Michelle Sandlin – “Houston Relocation Guru”
Michelle Sandlin is a native Texan who grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, but has been calling Houston “home” since 1985, the same year that she began her real estate career. Michelle attended LSU and later graduated Cum Laude from the University of Houston, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and a minor in Psychology.
Michelle enjoys an exciting and well-rounded real estate career that has allowed her to successfully combine her extensive experience in real estate, relocation, marketing, business development, technology and social media. For the past 11+ years, Michelle’s career focus has been within the relocation industry.
At John Daugherty, Realtors, Michelle provides the strategic leadership and direction for our Global Relocation Services Division, which serves many international corporations and organization, relocation companies, and Brokers throughout the U.S. and internationally through our membership in Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, Luxury Portfolio, LuxuryRealEstate.com and Mayfair International Realty.
Always striving to provide the very best in real estate and relocation services to our clients, Michelle developed and implemented a very comprehensive Relocation Training & Certification Program for our company. She was also instrumental in establishing additional minimum standards and requirements in order for our agents to be eligible for relocation referrals. The success of our internal relocation training program has lead to many requests from our clients and strategic partners for Michelle to provide similar training for their staff on an on-going basis. As an added benefit, all of Michelle’s classes have been approved for CRP credit from Worldwide ERC.
Michelle loves writing, and has a passion for her Houston Relocation Blog, which addresses a variety of topics of interest to the relocation industry, corporate clients, transferees, relocation professionals and Houston in general. She is also a contributing writer for MOBILITY magazine (the monthly publication of Worldwide ERC), and currently serves on its Editorial Advisory Committee. Michelle has become a relocation industry “go-to” person and resource, and is frequently written about and quoted in various newspapers and publications. Always embracing the ever-changing technology, Michelle has become an expert on social media marketing and how it is affecting and reshaping our industry. As such, she is often invited to speak at real estate and relocation conferences and events.
Michelle holds her CRP (Certified Relocation Professional) designation. This designation formally recognizes those individuals who have mastered extensive knowledge on the principles and practices of relocation. A major purpose of this program is the achievement of a common and universal understanding of the entire employee relocation field and recognition of those professionals who demonstrate mastery. She has also earned her GMS (Global Mobility Specialist) designation, which signifies that she is specialized in the field of global workforce mobility and is committed to ongoing education to grow her expertise.
Michelle is a licensed real estate Broker, and an active member of the following organizations:
- Worldwide ERC (MOBILITY Magazine Editorial Advisory Committee)
- Relocation Directors Council
- Houston Relocation Professionals (Executive Board Member)
- Texas Relocation Network
- North Texas Relocation Professionals
- Houston International HR Roundtable (Chairman, Global Center of Excellence Committee)
- Greater Houston Partnership
- Families in Global Transition
- British American Business Council
- Houston Association of Realtors
- Texas Association of Realtors
- National Association of Realtors
Since 2008, Michelle has greatly embraced the use of social media marketing in her business development practices. She often speaks to relocation groups on the benefits of using social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to increase new business opportunities.
Michelle welcomes your comments on her Houston Relocation Blog, so please don’t be shy! And don’t forget to follow her on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
“Everything I do is 100% relationship driven. Social media marketing allows me to effectively build strong business and personal relationships, on a much larger scale than ever before.”
- – Michelle Sandlin
