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2007
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Today's featured partner is Greg Phillips who owns the website Business With Greg. Greg specializes in residential mortgages and his 8 years of experience help him provide excellent services to his clients. Greg works for Home123 Mortgage which is owned by New Century Financial. As a real estate ...
01/28/2007
The makers of Wordpress have released the long-awaited version 2.1 not 4 hours ago. It includes several fun features like an auto-save and integrated spell checker. Many of us maintain blogs on our own websites for local distribution of information to our clients, SEO or whatever. I currently use...
01/22/2007
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Many of us have loan officers or other affiliates that help share advertising costs. Some help split the cost of newspaper ads, supermarket home magazines and the like. According to what I've come to understand, RESPA allows these activities in circumstances where the affiliate receives adequate ...
01/20/2007
Today's tip is from my real estate guide "22 Things Real Estate Agents do to their Own Homes Before Selling". One of our jobs as an agent is to suggest improvements that our clients can to do improve the saleability of their homes. Many of us have years of experience observing what sells a home a...
01/20/2007
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Batavia, IllinoisIn 1833, Christopher Payne arrived in the area and found a valley consisting of rich farmland and conveiently located near the Fox River. He built a cabin and named his newfound community "Head of Big woods". Two years saw Payne moving on and selling his stake to Judge Isaac Walt...
01/19/2007
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Geneva, IllinoisGeneva Illinois history really begain in 1830 when Daniel Shaw Haight built a log cabin near a spring. He named his settlement Big Spring and set up a homestead with his family. In 1835 he sold his claim to James and Charity Herrington and moved north. The Herringtons were very in...
01/19/2007
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Today's featured partner is Lane Hornung - a real estate agent who specializes in Colorado Real Estate - particularly the Boulder, Colorado and surrounding areas. Lane's website is both simple but effective - offering buyers and sellers looking for real estate in Colorado the tools and services t...
01/19/2007
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Having returned from a trip to take care of some family business in Houma, Louisiana, I'm able to reflect on some of the things I saw and learned during my trip. At first glance, New Orleans and the southern parishes look great - developing at a great pace. Even in Houma where it was hard to find...
01/18/2007
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Today's tip focuses on the home style known as a "Ranch" home and is from my Guide To Popular US Home StylesRanch HomesThe ranch home styles is perhaps the most popular home style in the United States. It's basic feature is a single story but may also have a basement or attic. Other terms used to...
01/11/2007
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Montgomery Real Estate Montgomery real estate really fits into two different main types: affordable older homes in the Boulder Hill subdivision and surrounding area, and brand new homes in several new subdivisions currently being built in the western portion of the community. Like Yorkville Illin...
01/10/2007
Up to date real estate information about homes and land in Northern Illinois. Tips, news and topics from the Fox Valley region and surrounding communities.