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Evanston Real Estate, North Shore Real Estate
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2010
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A fascinating video, on world economies and health that I just had to share. We, in the U.S., and the west in general think so differently about the rest of the world... the Western World and the third world. This is a real eye-opener... it's about 20 minutes long, but very well explained, and...
03/31/2010
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I know an agent who's working with a buyer. (yes, that's right... he has a BUYER!!). The buyer has identified this particular home he likes, and has told his agent that he wants to write an offer on the home. His agent knows how much he wants to pay, and has advised this client to wait. The p...
03/30/2010
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Yesterday, I had a "gasp" moment. Up until yesterday, I'd been floating along with 167 Subscribers. I thought that was a lot of people, willing to "push a button", in order to be kept up to date on what a short-haired-overweight-leaping-internet-gnome was up to. Yesterday, I gasped, as I noted....
03/30/2010
Okay, since the last "Anti-trust" question I posted seems to have been a popular brain-exercise... here's another one from the same test: As a Real Estate agency, our company benefits from participating in the MLS. But we don't feel it's fair to pay the same co-op commission to those "limited se...
03/29/2010
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(excerpted from a recent Anti-trust Quiz). Two competitors in my marketplace asked me to cooperate with them in setting a "standard" commission for my area. I indignantly refused, but shortly thereafter decided that the commission they suggested was a good idea, and have started charging the sam...
03/29/2010
Oh boy! Finally someone pays attention to the Midwest instead of the East or Left Coasts! Rain camp here in the Chicago area... well, actually Harper College, but hey... that's close enough to Chicago. I've already signed up... who else is comin'?ActiveRain RainCamp - Bringing April "Showers" t...
03/27/2010
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I showed quite a number of foreclosure two-flats this morning... it's not a new experience for me... I've been showing this type of property for a while. Cold weather, warm weather, hot weather (ain't much more fun that trekking through a foreclosure property, with no heat, water or power... jus...
03/27/2010
Don't you wish that LIFE came with an UN-DO button? You say something stupid? It accidentally falls out of your mouth. You know it the instant you say it... "yes, that dress DOES make your butt look big, dear".... you want to retract it right back into your stoopid, stoooopid mouth. But you ca...
03/26/2010
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Recently on one of those "Ask the Realtor"-type websites (that rhymes with Droolia), a Realtor answered a question about viewing homes without your Realtor with this response: 1. Your Realtor should view all homes with you to ensure the home is in good working order and that you are getting a goo...
03/24/2010
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In this day of disposable cameras, and disposable relationships, it's nice to find something that really looks like a piece of (careful)... art. I ran across this majestic image on PhotoFunia.com, where even you can turn your ugly mug into a beautiful work of art. Give it a try... it's fun.
03/23/2010
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