Jean Murphy
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Realtors advise buying if you plan to stay for at least five yearsApr 01, 2011 12:00 am - Anecdotally, we all hear stories about young people saying that they are choosing to rent an apartment or home instead of buying a condominium, townhouse or single-famil...
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Start early to teach children about investing their moneyMar 23, 2011 5:00 am - Char and Bob Edmiston of Mount Prospect were never sure how much of what they tried to teach their children about the world sunk in. Avid investors in real estate and th...
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Single-sport training year-round not good for kids or budgetMar 22, 2011 5:00 am - The question that Bob Veller, youth hockey director for the Rolling Meadows Park District, gets most often is also the hardest one for him to answer: “How do you know wh...
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Saving money on sports equipmentMar 22, 2011 5:00 am - Equipment is necessary if your child wants to explore almost any sport. And some sports require more than others. Ice hockey, for instance, requires ice skates, helmet, ...
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Home building industry adopts ‘green’ practicesMar 20, 2011 12:00 am - Home construction industry looks at ways to go ‘green’
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Suburban Peace Corp volunteers reunite at HarperMar 03, 2011 5:00 am - The world seems like a very small place. But in the 1960s, when Vern Risty took a Peace Corps assignment to Bolivia and Rob Alexander went to Colombia, their travels wer...
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Serosun Farms to build luxury homes in rural, equestrian settingFeb 25, 2011 11:00 pm - Equestrian communities, where people who own, ride and train horses can enjoy their sport and socialize with others who enjoy it, too, have been around since farms began...
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Adult communities make it easy for residents to keep busy lifestylesFeb 18, 2011 5:00 am - When someone is shopping for a place to spend their active retirement years, often the amenities become more important than the house, townhouse or condominium itself. O...
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Technology keeping the active adult set fit and connectedFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Technology is taking senior living communities like Wyndemere in Wheaton and The Garlands in Barrington by storm. Seniors, particularly those in assisted living communi...
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Financing a fixer-upperFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Larraine Corpuz is buying a home — something she wasn’t sure she would ever be able to do — thanks to a Federal Housing Administration loan program that has been around ...