river bend: "I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE MY SHIRT" - 08/26/08 05:58 PM
I was back at it today. I was delivering my newsletter.
Today it was the River Bender.
It was a gorgeous day in Lisle, Illinois. 75 degrees. No humidity. Not even a cloud in the sky.
Perfect.
I had a 140 newsletters to deliver. I hang them on door knobs. I (12 comments)
river bend: SO HOW IS THE REAL ESTATE MARKET? - 08/21/08 12:49 AM
I was sitting on the couch with my 9 year old niece this morning. I was drinking my coffee, reading the paper, and CNBC was on in the background.
"So how is the real estate market, Dylan," I asked.
It felt good to ask someone else this. As a Realtor, I (35 comments)
river bend: SALES PICKING UP AT THE RIVER BEND TOWNHOMES, LISLE ILLINOIS - 08/12/08 06:54 PM
After what could be best described as a sluggish spring real estate market for one of my favorite little subdivisions, the River Bend Townhomes, the summer market is really starting to heat up.
After only 4 sales in the first half of the year, the townhomes, located in Lisle Illinois just off (0 comments)
river bend: THE FORECLOSURE MARKET IS HEATING UP - 07/29/08 08:37 PM
I have noticed recently that the foreclosure market is starting to heat up.
The banks are starting to price their homes properly and they are selling.
In the last week alone, two new foreclosures were taken off the market by bargain hunters in subdivisions I watch closely.
One was in River Bend, (12 comments)
river bend: "WE LOVE YOU KEN. WE WOULD NEVER USE ANOTHER REALTOR." - 07/21/08 03:10 PM
Funny story. True story.
It was last February. One of my listings in River Bend had just come under contract.
The next day, I hung my SOLD panel beneath my FOR SALE sign.
The only better advertisement for a Realtor than a FOR SALE sign is one with SOLD underneath it!
As (7 comments)
river bend: "MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION" - 07/21/08 02:16 PM
One of my prospective sellers called me this morning. We had met on Saturday. He has a nice home in my farm area, River Bend.
"Ken, I appreciate your time on Saturday, but my wife and I decided to go in another direction with selling our house. We decided to use (21 comments)
river bend: THE MASTERS PARTY! A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY OTHER. - 04/08/08 11:32 AM
This Sunday, we will be having our 7th annual MASTERS PARTY. What am I talking about? The Masters Party of course. Sure, most of us probably have heard of the Masters, the first of four golf "majors". It is held every year in early spring down in Augusta, Georgia. Great history. Great golf (5 comments)