Real Estate
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Leave during open house; you'd be a distractionJul 31, 2016 6:00 am - Q. Our Realtor listed our house two weeks ago and now she is planning to have an open house next weekend. She has asked us to leave the house and go somewhere for those ...
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Main carpet's high pile creates problem for smaller rugsJul 31, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I have wall-to-wall carpet with scatter rugs on top. My problem is even though I have tried carpet tape and pads to keep them from moving, the rugs do not stay in pla...
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Selecting professional help to sell your homeJul 30, 2016 7:01 am - Selecting a capable Realtor to assist you in purchasing or selling a home is the key to a successful transaction. And the best indication of a Realtor's capability is hi...
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Flawed voting procedure on condo boardJul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Q. We belong to a Common Interest Community Association. The board of directors of our association consists of three employees of the developer; we are still under devel...
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Should home-sellers pay the settlement costs of buyers?Jul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Q. In an effort to sell my house I agreed to pay up to $8,000 of the buyer's closing costs. Is there anything I can do to keep the amount as far below $8,000 as possible...
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New Butera grocery store in Des Plaines to open in JanuaryJul 30, 2016 7:00 am - Owner couldn't keep Caputo & Sons open nearby until market's January opening
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Geneva Home Works has the variety homeowners wantJul 30, 2016 1:00 am - Real people don't usually want to live in a model home. They don't want their rooms to look as if they bought an entire set of furniture that matches. They want their h...
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Home flipping on the rise despite rising prices for housesJul 29, 2016 7:01 am - Despite rising prices, home flipping is increasing. It has increased 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. It's now at a two-y...
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Special 'spendthrift trust' can keep heirs from squandering homeowner's assetsJul 29, 2016 7:00 am - A spendthrift trust can help folks to prevent their heirs from carelessly wasting the hard-earned assets they accumulated while they were alive. Q. I am a 70-year-old wi...
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Undisclosed asbestos in atticJul 29, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I purchased my home about four years ago. The home inspection report said the attic insulation was fiber glass and vermiculite, but it did not mention that the vermic...