Last week was one of the most difficult weeks of our career - 02/15/11 08:16 AM
Last week was one of the most difficult weeks of our career.
We moved our licenses to a new office. We started our real estate career with our former broker. They’re a wonderful firm. The oldest independent firm in our market. They’re still family owned. Fifth generation. They were on the front edge of the move to technology. We loved our managing broker. The support staff is fabulous. Many of our closest friends in the business are at that firm. Much of what we learned about real estate, we learned there.
However…

For a variety of reasons, we didn’t feel … (12 comments)

Baby....Please Let Go! - 02/03/11 07:45 PM
Not too long ago, an agent in my office suggested a listing strategy which makes a lot of sense.  She tells her North Shore listing clients to emotionally relinquish ownership of their homes as soon as they make the decision to put it on the market.  This is not always an easy task to accomplish.  Most people have a large portion of their ego intertwined within their home.  This is their baby.  The place where they raised their children, executed their decorating genius and is filled with all of those wonderful cherished memories.  However, the new buyer does not care about … (4 comments)

WE WERE WRONG (WE REALLY MEAN IT) - 02/02/11 12:51 PM
For those of you who have been closely following our complaints about the media overblowing the possibility of a major storm hitting the Chicago area...
 
WE WERE WRONG!!!
We are in the midst of a genuine blizzard.  At this moment, Wednesday at 9:30 am, the official Chicago (O’Hare Field) total is 19.5 inches.  However, it is still snowing intensely right now.  The latest reports say that this is the last band of snow from this weather system.  Unfortunately, I live only a few blocks from Lake Michigan in Glencoe, and there are reports that we could continue to receive “lake … (4 comments)

Will Super Sunday Be the Opening Kickoff? - 02/01/11 10:42 PM
   

  Superbowl Sunday is traditionally the beginning of the new spring real estate season.   New listings are beginning to be rolled out and those that were temporarily taken off the market during the holiday season are starting to come back on.  In our North Shore Chicago market, we have seen a large drop in active listings of single family homes during the past few months.       Some of this can be attributed to seasonal factors, but also, many of the properties that had languished on the market for months and months were either rented or they finally reached a … (1 comments)

 
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Howard and Susan Meyers

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