Moving to Frankfort, IL: Should You Buy a Home Here?

Frankfort is the town the rest of the Lincoln-Way area gets compared to. The historic downtown actually functions as one, with restaurants and shops around Breidert Green instead of a strip mall pretending. The Sunday market draws thousands. Lincoln-Way East sits inside town lines, the Old Plank Roa

How to Buy a House in the Chicago Suburbs (Every Step, in the Right Order)

There's a standard order for buying a house, and to be fair, it works: homes close every day on it. Fall for a listing, call an agent, grab the pre-approval, offer until one sticks. But almost every letdown buyers describe afterward, the payment that pinches, the savings that vanished at closing, th

How to Negotiate When Buying a House (And When to Lowball)

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

Moving to New Lenox, IL: Should You Buy a Home Here?

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