After talking about it it finally was here, tonight was the night a few of us got together to talk about a book, teh theme was how We as agents can make the best out of our current market, based on the book SHIFT I did not read the book yet but I wanted to sit down and listen to more experienced agents and learn from them and to pick their brain on what they are doing now to face these challenging times, what I heard tonight was two things that all of us should be doing with our business. The first was the need to get back to basics, to stay in contact with the A and B clients more often than ever before and to at least mail a letter or a phone call to your entire database at least once once every couple months, the way I see it is that my database should be contacted once a month via p... 01/13/2009

Despues de leer la nueva edicion de la Revista Realtor® de el Mes de Enero, el Presidente de la Asociacion Nacional de Realtors® hace mencion de como estan ellos trabjando con el congreso para hacer rectificaciones a el credito de hasta $7,500 para primeros compradores, la Asociacion le ha pedido al congreso que no sea un Credito donde tengan que pagar los primeros compredores de regreso ese dinero y que tambien este credito sea ofrecido para todos los compradores no solo para los primeros. Otra cosa que me llamo mucho la atencion es que el ineventario va a bajar de casi 10 meses en el mercado a menos de 9 este año y que el precio va a subir un poco mas que es buena noticia para los vendedores. Rectifica en la revista que no hay mejor momento para comprar casa que ahora mismo, comparan ... 01/11/2009

Stockbridge community fully stocked By Arlene Miles | Daily Herald Correspondent Published: 8/24/2007 7:05 AM Stockbridge, located on the far west side of Elk Grove Village, is full of spacious single-family homes set among parks and schools.Roseanne and Vincent Salemi liked Stockbridge so much that they have owned two houses there, having moved initially to the subdivision in 1990."We wanted to have a backyard pool and our daughters didn't want to move away from their friends," said Roseanne Salemi of the family's decision to buy a second house in Stockbridge in 1998. "So we bought another house a few blocks away and completely gutted it."Dennis Toomey, of RE/MAX Territory in Elk Grove Village, acknowledged that the area's schools are a strong asset."Stockbridge is great for families ... 08/25/2007