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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.

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Cold Well Diggers and Warmer Market in Chicago (for Right-Priced Homes)

Have you ever met a well digger? Well, neither have I. So it’s hard to gauge how cold the guy gets. Especially in specific parts  that may just be best left described as where the sun doesn’t shine. And while the sun seems to be shining today, old Sol is having little impact on the [...]

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Daylight Savings Ends – Home Buying Savings Extend and Expand

Daylight savings ends today marking the start of a different savings for Chicago area home buyers. Tom McCarey talks of recent market activity as he represents buyers and sellers in the Chicago real estate market.

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Triple Tens on Marathon Sunday in Chicago

If ever there was a day to stop on a dime, today would be that day. Three of them in a row. Ten / ten / ten. A few years back, when the days lined up in a sequence of sevens, we traveled to Vegas. Like droves of others I figured that since numbers don’t [...]

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A Fall Chill Beneath Blue Chicago Skies

Today Chicago. The boys and I returned home to Chicago Monday evening, an unfurling bit of ribbon that traced the sky from Dallas to Austin and from Austin home to Chicago. Jackson and Lucas won the admiration of surrounding single-flying adults for their big-boy behavior and smiled heartily in the momentary celebrity of praise. Nicole [...]

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