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2009
Ken Tracy | Keller Williams Naperville | 630-697-0536 3165 Teal Bay Court, Aurora, IL LIKE NEW. 3 Bedroom town home in Harbor Springs... 3BR/2.5BA Townhouse offered at $169,900 Year Built 1999 Sq Footage Unspecified Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 3 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size Un...
12/27/2009
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This Christmas, 7 young women visited my daughter Erin. They referred to themselves as "The Princesses"... The lovely young ladies spent the weekend under my Christmas tree, dancing and singing songs of romance... I had a chance to meet each of these ladies and wanted to introduce them: -Hello...
12/26/2009
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I took a new listing last week. A nice 3 bedroom townhome in Aurora... -3165 Teal Bay Court, Aurora... When I first spoke with my seller on the phone, I asked how she had gotten my name. "I was look...
12/21/2009
I just read yet another featured post on Active Rain questioning if social media was a sinkhole for most Realtors... Of course it is! This is such a tiring debate. Social media IS a "sinkhole" for most Realtors. But so are: Open houses Door knocking Email campaigns Newsle...
12/17/2009
The thermometer read 17 degrees as I pulled into Carrolwood last Friday... In spite of the cold temperatures, I was excited. It was the first of two stops I would be making that day, delivering my newsletter... -Car...
12/17/2009
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Do you know a good Realtor? If you don't, where do you go to find a Realtor you can trust? If you are like millions, you might go to Google... Give it a try... Go to Google. Enter "realtor i can trust"... What comes up? Pretty cool... Ken
12/15/2009
"If we lower our price, will we look desperate?" asked my client."No. You will look like you want to sell your home..."Explaining pricing is a fundamental part of a Realtor's job. When first sitting with a potential seller, I show them the comparable homes: That are on the market. That have rec...
12/07/2009
This summer, Keller Williams in Naperville and Heartland Blood Centers teamed up to host a wonderful blood drive. A special thanks to agent Linda Kemp for her great effort organizing the event... -Heartland parked the "Blood T...
12/07/2009
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Wow. I can't believe I did it. I have been ignoring my email database... Real estate is a contact sport. Stay in contact with lots of people. Since my first day as an agent, I have been gathering information for my database. Everybody I knew. Everybody I met along the way. I gathered contact...
12/06/2009
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Sometimes I feel like Johnny Appleseed, prancing through the fields in Naperville... Planting seeds. But unlike good old Johnny, I am not planting apple seeds. No. I am planting real estate seeds. And I am planting as many as I can. Because the more seeds I plant, the more homes I am going to se...
12/04/2009