real estate: 4428 White Ash Lane, Naperville IL 60564 - 03/19/07 11:40 AM
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real estate: 1875 Tall Oaks Drive #2409, Aurora IL 60505 - 03/18/07 07:02 AM
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real estate: Woo Hoo! Real Estate street spam! - 10/02/06 04:09 PM
You've probably seen them, they've replaced a lot of the "we buy houses" signs... I see them all over the place in Naperville and Aurora. Occasionally, the sign maker/owner gets fancy and has the sign professionally printed:
So, does anybody have the scoop? A search of Real Estate Investor Seeks Apprentice on … (10 comments)
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real estate: Plug in and power up! - 09/30/06 10:49 PM
A nice tool to carry with you in the car.
Not having normal electrical plugs in my Landcruiser (I think there is one in the back) I purchased (some time ago) the Fellowes Mini Power Adapter. Which I found here for 19.95 and on eBay for 16.95 + shipping. You put it … (8 comments)
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real estate: The dysfunctional moo... happy like a pig in slop - 09/30/06 04:55 PM
OK, so maybe I still haven't recovered from the baring of my soul when I posted "Impulse Control Problems" or maybe this is just another control problem as we plumb the depths of darkness that is me and my thirst for perfect technology...
So it's not enough to spend $600 on a … (9 comments)
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real estate: What's a million bucks among friends? - 09/27/06 11:38 PM
Declining market you say?
I’ve had fun all year watching the sales in excess of $1,000,000 luxury homes in Naperville through the MLS.
It's the one thing everybody always wants to know about... "what's going on with all those big houses?" I like to be ready with some basic information that … (2 comments)
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real estate: Details, Details..... - 09/25/06 09:59 PM
How do you handle closings in your market?
In my area we use Attorneys in almost all cases.
What that means is that the agents put the deal together, we negotiate, fill out the contracts, get them signed etc... and then send them over to both of the Lawyers (Buyers and Sellers) who … (16 comments)
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real estate: Low offers..... - 09/23/06 12:20 AM
How do you feel about really low offers?
I welcome them. I try to prepare my sellers for low offers, I let them know that it doesn't matter where you start... it's where you finish, I also tell them not to be insulted... the buyer could have picked someone elses property … (14 comments)
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real estate: Photo Psy"cow"logy & The MLS - 09/21/06 07:45 PM
I was talking to another agent about our MLS system and the way agents use pictures in the system.
I told Ron that when I search through the MLS and there is only a picture of the front of the house, I think " it may be a bad agent... or it may … (20 comments)
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real estate: Cellphone lust - 09/17/06 03:57 PM
It's ridiculous!
I'm never happy, even when I am. I'm talking about cell phone PDA combo's....
I've had a lot of mobile phones since 1990, started with Cellular One (now Cingular) and have used all other services and a slew of phones ever since... eventually ending back with Cingular for their strong signal … (16 comments)
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real estate: When a buyer tells you their price range... what do you do? - 09/16/06 07:18 PM
I had some transferees out today (all day...) they were trying to decide if they like our area and if they wanted to work with me overall. They've purchased 6 homes over the years... when they gave me their criteria I knew that we had a problem... But I did the … (8 comments)
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real estate: Best Place to Live? Of Course! - 07/17/06 07:34 PM
Naperville is used to the honors... "best place to raise children" one of the best places to retire, one of the best walking cities, Best library system, etc...
But Money Magazine is getting close to the truth.... in 2003 Money Magazine said that Naperville was the best place to live in the … (6 comments)
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real estate: Carillon Club mooooving right along - 07/17/06 12:33 AM
The new DR Horton (Cambridge Homes) over 55 community is coming along nicely. Dirt is being moved in preperation for the vacating of 248th (Carillon will be gated) and the opening of the new road to the west. A sales trailer is on the spot and the new movie theater is … (1 comments)
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real estate: Builder Incentives - 07/16/06 07:29 PM
I was working with some transferee's a couple of weeks ago in some of the more outlying areas around Naperville. It became difficult for us to keep all of the Builder incentives properly aligned. After looking at close to 100 homes, they purchased a builder home that offered no incentives (to … (4 comments)
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real estate: Lot's of Agents - 07/14/06 04:15 PM
When I mentioned to people (other agents etc..) late last year that Naperville has 1734 real estate agents (according to the MLS) working in offices in town... they were shocked. With about 3300 sales a year in town, that is not a whole lot of business per agent.
Typically as the market … (2 comments)
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real estate: ASP - Accredited Staging Professional (tm) - 07/13/06 07:51 PM
To stage or not to stage, that is the question. Well, not anymore... I want my seller's homes staged for sale so that they don't lose out on marketing opportunities and especially valuable resale dollars. Why wouldn't we want our sellers to maximize their position?
After 18 years of selling lots of … (7 comments)
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real estate: Stable, bursting bubble, expanding, normal market? - 07/08/06 10:41 PM
So, How is is Naperville doing in this real estate melee?
Bubble market? No, Naperville has enjoyed steady growth over the years (an average of about 8% per year) it would be a small bubble to burst. The general concensus seems to be that overall, the market in Naperville has "normalized"... meaning … (1 comments)
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