Archive for June, 2009
Three More Letters and Lessons Learned Negotiating Real Estate Deals in Chicago
A few months back I added a few more letters to the my business card – C N E, representing that I am a certified negotiating expert. I suppose the nearly ten years in the business and nearly the book of business my happy clients have allowed me to do means more than the letters, but the class provided some good reminders. One of which might be that good negotiators are natural born, not book-bred. Take for instance my son Jackson…
A Sunday Stroll Before a Chicago Open House
Hallelujah! The congregation chimed together, lifting their voices at St. Gertrude’s as Jackson, Lucas and I took a spin around the block this morning. And so we came home and took a spin around the versions of the same song from Shrek. Nice! Good way to preface my hosting a single family open house.
A Compliment Received and Google Page One for “chicago real estate”
An unexpected phone call leads to a new client and a wonderful compliment as T McCarey applies the golden rule to work in the Chicago real estate market.
White Noise, Common sense and The Chicago Real Estate Market
White noise. It’s there. And there. And over there. It’s the radio playing in my 4-Runner as I veer down Lake Shore Drive to show listings of The Real Estate Lounge Chicago. It’s the music seeping out of my laptop from the “scrobbler” at Last FM or random selections at Pandora or selected singles at [...]
Finding a Real Cup of Coffee in Chicago, but not a Working Outlet
So the lances have been drawn and the steeds mounted as the coffee battles are being waged. In billboards and full-page ads in income-deprived dailies like the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times we are witness to the skirmishes as grinding teeth of corporate titans have been supplanted by grinding coffee and lots of [...]
