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Plumbing the Depths . What’s in my Pocket Today?

What’s in your pocket? Today, I bet, what’s there is different than what was there five years ago. And of course it’s different than when you were five years old. Every stage there’s something different taking up space in our pocket(s). I thought of this yesterday as my hand struggled into and out of the [...]

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Thursday it Rains and Reduced Pricing Reigns Supreme

It is 4pm on a rainy Thursday. Dampness combined with coolness and a general lack of sunlight imbues me with a Nordic dread of the season to come, the season after fall in Chicago. Well, at least the windows at home are still open. While temps dipped at least a dozen degrees from yesterday the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Lessons from Lucas – PJs All Day

Maybe my son Lucas has it right. Last week when my wife said it was time to get dressed he responded simply and succinctly, I stay in my pajamas when I stay at home. I wear outdoor clothes when I go outdoors. Right now I am at home so I am in my pajamas. I [...]

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