Mike VanderWoude was born and raised in East Grand Rapids, graduating from Grand Rapids Christian and Western Michigan University, with post-grad work at Loyola University and the University of Chicago. Mike has diverse experience in corporate sales and real estate. His real estate career has spanned from Chicago to Grand Rapids, and included a wide range of transaction types, from condo conversions, multi-family, high-end residential, complex short sales & foreclosures, and retail and office leasing. In any situation, it always comes back to getting the client what the client wants. Mike finds inspiration in God and family, most importantly his wife and two young sons.