Trulia released their Trulia Trends Report for August 2007 (pdf-file) this past Friday. For the third straight month, Chicago has conquered the top spot in the category “Most Searched City”. So far, so good. I just don’t know which conclusion I should draw from this, because Trulia doesn’t tell us how many searches exactly were conducted for Chicago. Moreover, lately, we haven’t exactly been compelled to pass out numbers to open house visitors to keep the “long lines” manageable. So, thank you for the honors, Trulia, but I wished that buyer activity at “street level” closer mirrored your search stats.
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Just in case you were wondering why your Cook County second installment 2006 property tax bill is MIA, read on. Oh, you’ll get it eventually. Just don’t go crazy yet with your Christmas shopping, as it may arrive right around that time, this year.
UPDATE: Sun Times 10/17/07 Property Tax Bills are due on December 3, 2007. Holding my breath now…
UPDATE: Cook County Clerk 10/22/07 2006 tax rates released
UPDATE: Edgebrook Sauganash Times Review 11/1/07 Property Tax Bill Reductions
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I had seen this a while back, but Joel Burslem over at Future of Real Estate Marketing refreshed my memory. So I wondered what would happen to 60646 Blog if we had another one of those torrential rains like we did in the past few weeks. Check it out here. Give it a few seconds to load.
I’m a recreational golfer, at best. I should be playing more in order to get better at this game, because that’s what it takes to be a good golfer: Tons of rounds of golf. But the reality is that at 5 hours per round of 18 on average, it’s a time-consuming game, and time is what Realtors would call a “limited resource”. Alas, last year, I didn’t get to play even one round of golf, not even 9 holes. It’s an irony, because my wife gave me a brand-new Taylor Made R5 driver two years ago, as a gift, and it was collecting spider webs all year, last year.
Finally, this spring, I put this bad boy to work. It’s an amazing club. Tee shots anywhere between 270 to 300 yards are now a reality for me. Greens in regulation on par-4’s have improved dramatically, because a longer drive virtually guarantees that most of the time, I’m on the dance floor after my second shot. And my short game has always been decent, anyway. Now putting, that’s a different story. Anyway, I’ve been out playing 3 rounds of 18, this year. Over the Labor Day weekend, I played a fourth round with my brothers-in-law, Larry, and Manry, over at Indian Boundary. Manry plays at least once a week, and Indian Boundary is his home course. Larry who lives in Northern Wisconsin, plays in a league. So it was no surprise that both guys beat my score. But hey, I broke 100, for the first time this year. Note to self: Goal for next year: To break 90.
