Subscribe and receive email notifications of new blog posts.
RSS Feed
If you are a resident of Illinois, you should know about the wonderful down payment assistance programs available through IHDA (Illinois Housing Development Authority). General qualification criteria:
Income: < or = $130,000
Credit score: 640+
Purchase price: < or = $550,000
Wisconsin also offers a DPA (down payment assistance program) through WHEDA with different qualifying parameters.
Call me to discuss and obtain a referral to an experienced lender in this space.

Good considerations when thinking about a do-it-yourself home sale...
Why FSBOs Say They Regret Not Using a Real Estate Agent (nar.realtor)
Call Robin Tegel at North Shore Bank for additional information and assistance.

Contrary to popular belief, Spring Selling (and Buying) Season does not wait for Spring to arrive. In recent years, we're in full swing by mid-January (really, less than a month away).
If you are thinking of buying or selling in the new year, this is a good time to set up an automated search to begin digesting availability and pricing by housing style, neighborhood, school district, and preferred attractions.
Begin the journey here...
https://zenlist.com/a/thomas.venable2
Pro tip: When searching for a new home, if you sleep on it you may never sleep in it.
Follow me for insights into the world of real estate buying and selling. Pick up expert knowledge and tips to monetarily optimize your real estate portfolio, whether it be a single home and/or diversified to commercial space and rentals.
If the email address was found in our system, your password has been sent. Please check your inbox.
Back to Login
We respect your concerns about privacy and value the relationship that we have with you.
Like many sites, we use cookies on our website to collect information to help improve your browsing experience. The cookies that we use allow our website to work and help us to understand what information is most useful to visitors.
For the best website browsing experience, please enable cookies. Go here for instructions on how to enable cookies on your browser.