Chris's Blog

   (free brain drawing from www.clipartreview.com) ...from the WSJ...in Italy, the had to let a 400+lb criminal out of jailWhy? There was no bed in the Italian jail that could accommodate his obesity........and why is redoing the bathroom, where we spend the least amount of time,has almost an equ...

  REALTOR MAGAZINE: Best Photos, More Photos: 50% OFF DOM!WOW!Okay, give your listings the chance they deserve: you know the BEST photos are the BEST first impression.REALTOR magazine thinks so ,too:Read on:From the on line version from REALTOR magazine:1 Photo  = 70 DOM20 Photos = 32 DOM This is...

     1.) Your city parks - and dog parks!!! 2.) Arts programs for kids! 3.) Life-long neighborhood residents-what did it used to be like? 4.) Groundkeeper for the school sports fields-"green" real estate. 5.) A local popular cafe. 6.) Got any street musicians out in the early spring weather? 7.) ...

   Probably quite a few of you know about and use the iGoogle feature-in about 15 minutes, you can set up a tabbed Google homepage(my iGoogle is pictured above)to do just what you want it to do:clocks in time zones, calculators, search boxes, keyword news searchsblog searches, mapping tools, YouT...

   (Logo from their site: http://www.blogtalkradio.com) RealEstateZebra is out there leading the pack.Some of you may know him for his catchy B&W videoabout selling a house,but today he was covering all the bases.He was blogcasting and taking callers at the VAR BloggerCon today on blogtalkradio.c...

    Time.You only get so much. There is never enough in a day,-a New York Minute isgone in a flash.Do you have the time?Can you spare the time?In Real Estate,time is money.How do you spend yours?Or do you invest it.You don't have it to waste.It's already tomorrow... Steve1,000,000 buyers a month ...

  (WRA logo from http://www.wra.org/) Wisconsin is the most stable housing market in the Midwest! By the numbers, from the WRA:-Up .02 in 2007-Median home sale price;-This WRA chart shows a slight drop in sales in 2007, but Wisconsin sales outperformed the nation in Q3  of 2007.Q1Q2Q3Q4YTD2007119...

   What is it?or What is YOUR perfect visual tour?Full service photography? How many still photos?How many panoramas?What kind of features do you want?Do you wany to be able to change the paint, carpet, cabinets and countertops?What kind of branding?Mapping? Satellite photos?Interactive floorplan...

   (Along the Rock River-SHS photo) ...it seems like lately,everything is pushing the limits.Mortgages, housing inventories, foreclosures- Unavailable, too tight, too high or just too many to run away from.When the river comes up, you never know what it is going to bring with it.One thing it does...

   Dip me in mustard and put me on a stick.Teresa Boardman, who we all know is the Mother of All Bloggers,and an activerain member,was Twittering away with me one day.My silly smiling avatar had made her laugh. And laugh.And then humanity came into play.She called me. A small, honest connection i...