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October 15, 2008

October 3, 2008

  • Chicago Renters Be Wary Of Foreclosures

    My favorite real estate writer in the Chicago Tribune, Mary Umberger, put out an article about the impact of foreclosures on renters in the Chicagoland area. (…)

October 1, 2008

September 30, 2008

September 29, 2008

  • A Realtor's Thought On The Bailout

    In my last post, I detailed the provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 that impact housing. (…)

  • Bailout Defeated In House

    I was putting together my post that would discuss my opposition to the housing portions of the Bailout Bill, when low and behold, the Bailout Bill was defeated in the House. (…)

  • Bailout Bill Has Big Implications For Housing

    I wrote a post a few days ago discussing the possibility of adding Bankruptcy protection into the Financial Bailout Package that Congress is about to pass. (…)

  • Foreclosure Investing Article In New York Times

    There was a good article recently in the New York Times discussing the various ways to profit from investing in financially distressed properties. (…)

September 28, 2008

  • National Foreclosure Activity Up 12% In August

    According to Realty Trac, foreclosure activity, that is default notices, sale notices, and bank repossessions, were up 12% compared yo July 2008 and a 27% increase from August of 2007. (…)

September 26, 2008

September 24, 2008

September 17, 2008

  • Landlord Guide For Illinois

    With the current state of the real estate market in Chicago, the opportunity for investors to flip properties has pretty much disappeared. The rental market, however, has been very strong. (…)

September 16, 2008

September 9, 2008

September 6, 2008

September 3, 2008

August 26, 2008

August 20, 2008

  • 1st Newsletter Delivered

    The first WGRE Email Newsletter went out to a small pool of clients, friends, acquaintances, & local business people in the Will/Grundy area. (…)