Batavia, Illinois is host to numerous parks and preserves offering a multitude of outdoor activities for its residents. Dick Young Forest Preserve is located on the west side of Batavia. It offers a 250-acre marshland and is an Illinois State Nature Preserve. Visitors can enjoy hiking, horseback
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08/12/2013
Excellent article here by area home stager, Margaret Gehr. Preparing your Chicagoland home for sale can make all the difference. The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Great American North in St Charles, IL provides home sellers with complimentary home staging services. This is an excellent investment.Ho
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08/10/2013
Great article here by Chicago agent, Dean Moss. It's a great reminder that disclosure of insufficiencies in your home is the law here in Illinois. It pays to be upfront with potential homebuyers.Greetings, from (finally) Springlike Chicago IL! In mid-April, an unusually-heavy, widespread rain d
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08/10/2013
The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Great American North in St Charles, IL insists on professional photography for homes we sell. In this day and age of high visibility via the internet, anything less is simply a disservice to you the home seller.Do we really need professional photos and video to market
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08/10/2013
With mosquitoes in the Kane County, IL area now testing positive for West Nile, I thought I would share this excellent post that can point out things you can do to protect you and your family.Do You Know How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes & Not Risk West Nile Disease Did you know many people have gotte
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08/10/2013
Sellers Beware: The use of combination lockboxes on your home present a real securty risk as pointed out below. The Kombrink Team at RE/MAX Great American North uses a third party showing service that verifies only legitimate Realtors are showing your home.Combo lock boxes...do your sellers real
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08/10/2013
Did you just buy a house in the Fox Valley? Give some thought to rekeying or switching out the locks. Nobody knows how many keys there are out there...Are You Sure That These Are All the Keys to My New House? When a buyer buys a home in Clarksville TN the keys are given to him at the closing t
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08/09/2013
Great and timely article here by Connecticut Realtor David Popoff on what is quickly becoming commonplace here in the Fox River Valley. Our real estate team is starting to see bidding wars again.Winning Real Estate Bidding War. With for sale inventory down, prices rising and the uptick in mortga
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08/09/2013
Docusign is far and away the leader in digital signatures. I'm starting to see it more and more on contracts. Thought I would share with everyone how they can get started with it! I have LOVED using electronic signatures since they were "acceptable & approved", and Docusign is an awesome
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08/09/2013
Such an inspiration I just had to share! Everyone needs to print this out and put it up somewhere that they'll see it EVERY day!What makes the difference? "A will finds a way." --Orison Swett Marden, American writer and physician In todays lingo we talk of a why. What is your why? What tri
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08/09/2013
