Archive for June, 2011
Clear to Close – Get it in Writing Before You Waive the Mortgage Contingency
“Clear to close.” These are the words we await when a house or condo wends its way to closing when a loan is involved. And in the current market what we know to be true is simply “it ain’t over ’til it’s over.” Last week on Friday morning my buying clients received a verbal “clear [...]
Keeping an Appointment (No Matter What)
Hell or high water. I suppose somewhere online there’s a tracing of the semantic geneaology of the comment. Maybe a wikapedia article that traces it back to the guy who first uttered it. Whatever the case, to this day the combination of words is simply fine when it comes to describing that a task should [...]
The Market is the Smorgasbord – Chicago Real Estate Buffet
Smorgasbord. I thought of the word last night when I looked at a picture my wife snapped of me and the boys (they with painted faces and me simply grinning) as we enjoyed Midsommarfest on Clark Street in Andersonville. Over my shoulder in the lovely pic was a sign for a little shop featuring said [...]
Thoughts of Icarus (Or Even Sunny Days Have their Downside)
So there’s Icarus, a young dude who found a moment’s exhilaration so great that he ventured on a path with a literally terminal end. There he was, outfitted with a gorgeous pair of wings by the hand of his dad, Daedalus, who constructed for his son and himself wings with which to soar and escape [...]
