Tag Archives: Chicago

Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

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This week began with the bombshell regarding NAR/RPR that was first reported last Friday by Brian Boero of 1000watt titled: RPR Madness: NAR unleashes national property database with Cyberhomes that paints us a very insightful, unbiased and logical picture of what’s happening and what this all might mean. Following that post, other members of the [...]

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Effects of Reducing Office/Size Costs – Current vs. Future

Effects of Reducing Office/Size Costs – Current vs. Future

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Robert Albanese.

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Building expense is a formidable, recurring fixed cost for real estate organizations and the fact that office size increased dramatically between 1990 and 2005 only added to the severity of this situation. During the same period of time, real estate agents were becoming increasingly less and less attached to the idea of working in a [...]

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Cultural Dictionary

Cultural Dictionary

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by Camilla Sullivan.

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Occasionally we need to laugh at how funny the English language can be. I saw this and couldn’t help but be amused.
For the second year in a row, Cramer-Krasselt – a full service agency based in Chicago whose clients include Corona beer, AirTran Airways, Levitra and Porsche… have published their “Cultural Dictionary” . What’s this [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was

Friday Blog Scan: Things we liked from the week that was

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by Jason Steele.

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Jennifer Ames is a Chicago based agent with a great blog. Though her post is geared towards Chicago real estate, her advice on how to price homes right is universal.
Kris Berg, owns a small brokerage in San Diego but is largely known in our industry as one of the wittiest blogger/writers in real estate. In [...]

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Overpriced and Expired Listings: Third time’s a charm

Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by Wendy Forsythe.

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“I tell you what girls, there are three things you want to be in life… somebody’s  first love, a second wife and a third listing agent!” Lynn Madison
I was enlightened with this real estate truth at a recent meeting with a group of our agents in the Chicago area.  There were about 40 of them (3 [...]

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