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Tom Wiltse, Broker/Owner of Up North Properties, is a longtime resident of the Elk Rapids area, having moved to the area with his wife Susan in 1969. Both are graduates of Albion College. Tom taught science at Elk Rapids Schools for 30 years, retiring in 1999. Susan also taught 1st grade for 30 years, at Lakeland Elementary in Elk Rapids.
The Wiltses have two daughters. Anne (MSU, 1997) operates the family self storage business, Pad Lock Self Storage, where she utilizes the knowledge and skills she developed as a property manager and director of the leasing department at Jerome H Meyer and Company, Real Estate in Chicago. Nora (Albion College, 1999) lives in Chicago, where she is a Master Teacher and school librarian for Chicago Public Schools.
During the summers, Tom has been actively involved in the marine business, as part owner of Ship ‘n Shore - a boat rental business (1970 to 1983), and as the manufacturer of Paddlebuoy paddleboards (1975 to 2018).
Tom is a past President of the Elk Rapids Rotary Club, where he served as Youth Exchange Officer for 18 years. He is a member of Elk Rapids First Presbyterian Church, the Elk Lake Community Chorus, and past member of the Grand Traverse Chorale. He is an advisor for the Elk Rapids Community Endowment Fund, and is a past board member of the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation. For thirteen years he was a member as well as Chairman of the Village of Elk Rapids Planning Commission, has served on the Elk Rapids Downtown Development Authority, and the Elk Rapids Harbor Commission. He has served on the boards of the Elk-Skegemog Lakes Association, and the Michigan Science Olympiad.
Tom has been an active realtor since 2000, and opened the brokerage in 2015. The Up North Properties team includes four other experienced realtors, Sarah Burlingame, Anne Morrison Perry, Julie Rapson, and Conrad Reiter.
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103 First St Suite 8 - Elk Rapids, MI 49629
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