Ron Becker's (rltykat) Blog

Ron and Kat Becker | Re/Max Advantage | katbecker23@gmail.com | (847) 489-0236 25027 113th St, Trevor, WI 4500+ SF of Elegance with Loads of Amenities. 5BR/3+1BA Single Family House offered at $409,900 Year Built 2003 Sq Footage 4,569 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 3 full, 1 partial Floors Unspecified Par...

Custom built, this home has something for everyone. Sitting on the highest point in the neighborhood and offering panoramic views from nearly every window. This home has an open feeling as you enter the 2 story foyer and view the nicely sized living and dining rooms, both under one large cathedr...

DON'T spend the money you have on hand. This one happens more often than you might imagine. When you fill out an application - and say you have $31,500 in your savings account and $12,000 in your checking those numbers are verified and your closing costs/down payment has to come from that. If you...

If you’re one of the millions who has an eye on 2012 as the year in which you’ll buy a home (first or not), here are five things you can do now to put yourself on the right path:1.    Check your credit. Take my word for it: there is no bad surprise worse than a bad credit surprise. Okay, maybe th...

Original article by Carrie Bay @ DSNews.com Last year, banks seized more than one million properties. RealtyTrac says over the same 12-month period, the number of foreclosure filings – including default notices, auctions, and repossessions – was a record 3.8 million, even though major servicers h...

The Housing Market In February the Illinois and Chicago housing markets remained at the same level as they were in January in terms of sales volume. In Illinois 5,575 houses were sold, 1.3 percent more than January 2011 and 10.0 percent less than February 2010 when 6,194 houses were sold; the com...

As winners of CENTURY 21's prestigious Centurion Award for 2010, and having been inducted into C21's Preferred Agent Club, we'd like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of our buyers and sellers.Thank you for placing so much trust in us to get your home sold and for helping y...

Research Firm Says U.S. Housing Has Never Been This Undervalued 3/8/11 We just read this in DSNews.com and we wanted to share it with you. (well we didn't want to share, but thought we should keep you informed) The continuing depreciation of residential property values at the end of last year has...

#1. To See If Megan's Law Registrants Live NearbySafety first, folks. Megan's law requires law-enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders in their neighborhoods. Nearly every state that has a Megan's law-type sex offender registry has an...

This question was proposed online by a local seller: How do other sellers feel when their house it empty and has been on the market for a very long time approx 180 days? Honest agents would answer the questions like this: The question you should be asking yourself Ms. Seller is, "Do you WANT to o...