Puffy cheeked angels are hurling ever-damper spitballs earthbound as Chicago gears up for its first substantial snow of the season.
Sitting in my North Shore perch, a Starbucks near my sons' school, I ease from one task to the next, observing the gathering expression of wintry nature. From the voices weighing in on the radio during the drive to school this morning GoreTex clad prognosticators are gathering on various bridges around the city to observe anticipated blockages and impediments the storm surely will bring.
Unless it doesn't.
That's the thing with prognostications, estimations, pontifications and gesticulations. The best (and worst) of intentions may bear no fruit at all. And like the weatherman so eerily portrayed by Nicholas Cage in The Weather Man, it's perfectly feasible that the meteorologist may be mundanely mediocre and miss the mark.
I guess it remains to be seen today what will happen. At least for today. And as we wait at least we wait prepared. So the boys made their way to school today where a good part of the day is spent in outdoor activity with snow boots and snow pants. And should the white stuff not gather with any force it won't be for our lack of readiness.
The same, I suppose, is true when it comes to homes floating like skiffs on today's housing market in Chicago and the North Shore where a spate of early season activity has planted seeds of optimism on the parts of sellers and their Chicago real estate professionals. So long as these listed homes enter the real estate market in a state of readiness we reasonably may expect positive results.
And so with homes that are priced truly to the market (which still favors buyers) readiness first and foremost is coming to the market at the right price. Second in importance, and vital, is how effectively, extensively and aggressively the home is marketed by the real estate professional.
In truth this is why I crack eggs on the skillet of this website. Information with specific words intertwined in the narrative is the sticky stuff that sticks to the walls of google. And google essentially is the technological fire around which we information nomads gather, rubbing together sticks of search words to flick to life flames of images, notions and things we need to see and know.
And with respect to my kindling comprised of data and heaped atop the licking flames of google there is a price reduction at my historic Wicker Park greystone at 2118 W Schiller that is now $459,000 for a three bed and two bath condo with parking.
There's also my newly listed penthouse condo in the heart of Lakeview with a private rooftop deck that will be open this Sunday from 11am until 12.30 at 3024 N Sheffield.
Another open house that has attracted tons of attention since the new year is my townhome straddling Andersonville and Lincoln Square at 1801 W Winnemac Unit C. Mitch Aronson will host the open Sunday from noon until 2pm.
Later this evening, so long as Snowmageddon doesn't occur, I will meet an interested buyer at my gorgeous Bucktown penthouse listing at 2150 N Damen where luxury finishes and a private rooftop deck with stunning views are the highlights.
Private showings also are on tap this Saturday at my magnificent Gold Coast duplex at 1224 N Dearborn. This two-level home also will be open Sunday from noon until 2pm.
And so these skiffs of homes for sale stay afloat on the waterline of the current market, steadily nosing their way to the shoreline of selling, priced right and marketed with precision and assertiveness.
By the way, good luck as you make your way through the growing white landscape. And don't hesitate to reach out to me with any questions for me at 773.848.9241.
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