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Evanston Real Estate, North Shore Real Estate
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2013
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As both of my readers are aware, I recently sold my own home. The process was eye-opening and gave me new insight into the lives of my buyers and sellers. I'm glad that I went through it, but I'm also glad that the pricing, showing, negotiating, inspecting is over. Now comes the next step.... w...
02/26/2013
Today must have been "bring your idiot to work day" on Trulia. It's not uncommon, on the public websites, such as Trulia and Zillow, to find someone asking a question that might cause you to roll your eyes... but today, the eyes have been rolling overtime. One member of the public asked whether t...
02/25/2013
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Valerie Zinger wrote a recent blog post, highlighting 10 rewards for $5.00 or less, skewed toward things that female Realtors can reward themselves with, that don't cost a lot of money. (oh crap, I just dangled a participle... sorry) Little motivators that can keep us moving forward, that won't ...
02/20/2013
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We have lived in our home since 1991. It's amazing just how much "crap" you can collect in a little over 21 years. And if you have a basement (which we do), the amount of "crap" you collect increases exponentially. Oddly enough, when you have a basement, friends and family who don't have enough...
02/19/2013
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It was a cold day... a hint of snow in the air, but it hadn't started snowing yet. It was the kind of weather that caused you to draw your winter coat closer, zipped all the way up. I got out of the car, and approached the HUD home. I had a key for what proved to be a rusty old padlock, hanging...
02/11/2013
What did this day produce? What do I have at sunset today, that I didn't have at sunset yesterday? Well, I have more room in my gas tank than I did at the beginning of the day. (let's see... 1 gallon of gas at $3.99/gallon, times the empty space in my tank... I think I may need a co-signer.... ...
02/10/2013
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I read an article yesterday, that asserted that Google is mining my gmail for keywords, and sells those keywords to advertisers, so that they can target advertising to me... and to all of us who own a gmail account. I'm not surprised, so much as horrified. I knew that Google used terms in my Goo...
02/08/2013
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Whaddya mean...? I'm a professional Realtor. Weekends are "prime time" for me... and I work on both Saturday and Sunday. Don't worry about interrupting my weekend. I work at your schedule. If you need me on the weekend, then I'll make time for the weekend to work. I know there are agents who ...
02/07/2013
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Here's a local listing that I just came across... It's a lovely condo, in a great location. It's priced okay, the photos are decent... all is good. Down in the "details" of the listing, where it asks about the agency, the management, the co-op commission and the owners name we find a little anom...
02/05/2013
The sale of real estate is a cyclical business. Sometimes you're up, and sometimes you're down... and often in between. The market has been down for a while, and now shows strong signs of resurgence. Some sellers feel that this resurgence they've been reading about makes this a 'seller's market...
02/05/2013
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