Needs and Wants, My Love - 04/25/07 02:07 PM
Okay. This is a mouthful but I'm going to try and spit it out. It's a concept my Managing Broker Joe Pinto, refers to on occasion and in recent weeks, has played out more and more in my own daily routine of showing property in Chicago. The crux of the idea has to do with 'needs' vs. 'wants' in the present Real Estate market. The 'My Love' part, while fairly irrelevant from a Brokerage perspective, is the rational 'icing on the cupcake' from the Buyer's point of view. It's not all spreadsheets and basis points, you know. It's about balance in … (4 comments)

We Don't Need More Dots... - 04/16/07 02:23 PM
"We don't need more dots..." I hear the red-faced, stock picking pundit scream into the CNBC camera as I glance up from my laptop. Late afternoon cable TV is how I home school myself on these occasional slow days in the Chicago Real Estate bubble, correction, vacuum, surge or whatever they're calling it this week in the media."Booyah!" counters the caller from Delaware."And a great big 'Booyah' to you, my friend."Booyah. What a stupid word. Wikipedia defines it as a catch phrase of 'accomplishment' coined by ESPN personality Stuart Scott, but the only person I've ever heard say it is the … (7 comments)

Allow Me To Retort... - 04/04/07 10:43 AM
This is really not a 'retort' per se but rather, my personal response to some provocative questions posed by a young couple who frequent my primary Blog from time to time. (And the above title sounded a little more intriguing to me than simply, Answers To Real Estate Questions blah, blah, blah. ) It is worth mentioning too, that these readers also have a Blog chronicling their own attempt to sell a property. Their following questions address my two most recent 'Multiple Offer' postings--in short, the Buy Side and Sell Side of the 'Big M.O.'Q. From a buyer's standpoint, how do you "really" … (6 comments)

 

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