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Home Inventory Helps Homeowners Prepare In the aftermath of the devastating losses along the Gulf Coast or the recent flooding we experienced here in Illinois, you may be thinking, "What if something that terrible happened to me? Am I prepared?" In the blink of an eye, your home and all of your...
11/05/2008
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Before Old Man Winter Knocks On Your Door Prepare for the Elements and Protect Your Home From Damage Is your home winter-proofed? By preparing for winter storms and the deep freeze ahead of time, you can avoid winter related disasters from wreaking havoc on the home front. Damage caused by heavy...
11/04/2008
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In one of my past blog posting I shared with you information regarding Graduated Drivers Licensing programs. Well the jury is in. The results vary by state but the consensus is overwhelmingly positive. Illinois has announced a 11% reduction in motor vehicle accidents for teens who are covered ...
11/04/2008
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You know, we probably have more in common than you think. Realtors, lenders and insurance agents for the most part are self employed and enjoy a certain freedom that is not available in most professions. You can set your own schedule, work as hard as you desire and pretty much decide how you li...
09/24/2008
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Lets talk about your auto insurance. If you have a recently licensed teen driver or have one that is will be licensed in the future I hope you read on. Adding a teen driver can be quite stressful. Let me walk you thru the process of what you need to do to be prepared. To start, once your teen...
09/23/2008
It's been a rough ride for the past few years with the soft real estate market, record foreclosures and more stringent lending requirements. Lets face it.... It has been crappy. You really cant have peaks without valleys.. It will take a considerable effort in Washington and several years for ...
09/22/2008
If your insurance rates have increased over the past few years you may be wondering why. You may be the perfect customer with no history of claims in the past and wonder why your rates have gone up. It's a very common question so I put together the following for you. The largest component of y...
09/18/2008
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Do you remember the old sesame street song "One of these is not like the other"? I think that song directly applies to your home value and your assessed property taxes these days. Every day we work with new and existing clients and one of the items we review is their property taxes. In most ca...
09/17/2008
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Ok, lets get this train a-rollin. I think you will discover from me that I have a quite different approach to the insurance business. Let's face it, most people would rather go to the dentist vs. spending time with their insurance agent. The thought "what is he/she going to try to sell me now"...
09/16/2008