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10 Common First-Time Buyer Mistakes
The real estate industry loves a first time buyer and will cut them a lot of slack to get them on the path to homeownership. Agents who work with first time buyers on a regular basis (like me) are...
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10 Common First-Time Renter Mistakes
After I did first-time buyer mistakes for Monday it occurred to me that there’s other real estate virgins out there who might need a few warnings. Tenants, for example, are often the newest of all to...
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Weekend Links for July 14, 2012
Learning to love a new neighborhood. The rising rent rates in Chicago mean that many 2012 tenants will need to find apartments outside of their comfort zone. ChicagoNow blogger Lainie Peterson gives...
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Chicago Real Estate Stats: Single Family Homes vs Two Flats
In this corner, the Chicago single family home… The Secret Route to a Cheap 5-Bedroom Home in Chicago Let’s talk about two-flats. Despite their prominence in some sections of Chicago, They’re often...
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The Average Chicago Apartment
Remember these two-flats from last week? Time to pay them another visit. We’re hunting for the average Chicago apartment. When new tenants are moving to Chicago they’re often shocked to discover that...
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Weekend Links: August 25, 2012
Nerdy Pig by Dani Jones of Danidraws. Chicago is quite old, and has the unique perspective of growing up twice – we “rebooted” in 1871 after the Great Chicago fire. The city has a wide selection of...
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The Average Chicago Condominium
We’ve done average apartments. How about average condos? Second verse, same as the first. A few weeks ago I did a little overview of what the average Chicago apartment looked like. It was pretty...
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Happy November everyone! Hope you all had a great Halloween. Operation Porchlight was a great success and I’ll have a report on it for you very soon. I’m still assembling all the results and feedback,...
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Resolutions for Chicago Real Estate
So it’s 2013. Funny how that happened. World didn’t end, although for some of us we were wishing it might have done after the New Year’s Eve parties. I’m sure some of you already have resolutions that...
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Buying in 2013? Here’s what to expect.
I don’t really spend much time talking about the home buying market. There’s plenty of folks who write well about that side of the business. I feel that renters and landlords are somewhat under-served,...
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Buying in 2013? Here’s what to expect.
I don’t really spend much time talking about the home buying market. There’s plenty of folks who write well about that side of the business. I feel that renters and landlords are somewhat under-served,...
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