Michigan Realtors

Tom Kotzian

Tom Kotzian is an experienced manager with a wide background in real estate. He has been a manager for the past 40 years in Realtor® associations and residential brokerage. Tom's educational background includes an undergraduate degree in education from Central Michigan University and a Juris Doctorate degree in real property law from Michigan State University School of Law. He is also an experienced real estate educator specializing in license law, professional standards, association management and real estate curriculum design. He currently provides leadership training for the Orange County Association of Realtors® Leadership Academy and the Orlando Regional Realtor® Association. He has served on numerous Michigan Realtors® and NAR committees. Tom is a certified instructor and administrator in professional standards for the National Association of Realtors®. He was selected as Michigan’s Realtor® -of-the-Year for 2017. Tom is currently a GRI I and II author and instructor for the Michigan Realtors® and was the contractual researcher for the State of Michigan's mandatory continuing education course from 1989-92. Tom has personally trained over 120,000 Realtors® in Michigan and throughout the United States. He served as a Director of the Michigan Realtors® for 8 years and was their Parliamentarian for 25 years. Tom is a past-president of the Metropolitan Consolidated Association of Realtors® and past Chairman of the State of Michigan Board of Real Estate Brokers & Salespersons. He was also the Birmingham-Bloomfield WCR Member-of-the-Year and the WCR Lake Pointe Chapter 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year. Tom Kotzian was the recipient of the 2012 Fair Housing Leadership Award from the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit. Tom is the only NAR certified strategic planning facilitator in Michigan and has personally qualified 17 local Michigan associations for their Core Standards Strategic Plans in 2014-15. He was the 2017 President for the North Oakland County Board of Realtors®, as well as a current Director for the National Association of Realtors® and holds Realtor® Emeritus status with NAR. Tom is also the managing associate broker for Keller Williams Realty Great Lakes Market Centers in St. Clair Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. Tom resides in Shelby Township, Michigan with his wife Lynda.