A Beach Front View and a Chicago Real Estate Professionals Inability to Relate (to a Frozen Lockbox)
Feeling someone else’s pain usually relies on really being able to feel that person’s pain. And so when I received a plaintive email asking for help to de-ice a frozen lockbox and I was half a world away, I literally could not relate. Not that I didn’t understand. It’s just that my brain in the tropics couldn’t relate to icy Chicago.
A Brief Break from the Blog But Busy with Chicago Real Estate
A brief respite from the blog. I meant to write more often, but something always stood in the way. Like being busy with new Chicago real estate listings, meeting new clients, watching cartoons with my sons. But here I am today.
Splurge to Merge or Purge – Chicago Real Estate Brokerage Buying Spree
The Chicago real estate market is abuzz with activity as brokerage a buys brokerage b. Last week came word that long time independent firm Rubloff had been acquired by Prudential Preferred. Amid the din one thing remains consistent, the top placement in the Chicago market of my brokerage, @properties.
A Handyman that Wasn’t
Being at the top of my game is an every day thing – so when I meet somebody who runs their own company and they don’t have the same zealous service-oriented philosophy I do, I am shocked. After all, there’s a recession going on and anybody that doesn’t do everything they can to keep business will lose it!
New Luxury Condo Listing in Chicago
Stumbling around online Wednesday Chicago real estate professional Thomas McCarey found a new tool to augment his social marketing campaign. Called SlideShare, it allows you to upload powerpoint presentations for online syndication. Today’s post highlights this tool with The Real Estate Lounge Chicago’s new listing at 1055 Hermitage.
