The 'Hybrid' Realtor - 12/29/06 06:01 PM
 
There has been a lot of discussion lately in our Brokerage about the evolution of the Real Estate Agent in Chicago (or across the nation for that matter)..ie...The Hybrid Realtor. Eric Rojas alluded to this in a previous post and I'm pretty sure our Broker/Owner Joe Pinto came up with the monicker during one of his many sleepless nights planning the future. Our agency is as much 'think tank' as it is Real Estate sales I believe, and this is one of the great freedoms associated with working in a boutique environment
My first experience with the traditional Real Estate process was on an out-of-state … (4 comments)

Looky, looky what I got! - 12/28/06 08:20 AM
 
Thank you to my friends at Sellsius for this awesome Christmas gift. Unfortunately, the UPS guy left it outside of my building and the City of Chicago just towed it away. Derek Burress also left me a gift for pick-up but it somehow got lost in the holiday shuffle. In real life my wife gave me a Rolex as a combined birthday/anniversary/christmas/new years/ and valentines gift. To all you guys out there; try getting away with that one.
Geno Petro 
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DIGG THIS! week of December 16, 2006 - 12/15/06 09:25 PM
 
The following real estate-centric teasers are newsworthy items that I happen upon during my research and readings for the week and post on Digg.com. The titles and descriptions are mine (thank me very much!) but the actual stories are pulled from a variety of daily and weekly news sources. Click on the Digg Story button below each feed to view the original story. I post them as an adjunct to my weekly  more original organic content.
While you're at it check out my primary blog at Chicago's Home Weblog, my home page at ChicagoHomeEstates/GenoPetro, my co-authored blog at Careers In Chicago Real Estate and … (0 comments)

So How Do You Really Feel About That? - 12/12/06 08:23 PM
 
There used to be this girl in our office---a woman in her early thirties actually, but she reminded me of my 12 year old niece by something that used to always come out of her mouth. Whenever I'd say something  opinionated or make an offhand curt remark within earshot of her, she'd blurt out the same hackneyed question..."So how do you really feel about that, Geno?" At first it didn't bother me but then after a month or so I started to notice it all the time, "So how do you really feel about that, Geno...So how do you really feel about that, Geno...So how..." And … (5 comments)

But Your Honor... - 12/12/06 09:25 AM
{I recently posted this picture and an accompanying story on my primary Blog as well as here and was informed by another site's SEO that my duplicate content might get me banned from Google! Wow, I had no idea. But as I view the photograph above I am reminded that ignorance of the 'law' is no excuse. The content apparently needs to be 25% different [am I there yet?] and thus, a commentary before or after should be in order. {Obviously this is an example of a commentary before a duplicate post.  All previous Active Rain entires I have already submitted will soon have … (11 comments)

A Little Shameful Self Promotion - 12/11/06 06:20 PM

Mary McKnight, the RSS Pieces REBlogGirl arranged this little Blogosphere get together for next week. I'm zooming to Queens for a day with the clothes on  my back and a fully charged laptop.  Christine Forgione is doing the same to Chicago. I'm not sure how its all going to come together but check out my primary Blog at Chicago's Home Weblog on December 19th to read her take on my home turf. I'll be posting my thoughts on her Queens site at NY Houses 4 Sale. Check out the above graphic for other contenders. Pat Kitano threw my name in the hat so if I … (1 comments)

Podcast! Ex-Con Mortgage Man Advises Foreclosed Kid - 12/08/06 11:29 PM
{I recently posted a picture and an accompanying story on my primary Blog and was informed by another site's SEO that my duplicate content might get me banned from Google! Wow, I had no idea. But I reminded myself that ignorance of the 'law' is no excuse. The content apparently needs to be 25% different (am I there yet?) and thus, a commentary before or after should be in order. (Obviously this is an example of a commentary before a duplicate post.  All previous AR entires I have already submitted will soon have commentarfies after the duplicate post as well---but I suppose they {the commentaries} will each … (1 comments)

YO...K an' A! - 12/06/06 09:43 PM
Lets take a mental road trip away from Chicago for a few moments and travel back thirty years to the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues in the north Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington. A guy I knew from college lived there and when we went home for Thanksgiving break the autumn semester of my first freshman year (don't ask) the first thing he screamed into the cold, fishy air when we stepped off the elevated platform and into the ghetto was YO...K an' A! ... one fist raised to the sky and the other clenching the strap of his worn army … (15 comments)

Did I Really Say That? - 12/03/06 08:46 PM

As I was writing a comment on Bonnie Erickson's Real Estate Snippets blog out of Minneapolis it reminded me of some of the things that have shot out of my mouth before I could help myself (and quickly grab them back!). So I'm posting a few of those that come to mind from recent real estate situations here in Chicago. Again, these are words actually spoken aloud within earshot of another 'party'. (I can't print most of what I didnt say.) I must make one small disclaimer, though: These are all responses to another 'party's' very lame question or statement and usually … (26 comments)

Boot This... - 12/02/06 08:45 PM
I realize the majority of 'Rain' community readers live in more 'bucolic' (a Brian Brady term!) settings than here but I thought I'd give my fellow Realtors around the country a little 'slice of life' peek at the 'Windy City'.  Click on the links to visit our neighborhoods. If you've never been here I think you'll like.
A typical Saturday for me goes something like this: First client pick up at 8:45AM in say, the Gold Coast  of Chicago followed immediately by a tour of six or seven properties along Lake Shore Drive to Lincoln Park. With a coffee break or two in between and … (4 comments)

My Digg Stories for the Week of December 2 - 12/02/06 09:41 AM
 
Each week I submit a handful of newswothy (yeah right!) articles I get from my daily feeds to Digg and post them at my Chicago's Home Weblog on Saturday. Basically, the title and hook are mine (thank me very much) and the rest is linkage, baby. Occasionally I'll also post the most interesting comments and retorts I received that week--edited for profanity and adult content, of course. These two (as well as the previous post on 2016 projections) are from this week. I try to keep it 'Chicago' but sometimes I just wander off...
Selling a House Then Buying? 6 Helpful Tips
Here's an interesting piece I found … (0 comments)

Chicago Now and Later - 12/02/06 09:21 AM
 
 graph by moody's economy
 "In the year 2525, if man is still alive: Those are words from a 'one-hit wonder' musical group from the 1960s whose name escapes me. Hopefully, forgotten too, will be the predictions of this article from AOL Money via Moody's Economy via Forbes.com. Hopefully like the grade school 'telephone' game of that song's era it will be mostly fiction by the time 2016 rolls around. The trend is pointing up which is good. but the annual appreciation rate is a little lukewarm for my taste. Anyway, when 2016 rolls aound let me know--you may be able to find … (2 comments)

 

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