PRICE CHANGE!!!
Geno Petro
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Future is Now in Real Estate
A fellow Blogger, Chris Thorman, wrote this interesting article on Geo-Fences. Chris is from a web site that provides comparisons of property management systems.
I think it's pretty cool seeing as I remember the days of, ahem...selling pots and pans door-to-door (if only briefly....for two days... a very, very long time ago).
Now that's old school.
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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Friday, January 22, 2010
That Magnificent Mile
Rolling down Michigan Avenue in the rain. Chicago is a beautiful city. (Yes, even in January.)
Geno Petro
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Friday, January 01, 2010
Follow Me in 2010!
Hey Chicago Real Estate buyers, sellers, readers, et al.....Diversify and Expand your mental portfolio in 2010 by:
....checking out our enhanced ChicagoHomeEstates.com website:
....being my Friend on Facebook:
....reading my posts on Bloodhound Blog:
....registering your smart phone on my Smarter Agent site:
....tracking my monthly Chicago Housing closed sales statistics:
....checking out my Top Ten Chicago Real Estate Deals blog:
Peace, love, and a double diDon't get fat (and easy on the sassy),
Geno Petro
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Friday, December 18, 2009
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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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Streeterville Happy Ending
I would hope , at the very least, a sponge bath is included in the price (although I suppose price gouging is one way to keep unwanted 'overnight guests' away). Ah Chicago.... and her user fees.
One thing is for sure...somebody should be getting a happy ending for the fifty bucks.
(It's just this downtown Realtor's not so humble opinion.)
Geno Petro
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
A Forest Glen Thanksgiving 2009
November 26, 2009...in no particular order...
Peace, Love, and Family.
Geno Petro
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Peace, Love, and Family.
Geno Petro
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Northside Sneak Eater
Apparently, pumpkin 'tastes better than skinny feels.' So there, Kate Moss.
Geno Petro
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Prime Chicago Real Estate
A view from the vestibule of a Pre-War apartment building on the lakefront; prime Chicago Real Estate, to be sure. Expand your horizons on LSD---Lake Shore Drive that is.
Geno Petro
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Friday, November 06, 2009
Coach Baggage
So I'm sitting in Coach (the part of the airplane, not the store) licking my downgraded wounds. I've been shunned from First Class, my Amex Rewards Points depleted to salted peanuts and weak tea for the remainder of the traveling year. The 6:25 am Departure sits on the tarmac in Philly. The talky dude next to me speaks first...like he always does.
"Live in Chicago?" Him.
"Yes," say I.
"Me too," Him. "...Naperville," he adds.
"Nice." Me.
Awkward middle seat silence generally ensues. Note to self: Charge More on the Gold Card Next Year!
"Which suburb do you live in?" He presses...And so it goes.
The following is a good example of how the remainder of the urban myth verbally plays out. If you actually live within the city limits of Chicago and you travel often, you know what I'm talking about:
* If you're seated in Coach and someone says they're from Chicago this really means they're probably from DuPage County. Not a bad thing. I'm just saying.
* If the dude says he's from the Northside, this generally means Norwood Park or maybe even Lincolnwood. At least we're in the proper county now. (That would be Cook)
* If the twenty-something girl with the Diet Coke in the middle seat happens to mention that she lives in the Gold Coast, rest assured it's a Rental Property of some sort and she's not sweating the Property Tax bill this semi-annual go round. Her boyfriend might be but she's not. (Or, vice-versa, I suppose.)
* If the lass says she lives on Astor, bet the farm it's not in one of the 10 million dollar mansions in the 1200 block....
....because...if she lived in one of the ten million dollar mansions on Astor, in the 1200 block...she wouldn't be sitting next to you in Coach to begin with...nor would she be telling you where she lives at all. People on Astor just don't share these things with strangers on the tarmac. Not at 6:25 am. And certainly not in Philly. They're just not that talky.
Just saying...
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Chicago Street Peeps
I must say... I've been stepping over and around these two lost souls on the sidewalk outside my Lincoln Park real estate office for as long as I can remember. It both saddens and pisses me off at the same time that they continue to ask me (and everyone else in the lakefront neighborhood) for booze money. The Chicago Fire Department, just steps away, is called to their aid at least once a month by unsuspecting, well intentioned passersby on the corners of Diversey and Halsted.
"One is too many and a thousand is not enough..." (Drinks, that is.) Or, so I've heard. Saddens and pisses, to be sure.
And so starts November, 2009, on the windy Chicago city streets. Nothing so bad that a drink of whiskey couldn't make worse. (Or, so I've heard...)
Geno Petro
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Monday, October 26, 2009
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