fresh perspectives . a kid's view informs my own - 04/15/11 01:51 PM
Fresh sensibility.
It's one of the things that kids do so very well. Whether it's coloring outside of the lines or singing a song with the slightest lyrical alteration. Another gift they provide is saying words they've heard me or you say but offering them through the filter of their own hearing.
And so we have "insects."
[See this post as it dwells originally at The Real Estate Lounge Chicago]
Don't know what "insects" is? Well, it's the perfumed stick that you burn when you meditate. Or wish to fill the home with a subtle and pleasant aroma. Or, if you … (0 comments)

$300 Roll of Paper Towels and Keys for $825k - 04/12/11 11:16 AM
I laughed at a friend's facebook post yesterday. She said something to the effect of a roll of paper towels at Costco costing her $125. I wonder how she does it when the same roll costs me $300?
As I mull over lopsided economics and prices we pay for common and typical things let me parlay her humorous perspective to my line of work, connecting local citizens with their new homes in the Chicago real estate market. What I noticed is that my clients at my most recent single family home closing spent $825,000 for a set of keys. Phew! One … (1 comments)

The Heave Ho and Chicago Realtor - 04/12/11 11:15 AM
Staccato.
That describes yesterday and much of the last week. It was busy in spurts, with the busy-ness of the business of the Chicago real estate market erupting in spurts. Kind of like the teletype machine back in the day I wrote for the United Press International broadcast desk in Chicago when a big story hit the wires.
Chickety-chickety-chickety-chick went the clatter of the key strokes as the fall of the Berlin Wall was spelled out or as Nelson Mandela walked out of his Robben Island cell to freedom.
Not that any of my tasks in the last week were on … (2 comments)

The Heave Ho and Chicago Realtor - 04/10/11 12:34 PM
Staccato.
That describes yesterday and much of the last week. It was busy in spurts, with the busy-ness of the business of the Chicago real estate market erupting in spurts. Kind of like the teletype machine back in the day I wrote for the United Press International broadcast desk in Chicago when a big story hit the wires.
Chickety-chickety-chickety-chick went the clatter of the key strokes as the fall of the Berlin Wall was spelled out or as Nelson Mandela walked out of his Robben Island cell to freedom.
Not that any of my tasks in the last week were on … (0 comments)

 

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