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The Real Chicago Seen as a Pedestrian
A lesson learned from international travel is to let go. In Rome letting go means taking to the “vias” as a pedestrian. We did so with gusto. And at times we bring our lessons learned abroad to our home in Chicago, walking from here to there without the pressure of a task or an errand hanging over our heads.
As You Seek, So Shall You Find (Your New Chicago Home)
Going online to find your new home in Chicago? You’ve got plenty of company. But as you are inundated with emails from brokerages where you’ve registered, be sure to view your real estate purchase through the prism that you should have the best possible advocate on your side when it comes to a realtor. The Real Estate Lounge Chicago gives a few tips of what skills a good Realtor possesses.
A Call from a Pig and an Extended School Break in Chicago
A mix of imagination and pragmatics, we decided to keep Jackson out of school the week following a two-week break in the face of the unknown. With Swine Flu rising to the state of pandemic, such a course of action seemed well-reasoned. Meanwhile, the Chicago real estate market is more active than it’s been in more than a year.
An Imagined Cricket Visits Amid the Din of a “Wicked” Busy Saturday
Was it my imagination that a cricket visited me to tell me that a blog is today’s version of a campfire where we gain warmth as we tell stories in our own voices and speaking our own truth? Whether imagined or not the cricket dispensed undeniable truth, saying that folks online who speak with scripts written by others will find themselves lost and lonely as educated consumers will turn away and seek those who speak the truth.
Friday the 13th – Giving Way to Saturday the 14th
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – so Friday the 13th holds the prospect of good things for Chicago real estate professional Thomas McCarey of The Real Estate Lounge Chicago as he muses over the things that feed the flames of superstition.
