Category: Video
The buying process
In this segment from Mark "First-Time" Boyer's interview with Carol Dorsey of Prudential SourceOne Realty, Carol talks about the home-buying process, [...]
Finding your first agent
Why do home buyers need agents? What kinds of services and advice can (and can't) agents offer their clients? Mark "First-Time" Boyer of YoChicago.co [...]
"First-Time Boyer" visits the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection sales center
I've been spending quite a bit of time with Prudential SourceOne Realty agent Carol Dorsey, posing as a first-time buyer, and asking her to guide me i [...]
Mark and Carol at the Lofts at Roosevelt Collection
In the first of our ongoing "First-Time Boyer" video series, Mark Boyer of YoChicago.com and Carol Dorsey of Prudential SourceOne Realty visit the sa [...]
A walk-to-train home in Winnetka, Part 4
Developer Michael Hughes talks about his passion for creating and how his multi-state operations have been affected by today's "challenging" market.
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A walk-to-train home in Winnetka, Part 3
As we walk through the lower level of this newly-built home Coldwell Banker's Linda Martin introduces me to a new (to me) concept: individual red and [...]
A walk-to-train home in Winnetka, Part 2
"It's a beauty contest and a price war in this challenging market, and we want to win it," says Coldwell Banker's Linda Martin as she and developer M [...]
A walk-to-train home in Winnetka, Part 1
Meet home-grown builder Michael Hughes and Coldwell Banker's Linda Martin as they tell us a bit about Winnetka and a newly-built home at 436 Linden.
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A Hamptonesque home in Winnetka, Part 4
Developer Michael Hughes walks us around part of the bedroom level of this rambling, newly-built home in Winnetka, priced at $3,349,900.
This leve [...]
A Hamptonesque home in Winnetka, Part 3
Developer Michael Hughes shows us around the lower level of this newly-built home in Winnetka, priced at $3,349,900.
The sheer attention to detail [...]
A Hamptonesque home in Winnetka, Part 2
Developer Michael Hughes walks us part of the main living areas of this newly-built home in Winnetka, priced at $3,349,900.
As you watch, you'll b [...]
A Hamptonesque home in Winnetka, Part 1
Developer Michael Hughes walks us around the exterior of this newly-built home in Winnetka, priced at $3,349,900, and talks about his inspiration for [...]
Touring The Avenue on Grand
Mark Boyer from YoChicago.com and Paul Fortman of @properties visit The Avenue on Grand, a new residential development at 1845 - 1847 W Grand Ave. [...]
Visiting The Avenue on Grand
When I posted about the custom closets at The Avenue on Grand last week, Paul Fortman of @properties agreed to have me come over to the development a [...]
Party time, Dover Court Condominiums, Sheridan Park, Uptown
I was walking past a condo development on Wilson Avenue when I spied what appeared to be a party.
Rick Mendoza, who's heading up sales, related th [...]
A resident talks about Uptown’s Sheridan Park neighborhood
Several days ago commenters at YoChicago suggested that I'd get a different picture of Sheridan Park by visiting the intersection of Wilson and Magno [...]
Uptown – Montrose Harbor and Beach
A brief look at the many ways that people enjoy Montroseo Harbor and Beach and the Wilson Skate Park. [...]
A hazy day in downtown Chicago
After an hour or so of driving around Lakeview East (or New Town or East Lake View or...) the other day, Mark and I eventually made our way back to [...]
More from Lakeview East
In the second video from our drive through Lakeview East, Mark and I keep winding around city streets and eventually make our way to Belmont Harbor [...]
In the heart of Uptown
My driving tour of Uptown continues along Lawrence Avenue, then swings north on Kenmore, where the housing stock is far more varied than in the leafi [...]