So, an odd thing happened today….

I know that I have been really behind the times on social media, so these last few weeks I have been working on ways to improve that.  One very nice past client had already put some nice comments on Yelp back in 2009 (thanks Victoria!), so I decided to start with Yelp. Today, I took [...]

read more

On August 30th, 2011, posted in: Real Estate by Joe

Tags: , , , , , ,

Client pays less than 54% of 2007 sale price in Winnetka

During the first week of February, I closed a transaction where my clients purchased a beautiful home on about 1.7 acres of land in Winnetka. The incredible thing about this transaction was that my clients paid less than 54% of the seller’s 2007 purchase price. My clients paid $1,775,000 for the house that just a [...]

read more

On March 14th, 2011, posted in: Chicago's North Shore, Real Estate by Joe

Tags: , , ,

Multiple Offers

Three of my last real estate transactions in the Chicago area and suburbs have been in multiple offer situations. While this has been prevalent for a while now with Bank Owned (REO) and Short Sale properties, none of these offers were on REO or short sale properties. I honestly can say that I have not [...]

read more

Open House Thoughts

This past Sunday, I attended an open house with some clients in Chicago’s northern suburb of Glenview.  The house had just come on the market earlier in the week and I thought it was priced pretty well.  The weather on Sunday was pretty nasty, with the temperature in the mid 30′s and a steady rain. [...]

read more

On February 22nd, 2011, posted in: Chicago's North Shore, Real Estate by Joe

Tags: , , , ,