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from the morning’s darkness a voice emerged

Amid the early morning dark a single voice emerged from the darkness, a spring-boding bird whistling its plaintive song for my ears to hear, helping me to chart my course of hope toward the arrival of warmth and green. Now mixing metaphors and the like from Casablanca and Disney I go to the rest of the day imitating the feathered friend, whistling as I work.


number crunching and making an offer to buy a chicago home

More than ever numbers are being crunched as offers are made. Why is clear – nobody wants to overpay. The how varies, yielding ranges, some hypothetical and some less so as we seek to hammer out real numbers for Chicago real estate.


six plates spinning . logistics of the chicago real estate market

Spinning six plates atop sticks takes skill and concentration. Much like preparing a wonderful meal or orchestrating a schedule and activities with myriad buying and selling clients amid the din that is the Chicago real estate market.


imagining . an important piece to finding your chicago home

imagining, it’s a fundamental part of finding a home. Take a look and imagine yourself in the home. It’s like trying on clothes, but rather than being something in the closet it is the closet, the room, the hallway and the whole home.


Don’t Detest the Text . Just Take the Pledge

Momentum is gaining and more folks are taking the pledge. The drive is to drive when you drive and when driving to not text. Makes sense. More than making sense, though, it can save lives. And so I am one of the growing legion to concentrate on the road when I drive, letting the Droid gain dust at least until the car is in park.