Tom Cain's (tomcain) Blog

It has been a few years since we have seen a house go on the market an have a offer excepted by the end of the day. Getting your house ready for the market is well worth your sellers time and money. We saw again today that fresh paint and new carpet throughout can be some of the best staging you ...

There were many good ideas from this year CRS Certified Residential Specialist convention held in Hawaii this year. I was asked to speak at this years convention. One of the best statements that I heard was because of the excess amount of housing inventory that we are experiencing on the market w...

Starting 2008 there are three new real estate tax exemption for home owners in the state of Illinois. The first two have to deal with Veterans with Disabilities or there spouses. The third new exemption has to do with people with Disabilities. I understand this new exemption very well. In 1989 I ...