Did You Know?

The fifty-two playing cards in a typical deck represent The fifty-two weeks in a year; The four suits, the four seasons.  Read More →

Did you know this?

Play-Doh was originally formulated as a compound to clean wallpaper.  Read More →

Costs Then and Now:

Interesting Trivia: In 1970 Home Cost: $23,450 Ave. Household Income: $9400 New Car: $3450 Gallon of Gas: $.36/gal Postage Stamp: $.06 In 2010 Home Cost: $214,000 Ave. household Income: $50,303 (2008) New Car: $28,400 Gallon of Gas: $2.86/gal Postage Stamp: $.44 Interesting Trivia:  Read More →

Sales Tax Holiday!

  Effective August 6, 2010 through August 15, 2010 certain items purchased during this periodwill have a reduced sales tax rate of five percent. Example: if your sales taxes are currently at 8.75% – 5.00 = 3.75% is all you pay. Qualifying Items:   Clothing: Retail selling price must be less than $100.00 Footwear: Retail selling price must be... [Read more...]

Real Estate Property Tax Assesments

  Senate Bill 3334   If you tried to appeal your Real Estate Property Tax Assessed Value recently, you will have found that the tax assessor would not allow you to use any distressed properties (short sales or foreclosures), in the assessment process.  IAR supported Senate Bill 3334 to amend the Illinois Property Tax Code and include distressed property... [Read more...]

View Any Listing Via Text Message

Click here to view any listing via text message!  Read More →

Did you know…..

That one can of oil can contaminate 2 million gallons of drinking water! Please recycle your used oil:  Take your used oil, antifreeze, and other household chemical waste to a service station or recycling center.  Go to www.swalco.org to find out where a drop off location is, or when they will be having a local mobile facility drop off day near... [Read more...]

Tax Credit Deadline

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Last Fall Congress approved the Extended Home Buyer Tax Credit. This extended the deadline for the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit from Nov. 30, 2009, to April 30, 2010, and expanded it to include repeat buyers • What’s the deadline? To qualify, first-time and repeat buyers must have a binding written contract by April 30... [Read more...]

SPRING AHEAD!

Remember to change your clocks ahead one hour this Saturday March 13! Do you know why we change our clocks? It originated during World War 1 as a way to conserve energy for war production by taking advantage of the longer daylight hours between April and October. Daylight saving time allows us to use less energy in lighting our homes by taking advantage... [Read more...]

Secrets to Selling Video

Great tips for sellers.  Originally aired on February 15th, channel 7 (ABC Chicago) news…  Read More →

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