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Recent questions in my mailbox about mortgage shoppingApr 28, 2018 6:00 am - Q. How many price quotes should I get in refinancing my mortgage? A. As many valid quotes as possible. Two or three valid ones help, 10 phony ones are worthless, or wors...
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First-time buyers dig deep and find old real estate bookApr 28, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Is there a way for us to access your recent article on financing for first-time homeowners? We enjoy your column and thank you for any information you can provide. A....
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Rozner: Blackhawks made winning look easyApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - The last time the Blackhawks won a playoff series, they didn't sleep much that night. Or the next night. Actually, for several days. They saw the sun rise after winning ...
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Grammar Moses: The family editionApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Grammar and usage has been a topic of conversation in my family since I was a lad. I fondly recall having pun wars with Aunt Joyce and Uncle Rudy. And grammar, like any ...
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Constable: For teenage cast, Orwell's '1984' resonates onstage and offApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - It's spring, the weather is finally warming up and many high schools are performing bright, cheery, uplifting theater productions that leave parents smiling. Last spring...
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'iBuyer' internet model expanding for quicker sale of homesApr 27, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's the oldest fix-and-flip pitch in American real estate: "We'll buy your home, guaranteed, no matter what its condition, and we'll pay you quick cash wit...
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5 minutes with ... Zombie SchoolboyApr 27, 2018 6:00 am - Past successes, present talent leads Zombie Schoolboy to Chicago's Metro
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Maintaining smoke detectors in rental unitsApr 27, 2018 6:00 am - Q. As the owner of a twelve-unit apartment building, I encourage my tenants to maintain the batteries in their smoke alarms. But when apartments become vacant, I often f...
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Emmanuel Macron's bid to save the WestApr 27, 2018 1:00 am - Emmanuel Macron came, saw and conquered Washington this week. But the French president is trying to do something much harder than generate buzz and goodwill. He is tryin...
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In memoriam to 'the first lady of the Greatest Generation'Apr 27, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Of all the tributes to Barbara Bush, the encomium that touched this American heart the deepest was from historian Jon Meacham: "She was the first l...