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Short Sales...and Pork with Passion     Short Sales first... To say they are challenging may be a slight understatement... No matter how many of these we do I still get an immense feeling of satisfaction when we get an approval letter from a bank or better yet... from 2 banks.     Many questions,...

While the Real Estate Market has cooled a bit as of late (there have been 15 closings in O’Fallon in September 2010 compared to 29 for this same period last year) there was plenty going on in O’Fallon this weekend. St. Clare had their Annual Oktoberfest along with a 5K run: The Strange Folk Festi...

    A quick hit for what's going on in O'Fallon as far as the Real Estate Market is concerned and a Gnome sighting. At a glance for September (so far) 2010 O'Fallon IL.  Number of homes currently for sale:  249 Number of homes currently under contract: 63 Number of homes that have closed: 9 (Sept...

Missed the RE/MAX Preferred electronic recycling drivelast month?   Mayor Gary L. Graham is pleased to announce that a Electronics, Computers, Appliances and Surplus Equipment Recycling Event will be held in O'Fallon on Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Carriel Junior High School,...

What goes up...must come down.  As numbers tumbled nationwide the (sharpest drop in history at 27%) after the tax credit original expiration of June 30, 2010 something odd was going on in O'Fallon IL.  While it is true that numbers did go down slightly from June to July - they went back up (+15%)...

First a bit of disclosure... I stopped taking a paper years ago.  I view them about the same way I see phone books... a giant and expensive waste of paper.  However I do in fact still voraciously read various trade publications along with our local paper online.  The big news of late has been tha...

For those of you who have had the pleasure of meeting Randy Grim you know what an extraordinary person he is.  If you have not been lucky enough to meet him and get involved then please check out the Stray Rescue Website. This weekend is a celebration of sorts, a semi - grand opening/ open house ...

THANK YOU O'FALLON!   The first load of used electronics is now on its way to being recycled.  Thank you to everyone who dropped off their old equipment...am pretty sure I saw a Commodore 64 in the pile.    We will start collecting for our next drop starting October 1st.  Click here for more inf...

First of all THANK YOU to all of you who came out to support Children's Miracle Network.  Proceeds from every Blizzard sold on August 5th went to help Local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. In 2009 over $4.6 Million was raised on Miracle Treat Day alone!   After the spike in June with the ru...

August 5th 2010...it’s HOT go get a Blizzard from DQ and help us out. Proceeds from every Blizzard purchased at a participating Dairy Queen store will help children at your local Children's Miracle Network hospital. Diet? What diet? It’s a GREAT cause so go for it! Local DQ restaurants participat...