Why Do I Need to Jump Through All These Hoops During My Condo Purchase? A recent blog by Anna "Banana" Kruchten, Phoenix Property Shoppe (Phoenix, AZ) regarding a challenging condominium transaction she had pending, prompted quite a conversation on the ActiveRain website and
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07/31/2012
Don't be a Self-Diagnosing Doctor or Armchair Quarterback When Buying and Financing Your Home Hard to believe in this record-setting summer of intense heat, but yep ... NFL football camps are already back in session or starting soon. Football came to mind when read
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07/27/2012
Need Something to Cheer You Today? This Should Help I've meant to share this pic ever since I received it from my son, Tom, and daughter-in-law, Jenny. This is a photo taken of our 8 month-old grandson, Henry, while he was visiting his other grandpa from the Houston area.
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07/26/2012
Midwest Brewer's Fest to be Held in Plainfield, IL on August 25th The 100 degree heat we've been experiencing lately sure makes the upcoming "Midwest Brewer's Fest" being held in Plainfield, IL (Will County) on Saturday, August 25th, sound pretty darn good! Whether the w
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07/25/2012
The Magic Elixir Needed When Buying a Home and Seeking a Mortgage in Chicagoland One of my wife's favorite movies is the 1938 version of, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". It's a movie classic that's been seen many times at our home. If you've read Mark Twain's book
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07/20/2012
The Limitations of Modern Technology & Social Media Within the Mortgage Process Use the Good ... Out With the Bad Modern technology allows us to communicate quickly and easily. But no matter what device or brand of technology preferred, social media is fast becoming the
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07/16/2012
What are the Odds? You might be surprised ... Years ago, our youngest son, John, worked as a caddy at the Olympia Fields Country Club located in Olympia Fields, IL. One day, John is serving as a Fore Caddy during a round at Olympia. Out of nowhere, from somewher
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07/14/2012
During August, Kids entering Kindergarten thru 6th Grade can get a FREE haircut, courtesy of JC Penney My wife brought this great info to my attention this morning. She had just received an email from JC Penney containing it. I agreed with her that it was pretty cool n
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07/13/2012
Down Payment Requirements, Credit, and Interest Rates. Finding Reliable Info ... Today ... I'm frustrated. And maybe just a tad ticked too. Why?? Because I ran across yet another so-called "expert" of our industry providing totally misleading and i
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07/12/2012
Basking in Some Recent Good Housing News Interesting statistics and trends have been reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis recently. Refreshingly, they show some positives have finally come to many current households ... and provide reason for some momentary baskin
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07/11/2012