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Is Redfin Trying To Become a Listing Agent?I read a very interesting news story this morning.  Redfin has introduced a home pricing tool which seems to be created along the same lines as Zillow’s “Zestimate”.  I haven’t found the next logical step...which is how they are going to help homeowners ...
03/23/2012
Real Estate Cannot Operate Like Goldman Sachs Real estate is a client centered business.  All of our business is the direct result of referrals or recommendations from current or former clients.  We realize that our reputation is the result of the hard work we perform every day for our clients, b...
03/15/2012
"Home Alone" Home Sells at Sizable Discount Winnetka is home to many blue ribbon properties.  From incredible lakefront mansions to turn of the century Victorian masterpieces to newly constructed “McMansions”.    However, there is no Winnetka home that is more frequently visited by tourists or ph...
03/08/2012
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The Mating RitualThe process of negotiation in a real estate transaction is very much like a mating ritual.  It is a complex interplay between tactics and assets.  There is the display of plumage and then the dancing and singing which eventually results in either the culmination of the deal or on...
02/29/2012
                             Game Theory and Real Estate NegotiationsGame Theory is an extremely complex study of human decision making.  It views the relationship between mathematical models and rational behavior.  It can be applied to economics, political science, biology, computer theory, phil...
02/18/2012
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Yes, the U.S. economic recovery is quite fragile at the moment.  There are still major concerns regarding the debt restructuring in Europe.  The war in Afghanistan continues to rage...as well as drain our economy of much needed resources both in dollars and in human capital. The Iranian nuclear t...
02/16/2012
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Something’s happening here...What it is, ain’t exactly clear...For what it’s worth, something is happening in the North Shore real estate market.Since Labor day, there had been an unusually small number of new listings hitting the market on the North Shore, particularly in Winnetka and Wilmette. ...
02/07/2012
Junuary is Over..Febuly is Just Beginning We are lifelong residents of the Chicago area.  We relish in experiencing all of the seasons.  Otherwise we would choose to live somewhere else. Right?  We understand lots and lots of snow and incredibly cold temperatures.  We Midwesterners are hardy folk...
02/01/2012
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The Shadow Knows...                                        I’m getting older, but not old enough to remember radio mysteries.  However, as a trivia fan, I am familiar with some of the tag lines from those shows.  Probably none is more noted than the refrain of a deep, creepy voice stating:“Who kn...
01/22/2012
Financial Bubbles Take Years and Sometimes Decades to Overcome Yes, let me repeat that....Financial bubbles take years and sometimes decades to overcome.  When I say “overcome”, that does not necessarily mean returning to the glorious “boom times” of the pre-burst period, but rather to some level...
01/14/2012
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