Kamal Cheeks
Licensed since 2007, Kamal Cheeks, MBA, is an Associate Broker/Co-Founder of MBC Real Estate Company.
Kamal is an eager and ambitious trailblazer that led the Detroit Association of Realtors® (DAR) in 2016 as
President. During his term, he created new initiatives while elevating the 128-year-old organization with
21st century change management techniques and unique partnerships. Prior to becoming President,
Kamal served the association as Treasurer. Over the six-year span Kamal was an elected DAR officer, he
received various accolades and was voted by his peers to Realtor of the Year in 2012 and 2016. He is a
grassroots advocate with a strong political background. In 2016, Kamal was chosen to represent the voice
of the urban Detroit Realtors® in a think tank focus group that would later lay the foundation for the
Detroit Home Mortgage program. During his tenure as President of DAR, he led a successful pilot program
that allowed Realtors to schedule client showings through the MLS on a select group of Wayne County
Treasurer owned properties, prior to the auction. A total of fifty-two hand-picked properties were sold
through this unique partnership. Realtors® efforts boosted net sales to $487,989.00 for the September’s
program auction properties and $305,800.00 for the October’s program auction properties. Kamal is a 2017
graduate of the Michigan Realtors® Leadership Academy class where he was taught various leadership
skills to advocate and institute innovation within the local, state and national Realtor® organization. He
currently serves at the pleasure of the Detroit City Council as Vice-Chair of the Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority Community Advisory Committee. While serving his third successive term on this board, Kamal
and fellow board directors have approved more than 2 billion dollars in TIF Funds for development projects
throughout the City of Detroit.
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