Bio

Alex Craig helps people who find themselves responsible for someone else’s life.

Many of the individuals Alex works with are adult children, caregivers, executors, trustees, and powers of attorney who suddenly become responsible for a parent, a property, an estate, or a major family decision.

Often, the challenge isn’t simply selling a house.

It’s navigating the financial, legal, emotional, and practical realities that surround a housing transition.

Alex’s work focuses on helping families evaluate complex housing and life-transition decisions where financial, legal, caregiving, and real estate considerations often overlap.

Many of the families he serves are weighing questions involving inherited property, estate settlement, Medicaid planning, senior-care costs, capital gains taxes, property maintenance, family dynamics, probate administration, trustee responsibilities, and the long-term implications of keeping, renting, transferring, or selling a home.

Rather than beginning with a transaction, Alex helps families understand the situation, evaluate available options, identify potential risks and tradeoffs, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

His perspective comes from an unusual combination of experiences. Alex is a licensed Michigan real estate professional, entrepreneur, former business owner, and Registered Nurse educated through the University of Michigan–Flint. His background in nursing, bookkeeping, tax preparation, and real estate allows him to approach complex situations with both compassion and analytical thinking.

This experience led to the creation of Dolinski Advisory, a Michigan-based advisory firm that helps families determine what should happen with the house before deciding how to execute the solution.

Alex also developed the Home Transition Advisor Framework, a decision-making process designed to help families navigate inherited property, probate, estate settlement, aging-parent transitions, caregiving responsibilities, and other major life decisions involving real estate.

Over the course of his career, Alex has participated in hundreds of real estate transactions, managed numerous inherited-property and estate-related sales, supported families through senior-care transitions, and personally invested in real estate projects himself. His experience includes both successful investments and projects that lost money — providing a practical understanding of risk, opportunity, and real-world decision making.

Alex is a licensed Michigan Broker/REALTOR®, Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA), Registered Nurse, author, educator, and creator of multiple estate-planning and executor-support resources used by families and professionals throughout Michigan.

His work has been featured by Inman News, the National Association of REALTORS®, the Lansing State Journal, and other industry publications.

His philosophy is simple: Compassion over commission. Clarity over confusion.

Today, Alex works through Dolinski Advisory, collaborates with Achieve Real Estate, and operates We Buy Lansing.

Ways I Help

• Dolinski Advisory: A Michigan-based advisory practice that helps families determine what should happen with the house before deciding how to execute a solution.
• @HeyAlexCraig YouTube: Educational content focused on caregiving, housing transitions, inherited property, estate settlement, and helping people navigate responsibility for someone else’s life.
• Home Transition Advisor Framework: A decision-making framework designed to help families navigate housing transitions involving aging parents, inherited property, probate, caregiving responsibilities, and estate settlement.
• We Buy Lansing: A housing solutions platform focused on direct property acquisition, investor-related solutions, and educational resources for homeowners considering alternatives to a traditional sale.
• Achieve Real Estate: A Michigan real estate brokerage and investment company where Alex provides advisory, acquisition, capital allocation, and housing-transition support.

Professional Credentials

• Licensed Michigan REALTOR® since 2017
• Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA)
• Creator of Home Transition Advisor Framework™
• Background in accounting and tax preparation
• Author of “How to Sell Any Home: Even The Hard To Sell” & “The High Real Estate Market: How To Buy Your Dream Home Without Busting Your Budget Or Losing It”
• Featured in Inman, NAR, Lansing State Journal and more.
• Local probate attorney collaborations

Local Expertise

• Lived in Greater Lansing for nearly 10 years: Lansing, East Lansing, Holt, Grand Ledge
• Born & Raised in Downriver: Taylor, Lincoln Park, Southgate, Wyandotte, Trenton
• Ingham, Eaton, Clinton & Wayne County probate processes

Experience

• Managed dozens of inherited/estate home sales
• Supported many senior-care transitions
• Flipped multiple homes (including one that lost money — real experience beats hype)

Verification

• Michigan License #6501406835
• PSA certification
• Amazon author page