What the heck am I doing here?
© 2008-2024 Alan May, World Rights Reserved.
Evanston Real Estate, North Shore Real Estate
ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2015
Tomorrow should be an interesting morning.I live in a complex of buildings. Apparently a couple of the compressors on the roof of our buildings have... well, I think the technical term for it is ... have gone kaput.They control the air conditioning for the public spaces in the buildings... lobby...
10/26/2015
12
Comments
An historic photo. How many of you can identify this group?I can guarantee you that all of you have seen them at one point or another. Young or Old(er), they've been at least a small part of your life... but it's rare that you'd have seen them like this.If it helps, at all, this photo was taken ...
10/25/2015
11
Comments
I came across an article about an interesting real estate predicament.A Michigan homeowner, who has a 3 bedroom / 2 bath house with an attached garage recently learned that his garage (as well as part of his breezeway) had been auctioned off in a tax sale.That's right... his garage no longer bel...
10/23/2015
7
Comments
I used to think I was a fairly handy guy... and far as repairing stuff.I liked to do DYI projects... I wasn't that good at it, although I felt as though I was. I was a world-class procrastinator... but when I did manage to complete a project... it was "okay"... I thought.I have been in this busi...
10/21/2015
4
Comments
I met, this morning, with a colleauge.We don't get together that often, but this morning we met at a local coffee shop, shared some breakfast, and did what Realtors do when they get together.We talked real estate.Allright, allright... in fairness, there was a fair share of "what's goin' on in the...
10/21/2015
10
Comments
There's been some recent conversation on AR about keys, lately.And they're talking about the keys to the front door lock, and the Realtor's skill at knowing how to unlock that door.I know, it sounds simple... but when you've opened thousands of doors (and no, I'm not exaggerating)... or tried to ...
10/20/2015
The flag of the windy city. Chicago's flag... I've seen it more times than I can count over just as many years of living near this wonderful city.I never really gave it much thought... but as with most flags of countries, cities, etc... the images on the flag have a symbolism behind them.So, wi...
10/20/2015
"Alan", my buyers ask "when is the seller's agent going to remove their FOR SALE sign"?You'd think that would be a no-brainer... and in some cases it's simply a matter of the listing agent having forgotten to contact their signage company to ask for removal. Usually a simple phone call, on my pa...
10/18/2015
143
Comments
Jeffery Stevens wrote a post listing the five must-have items that y'all should be carrying. He had some good items on that list: a mallet for pounding "for sale" signs into the ground, some light bulbs for your vacant listings, sign riders (of the sold, under contract variety), a broom/dust pan...
10/17/2015
Ambassador
2,073,399
2,073,399
Alan May
Home is where the hearth is.
Real Estate Resources
Recent Posts
Real Estate Best Practices
1 day ago
Real Estate Industry
8 days ago
ActiveRain Community
23 days ago