9/22/11
The newly-built home at 2448 W Cullom Ave in the fictional “south Ravenswood Manor” has more than 70 entries, beginning in May of 2006,...
3/23/11
Some Realtors never come up short on ways to waste your time by bait-and-switching you into looking at their listings. Hat tip to a...
1/21/11
Kudos to Midwest Real Estate Data, the local Multiple Listing Service, for what appears to be a prompt smackdown of a stupid Realtor trick...
12/31/10
The relationship between Realtors and home inspectors is often contentious. A home inspector arrives on the scene only when a deal is close at...
11/10/10
At the behest of Mary Newill, a trademark administrator in the Legal Affairs Division of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, I’m going to clarify...
11/9/10
OK, everybody in class stare at the single-family at 4023 N Paulina St. It obviously wants our attention, so we’ll give it some. In...
8/13/10
The weekend’s almost here, and Realtors once again are vying for buyers’ attention. After spending the morning searching for more stupid Realtor tricks, I’m...
8/4/10
Hey there, industrious Dream Town Realtor with the “dedication, knowledge, and willingness to go the extra mile” for clients — is that 3,700 square-foot,...
8/2/10
This weekend Joe Z. pointed out the pettiness of minuscule price cuts, which have no purpose except to bump homes up to the top...
7/31/10
A savvy real estate broker I know once told me that she didn’t consider a price reduction worthy of the name unless it was...