Author: Joe Zekas
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
Wendy's on Belmont, just west of the Kennedy. Enough said.
If you've got the ugly building blues, send us an e-mail with a photo and address. [...]
Funnin' the suckers in a sick way
The Chicago Neighborhood Boundaries Directory, co-published by the Chicago Association of Realtors and Big Stick Inc., bills itself as the "most thoro [...]
Bienvenidos a Pilsen
Watch a tour of Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood at Google Video. [...]
The daily Joeff
Photo by Joeff Davis
See dozens more in Yo Chicago's Ravenswood photo gallery. [...]
Sunday, Sunday, the little bastards fun day
And where else would ye be takin' the green-clad lads and lassies today than to the 28th Annual South Side Irish Saint Patrick's Day Parade? They're [...]
Arlington Heights broker tour highlights
What's a broker tour? It's agent-to-agent marketing: weekday open houses usually open only to real estate agents, and showcasing only the newest listi [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Tonight we're headed to Yo Chicago's neighborhood photo galleries for Jefferson Park, Edgewater and South Chicago (samples below).
Jeff [...]
We're not making this up. Really. We're not.
We quote from the Wikipedia entry on Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood:
Mt. Greenwood was a prosperous community until conquered by Daniel Soso [...]
The hot topic in Roscoe Village
Roscoe Village Neighbors runs one of the city's more informative and active Web sites.
We just visited their Message Board to see what's on the minds [...]
So much real estate, so few billionaires
The new Forbes billionaires' list is available, and Chicago real estate has only a few representatives: Sam Zell, Matthew Bucksbaum (who?) & family, a [...]
The easy – or sleazy – way to buy a loft
We've noticed a trend lately for real estate agents to use their Web sites to imply that they have listings in buildings when, in fact, they don't. Th [...]
Friday, Friday is why-oh-why-oh-why day
Why don't the geese fly eastward? Tell me why oh why?
Everyone knows that the best way to sell real estate is with a site sign. And every day you pas [...]
Are you part of the big sort?
Or is it a notion that puts you out of sorts?
What's the big sort, you ask? Let economist Richard Florida tell you about it:
Individuals are sorting [...]
Des Plaines – what's with the in-laws?
My son's looking to buy a house in Des Plaines, and it seems that half the places he's seeing have an "in-law unit" or a basement with a separate entr [...]
A 5-star book and high-rise
The 2005 edition of Chicago Architecture and Design is getting 5-star reviews from Amazon readers. If you attended last week's groundbreaking for 600 [...]
Real estate commissions under siege
Brad Inman points out that real estate commissions come under attack every few years, contends that it's happening now, offers 10 reasons why it might [...]
Oozing character. Not in demand.
Is vintage over?
See one viewpoint at FSBO in Chicagoland, where a seller rants about the vogue for new construction, and its impact on the price of [...]
Thursday, Thursday, it could be worse day
At just shy of 4,700 square feet the views from the A unit at 30 W Oak won't be enough to overcome that cramped feeling. Add the 2,127 squares in th [...]