ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2009
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Which home would you look at? This courtyard welcomes you. The plants are green and the sun is shining. It is bright and full of life. I want to take a look at this building... Brrr. I get a chill looking at this pictu...
05/30/2009
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Great riches have been elusive during my 3 year career as an agent. Sometimes I feel I am looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... Where is my pot of gold? It must be getting close... I have always enjoyed thunderstorms. Here in the Midwest we ca...
05/28/2009
I have just re-read a recent featured post by Active Rainer Jennifer Allan titled "Social Media Is not the Solution to the Real Estate Crisis." In her post, Jennifer writes "I'm among the crowd who "just doesn't get it." Fine. You don't get the value of Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. That's co...
05/26/2009
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It was a gorgeous day to show homes... My spirits were high. It was Sunday morning. 10:00 AM. The temperature was in the low 60's. Just a hint of wind. Not a cloud in the sky... I was showing a home in the Orchard Valley townhouses, just off Orchard Road and I88, in western Aurora. It's a gr...
05/18/2009
My mother owns a plot of land in southwestern Michigan. She has been working with an agent for three years trying to sell the property... The agent just sent her a listing agreement to sign. The listing agreement had a section titled "Other Provisions". Mom's "other provision" was that the "lis...
05/14/2009
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What day is it? Wednesday? Yes. They tend to blur together when I am busy... It has been a stressful week... I think the stressful weeks are probably the one's that butter the Realtor's bread. They are the weeks we make money... I just finished negotiating a fairly large and important contract...
05/13/2009
Give blood. Save a life... In honor of Keller Williams RED DAY (Renew/Energize/Donate), the Naperville Keller Williams office will be hosting a blood drive on May 14th from 9 AM to 1:30 PM. Heartland Blood Centers will have a Mobile Coach parked in front of the Keller Williams office, located a...
05/12/2009
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THEY'RE GR-R-REAT! Crunch Crunch goes the Frosted Flakes between my teeth. Click click goes the keyboard underneath my fingers. Real estate and Frosted Flakes... It is Saturday morning. I sit in my PJ's, eating a bowl of cereal at my kitchen table. I am working. Yes working. Huh? No office? ...
05/09/2009
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My family has just started shopping for a home in Naperville, so I called my mortgage broker last week. He was able to look at my credit report over the phone and give me a few simple tips to improve the report... I actually needed to be added to one of our accounts. There were also a few small...
05/06/2009
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One of my favorite things about being a real estate agent is the flexibility of my work schedule... Sometimes I am crazy busy. Several appointments in a day. Open houses. Listing appointments. These are the money days. I try to make hay while the sun is shining... Sometimes things are a litt...
05/05/2009
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Ken Tracy
Helping clients buy and sell since 2005
