Chris Felton – Member/Investor Relations
Chris graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in Public Law and Government. Chris law clerked in Ann Arbor, Michigan and had a brief career in law enforcement.
From 1995 to 2004, he served first as manager and then as vice president of sales and marketing at A.S.K. Services, Inc.—a Michigan-based public record research company.
Chris has lectured on public records research at the University of Michigan. He has held industry leadership positions. Chris has served as board member and treasurer of both the National Public Record Research Association and the Michigan Council of Professional Investigators.
Chris spent a decade establishing an excellent reputation and network of contacts in lending and real estate. Then he began consulting directly for his title insurance clients.
He ultimately accepted a position at a new agency formed by his former clients at First American Title. Today Chris serves as Vice President of New Business Development at Vanguard Title, and manages its key account relationships and strategic growth.
Chris met Brad Stefanko, a mortgage loan officer client of Vanguard Title in 2005. He began personally investing with Trademark Properties of Michigan, LLC in 2006. Chris became a member of the company in 2008 and handles all aspects of the relationship with its investors.
Chris owns properties throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties. He grew up in Plymouth and now resides in Westland with his wife Christine and twin boys John and Greyson.
Chris is a commercially rated airplane and glider pilot, and an officer in the Civil Air Patrol/United States Air Force Auxiliary, who flies out of his home base at Plymouth Mettetal Airport (1D2).