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Evanston Real Estate, North Shore Real Estate
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2009
The seller has been transferred, and is really motivated.... they really need to sell, bring us an offer! Those are the words I received, as I made the appointment to show the property. It seems to me that this agent is throwing his client under the bus from the start. * They've been transferre...
07/31/2009
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I heard today, about a San Antonio, Texas mother, names Otty Sanchez. Otty, who's only 33 is accused of gruesomely murdering her only child. Her baby boy, only 3-1/2 weeks old, was dismembered, three of his toes had been chewed off (yes, I said "chewed"), his head was severed, and his brains rem...
07/30/2009
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It's kind of like watching your odometer turn over. As you near the milestone (literally), the numbers start to turn v e r y s l o w l y, as though they're set in molasses. I'm not really blogging for points... I'm blogging for two three-letter terms. 1) SEO... Search Engine Optimiz...
07/30/2009
Mr. Condo Association President: "What do you mean, that Mr. Zipparella hasn't paid his assessment for 10 months"? Ms. Condo Association Treasurer: "I mean he hasn't paid his assessment for 10 months!" MCAP: "Well, send someone to knock on his door, and let him know we mean business!" he said, as...
07/29/2009
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PSYCHOPATH TEST Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has gotten it right. [amendment... Cynthia got it right... see below... but she's a couple of specks off of center] Few pe...
07/28/2009
There is a gentleman in our area, who is renowned for calling "listing agents" to view their properties. After viewing the property, he then sends out an e-mail, to them... just to clarify his position stating: "You are not my agent, and I am not your client" (clearly someone has coached him on w...
07/28/2009
Having shown about 24 properties over the warm and humid weekend... I have a few suggestions for sellers and their agents. I showed a combination of single family houses, foreclosure properties and condos over the weekend, in varied and different condition as well as various locations throughout ...
07/27/2009
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with full apologies to Walt Whitman O REALTOR! my Realtor! our fearful trip is done; The car has travell'd every road, the house we sought is found; My bladder's full, and bells I hear, my children all are grumbling, My breath could cause the paint to peel, my keys I am afumbling: But O Realtor!...
07/26/2009
I'm not quite sure what's going on here... and not being an inspector, I'm not quite sure what the "violation" is... but as in Fine Art... where "i may not be an artist, but I know what I like when I sees it". I'm also not an inspector, but I know when it don't look right... and dagnabit... it j...
07/24/2009
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As many of you know, I attended a wedding in Cleveland, recently. At that wedding I was fortunate enough to dance with this lovely lady (my wife Amy). That's right, she was blinded enough to be willing to dance with me half the night. We danced to some of the standards (At last - Etta James) as...
07/23/2009
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