Real Estate News, Tips and Topics from Illinois

119 Saugatuck Montgomery is today's featured home. This beautiful ranch home is located in the Boulder Hill Subdivision in unincorporated Montgomery. If you're shopping for a ranch-style home, you really need to take a look at this one. With around 1600 square feet, this is not your average ranch...

Chesterfield Subdivision is a large community in North Aurora built in the early years of the 2000's. Chesterfield features all detached single-family homes but offers a large range of models and options. Chesterfield is located south off of Butterfield Road between Kirk and River roads. You can ...

I'm proud to announce that today I finished the process of upgrading my license from a Real Estate Salesperson to Real Estate Broker. I found out that I passed the proficiency exam a couple weeks ago but just recently the online upgrade became available and I wanted to wait until I actually compl...

Woodland Lakes in North Aurora is a townhome community of perhaps 90 units built between 1997 and 2001. The subdivision is located near the corner of Butterfield Road and River (Rt. 25). The townhomes of Woodland Lakes includes several different styles including two models of ranch townhomes and ...

The Savannah Subdivision Aurora is today's featured north side subdivision. Located on the north side of Butterfield road near where it intersects with Kirk, Savannah is close to both Butterfield and Cambridge Countryside. These modern homes were built by Wiseman-Hughes in the late 1990's. One in...

Cambridge Countryside is the second subdivision in my three-part feature of Aurora far north-side subdivisions. The Cambridge Countryside Subdivision is located in the same area as our last featured north-side subdivision, Butterfield. It is located between Eola and Kirk on Butterfield road and c...

I like to occasionally feature local communities that I do business in around the Fox Valley. Today, I'd like to feature one of three far north-side Aurora subdivisions that I'm working on this week. Butterfield Subdivision - this community is located on the far north side of Aurora between Kirk ...

I first reported this news item on my blog a little while ago - Two Brothers Brewing Company Purchases Former America's Roundhouse - and if you are familiar with the area, this has got to be one of the biggest real estate stories in Aurora this spring (the other big story will be the opening of t...

This week, I'm featuring one of my listings in Elburn, Illinois - 516 Parkside. This four bedroom home also features three full an one half baths. At over 2600 square feet, this home is located in Columbine Square just south of downtown Elburn. This home also features an optional 5th bedroom on t...

As I wrote on my Real Estate Technology blog, I feel one of the greatest threats to our online security as real estate agents is miss-use of passwords. Re-using passwords is perhaps the greatest threat, but just slightly less important is keeping your passwords secure. As real estate agents we of...