Helping You Build a Home and a Money Plan Your Life Can Support

Geri and I moved to Manhattan this summer with a running list of markets we want to hit, and building that list taught me something I didn't expect: within about twenty minutes of the Lincoln-Way towns, there's a farmers market running almost every day of the week except Monday. Most people know exa

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Somewhere along the way, buyers got told that a low offer is an insult. Here's what a low offer actually is: an argument. And arguments are won or lost on the receipts behind them, not on how polite the number looks. How Do You Negotiate When Buying a House? You negotiate from what the property's si

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There is a lot to like about New Lenox before you ever talk price. Two of the three Lincoln-Way high schools sit inside town lines. Two Metra lines run downtown. There is a hospital campus, a real town center, and enough parks and trail miles to fill a season. Buyers have noticed: homes here sell at

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