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SOLD!!!! Sprawling Ranch on 6 Acres on 10 Min to I-90!

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:39:33 -0500

Lisa Rossow | Century 21 New Heritage | 847-875-4960

5720 Dunham Rd, Union, IL

Country Living Only 10 Min to I-90!

4BR/2.5BA Single Family House

offered at $469,900

Year Built	1998
Sq Footage	3,800
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2 full, 1 partial
Floors	1
Parking	3 Car garage
Lot Size	6 acres
HOA/Maint	$0 per month

DESCRIPTION

Price Reduced! Motivated Seller! Bring all Offers! Country living only 10min from I90! 3800 sqft Ranch on 6 acres w/newer 36x45 pole barn. 3 bed open floor plan includes all appliances w/ plenty of extra living space in second floor bonus rm. Full Bsmt ready to be finished w/garage access, roughed in bath, +fireplace ready to be installed. Building only 2 years old, has 200amp,water & slider doors on front & back.

see additional photos below

PROPERTY FEATURES

Central A/C	Central heat	Fireplace
High/Vaulted ceiling	Walk-in closet	Family room
Living room	Bonus/Rec room	Dining room
Dishwasher	Refrigerator	Stove/Oven
Microwave	Basement	Washer
Dryer	Laundry area - inside	Balcony, Deck, or Patio
Yard	Jacuzzi/Whirlpool

COMMUNITY FEATURES

Garage parking

OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES

6 Acres Zoned Ag-Bring your toys or Animals!

OPEN HOUSE August 24th from 11-2

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

Seller contact info:

Lisa Rossow

Century 21 New Heritage

847-875-4960

For sale by agent/broker

Equal Opportunity Housing

Posted: Aug 13, 2008, 5:40am PDT

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Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:17:56 -0500

Snow! Snow! Snow! and more Snow!

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:08:48 -0500

Happy Spring!

Here we are in the Midwest, Chicago area, ready to enjoy spring, dust off the bikes, start taking walks outside and what do we get-6 inches of snow today!!

Our office was just starting to get a few more showings and people were just starting to start thinking "new Home" again. This winter has been so long with so much snow, colder temps, flooding, and just horrible driving conditions that I think it has really impacted the real estate market. The weather coupled with the interest rates coupled with the price of gas has created what I like to call it "the perfect storm".

I think we all just need to brace ourselves, get back to the basics of prospecting, and get through this perfect storm. When the market turns around or stabilizes, the strong will survive and it will be a wonderful thing. Hang in there-spring is coming!!!

Think about simple living in Union Illinois

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:23:06 -0500

Just getting ready to go out and list another home in Union Il. Spacous 3 bedroom ranch on 6 acres with a full size open loft. Loft would be a perfect medial room and 4th bedroom. Full basement has garage access to 3 car+attached garage. New Outbuilding is for all your toys or livestock. Only 10 min to I90 creates the best of both worlds! $499,900. Watch my blog for photos or go to http://lisarossow.com/. Read on for more info on Union Il

New Addition to Century 21 New Heritage

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:18:38 -0600

I just wanted to take a moment to welcome Corey Brackmann of Marengo Il to our Company. Corey just joined our awesome team of agents at Century 21 New Heritage in Marengo coming from a competitor. Corey is a seasoned agent with about 5 years experience, but his biggest accomplishment is his other company Brackmann Development. Brackmann Development is a custom home builder with a great reputation in the McHenry & Kane County areas. We are glad to have Corey on our team. Give him a call if you need a great custom built home and or a lot to put one on!

Check his site for all the info!

Fun At Work

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:53:38 -0600

I attended a class yesterday, part of a year long commitment, and the topic of the day was Fun at work. Some of you may be familiar with the Seattle Pikes Fish Market. Charter House learning has taken the Pike's Fish Market and turned it into a program called FISH. This program teaches managers/owners how to incorporate fun at the work place and how to make someones day. This program is also has developed a whole roll out and kick off meeting with work books and everything to use within your company. We did this at our company about 2 years ago and it was great. My class yesterday just reinforced to me importance of "having fun" at work really is-especially in the market.

I highly recommend this progam to everyone-as a broker there is nothing better to help boost the moral in the office. Check this link for all the info FISH PROGRAM.

Anyway, I just made a long story out of a way to have fun at work.

The greatest invention is the Staples "easy button". This $5 piece of plastic has really help our office and myself have more fun at work. I think every realtor needs one to help them get through this market. "THAT WAS EASY!!!"

Finally, Open House Success!

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:41:30 -0600

I always like to read about other agents successes to see if I can learn anything, so I thought I would share a success I had today.

I just finished having an open house for the public on one of my listings in Hampshire Illinois. I usually have something open about once a month. For the last 4-5 open houses that I have had, I only had 1 or 2 parties come through, sometimes even none. To my amazement, today I had 11 parities come through! I even ran out of brochures for the last couple!

I did take a poll of where they came from and here are the results. 5 came from signs, 5 from a print ad, and 1 from realtor.com. This was very unusual. Maybe print advertising isn't dead. I usually get a few from signs, a few from the Internet and none from print ads. Today the weather was above freezing for the first time in a while, so I decided to run an ad at the last minute.

Even though I had 11 parties come through the home, no serious buyers. I guess people are just looking for something to do on a nice winter day. They were also all looking for a great deal-which this home is not. So I guess the moral of my story is that, open houses do attract lookers, some buyers, but mostly lookers. They are good to generate exposure for yourself as an agent, and maybe a listing or 2. If you have a good deal out there, it might be worth paying for a print ad in the newspaper. At least in the Chicago suburban market.

Please share your open house successes -I always like to get new Ideas.

Awesome Website

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:05:38 -0600

Not that this has much to do directly with Real Estate, but I found out about the most awesome website today that I thought I would share.

www.gethuman.com

This site will list the phone numbers at companies that give you an actual human bean to talk to. So if you get frustrated with all the computer voice transfers, give it a try!

Anyone else have any other awesome sites, please post! Thanks

Prospecting Success Anyone?

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:13:11 -0600

I am a real estate broker with a growing office of 13 agents. We have prelicense classes all the time, even in this market, so we constantly have new agents. I am currently teaching/coaching them on prospecting and we are all getting back to basics. Just wondering what types of social groups have been successful for prospecting real estate clients. I personally have prospected to my church and a bowling league. Since I am currently a non competing broker, I am wondering what types of social groups are hot right now for prospecting? I am thinking, PTA or school groups maybe even weight watchers. Anyway if you have any ideas, let me know. Thanks.

Looking For a Few Good Agents

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:24:23 -0600

Century 21 New Heritage is currently looking for a few good agents at each one of our 4 locaitons.

We have locations in Hampshire, Huntley, Marengo, and Elgin Illinois.

If you are a strong, motivated agent looking for an office to lift you up to the next level or enhance and polish up the skills you alreay have you may want to continue reading.

There Are Ten Things We Would Like to Help You With If You Need Us......

1. Help you enhance your business relationships

2. Help you with pricing

3. Give your listings exposure with marketing guidance.

4. Target buyer and seller opportunities.

5. Coaching those buyers & sellers to take action

6. Coaching you in the negotiating process

7. Financing

8. Helping you to have a worry free business...getting more of your life back

9. Providing you our company

10.You get me, and the other 4 managers in our company; and our management Commitment to Explode Your Business

Call me today if you would like to set up a confidential interview.

847-875-4960

Great Home in Hampshire, IL NOW ONLY $269,900!

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:07:15 -0600

Lisa Rossow | Century 21 New Heritage | 847-875-4960

Terwilliger, Hampshire, IL

Stately-Brick-4 Bedroom Bungalow!

4 Bdrm Single Family House

offered at $289,900

Year Built	1912
Sq Footage	2,899
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2 full, 0 partial
Floors	2
Parking	3 Car garage
Lot Size	Unspecified
HOA/Maint	$0 per month

DESCRIPTION

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2/24 FROM 11:00AM-1:00PM or call for an appointment anytime. Priced Reduced-Ready to move in! Truly a rare find. Stately, all brick, 4 bedroom bungalow. Spacious open floor plan with huge rooms! Gorgeous hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms have walk in closets. Basement partially finished with gas fireplace, 3+ car attached garage, large corner lot and even a 20x23 screened in breezeway, a perfect summer retreat. Great in town location, walk to schools & shops!

see additional photos below

PROPERTY FEATURES

Central A/C	Central heat	High/Vaulted ceiling
Walk-in closet	Hardwood floor	Family room
Living room	Bonus/Rec room	Dining room
Breakfast nook	Dishwasher	Refrigerator
Stove/Oven	Attic	Basement
Washer	Dryer	Laundry area - inside
Balcony, Deck, or Patio	Yard

COMMUNITY FEATURES

Garage parking

Playground

OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES

20x23 Screened in Patio

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

Seller contact info:

Lisa Rossow

Century 21 New Heritage

847-875-4960

For sale by agent/broker

Equal Opportunity Housing

Posted: Feb 20, 2008, 9:10pm PST

Looking for anything in Chicago North West Suburbs?

Lisa Rossow (Century 21 New Heritage) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:04:38 -0600

Call me if you have any needs in the north western suburbs of Chicago. I manage a Century 21 Company with 4 offices, and we are always looking for more good agents to add to our company as well as help you will any customer referrals. We are number 1 in our market by far! Good luck to all out there-2008 will be great, but only the strong will survive!