Click HERE to view my December 2014 Top Ten Chicago Real Estate Deals!
(Houses as well as 2 bedroom condo listings in Chicago)
Geno Petro | Chicago Realtor
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Monday, December 01, 2014
Chicago Top Ten Real Estate Deals -- December 2014
Click HERE to view my December 2014 Top Ten Chicago Real Estate Deals!
(Houses as well as 2 bedroom condo listings in Chicago)
Monday, October 20, 2014
New Listing Photo Shoot Hint #3
The Chaotic Closet ---
I'm pretty much going to save a thousand words here (okay, 2,000) and just go with the pictures (i.e., if you're not going to clean it, at least close it)
I'm pretty much going to save a thousand words here (okay, 2,000) and just go with the pictures (i.e., if you're not going to clean it, at least close it)
Sunday, October 19, 2014
New Listing Photo Shoot Hint #2
That Funky-Ass Kitchen ---
I've shown 10,000+ Chicago apartments, condos, and houses over the past 15 years; upper-bracket luxury, REO deplorable, and everything in between. Without a doubt, the kitchen is the first spot everyone gravitates to. Funny how buyers are reluctant to peek into the master bedroom closet but won't think twice about yanking the fridge and dishwasher doors open to take a peek inside. Even in the nastiest hovel. They can't help themselves.
So here are a few tips for you man cavers (most other sellers already know this) about getting your kitchen photo-ready and show-able to the non-man-cave public.
1) Empty the dirty dishes from the sink and scour the counter tops. Duh.
2) "Stage" the inside of your refrigerator: ditch the half-empty take-out boxes and back-wash juice containers. Re-arrange the few things (beer and hot sauce selection) that remain.
3) Defrost the freezer and neatly stack all your frozen pizzas, 99 cent burritos, and microwave dinners. Toss all the half-used corn and mixed vegetable bags and re-locate your ganja stash to a less conspicuous place. (Hint--not in that carved wooden Welcome to Jamaica "jewelry" box on the living room coffee table, either. In fact, ditch the coffee table too, while you're at it.)
4) Open each kitchen cabinet and---well, figure it out.
5) Organize your spoon, knife, fork, plate, and collection of Chicago Bears Big Gulp containers. Toss all previously used red Solo Cups.
6) Put the litter box (we know, you're really a 'dog' person--your ex stuck you with the cat after your last lame Valentine's Day gift) behind the sofa or something.
7) Empty the damn trash.
And finally, as previously advised in my last post, The Can, keep it this way until you get an offer and the home inspection is complete.
I've shown 10,000+ Chicago apartments, condos, and houses over the past 15 years; upper-bracket luxury, REO deplorable, and everything in between. Without a doubt, the kitchen is the first spot everyone gravitates to. Funny how buyers are reluctant to peek into the master bedroom closet but won't think twice about yanking the fridge and dishwasher doors open to take a peek inside. Even in the nastiest hovel. They can't help themselves.
So here are a few tips for you man cavers (most other sellers already know this) about getting your kitchen photo-ready and show-able to the non-man-cave public.
1) Empty the dirty dishes from the sink and scour the counter tops. Duh.
2) "Stage" the inside of your refrigerator: ditch the half-empty take-out boxes and back-wash juice containers. Re-arrange the few things (beer and hot sauce selection) that remain.
3) Defrost the freezer and neatly stack all your frozen pizzas, 99 cent burritos, and microwave dinners. Toss all the half-used corn and mixed vegetable bags and re-locate your ganja stash to a less conspicuous place. (Hint--not in that carved wooden Welcome to Jamaica "jewelry" box on the living room coffee table, either. In fact, ditch the coffee table too, while you're at it.)
4) Open each kitchen cabinet and---well, figure it out.
5) Organize your spoon, knife, fork, plate, and collection of Chicago Bears Big Gulp containers. Toss all previously used red Solo Cups.
6) Put the litter box (we know, you're really a 'dog' person--your ex stuck you with the cat after your last lame Valentine's Day gift) behind the sofa or something.
7) Empty the damn trash.
And finally, as previously advised in my last post, The Can, keep it this way until you get an offer and the home inspection is complete.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Chicago Housing Market Bottomed Out?
I have visual proof that the bottom has fallen out of the Chicago Real Estate high-rise market (see above). Okay, maybe not. But things have been gettin' busy and that's always a good thang...gettin' busy (click hyperlink below).
Check out my Chicago Top Ten Real Estate Deals here
Geno Petro
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Monday, May 10, 2010
The Chicago Skyway
Three bucks and you're home ... sweet home, Chicago.
Geno Petro
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Top Ten Chicago Real Estate Deals
^ Long Lake "Get-a-way" in Manitowoc, WI
^ Walton Street Five Star Chic (ago!)
^ State Street Designer Chicago Condo
^ Old Town Chicago Penthouse
^ Chicago Lincoln Park Duplex
^ Chicago Trump Tower
^ Astor Street Chicago Co-Op
^ Old Town Chicago Luxury Condo
^ Dearborn Chicago Manor
^ Classic Chicago Lake Shore Tower
^ Lake Shore Chicago Vintage Co-Op
JUST POSTED!!!
Geno Petro
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Monday, March 08, 2010
Chicago Street Update
Check it out. A FREE newspaper that used to be $1 is now $2. Only in Chicago.
Geno Petro
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Monday, March 01, 2010
Chicago Real Estate Rip
Just curious. If it's really as they say (whoever they are), why isn't everybody doing it? Houses, Condos, and Multi-Unit buildings financed with only $500 Down Payment PLUS $8,000 Cash Back!!!
AND... it's a "New FHA Program"??? Can't believe a Chicago real estate investor would even nibble on this bait much less tolerate the switch which is bound to follow.
Wow. What a crock of shitake mushrooms. I was embarrassed standing there just trying to get a picture of it.
Geno Petro
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Looking Up in Chicago Real Estate
This festive snapshot caught my eye while strolling the hound down the sidewalks of Forest Glen today. Blue skies and bare trees (save a few ornamental stragglers) provide a clear shot upward; a beckoning metaphor for my Chicago real estate business in 2010. This I do believe.
I've already submitted six offers to date in January (no, and it's not the same offer six different times). All are Buy Side transactions. The Price Points range from low Six-Figure Short Sales to Upper Bracket Luxury. I am also gearing up for two Luxury Lincoln Park neighborhood Listings as we speak. While primarily a Buyer's Agent, I do perform all duties of a Realtor; i.e. the occasional Residential Listing. (Hey, I took the oath.)
Don't forget to 'Follow' me on Twitter and 'Friend' me on Facebook. (How did we ever communicate before Web 2.0? Oh yeah, that's right---newspaper advertising. ahem...)
And remember: It's only a buyer's market if you're actually buying.
Geno Petro
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Chicago Home (Igloo) Estates
Words don't even begin to describe what a minus 30 degree wind chill feels like when you're leaving the office at the end of the day. Good thing the Northside housing market has been throwing off some heat lately. Still, I think I'll stick around for a few more Chicago real estate closings before finding a cruise ship to jump on...and I don't mean Alaska either.
The other way, baby.
Geno Petro
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Chicago Paydirt @ Hawthorne
Took a weekend off from the Chicago Real Estate biz to check out the ponies in Cicero. A bit chilly but profitable as my 39-1 placed in the third. Not exactly sure how that happened but now my wife Mona wants a racehorse. Guess I better start cleaning out the garage at the old Forest Glen homestead.
(lol)
Geno Petro
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