Black Women in Business
These Sisters Created A Bed And Breakfast To Bring Travelers Back To Detroit
By BRITTNEY OLIVER viahttps://www.essence.com
Detroit natives Francina and Roderica James have been making money together for most of their lives. Entrepreneurs for 17 years, the sisters got their start working in their mother’s jewelry business, and eventually helped to expand the Michigan based company to Georgia and Mississippi.
After catching the real estate bug around 2007, the pair realized that Detroit wasn’t just a city for locals to buy a home in, it was a unique and culture filled destination that others around the country needed to experience, it was just missing one thing – proper accommodations. The James sisters scoured their city for the perfect property to build