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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
You will enjoy this new Coldwell Banker Commercial. Waiting for you to come Home
Click on the Norton Safe Link. You will Enjoy this Commercial.
Check out the Monthly Real Estate Market Report for your Area
1. Click on the Norton Safe Link
2. Choose your region: IL South suburbs or Indiana
3. Choose your Town.
Note that January is typically the slowest month of the year. We expect another excellent year for Real Estate Sales.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
This Could be a Great Year to buy Real Estate!
| First off, Home
loan rates have fallen to their lowest level since June 2013-- and that means your monthly payment and long term interest expense will be reduced by a lot! 2nd, with home values on the rise, now is the time to buy. If you are even thinking of purchasing a home, do your research. Go on the Internet. Go to Coldwell Bankeronline.com. It is an excellent search site. Call us, we will email you what is available that meets all your next homes criteria. We can even set you up on automatic email, so when the exact home you are looking for, with all the features you want, becomes available, it will be sent to you. Not any home, just the exact home you are looking for. Perhaps a home located in a certain area. Or that home with a lake view. Why search through all homes that don't meet your needs and desires. Our filtered search send you only the homes that meet your specifications. |
Multiple Offer Situations
Question: We recently put a bid on a home. Our Real
estate agent told us that we had to sign a multiple offer form and that we
should increase our offer if we have any chance of getting this home. We did
not increase our offer and we did not get the home. I am still confused about
this. Could you explain?
Answer: It is normal practice for a Realtor to inform
all buyers in writing, that this is a multiple offer situation. It
notifies the buyers that they are up against other offers. This notice usually
has a final date & time, by which any buyer may change their offer and let
the seller know their intentions. In other words, a buyer who really wants this
home may increase their initial offer in hopes that this higher offer will be
chosen by the seller. Keep in mind that sellers look at more than just the
price. Financing terms, possession, etc, may also be important to them.
Example:
a seller may want to take a cash offer that is lower in price, rather than take
a higher offer from a buyer who must obtain financing.
The Realtor goes over with the seller, the positives and negatives
of each offer. The seller then chooses to accept or
negotiate with one of these offers.
A buyer does NOT have to change an offer just because of a
multiple offer situation. They may let the seller know that the original offer
stands.
That being said, experience has shown us that in most cases,
buyers will increase the initial offer for that home if the increase is
still acceptable to their budget and loan qualification status. This
increases the chances of their offer being accepted by the seller.
Multiple offers are a big benefit to sellers for obvious reasons.
Your Realtor
felt that if you wanted this home, you needed to increase your offer. The
Realtor was your consultant. The final decision was yours to make.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Check how the Real Estate Market is Doing in your Area with this New Coldwell Banker Tool:
This is a brief, monthly updated Review of the Real Estate market in your area.
New to us and our Coldwell Banker Clients.
Try it out, save the link and watch it every so often so you know how your local market is doing.
http://www.coldwellbankeronline.com/MarketWatch/default.aspx
1. Click on the Coldwell Banker Safe Link Above.
2. Select your region: South Suburbs or Indiana.
3. Select your City.
4. Click Watch Now
A Life Changer
A few months ago our daughter, Jennifer, told us we should start eating healthier. It hit home because Cathy and I both felt we were overweight and not eating like we should. Jennifer told us about a product that she is selling that she believes will set us on the right path to eating healthier. I know I may be a bit subjective, but Jennifer is really a smart kid. Masters degree Plus from a really good University, and possesses lot of common sense. I wonder who she got that from? Any way, being the old dog I am, I was very skeptical about it. Another gimmick, another fad, another bla bla bla eating healthier program. I decided to do it because I believe in my daughter and I could see her enthusiasm in the product. I also wanted to be her "test dummy" so she could use me as an example on how well this product worked. I talked Cathy into it and we decided to give it a go. We started what is called the 4 week "Detox" stage on July 8th of this year. I must admit, this stage is a little tough for the first 2 weeks. There is a list things you CAN eat and a list of things you CANNOT eat. You also must supplement your diet with a detox tea, a protein shake, some fiber and we used strawberries, raspberries and blueberries in the Shake. We also decided to go with organic fruit, where possible, because this fruit was healthier for us.The shake is delicious, filling and the hot tea is really tasty and soothing. The shake provides a two-fold effect:
1. It is a really healthy, nutritious drink that fills you up and is only around 300 calories.
2. You begin to realize that you are deliciously filling your body with a lot of good food.
The program started to get easier after 2 weeks because you find foods on the CAN list that are really good and good for you. My savior was Raw almonds. The old dog said, I'm not eating those cardboard nuts. But after eating them, I found them delicious. I also found Chipotle and a couple low calorie entrees at Chili's restaurant, that made us feel like we were not watching what we were eating, while we really were!
There is also another unsuspected effect. I call it the "I'm feeling really good so I'm going to exercise more effect." That also burns more calories. That coupled with the better eating has an amazing synergistic effect.
Ok, in fear that I'm losing you with boring facts, I'll get to the point.
Cathy and I lost a lot of weight, we feel so much better. We have more energy and I don't know about me, but Cathy looks unbelievably good. She certainly doesn't look like she is 30. Maybe more like 39. The only problem is our clothes are way too big.
My grandson told me I look different. (I think that is a good thing.)
Some of our friends tried this program. Both have lost considerable weight. And our one friend told us her blood sugar is at a point where her doctor told her that she doesn't have to take her oral insulin.
I'm not trying to sell you on this product because that would not be right. But, I can tell you it worked really well for us and 2 of our friends. We are very excited about this so we wanted to share this with you.
If you are interested, email us with any specific questions.
The moral of this story is that you should listen to smart people and that you really CAN teach an old dog that he can wag that young tail again.
1. It is a really healthy, nutritious drink that fills you up and is only around 300 calories.
2. You begin to realize that you are deliciously filling your body with a lot of good food.
The program started to get easier after 2 weeks because you find foods on the CAN list that are really good and good for you. My savior was Raw almonds. The old dog said, I'm not eating those cardboard nuts. But after eating them, I found them delicious. I also found Chipotle and a couple low calorie entrees at Chili's restaurant, that made us feel like we were not watching what we were eating, while we really were!
There is also another unsuspected effect. I call it the "I'm feeling really good so I'm going to exercise more effect." That also burns more calories. That coupled with the better eating has an amazing synergistic effect.
Ok, in fear that I'm losing you with boring facts, I'll get to the point.
Cathy and I lost a lot of weight, we feel so much better. We have more energy and I don't know about me, but Cathy looks unbelievably good. She certainly doesn't look like she is 30. Maybe more like 39. The only problem is our clothes are way too big.
My grandson told me I look different. (I think that is a good thing.)
Some of our friends tried this program. Both have lost considerable weight. And our one friend told us her blood sugar is at a point where her doctor told her that she doesn't have to take her oral insulin.
I'm not trying to sell you on this product because that would not be right. But, I can tell you it worked really well for us and 2 of our friends. We are very excited about this so we wanted to share this with you.
If you are interested, email us with any specific questions.
The moral of this story is that you should listen to smart people and that you really CAN teach an old dog that he can wag that young tail again.
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