Chicago real estate

Sunday At Work – Pastors and Realtors

Like pastors on the pulpit, real estate agents ply their trade on Sundays. Today I will do so at 1716 West George where the builder has smashed the price down by $250,000! And while a Realtor may not be the person you confess to a good one certainly occupies the position of being a trusted advisor (at least regarding the Chicago real estate market). Stop by!

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Full Pockets and Best Impressions . Chicago Market

Two quarters, eleven pennies, seven dimes and four nickels. Three Hotwheels. And a small Altoids tin.
My sons are four and three. These items came from their pockets tonight.
In what order and according to whom? I can’t tell you, though typically Jackson (four) is prone to carrying multiple cars in his pocket and he never parts [...]

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Open House Visitors and Conversations about Chicago Real Estate

The folks who came came at the end, walked about the Lincoln Park home, and talked about what they are looking for. I, a pleasant sort, traded anecdotes with them about what they seek. And so goes another day in the Chicago real estate market.

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A Drop in Temperature in Chicago

Refuge was granted today.
After an endless series of scratches etched on a stray board  to suggest days where the heat simply suffocated today ambled in at a delightful sub 90.
Blessed relief.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not a hot day naysayer. I revel in the glisten that gathers from the slightest activity. But…
But the toaster [...]

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goal! new tactics to sell a lakeview condo

goals spur us toward where we wish to go and who we wish to be. today a goal by the US soccer team in the waning minutes led to the next round of the world cup. sometimes new tactics need to be adopted in striving for a goal, as with a lakeview condo where we brought in a new team to present the home to the viewing public.

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