysis to determine the most appropriate price for your home. Then we'll provide home staging advice and suggest landscaping changes that will help draw buyers in. We'll advertise your home through a variety of methods, including local publications and online MLS listings. We may even showcase your home as part of our site's Featured Listings.

When it comes to negotiating a purchase offer, we'll make sure that you get the best price the market will allow. We'll help you understand contract contingencies and details of the closing process, in addition to handling all the paperwork for you. Essentially, we're here to represent you throughout the entire selling process, and to make sure that your real estate transaction is a positive and profitable experience.