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2011
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Last week I was just talking to someone in San Diego about living in Chicago and how great it is. The person said yeah but the weather is awful. I told them I didn't think that was true. Living in Chicago is like eating an orange, you peel the outside layer which you can't eat but the inside i...
01/31/2011
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I have had so many thoughts go through my head in the past forty eight hours I can't see straight. It's always difficult to know what to say to a person who has lost a loved one, it's even more so when the loved one happens to be a son or a daughter. I usually have a joke for any situation but I...
01/30/2011
When the market was hot, home contingencies were pretty common. A seller would take a chance at excepting a contingent offer in hopes of obtaining a higher purchase price. Check out Connie Harvey's refresher on contingencies.What is a Home Sale contingency? Can I still See the House? When the...
01/29/2011
February 20, 1981 is the date that the Real Estate Industry changed for ever. This was the day that Lynn Madison became a Realtor and 29 years, 11 months and 339 days later she has become the 2011 Illinois Realtor of the Year. During these years Lynn has worn many hats such as broker, pre-lice...
01/27/2011
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Nope, it's not a zip code, pin number or the access code to a lock box, it is the number that can be seen on the front of American Idol contestant, Chris Madina's shirt. Chris is from Oakforest, IL a suburb about twenty-five miles southwest of Chicago. He was featured on Fox's 10th Season of Ame...
01/27/2011
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Take a look at whats bugging my friend Alan May today. I have to say some of the thinks he mentions made me laugh. Braile on drive up ATM machines, Really? EnjoyAs the snow falls all over the east coast, and New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford enter into, yet another, Winter Wonderland my...
01/27/2011
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Today I rode the roller coaster of good and bad news in my Real Estate world. I started the day off by sitting with Lynn Madison of Lynn Madison Seminars, while sh received the Illinois Association Realtor of the Year Award and the look on her face was priceless. Lynn sits with me on the Bo...
01/26/2011
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A friend of mine brought it to my attention this afternoon that she has a contract on her own personal home. The list price is $500,000 and Zillow has it listed as $1,202,000 as part of their Zestimate sysytem. What kind of system is off by more than 100% Courtesy of Zillow.com and my Snag-It so...
01/25/2011
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It is 10:15 Active Rain time and I'm still at the IAR RPAC auction and I can't get my laptop to play nice. I have come so far this month on the 31 day challenge. I'm attending Public Policy meetings for the next two days without a real good chance to post. I'm using my Droid phone to post this wh...
01/25/2011
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Turn on any news or sports channel here in Chicago today and without a doubt you will be hearing reporters questioning, and fans complaining about the performance or lack thereof it from the Bears starting quarterback, Jay Cutler. Cutler was apparently hurt in the first half of yesterday’s G...
01/24/2011
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