Archive for January, 2011
Fingerprints on Chicago Real Estate Listings
We leave our fingerprints. Whether it is the Chicago real estate market or anywhere else where homes are being sold (or at least listed in the hope of being sold), we leave our fingerprints. Meaning what? Meaning there is a record of what was paid and when it was paid. There are tax records that [...]
Bear Down Bears . Sit Down Couch . A Chicago Sunday During Playoffs
Sunday arrives. Awaited. Nay, anticipated. And unlike other Chicago Sundays, so many Chicago real estate Sundays, this Sunday is reserved for a position on the couch with a clear view of the tv to watch and (it is hoped) to enjoy the Chicago Bears. So far I have said yay! thrice in person and in [...]
22 Quarters for 105 Minutes of Parking in Chicago
Chicago real estate professional Tom McCarey had to turn his truck upside down today to find quarters to feed the meter as he conducted his business. Usually a credit card in the kiosk is how he pays for parking. But having left home today without plastic he turned to coins and realized that 22 quarters paid for only an hour and 45 minutes of parking. Ouch!
Chicago Realtor Searches for (Edible) Mexican Food in Paris
Who knew a little palate diversion would be so problematic? And yet it was a Chicago Realtor Tom McCarey and his family looked for a Mexican meal during a recent Paris trip. Success at last after a few false starts.
google talk . making the computer a boom box-sized phone
It wouldn’t be a vacation without a bit of work. Such was the case nearly 5000 miles and seven time zones away as I blended just a bit of work in with touring Paris. Helping the cause was a host of google tools including google talk which enabled my computer to become a de facto phone and was more than a de facto means of finalizing talks on two single family transactions.
