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Don't let the outside fool you - this home has 5 bedroom & 2.5 baths! Freshly painted living room, dining room, finished basement with bath, eat in kitchen and first floor bedroom. Don't miss the huge mudroom off the kitchen. Laundry hook up avail if needed on 1st floor. Great porch in front overlooks huge yard. Patio in back is great addition to 2 car garage. Visit www.TheMarellas.com for more info. Don't miss this great home!!	Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 2.5 Parking Spaces: 2 Year Built: 1923 Floors: 2 MLS #: 07108886
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Click to view map: 1827 E. Lincoln Ave. Des Plaines IL 60018
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The RE market is somewhat similar to the weather. That is to say that it seldom, if ever, happens that one gigantic weather pattern engulfs the entire nation.

While it may be raining on the other side of the country or in several isolated areas, you are not similarly affected if the sun is shining where you live. Similarly, while national media constantly discuss the national housing downturn, not all areas are affected similarly. The real estate climate on the coasts may be different from that of the nation's interior, and there may also likely be differences between metropolitan, suburban and rural areas.

In short, all real estate is local. As a RE professional about your local conditions, don't try to second guess.

All you need is one buyer to buy your home. If personal circumstances are forcing you to sell, it is just as likely that some potential buyer in your area needs to find a place to live for reasons of his or her own.

If you are thinking about selling your home w/o an agent, consider that only 12% of home sellers successfully did so last year. Moreover, 40% of those "for sale by owner" properties went to family members or acquaintances of the sellers.

Surely, if selling a home were so easy that anyone could do it, nearly everyone would. Bear in mind that selling a home involved analyzing sales of nearby comparable homes, setting a home's price, writing and placing ads in newspapers and online, meeting with potential buyers (many of whom are neither serious or financially able), negotiating a price and contract terms, and closing the deal with all the necessary paperwork.
Are you ready for all that?!

Real estate agents have professional contacts and connections that we have built up over many years, which the average person simply cannot match.

Sellers who attempt to sell their homes without the help of real estate professionals usually find that the paperwork required for real estate transactions can be complex and very confusing. Additionally, an agent knows how to successfully market and advertise a home, and will also prescreen and accompany buyers through your property.

4BR, 2BA Cape Cod w/huge fenced yard. New cabinets in kitchen and SS: GE oven & GE side-by-side refrigerator. Wood laminate floors on main level. Generous bedrooms w/tons of closet space. 1st floor BA w/refinished tub & pedestal sink. 2nd flr BR includes sitting area or great space for nursery. "As-is", short sale, bank approval required.

If you are selling your home you had better know who your potential markets are and what they are looking for. Recent research reveals that the mix of buyers has not changed over the past few years, only the numbers have. That is, there is still about the same ratio of couples to singles to families to first-time buyers to repeat buyers. There are just fewer of them, and they are more discerning. With so much to choose from, buyers are placing more emphasis than ever on "location" and "condition" as prime selection factors. While there is not much that sellers can do about the location of their homes, they can bring them as close to move-in condition as possible.

*FACTOID: Single women make up 20% of all homebuyers!

Do you have the power of the red shoes? Do you ever get funny looks when wearing them to the grocery store? What makes up for those looks is when that complete stranger sees them and comes up to you to say "HEY, do you work for Keller Williams?" Of course, why else would you have the trendy shoes??? You two get to talking and it turns out they or someone they know had an incredible experience with a KW agent. WI4C2TS at work again, paying the compliment forward.   

We've seen this work first hand.   

Our Team Leader has more than a little liking for Dunkin Donuts. She knows the employees and the group of older men who gather each morning in the corner. That monogrammed jacket she wears has helped introduce her to one of our now leading agents and several other recruits, and all because she has to have her coffee each morning.    

Even our Marketing Coordinator has had fun with this. Running out in the rain for that important thing that she forgot to get at Target (don't you hate when that happens?), slings on the KW windbreaker and runs into a family visiting from TN. They LOVE their KW agent, couldn't be happier etc. The family had just stopped in to the store for snacks for their continued trip. They were spending the night in Chicago and wondering what to do around town. What more perfect person to ask than someone they didn't know, but still had a connection with!    

You see, everyone feels the love when they see Keller Williams around town; people are spreading the word and paying compliments forward even when they don't realize it. Such a good feeling.

What are your stories with Keller-Gear?
We know you've all had those amazing, out-of-the-blue experiences just because of your jacket, logo'd bag, shoes or whatever. We know the warm fuzzy stories are out there and we'd like to know about yours.

Did we meet at Family Reunion this year? Its entirely possible, we met agents from 21 different states including HAWAII ! We thought the cultural showcase was a huge success, can't wait for next year.

Ours was the booth with the large yellow garage sale signs and the golf outing bag. OH did I forget to mention that we gave that away...and to a fellow Active Rainer ?! Yep, Rick Murray - TL from Braintree Mass you should have received your Golfing Bag o'goodies, all Kellerized of course. This is what we use for our goodie bags at our annual KW Cares golf outing. 6 pack cooler lunch bag, 2 colors of towels, tees, markers and a sleeve of KW Cares golf balls.

Hope you can put them to good use Rick!