Teresa Keller's (teresac) Blog

Wow, the Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois have some of the best bicycle paths and trails. You can ride from Rock Island, IL all the way to Savana, IL. That is quite a ride. On the Iowa side there are trails through town and along the river. Bike lanes have been added to some of the streets so that ...

What a great place to live. The midwest to me is the best. I was born and raised here and could not think of a better place. There is so much to do here. Whatever the season there is always an activity of some kind. There are sportman's shows, camper shows, car shows, antique shows, what ever you...

With all of the changes even some deals that are already in the works are running into trouble getting closed. Just had one that had already been through underwriting once and they were relooking at the paper work getting ready to set up the final file for closing and they found something that th...

I've had alot of good feed back. It's seems that it is not as bad as the media makes it out to be. I asked are your phones ringing. Many of you have said yes. We all just needs to keep moving forward. Have good attitudes, put our smiling faces on the show everyone that it is not bad out there. Th...

ARE YOUR PHONES RINGING?? I had several comments that the phones are ringing. We have buyers that want to buy. One comment was if we can just get past all of the negitive media stuff. Oh, how correct this is. It's not as bad as the media makes it sound. I know that the buyers are being careful an...

The phone is ringing. The buyers are out there. They are just being extra careful. With all of the changes we have seen within the mortgage industry, buyers just have so many more questions. It just seems to be taking them a little longer to make up their minds on what to do and when to do. Every...

Keep working at it. Just went through several blogs from new folks that have just gotten started. They have already heard oh I saw you on the blog. It does take some time and effort but worth it. People are out there looking for new ways to find what they are looking for. So for all of you new bl...

This must be quite something. We here in midwest are so use to it we do not think a thing about the snow and ice. There are so many blogs today about the snow down south. Just had a lunch and several people were talking about folks being on vacation and not being able to get home because the airp...

Working with a couple that wanted to turn a porch into a bath. I knew that it could be done but I knew from what they were saying that they needed to have someone else tell them what it all would involve. WOW were they surprised when the contractor went through everything that would be needed for...

I love being a Realtor and having the flex time with my day. I do put in the hours that I need to as far as work, but the benefits of having the flexablility to do stuff with my family and grandkids is wonderful. I've thought about going back to work at least part time and I sit and make the list...