With fewer buyers out there, especially in Illinois, homes are not selling as quickly as they have the previous years.
Indiana homes are selling well, mainly the homes that are updated and look nice.
Price and Updating are the key factors.
Thursday, August 6, 2026
More interesting factoids
Going to the Grocery store?
Take a pic of your refrigerator and pantry before you leave. This way you can actually see what you need, which means fewer trips back and forth.
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Candles will burn longer and drip less if they are placed in the freezer for a few hours before using.
Friday, July 24, 2026
Life Hacks
The 8+8+8 Rule:
Break your day into 3 sections of eight.
8 hours for sleep. 8 Hours for hard work. 8 hours for yourself and your relationships.
Have a headache? Submerge your hands and feet in hot water, and put a zip lock bag full of ice on the back of your head. The heat on your extremities pulls the blood from your head, relieving your head pains.
Life tip: Stop trying to be the person your parents want you to be, and start being the person you would want your child to be.
New Listing in Lansing: Beautiful Home with Resort like back yard
1809-185th st, Lansing, Il
Take the video walk around by clicking the safe Link below:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
New Listing in Hobart, take the video walk through tour
$254,900. 2 Bedrooms. 2 Baths. Partially finished basement. 2000 sq ft of living space on all levels.
Click on the Link below:
Friday, June 5, 2026
Q. We are selling our home by owner. The time to sell is getting critical for us. We think it is worth what we are asking for it, but it is not selling. What is your opinion on this?
A. First of all, no buyer cares what you think your home is worth, nor do they care how much you owe on it. You have to understand that the home is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay based on the recent sales, current competition & market conditions. And, in most cases, the lender will require an appraisal, which brings us back to recent sales. Appraisers use recent sales of similar properties in determining the value of the home. If your Home appraises lower than the sales price, and you are not willing to sell at the appraised price, then the buyer will not get the loan and your deal is dead. Did you say “then I’ll wait for another buyer?” Well that’s fine except chances are the next appraisal will probably come in the same as the last appraisal, maybe even lower, depending on the market and you’ve just lost all that market time. If you want to sell your home by owner, that’s fine, but you need to figure in the (large amount) of extra time it is going to take to sell your home, because you are reaching such a limited buyer group. Real estate companies reach a much larger pool of prospective buyers.
Also, why in this sometimes crazy World, would you let strangers walk through your Home? Plus, you don’t even know if they have been prequalified to purchase a home. Realtors know the buyers they are bringing through your Home and these Buyers have been prequalified. Remember, these buyers want to be represented by a Realtor who will protect their interests!
When selling by owner, consider this old saying by economist John Ruskin:
“It's unwise to pay too much. But it's worse to pay too little.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that is all.
When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing
you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.”
Another set of Life Hacks
Looking to clean up the air quality in your home?
Get a few snake plants. According to a NASA study, they are the most effective plant at producing Oxygen.
NASA found that if you were in a sealed room with no airflow, you would need only 6-8 snake plants to survive!
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Need to make a big life decision? Use the HALT method. Make sure you're not Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired before making that decision.
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